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THE BA Rlfif DISTRICT TEACHERS…
THE BA Rlfif DISTRICT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. r'. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Barry and District Teachers Association. N.U.T., was held on Saturday last at the Holton Schools. Mr. T. Hitman (the re- tiring president) occupied the chair, and there were present Mr. Ewbank (prospective president), Miss Fleming, Miss Woods, Miss Llewellyn, Miss Lewis, Miss Rewles, Miss Lowther, Misses Court, Miss Williams, Miss Davies, Mr. E. T. Williams, Mr. H. Whitehouse, Mr. J. A. Jonea, Mr. W. H. Taylor, Mr. Ernest Jones, Mr. Roch, Mr. James, Mr. S.) Russell, Mr. H. H. Russell, Mr. James, Mr. Mockford (Dinas Powia), Mr. Thorpe (sac.), &c. THB FINANCES OF THE ASSOCIATION IN A SATISFACTORY CONDITION. The Secretary presented a yearly 'financial state- ment which showed an expenditure of £10 7s., and an income of A 12 12s., leaving a balance in hand on the year's working of f,2 5%. On the proposition of Mr. W. H. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Edwards, the -secretary's statement was adopted. THE PROGRESS AND W^BK OF THE PAST YEAR. The Secretary next rave a brief resume of the year's working. The Association started on March 3rd, 1892. and at the first meeting there were 16 members, but during-the year, II) others had joined the Association, making a total of 32 members. Thera were 61 teachers eligible to become members of the Association, 12 of whom had been members of other Associations, and 49 who had never belonged to the Of that 49, 23 had joined the Association, at the rate of 50 per cent., a. fact which spoke very well for the Association. There had been nine ordinary and two special meetings. Some of the meetings had been fairly well attended, and, he was sorry to say, some very sparsely. At the meetings held during the past year they had had several very important educational topics under discussion, and much good had attended them. Speaking of the outside work of the Association, Mr. Thorpe said that all the candidates for Parliamentary honours in that district were -pledged to support the superannuation scheme for teachers and on the 24th of last month all the members of Parliament were asked to be in the House to support the superannuation scheme. The schema could only be carried by work like that of their own Association. Their Association had gone a long way in promoting a social feeling amongst the teachers, and in all ways their amongst the teachers, and in all ways their Association had been & success. WELL-DFISEKVED THANKS. The President paid he had & very pleasant duty to perform--to ask them to give a hearty vote of thanks to the secretary of the Association, for the very encrgetic and able manner in which he had conducted the work during the past year. Mr. Ewbank seconded. He could safely say Mr. Thorpe had done his work exceedingly well; in fact he did not think they eould iiaprove upon it in any shape or form. He had always found him willing and anxious to further the interests of the Association, and its success was in a greit measure due to his eaergy. The motion was carried unanimously, and Mr. Thorpe, in response, said ha was exceedingly obliged to them, and was pleased to have been in- strumental in doing any good as secretary. Mr. Higman had rendered great help to him. TJLI NEW PRESIDENT. Mr. Higman next formally quitted the chair in favour of the incoming president, Mr. Ewbank. Mr. Siidmarson proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Higman for the way in which he had carried out the duties of president. They had always found liim full of zeal for the work of the Association, and alwayr ready to meeting any difficulty and help them through. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Ewbank seconded. In Mr. Higman as their first president, they had the right man in the right place. He should hava been very glad if they had been able to show their appreciation in a more substantial manner than that, but he was sure Mr. Higman would take the will for the deed, and he hoped that they might see him amongst them for many years tocome to help them with his advice. Continuing, Mr. Ewebank thanked them for electing him as president, and he fully recognised the respon- sibility, especially after the very able manner in which their business during the last year had been conducted. He did act pretend to come up in any I way to the high standard of Mr. Higman, but he would do his utmost to further the interests of the Union, and that Assaeiation in particular, and if he failed he hoped they would deal as leniently with him as possible. (Hear, hear.) The proposition was carried unanimously. Mr. Higman tha'nked the Association for their hearty vote of thanks. It had been a pleasure to do the little he could for the Association. He claimed to be one of the earlier masters who saw the need of a Union of teachers, and was interested ia a Union amongst teachers as long I ago as 1875, before many of those present thought of teaching. They thought with their thousand members throughout the country, themselves a strong forco. Now they had 24 thousand teachers belonging to their Union. In conclusion, Mr. Higman touched upon the necessity for an increased subscription. If mem- bers would enly deny themselves if necessary of a few of the superfluities of life, the improve- ment in position would be greater. THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. The year's workings of the N.U.T. Mr. Ewbank aa.id :—It was my intention in the first place to ask you to kindly excuse me from giving the usual inaugural address on the ground that I have nothing very interesting to bring before your notice, and, further, that if the mem- bers of this Association are of the same opinion as the members of an Association in our immediate vicinity, presidential addresses are only considered when all other topics are exhausted. However, my friend, Mr. Higman, put his veto on any auch da- sign, and, consequently, if the remarks which I submit to you this afternoon are in any way stale and unprofitable, I must ask you to lay the blame on his ample shoulders, and not on mine. As there is a considerable amount of busiaess to be done after, I will occupy your attention but a short time. It has been asked whethor our Association has been a success or a failure. Well, after the very able letter of our secretary which appeared in the Barry Dock -,Ve,-zfim a fortnight ago, I leave the public to judge for themselves. As members of the Association I am sure weare unanimous that it IT HAS BEEN A DECIDED SUCCESS. Rome was not built in a day, neither was Barry and we must not, therefore, expect much from an infant Association of only twelve months' exist- ence. It is true there are still a goodly number of teachers in the district who have not as yet joined, but I feel sure that when our schools get fairly established we shall have nothing to complain of in this respect. What I mean to imply, by." fairly established ia that the several staffs have not got fairly settled down. As far as the certificated teachers are concerned, I think I am correct in stating that they are all members of the Association, with the exception of one or two who have lately come into the district. The great cry amongst non-members is, What good should I get in becoming a member?" Well. the benefits may not be apparent as far as our local Associations are concerned. Nevertheless, there are -a great many benefits which I might enumerate. Still. I would remind those persons that we are but an off-shoot of that mighty tree, the N.U.T., whose branches have spread over the whole surface of this islands, and whose roots have became firmly embedded in the heart of the great Constitution of this country. It is to the N.U.T. we have to look for any material benefits, and a cursory review of its work during the last twelve months will satisfy, I think the most fastidious, that THE WORK HAS BEEN" GREAT, and the results exceedingly beneficial, not only to the members, but to every individual teacher in the country. We have to thank the N.U.T. for 41 liberty of classiifcation," which is the first tinge of the golden dawn of the coming sun of emanci- pation from the old tramm Is that have bound us down for so many years. The attention of the Executive was drawn to the very unsatisfactory state of the Factories' and Workshops' Act, and they succeeded in raising the age from ten to eleven. 1 There is still, however. much to be (fJi.(!:ne in this matter and I have not doubt it will occupy the attention of the Conference at Liverps-el the week after next to a considerable extent. Under the existing method of examination, it is absolutely necessary that something should be done in this matter, and I trust the Conference will support the present intentions of the Executive in making "age" and "attendance" the only qualifications for labour. The Summary Jurisdiction Act Amendment Bill was brought forward at the instigation of the Union for the purpose of placing every teacher on the same footing as the teachers in the Metropolis in regard to appeals against con- victions for assault; but, unfortunately, it had to be withdrawn in consequence of a technical error in the drafting but it will, no doubt, be brought forward again this session. The Executive next petitioned the Education Department for the elimination of certain obnoxious enquiries in relation to the applications for pensions, but were unable to move the Department. There is no doubt, however, but that the Department will eventually issue an entirely different form at an early date. I have previously made you acquainted with what the Union has done with regard to compulsory extraneous duties and capricious dismissals, &c. The salaries of teachers, and especially of assistants, have been materially in- creased during the last two or three years, chiefly through the action of the Union, in bringing its POWERFUL INFLUENCE TO BEAR UPON THE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYED, and I believe the day is not far distant when assistants will be much better paid that they are at present. When we think of the thousands of teachers who are receiving wages less than is paid to an ordinary labourer, it makes us feel that there is something radically wrong somewhere, and that it is high time that such a state of things should cease to exist. It also creates in the minds of parents an antipathy against the profes. sion, and they naturally seek more remunerative branches of labour for their children. The Executive has also succeeded in obtaining several modifica- tions in tha New Evening School Code. It has not yet been before the House, consequently I am unable to give you more definite information at present; but you may rest assnred that it will be a decided improvement on the present Code. I am sure yeu will all agree with me that these improvements have not come before they were wanted, for it is an undeniable fact that the present Evening School Coda is detrimental to the success of evening schools, and, I have no hesitation in stating that they will never be a success until these restrictions are removed. The non-success of our evening schools during this last winter was due in a very great measure to the same cause. I trust, however, that ere long we shall see these evening school examinations done away with, and the grant paid on the average attendance indepen- dent of age above the half-time limit. One of the greatest things undertaken by the N.U.T. during the year was that of Parliamentary representation. I It is to be regretted that Mr. Yoxall did not succeed at Bassetlaw, still we must not be cast down, because we have failed in eur first en- deavour but rather let us labour more energeti- cally for the next occasion. One thing, however, we did accomplish, and that was that in nearly every constituency throughout England and Walea the candidates were compelled to acknow- ledge that our Associations, in conjunction with our Union, possessed a power which it would have been very unwise on their part to ignore, and consequently wo succeeded in obtaining a pledge of support from more than one half of the present members of Parliament. This is one proof that our Association has not been formed in vail*. THE SUPERANNUATION SCKBKS would not have met with the gratifying reception it did had it not been for the strenuous {>xeraon,s of the Executive, who sought by every means in their power to enlist the sympathy and support, of several well-known M.P.'s, principally among whom I may mention the names of Sir Richard Temple and Sir William Hart Dyke. Our thanks are certainly due to the former gentleman for the very able manner in which he introduced the measure, a.nd I feel sure he will carefully watch its progress through committee, and do all he can for the' benefit of the teacher. J might go on and enumerate many more important matters which have occupied the attention of the N.U.T., but I think I have said quite sufficient to convince you that the Union to which we have the honour and the privilege to belong has done good work in the past, and I feel sure that it will con- tinue to do good work in thn future. Last year upwards of 5,000 teachers were enrolled, and I do not see any reason why this number should not be largely increased this year. Anyhow. I hope the teachers in this district will see the necessity of joining at once, not only for their own benefit but for the whole community at large. As an Associa- tion wa may possibly have left undone the things which we ought to have done, and done those things which we ought not to have done; still there is some life in us, and I think if we could only break through this bashfulness on the part of the gentlemen and the solemn reserve on the part of the ladies, we may yet be able to infuse a little more animation into our meetings. In con- clusion. I would strongly impress on our young members the desirability of attending more regu- larly to the meetings, and taking an active share in the work, for in this way they will become better acquainted with all the leading educational topics, and consequently better fitted to take their share in after life in the great progessive scheme of educa- tion. (Loud applause.) Mr. Higman proposed a hearty vote of thanks to *the President for giving them a resume of the year's work. Mr. Higman-also gave a brief outline of the work of the forthcoming Conferenee. Mr. Evans seconded, alluding to the necessity for all the members taking a more active part in the discussions, in order to give them new life in the future. If they could not get more interesting discussions they must be content with smaller attendances. THE ELECTION OF VICE-PRESIDENT. Mr. W. H. Taylor had very great pleasure in proposing that Mr. E. T. Williams be vice-presi- dent for the ensuing year. He proposed him, in the first place, because during the past year he had shown a great deal of interest in the associa- tion, and attended a good many meetings. Mr. j Williams was also an assistant. That association consisted mainly of assistants they had an head- master as president for last year, and one for the present, and he thought they might have a change. In the Cardiff Association an assistant master held the position. Mr. Whitehouse seconded. The resolution was not put with the idea of putting the assistants against the headmasters. The proposition was carried, and Mr. Williams thanked the association for the honour they had done him. THE SECRETARYSHIP. Mr. Hitman moved that the secretary be. asked to take office for another year. Mr. Thorpe had had a year's experience, and without any help at all he would be perfectly capable of carrying OJl. the work of the Association. Mr. Ewbank seconded. Mr. Thorpe said he would be very pleased to take the office during the coming year. He had some thought of retiring from the office a month ago then it struck him that the Association was not really established as it ought to be before they could have a flourishing Association, and he afbar- wards decided to continue the office for a time. ELECTION OF COMMITTEE. The committee was elected as follows:—Mr. H. Whitehouse. Mr. Rudmerson, Miss Lowther, Miss Fleming. Mi«3 Woods. Mr. R. S. Evans, Mr. J. A. Jones, with the President, ex-President, and vice- President as standing members. ADOPTING OF RULES. The standing rules were adopted with the amendments, that the Association be called the Barry District Teachers Association, instead of Barry and District Teachers Association; that the subscription be 8s. 6d. instead of 7s. that the meetings be held the fir t Saturday in the month in rotation at the different schools, but that during the summer months the meetings should be held bi-monthly. ELECTION OF RESPRESENTATIVES. The President, ex-President, and; Vice-President were elected as representatives to confer with the Cardiff representative*. — .f MMMMTwmr-Tix-tiTiTvrT ■■ 11111 111111111111 min'r"" AN APPLICATION WITH THE DISTRICT UNION. On the proposition of Mr. Higman, seconded by Mr. Evans, it was decided that the Association should be affiliated with tM Glamorgan, Carmar- then. and Pembroke District Unions, and that the President, and ex-President were elected delegates to the Union. NEW MEMBERS. The following were elected members of the, Association :—Miss Evans (Barry Girls' School), Miss Court (Cadoxton Girls' School), and Mr, Earnest Jones (Barry Boys' School). At the conclusion of the meeting tea was par- taken of in an adjoining schoolroom, to which a large number of teachers sat down. Afterwards a. social evening was held. Amongst those present were Misses Wilcox, Fleming, Jones, Llewellyn, Lewis, Woods, Lowther, Morgan, Merriman, Jeffreys, Rawles, Lester. Morgan, Court (2), Evans, Williams. Davies, and Messrs. T. Higman, Ewbank, E. T. Williams, Whitehouse, Thorpe, Jones, Taylor, James, Hughes, Roch, Janes (Barry). Evans, Siidmerson, &c. The enjoy- ment of the evening was much enhanced by songs eungs by Mr. W. II. Taylor. Mr. James, Mr. Evans, &c. Messrs Ernest Jones and Thorpe ably accom- panying. THII BARRY TEACHERS' TENNIS CLUB. The annual meeting of the Barry Teachers' Tennis Club was held on Saturday afternoon after the teachers' tea. Mr. T. Higman. occupied the chair, and presided over a well-attended meeting. The account sheet, which showed a slight deficit, of the club was read and adopted. The rules of last year, after a few alterations were accepted. Mr. Higman was re-elected president Mr. Ewbank and Mr. E. T. Williams vice-presidents secretary, Mr. Whitehouse; committee, Messrs. Thorpe, Jones, Taylor, Evans, Miss Lowther, Miss Flemming, Mies Lester, and Mr. Whitahouse succaeded in obtaining- a goodly number of mem- bers for the coming year.
BRIDG END NOTES.
BRIDG END NOTES. A GENEROUS GIFT. Mr. F. Moon, manager of the Bridgend branch of the National Bank of Wales, has received £100 from Miss Talbot towards the expenses .of the Glamorgan Agricultural Show at Bridgend this year. -A-
PRIMROSE LEAGUE MEETING AT…
PRIMROSE LEAGUE MEETING AT ST. NICHOLAS. A sparsely-attended meeting of Conservatives and members of the Upper Ely Habitation of the Primrose League was held on Friday night at the School-room, St. Nicholas, for the purpose of I passing 11 resolution protesting against the Home Rule Bill. The Macintosh of Macintosh presided, and he was supported by Mr. and Mrs. Christy, Bonvilstone; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteside, St. Nicholas Rev. J. H. Jones, St-. George's Rev. J. Lewis, curate, Bonvilstone; Rev. H. Roulstone Mr. Frank James, Co^rbridge, &c.-The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, expressed hia regret that the meeting was not thrown open to the whole parish of St. Nicholas.After short speeches, a resolution condemning the Home Rule Bill was submitted to the meeting and passed.
LICENSING APPLICATION FROM…
LICENSING APPLICATION FROM DIN AS POWIS. On Monday last Mr. Heard made an application on behalf of the owners of the Three Horse Shoes Inn, Dinas Powis, for a protection order from James Rimrod to take charge temporarily of the public-house until the licensing session, when a proper application would be made. Hadley, the tenant, had left three days since, and the house had been closed for three days.—Application granted.
BARRY BILL.
BARRY BILL. ANOTHER FAVOURABLE REPORT. Mr. Mellor. the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, has made a report to the House of Commons in reference to this Bill, the principal points of which are. that the railways will have no level crossing that the Board of Agriculture has raised no objection that the alterations made by the promoters as to passenger tolls on the tram- ways mentioned in the Bill are sufficient; that the periods limited for the works, though in excess of what the Standing- Oders allow. are not exces- sive, anei may be allowed.
AT WENVOE.
AT WENVOE. THE PLOUGHING MATCH. A Committee meeting of these interested in the Wenvoe District Ploughing Match has been held at the Treharne Arms, Tumble-down Dick, Mr. T. Themas, of Old Shop Farm, occupying the chair. Mr. H. L. Jones is the secretary, and the accounts presented were passed, and showed a balance in hand of several pounds. It was decided to hold the next match at Wenvoe in September.
ST. LYTIIAFS.
ST. LYTIIAFS. VESTRY MEETING. On Friday & vestry meeting was held at Great Hamstone Farm, when the following were pre- sent :—Messrs. Oliver Williams (guardian), John Smith, Jenkin Dunn, G. J. Thomas, T. F. Thomas, John Radcliffe, Evan Howells, fcc. The Rev. J. John presided. After a first-rate tea, provided by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Williams, business was com- menced. The accounts were examined and found correct. Mesarz. Oliver Williams and Evan Howells were appointed overseers.
OUR LADY FRIENDSi
OUR LADY FRIENDS Will feel interesting in knowing that Sir Augustus Harris's Carnival Ball at the Royal Italian Opera, Co vent Garden, on Tuesday night, Algernon Rose's new waltz. C'est Moi," conducted by ths composer, Was played with immense success. Messrs. Chappeil aDd Co. are about publishing a new pianoforte edition of this waltz.
AROUND PEIARTH.
AROUND PEIARTH. ■' LOCAL TRADE. At Peftarth an improvement in trade is shown, and the maximum at the close of this week reached close upon 50,000 tons.. Dulness, however, con- tinues to characterise the ballast and harbour trade. SHE SOUGHT REFUGE IN PENARTH. Police-Inspector Rutter. of Penarth, has effected the arrest of a woman at Norfolk-villa, Pembroke- terrace. Penarth, under singular circumstances. The woman, it is alleged, left her husband, who resides at Southampton, and, accompanied by a man, now at sea. took with her the whole of the furniture, valued, it is estimated, at £ 200. The police at Penarth at once communicated the fact of the arrest to the head-quarters at Southamp- ton, the result being that the runaway was handed I over to a police escort late 0:1 Friday night to be taken to the latter town.
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JUt ¥'S COMPOUND, a demulcent .anodyne expectorant for Coughs a.nd Golds, 91d., 13id. Of A- 2 all Chemists. :Dí 1..
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[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] TOUT ATKDTS; AT HOME AND ABROAD. —.—„«». -— A Glimpse at His Private Life. BY "SERGEANT CROWSFOOT." No. III. HUMOUR AMONG SOLDIERS. I think I have now given sufficient examples to enable my readers to form an idea of the curious manner of speech adopted by soldi.ers. I will now proceed to relate a few instances to set forth the innate love of fun which is implanted in the breast of almost every soldier. Four men in my regiment, belonging to different companies, were great chums, and they all agreed over a pot of porter one day to obtain transfers from their respective companies and to live in the same room. This they succeeded in doing, and more than this, they slept next each other, and arranged their cots as follows :—One of them named Strong slept in the first bed the man who occu- pied the next was named Brown, the third man's name was English, and the fourth Porter so that. taken consecu- tively, their names read, Strong brown English porter," to which each one of them, by the bye, was particularly par- tial. The following incident, I think, deserves mention, as it shows very j strongly the humorous side of the j soldier's nature :—Private Jones was a tailor by trade, and worked in the regi- mental tailors' shop. His company, under the command of a crusty apoplectic old i major, was undergoing its annual course of musketry on the ball firing range. When at the 800 yards' firing point Pri- vate Jones was found to be incapable of 1 hitting the target. The major waxed wroth, and exclaimed, Why can't you hit the target, Jones ?" "Because I can't see it, Sir," was the rejoinder. Can't see it," snapped the major. How dare you tell me that ? You can see how to thread a needle well enough why can't you therefore see to hit the target ?" The honest son of Mars looked perplexed, as if uncertain what answer to give to such a puzzling question. Suddenly his face lit up into an intelligent smile, and he j replied, without an atom of disrepect in his tone, Oh, but we do not thread a needle at aClo yards, Sir." Scripture hath j it that a soft answer turnet-h away wrath." Bat the experiment did not answer in this particular instance. At the risk of boring my readers, I will relate just two other anecdotes of a similar kind. They are too good to be j omitted. A man whom I knew inti-j mately, having been brought before the colonel for drunkenness, made a long statement extenuating his faults. The Colonel listened patiently' till he had finished, then, leaning back in his chair, raid good-humouredly, 11 Now, B you don't expect me to believe that story do you ?" Well, sir," replied B- with the apparent innocence of a child, it's the best excus-3 I can think of But I think the following story bears the palm for consummate im- pudence. A party of soldiers were on musketry drill under a very stout and quick- j tempered instructor, who was very par- tic ill ar in impressing upon the squad that i they were to fix their eyes on the mark j to be aimed at, orthe object in front," as it is in the drill book. Presently he caught sight of one man looking about him in the ranks, t;nd, going fiercely up | to him, he seized the man's rifle, and said sharply, "What arc you looking at?" when, cooling fixing his eyes on the instructor's fat, purple face, the man said, "I'm looking at the object in front, Sergeant, as you told me "-looking him in the face all the while. There was just a slight titter of laughter, but the sergeant was compelled to give the man the benefit of the doubt. EVERYWHERE THE SAME. But it is not only in barracks that this good humour is so apparent. It shows itself in the field, or on active service. I know of no jollier sight than to see a large number of soldiers around a camp fire at night time, smoking, and sitting in all manner of picturesque positions on logs of wood, trunks of fallen trees, provision boxes, or mounds of earth. their honest, bronzed faces all aglow with the light from the flickering fire, whilst listening to some comic song, or showing unmistakable signs of feekng and sym- patliy whilst some pathetic ballad is being sung. And you should hear them join in the chorus it would do your hearts good. All thought of what the morrow might bring, if it was ever entertained, banished from their minds for the time being. I have heard it said, and can quite believe it, that the enemy is always disconcerted by the ringing hearty cheer which always must burst from the throats of our gallant soldiers when charging a position. It is really amazing with what celerity soldiers will fix their resting-place when on the line of march. They seem to possess an infinite capacity for MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME ANYWHERE, and they never seem to lose their tempers or spirits for any length of time. As quickly as their anger is aroused so quickly does it pass away, and the cause of it forgotten. The monotony of the march is enlightened by the joviality of the soldiery, they keep up such a con- tinuation of jokes and puns that one is always amused this is kept up until I they, become oppressed by the heat of the day or the length of the march, when they lapse into absolute silence and plod I, steadily along. The average soldier never complains of the length of the ¡ march. I remember once being on the line of march with my company for I sixteen hours, and it is to be noted with credit that I did not hear a murmur from I any one of the men about its duration. On the contrary, they seemed glad to be called upon to do such a march so as to show what they were really capable of undertaking. In fact they often pre- tended to make light of it, so as not to let their comrades know how much the march had effected them. There is a trait of the British bull dog character here. I do not wish to be accused of eulogising the soldier, but411 am here to state what I do know." To emphasise what I say with regard to soldiers making light of their hard- ships I will just relate the following story — After having forded a river during a march in the late Burmese war, one of the men, remarking about his boots, which were in a sorry condition (although he possesed new ones) in answer to a question put to him by me as to why he wore them, said without the ghost of a smile, They've got very good qualities, Sergeant;" and asked me if I did not recognise them. I had to con- fess that I did not see they were good for anything. "Well," said he coolly light- ing his pipe, don't you see in the first place they won't hold water, and in the second place, they are nice and airy for these 'ere hot climes." The first was really a good quality, as we had a con- aiderable number of rivers to cross and re-cross. When one considers that it is not only the mortal enemy with which .soldiers have to contend in warfare, but that they have to endure great hardships and fatigue, and battle against a still worse enemy, an unhealthy climate, this light- ness of heart and levity of manner is astonishi-ng. It is a blessing that they possess such a happy disposition. This indifference arises, I think, more from a callous nature than from any great amount of philosophy which soldiers possess. I remember seeing a man who stood only five feet three shot through the helmet during a skirmish with the Dacoits, and turning to the man on his ] left who happened to be over six feet in height, he coolly remarked, I say, chum, if you had stood in my place you would have been a gone coon by this time," A gone coon meaning a dead man.
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-u'- EXPORTS AND IMPORTS AT BARRY DOCK. Below will be found full particulars as to the ex. ports and imports at Barry for the week en ling; March 25th. 1893. It will be Men from the table that already ihis year there have been shipped 1.056,813 toilS 12 cwt. against 1,002,879 tons 9 cwt. at the correajymdin? period of last year, being an increase of 54,137 t+ms 3 cwt. IMPORTS:— Week ended Crvrrespendiiig Marea 25, 13S3. week ended March 2S, 1832. Tons ciTi. To: is cwt. Pitwoed 1,157 0 1,280 G- Tiraber ————— —— Rails ————— Silver Sand — ———— ————— Iron and Iron Ore 605 0 ————— Bnilding Materials 58 0 472 0 General maerchandise 6 10 15 0 Total 1,826 10 1,767 0 Icore&ae íJ9 10 Tetal to March 25, 1393 40,052 15 20,211 5 Increase 19,841 10 EXPORTS Coal 97,769 18 00,691 3 Coke. 2,236 13 1,238 ti Rails -————— Iron and Iron Ore. 976 0 General marchandiae 42 10 14 0 Total 160,049 1 92,980 12 Iaerease 7.058 9 Tetal to March 25, 1893 1,056,816 12 1,002,673 9 Increase. 54,137 3 ————- REPORT OF SHIPPI-NG: Numbey T«mn&ge. Steamers arrived 34 30.436 Steamers sailed 36 38,607 Sailing Vessels arrived. 10 2,274 Sailing Vessels sailed 8 5,801 Steamers in Doek t.hi-» day 15 20,390 Sailing Vessels in Dock this day 24 33,947 Total 43 57,337 VefceelsinDockasper last report 43 51,211 Increase ;— Decrease — 126 Vessels im Dock, corresponding week, 1392 4G 55,687 Aecotmiaut's Office, Barry Dock, March 27th, 1893.
Family Notices
Births, ferriages, Deaths, I -+- DEATHS. } HABT.—On the 15th hist.. at 29, Station-street, Barry Dock, Frances Hart, domestic servant, aged 33 years. i GRIFFITHS.—On tho 15th inst.. at Llaac&rran, Richard Grifntha, son of Thomas A. Griffiths, farm labonror, aged one day. { DAVIES.—On the 14th inst., at Newport House, Barry, Frank Percy Davies, son of Sidney Davi«s, 1 dock pi4(t, agod three months. BROWN JOHN.—On the 17th inst., at 4, Fairford- street, Cadoxtoa, Reuben BroTfnjohn, son (If IL Brownjohn, labourer, arpcd 10 months. ) ABHTON.—On the 21st inst.. at Romilly-road, Barry. Florence Ashton, daughter of F. W. Ash- ton, marine engineer, aged 1 month. SCOTT.—On the 22nd inst., at (i9. Princes-street, Barry, Joseph Scott, labourer, aared 59 years. ADAMS.—On the 23rd inst.. at 22, Princes-street, Barry, Percy Adams, son of A. J. Adams, tugboat driver, aged 10 months. I
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(CONGL Y CYMRY.
( CONGL Y CYMRY. [DAN OIiYtrlAEifn ULWYD-VJ-rrN.} '-<>- j Y GYMANFA (tAKu UNDEBOL GYMRAEG. Cyrr-er y Gymanfa uehocl le dydd Llun 'nesaf, pryd yr arweinir gan Mr. D. W. Lewis, F.T.S.C., Bryn- arnan. Hyderwyf y gwna y Cymry ddyfod allan yn nerthol i gefnogi hou etc, a'i gwneyd >11 llwyddiant Cawsom Gymanfa ragorol y flwyddyn o'r blaen. Melus. moes eto," ydoedd teiimlwi pawb ar ol hono. Gobcithio y gwnawn ein goren i wneyd hon felly eto. Yr oedd eynnlhadau da yn y eyfarfodydd y flwyddyn o'r blaen, ond dylasent foci yn well y tro hwn, gan fod hon ar ddydd gwyl. Bydded i si oil fel Cymry, o bob enwad, ddangos y Llun nesaf nad ydym wedi colli em bias ar garni cysegredig. Arfer y Saesos ydywmyned wrth y miloedd (a llawer o Gymry, ysywaeth) i weled dynion yn cicio pel droed. Gan hyny. bydded i ni brofi i'n cymydogion fod yn well gyda ni gyfarfod ii'l' gilydd i gann mawl nac i gicio pel droed ar hyd y meusydd. Bydd rehearsal gyffredinel nos Sadwrn, am bump o'r gloch, yn nghapel y Bedyddtryr yn Holtcn, er ym- arfer a thonau y plant ar gyfer cyfarfod y boreu, yr hwn Bydd i'w gynal yn y Tabernacl, capel yr Annibyn*- wyr, Holton-road. Gobeithio y gwna pawb a all roddi eu presenoldeb yn y rbai hyn ddyfod yn nghyd, cr gwneyd cwrdd y boreu yn Jiwyddiant. Gwan yw y plant yn y rhan capeli Cymreig; felly, bydd ynddagenym weled rhai mewn oed yn troi ;¡t.an JB gryf i gynorthwyo. Bydd rehearsal grffredinol am ddau o'r gloch prydnawn Sul yn nghapel yr Annibyii- wyr yn Holton. Yn nghapel Anuibyntvyr Barry y bydd eyfarfodydd prydnawn a nos Lun yn cael eu cynal. Hyderwn weled y lie yn llawn, gan obeithio y cawn y fath Has ar y canu nes dywedyd mai "Da oedd i ni fod yno. am fod yr ArgJwydd yn em plith ac yn em ben- dithio." Y mae dymnniad ar i gynryehiolwyr y gwuhantd eglwysi ddyfod a'r sris.;i am y programme.?, gyda hwy j'r pwyllgorar ol cyfarfod prydnawn Llun, yn cl y drefn ganlvnol:— s. d Annibynwyr Barry 70 11 8 Antdbynwyr Holton .80 13 4 Bedydd wyr Holton 60 10 0 Methodistiaid Hoiton 50 8 4 Wesleyaid Holton .50 3 4 Methodistiaid Cadoxton 68 10 0 Annibynwyr Cadoxton 60 10 0 Bedyddwyr Cadoxten 60 10 0 J. D. DAVIES, Ysg-,
Y BWRDD YSGOL A " CHYMRO CYWIR."
Y BWRDD YSGOL A CHYMRO CYWIR." MR. GOL.,—Gwelais sylwadau "Cymre Cywir" ar weithrediadan y Bwrdd. Dynmnwyf roddi ar ddeall i mi ysgrifenn fy noyiaciau ar ol clywed fod y Bwrdd wedi pallio yn unfrydol i ddwyn y Gymraeg i fewn i'r ysgolion dyddiol. Nid oeddwn wedi cael dim manylion, na gweled yr adroddiad o weithrediadan y Bwrdd. Ond gwelais yn yr adroddiad fod yno dipyn o ymdrech i greu rhwystrau. Kill gwn i paham. Tebyg fod gan y ddau foneddwr en rhesymaxi clros yr byn a wnaethant, or nas galln.t fi yn bersonol weled fed dim yn galw am danynt. Buaswn i yn barod i feddwl y bnaeai y Cadben vn barod 1 wneyd ei oreu i gael yr iaith Gymraag yn milOb dosbarth yn yr ysgol, ond gwelaf oddiwrth yr adroddiad ei fod yn lied stiff i gael Cymraeg i fewn o gwbl. Beth bynag. mae wedi ei basic yn awr. Gwncyd sydd nesaf. Gobeithio y gwna Cadben Davies ei oreu i gael Cymraeg yn Class Subject eto, a bydded i "Cymro Cywir gofie na ddylid condemnio ¡¡ill unweithred. 08 ydyw wedi bod yn preswylio yn yr ardal hon am beth amser, ac wedi gwylied gweithrediadau y Bwrdd, gwel fod Cadben Davies wedi arfer amddiffyn y Cymry a'r Gymraeg, thebyg y gwna eto. Amser a udengye. IAGO GELER. tfb BARDDONIAETH. CAN I DEWI SANT. Er bod e.in hoff Sant Dewi Yn huno cr's llliwer dydd, Mae 'i enw'n glodwiw heddy v* Gan feibion Cymrll Sydd Ei egwyddorioa enraidd Ledaenir er ein budd Gan filoedd meib Ifnrol- Bnwogion Cyrnru Fydel. BYRDWN. Trwy'r oil o Walia Wen Bvdd Sant yn ben, Mewn parcil a bri gan Ühedd Tra sere a yn y nen. Gogoniant y oynoesau Oedd Devti Sant i'n gwlal- Dysgedig, gwynfvdedig, A duwiolfryuig dad: Cysegroda lawer llanerch, Y rhai tsy'n dwyn eoffaad Mae 'ienw'n perarogli O fewn i Gymru fad. Trwy'r oil, &c. Prif arwvdd cenedlaethol Mown bri sydd yn eia gwlad Yw'r brydferth werdd geninenv Yl1 barchus ddwyn cofrhad Am Dewi Sant a'i ymdrech Dree ryddid yn ein tir; Esiampl roes a erys Fel Cristion gioew pur. Trwy'r oIl, &8.. Mab oedd i'r enwog Landde, A'i wyryf bawddgar Son— v Dilychwin ei chymeriad, Sancteiddiaf fun oedd hon Rhai o waedoliaeth freiniol, G-ysegrwyd gan y Tad, Bendithion dirifedi Trwy gyfrwng rhai'n a gaed. Trwv'r oll, &e. Y tauaa gwir Babyddol Ddyrchafent. Dewi'n hen' A thad yr oil o'r seintiau O fewn vr Yuys Wen, Er ceisio denu'r Cymry I'w fifydd Babyddol hwv, Ond twyil yr holl honiadau Sy'n ffaith safad >vy rnwy. • Trwy'r oil, etc. Prif Esgob oedd yn Nghymru A Phrydain, meddent hwy, Cyflawnodd wyrthiau rhyfedd— Bydd son am danynt rnwy Cofleidiwn ein Sant Dewi, Mae'r. anwyl gan ei blant; Ei enw'n beraidd seinier Tra, dw'r yn ngwaelod nant. Trwy'r oil, itc. Jib", ami Ddic-Shon-Dafydd Yn aros, megys cynu— Yn bostio ac yn chwyfio Si fanev yn y gwynt; Gan naddu'n bur anedwydd, We are the clever men, And joEy, noble fellows, 0 fewn yr Ynys Wen." Trwy'r oil, &c. Na chredwch yr honiadau, Dirianant megys tarth, Gan adael y croch henwyr Dinodeddyneugwarth; Nyni, lion feibion dewrion, Gwladgarwyr Cymrti Wen; Yr Omeraeg siaradwn, Ciodforwn mwy, Amen. Trwy'r oil, etc. R. GWYNGYLL HUGHES.
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SCHOOL AD"V ERTISEHEii TS. — Principals of S Private and other Schools will do well to adver- tise in the South Wale* Sicir, which circulates reiy largely in the South, East, West, and Rhondda Di- visions of Glamorganshire. Quotations for a series may 'be had on application to the Manager, at the Office, fere-street, Cadoxton, Barry, &r of the loW represent* .ives.