The London Welshman

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THE EDUCATION BILL. Welsh National Council Clause. The Education Bill, which Mr. Birrell intro- duced in the House of Commons on Monday week, has now been issued as a Parliamentary paper. Part IV. of the Bill consists of a single clause relating to power to establish a Council for Wales, the text of which is as follows 37.-(1.) His Majesty may, by Order in Council, establish a central education authority- for Wales, to be called the Council of Wales,. consisting of members appointed by the Councils of counties and of county boroughs and of any boroughs and urban districts having a population of over twenty-five thousand, according to the census of one thousand nine hundred and one. (2.) In determining the number of representa- tives to be appointed by each of those authorities,, regard shall be 'had, among other matters, to population and ratable value Provided that the council of each county and of each county borough shall appoint at least two representa- tives. (3.) The Council of Wales shall have power to supply and to aid the supply oi education of all kinds in Wales. (4.) The following powers and duties, so far as they relate to Wales shall, subject to such exceptions as His Majesty may make by Order in Council, be transferred to the Council of Wales: (a.) The powers and duties of the Board of Education and (b.) The powers and duties of the Board of Agriculture with regard to instruction con- nected with agriculture and forestry and (c.) The powers and duties of the Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education. (5.) The Board of Education shall in each year pay to the Council of Wales any money which may be granted by Parliament in respect of education and science and art in Wales, with the exception of money granted in aid of universities and university colleges. (6.) The Order in Council may make provU sion for the Council of Wales having power to raise any money required by them by means of contributions from the authorities who appoint members of that Council, and for the borrowing of money and acquisition and holding of land by the Council, and for any other matters for which it is necessary or expedient to make pro- vision for the purposes of enabling the Council to perform its duties or exercise its powers. (7.) An Order in Council made for the pur- poses of this section may be varied or revoked by any subsequent Order so made. (8.) The draft of any Order in Council pro- posed to be made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament for not less than four weeks during which that House is sitting before it is submitted to His Majesty in Council. (9.) This section shall apply to the county of Monmouth as if it were part of Wales.

HYSBVSIR am farwolaeth yr Hybarch Edward Williams, Cynwyd, y pregethwr hynaf yng Nghyfundeb y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, ac o bosibl y pregethwr hynaf yng Nghymru. Ganed; ef yn 181 T, a buasai yn pregethu er 1835" cyfnod o 71 o flynyddau. Un o'i gydysgol- heigion pan yn llencyn oedd y diweddar Mr., Thomas Gee, a buont yn gyfeillion mawr nes i angau eu gwahanu.

Anglesey estate 8,485 acres are in the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales, and include a handsome family seat and fine grounds. Welsh Water for London. I notice that, in replying to the toast of his health at a house-dinner of the Municipal and County Club in London last week, Sir Alexander Binnie said he still adhered to his scheme of London obtaining a water supply from Wales at a cost of ^20,000,000. Sir Alexander added that the future destinies of the water supply of London had been placed in the hands of a body which had recently proposed a Bill in Parliament on the ground that the supply derived from the old East London Company was a polluted source. In Wales the scheme to supply water from Wales is looked upon with great disfavour, and already a considerable amount of practical opposition has been shown. A Popular Appointment. The appointment of Mr. Bryn Roberts, M.P., as successor to the late Judge Gwilym Williams has given very great satisfaction in South Wales. It is recognised that the authorities have paid a compliment to the Welsh language and Welsh nationality generally in appointing a man who is a Cymro to the finger tips. Mr. Bryn Roberts both speaks and writes the Welsh language, and understands Wales and Welshmen thoroughly. There was a time, not so very long ago either, JUDGE BRYN ROBERTS. when the fashion was to flout Welsh nationality and fill practically all the best posts in Wales with men completely out of touch and sympathy with the people amongst whom they obtained their livelihood. Thanks largely to the powerful advocacy of Welsh National M.P.'s like the late Tom Ellis, M.P.-peace to his ashes-the late Mr. Osborne Morgan, M.P., and, latterly, Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., Mr. William Jones, M.P., Mr. Ellis Griffith, M.P., and others, the national wishes of Welshmen have at last come to be fairly recognised by the authorities. Judge Bryn Roberts has the reputation of being a very sound lawyer, and takes a thoroughly inde- pendent view of life. He has the courage of his convictions, and hates favouritism and snobbery. "The New Poet." That is how Mr. Joseph Hatton, one of London's cleverest writers, describes Mr. Alfred Noyes. Mr. Noyes, although of English ex- traction, was born at Aberystwyth, so that we can partly claim him as a Welshman. In the current issue of Blackwood's Magazine, Mr. Alfred Noyes has a very fine new epic poem on Drake." Mr. Hatton describes it as one of the finest pieces of work since Tennyson died, and Swinburne interpreted the wild and mysterious music of the North Sea, and Kipling wrote 'The Seven Seas.' It fairly pulsates with the adventurous spirit of the age when the western pioneers lifted the mysterious veil of the new world. The sailing of Drake's five ships from calm old Plymouth Sound, out to seek for gold over the silver sea,' is one of the most fascinating passages of ocean adventure I can at the moment recall to mind There is no sickly sentimentality about Noyes's muse, it. is strong and healthy, full of masculine vigour."