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LONDON WELSH ATHLETIC PASTIME.
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LONDON WELSH ATHLETIC PASTIME. Rugbyites at Cricket. It is interesting to note that our London Welsh champion exponents of the Rugby code of football can wield the willow and trundle the ball with equal skill. This is as it should be, for, apart from the pleasure and much needed recreation obtained, it ensures the continuance of that esprit de corps and state of physical fitness which are the two essential aids to brains in the proper playing of the Welsh game. Mr. Wallace Watts, of Newport and Welsh Inter- national fame, and the efficient successor to Dr. Walter Davies in the hon. secretaryship of the London Welsh Rugby Club, is to be heartily congratulated upon his dual success in the pro- motion of both the summer and winter games. Perhaps as the Welsh Club continues to prosper in the encouraging way it now does, the day may not be very far distant when we shall have under its influential auspices-with, let us hope, the full approval and wholehearted co-operation of the Welsh religious and other organisations of the metropolis-a London Welsh Amateur Athletic Association, comprising all branches of manly, wholesome, and up-lifting out-door sports, and possessing an accessible, well-ap- pointed ground of its own.- Verb. Sap. On Saturday last, the London Welsh cricketers visited Acton and played the Acton Borough Council. Full score LONDON WELSH. 1St Innings. 2nd Innings. H. R. Martyn b Ferns o did not bat S. E. Smart b Ferns." 3 b Parsons I C. E. Lewis b Ferns o b Morgan 8 S. P. Gunn c Ward b Morgan. I b Morgan I W. M. Thomas b Ferns 8 run out I H. T. Maddocks b Ferns 4 b Ferns 14 T. J. Pryce Jenkins b Ferns o not out 3 W. L. Morgan c Harrison b Morgan 10 c Simmons b Morgan o J. K. Crispin b Morgan o not out 12 F. H. Clay not out o did not bat W. H. Watts b Morgan o b Morgan 6 Byes o Byes 7 Total 26 Total 53 ACTON. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. Raynes st Lewis b Thomas 9 c Lewis b Crispin 6 Ferns c Lewis b Thomas. 8 b Thomas o Simmons b Crispin o st Lewis b Thomas o Shearing b Crispin 8 b Thomas 7 Davis c Maddocks b Watts 5 c Gunn b Thomas o Yorath b Thomas. 6 b Crispin o Ward c Crispin o b Crispin I Harrison b Thomas 11 lbw b Thomas 2 Morgan b Thomas 2 b Thomas I Parsons not out. I I st Lewis b Thomas o A. E. Davis st Lewis b Thomas. o not out 2 Byes 9 Byes 5 Total 69 Total 24 Bowling Analysis. Acton-1st Innings. Acton—2nd Innings. o. m. r. w. o. m. r. w. Morgan .51 9 o i Thomas. 8 2 10 7 Watts 6 3 7 1 Watts. 4 0 8 0 Thomas .81 13 6 Crispin 3 2 13 Crispin 8 2 15 3 Dr. Jenking go 14 0 Caaibro TAFf.
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Notes from South Wales. (From our Special Correspondent.) Lampeter=Aberayron Railway. It is very evident that this scheme has been knocked on the head." It is some consolation to the inhabitants of the beautiful Vale of Aeron to know, however, that the Great Western Railway intend running a service of motor busses between the two places. Motor busses will certainly be a great improvement on the old-fashioned passenger vans. A Popular Member. The fact that Mr. Ellis J. Griffith, M.P., was recently presented by his constituents with a service of silver plate and a cheque to cover his expenses at the last General Election shows that he enjoys great popularity in Anglesey. Mr. Griffith has always proved himself a sound Radical and a sincere Welsh Nationalist. Stupidity. It is really surprising that Mr. Herbert Gladstone should have made the colossal blunder of appointing a North of England man with no special knowledge of Welsh mines and the Welsh language as Inspector of Mining for the Welsh-speaking Swansea district, and, although Mr. Gladstone had eventually to give way to our energetic Welsh M.P.'s, and appoint Mr. Dyer Lewis, a Welsh-speaking official with first-class mining experience, it was evident that he did so with very bad grace. If men like Mr. Akers-Douglas, or Mr. Brodrick, for example, had shown such stupidity, one need not have been surprised, but that the son of the late and revered G.O.M. should do so seems unpardon- able. However, all's well that ends well- thanks to vigilant Welsh M.P.'s, like Mabon, Mr. W. Brace, Mr. Llewellyn Williams, and others. <. Welsh Magistrate's Will. I notice that the will of Sir James Vaughan, a native of Glamorganshire, and, for 35 years, magistrate at Bow Street Police Court, has been Proved at ^2,693. It is written on half a sheet of foolscap, and embossed with the stamp of the Bow Street Court, and is witnessed by two clerks of the same Court. Sir James left all his estate to his daughter, Mrs. Rosalie Blanche Brooke, ample provision having already been made for his son. Judge Bryn Roberts. It is pleasant to notice that Judge Bryn Roberts has not deserted the faith in which he was brought up, viz the Calvinistic Methodist, and when he is in South Wales on County Court work, he attends the Sunday services of Pembroke Terrace Welsh C. M. Church, Cardiff, Of which the pastor is the Rev. J. Morgan Jones. There was a time when many Calvinistic Methodists deserted their faith for the Anglican Church whenever they rose higher in the World," because, presumably, they thought the Anglican Church more classy and select." Put Judge Bryn Roberts, it is pleasant to note, 15 not one of that kind. And it is a fact which redounds greatly to His Honour's credit. There js no more despicable man than the Noncon- formist who deserts his old faith for another Church, simply because he thinks the latter will ri'ng him more "social distinction."
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Carmarthen Morals. An Anglican clergyman made some strong remarks lately in the course of an address at Carmarthen, reflecting on the morals of the town. They were grossly unfair and certainly not correct, and I thoroughly agree with the Rev. Fuller Mills, the eminent Baptist minister of the ancient capital of Wales, when he con- demned the Anglican clergyman's observations as false and as simply uttered with the view of reflecting on the work of the Nonconformist churches and ministers in the town. The Rev. Fuller Mills always hits straight from the shoulder, and, on this occasion, he did not hesitate to use plain language. I know Car- marthen well, and if ever there was a town where juvenile and adult morals are good, it is at the town on the Towy. Of course, it is not perfect -what place is ? But the morals of Carmarthen will certainly compare favourably with those of any similar sized town in the country. Coming to the Front. Mr. William Brace is a Member of Parliament who is rapidly coming to the front. He has made some capital speeches in the House of Commons lately, and what is of special im- portance to all good Welshmen, he is proving himself a genuine Welsh Nationalist. A man of the people, he understands their needs and requirements, and, like Mabon, is specially qualified to speak on their behalf. There is no MR. W. BRACE, M.P. doubt that Mr. William Brace is cut out for a very useful parliamentary career. "Chicago Chicken." A South Wales grocer, in a big way of busi- ness, informs me that since the revelations in reference to the Chicago canning and packing methods were made public, the sale of tinned meats in his district have gone down to prac- tically nothing. And this is, undoubtedly, the experience of grocers in other South Wales districts. By the way, at a recent meeting of the Bridgend Board of Guardians, the House Committee recommended that tinned meat should be excluded from the dietary of sick persons in the workhouse, and the recommenda- tion was very sensibly adopted by the Board. Sunday Trading. We hear a good deal in reference to Sunday trading, and a good deal of interesting evidence has been given before the Commission appointed to consider the matter. In the larger towns of South Wales there is a great deal of Sunday trading going on. For instance, the Canton (Cardiff) branch of the Shop Assistants' Union have completed returns of shops open on Sundays in the Canton, Riverside, and Grange- town wards of the city, and hefe are the figures General shops, 33; confectioners, 17; dairy- grocers, 7 newsagents and tobacconists, 21 grocers, 36 sweet shops, 21; greengrocers, 26 hatters, i barbers, 17; fancy dealers, 2 cycle shops, 4; drapers, i butchers, 1; outfitters, 1 bakers, 1; restaurants, 1, total, 190. Similar figures would probably also apply to the other wards in the city, so that the number of shops open on Sundays in Cardiff may be roughly estimated at about 400. The Earth Tremor. The earth tremor experienced in South Wales last week was greatly exaggerated in the press. True, there was a shock, and the people were startled in consequence, but when the London Daily Express, for instance, had the following on its placard :— Earthquake in Wales. People struck dumb and blinded. no wonder the readers smiled. And, further, when another London morning journal gravely announced "that Merthyr Town Hall rocked like an angry child shaking a box of toys," it was impossible for the reader to repress his laughter. It is difficult for newspapers to keep to the strict bounds of truth, but there is no excuse for this kind of picturesque prevarication."