The Swansea Gazette and Daily Shipping Register

Cleared for sea-eontinued. Feb 2 Boileau s 103S Stephany, St Nazaire, coal 2380, ban <eis? 70, L Gueret Ltd Raillease 83 Mahar, Vannes, coal 160, Cwma- man Co Wermland s 1473 Sandberg, btettin, coal 2800, Inter. Anthra, Assoc bunkers 260 Letricheux and 'avid Ettrick s 465, McMillan, Glasgow, general, M. Jones and Bro CattsdyKe s 1041 McGlashan, La Roche lie, coal 1250, fuel 1200, Societe Commerciale Hansa s 695. Haaland, Arzew, fuel 1400, Societe Commerciale bunkers 230,. Letricheux and David Wells City 8 1136, Newton, New YorK, general, r bunK rs 500, Richards, Turpin und Co Gustav Bogel s 701, Berg, Bayonne, coal 80J. fuel 700, Sir G Thomas; bunkers 100, H. J. Marshall J W Fisher 153, Garratt, Guernsey, coal 290, E W Cook Foy s 91, Edwards, Plymouth. coal 380, Aber- pergwm Ce; bunKers 30, P Marrow Gran s 678, A narssen, Barcelona, fuel 100, Paei- fic Co coal 1300, A Andrews Bellerby s 1979, Reah, Ancona, coal 3800, Clee- ves & Co bunKers 700, North's Navigation Co Holmlee s 1143, LnnK, Naples, coal 2200, G Thomas bankers 27O, Lindsay German Troina s 373, Sorensen, Odense, coal no, Clee- ves & Co bunKers SO, Williams & Behenna Martha s 1293, Honnevig, Venice, co 1 2600, CleeveR & Co bunkers 30 VVilliams and Behenna W H L 89, Doyle, Ark low, coal 17., Dillwyn Co A I s 66, Poole, lilwatei-, llour SO, feeding cake 20, Weaver and 00 Carlston s 232, Clint, Tiouville, coal 780, W. G Foy; bunkers 46, Lindsay German

Entered Inwards continued. Lilly Green 78 Wicklow, burnt ore 145 Vivian & Sons Wermlan I s 1473, Manchester nil Orinon s 1627 Bilbao, nil Anne 79, Perros, ballast 65 Tyrant 58, Falmouth, scrap ijon 120 order Teviot s 443 Glasgow, gen M Jones and Bros 1 Feb 2 Doonglen s 50 Bristol, gen, Michael Murphy Goldata 244, Milford, nil Beeswing s 1252, Sharpness, nil Princess Olga. s 437. Hull &c via Cardiff, gen, Tucker & Co gen, not to be landed Flancnse 95, Brest, nil Alma s 632, Rouen, nil Actif s 436, Caen, iron ore 800 Baldwins Ltd EttiicK s 465, Glasgow, gen, M Jones & 3ro Martha s 1293, Cardiff, nil Carlston s 232, CorK, nil

RHONDDA & SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-THIRD HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the RHONDDA AND SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY. COMPANY will be held at the HOTEL METRO POLE, Wind-street in the County Borough of Swansea, on MONDAY the 15th day of FEBRUARY, 1909, at Twelve-thirty o'clock in the Afternoon, for the General Purposes of the Undertaking. The Tiansfer Books will be closed from the 4th February to the 15th February, both days inclusive. MORGAN B. WILLIAMS, Chairman. fl. i. LUDLOW, Secretary, Swansea, Jan. 22nd, 1909.

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Imperial International Exhibition, London, 1909, Of tie choicest products of the world, at the Great White City, Shepherds Bush, W. May to October demonstrating the Special Products and Resources of a'1 Nations, including the Displays of the famous Health and Pleasure Resorts of Europe & America, in the form of Panoramas, Dioramas. Models, ete 50 Exhibition Palaces Covering 50 seres, devoted to Science, Art, Edu- cation, Social Economy, Liberal Arts, Decora- tive Arts, Chemical Industries and various Industries, Engineering, Electricity, Agriculture Horticulcsre, Alimentation, Texcles, Special Section for Welsh Industries. J 41) Acres of MAGNIFICENT GROUNDS, BEAUTIFUL GARDENS, CHARMING LARES & WATERWAYS CONCERTS bv fine MILITARY BANDS (British & Foreign) Superb Illuminations. FIREWORK DISPLAYS, AU the Great At- tractions including Flip-Flap, Irish Village, Spiral, Scenic, Railway Toboggan, etc., etc., of the Franco Britimili EYhibition, and numerous novelties of various nations. The GREAT STADIUM Seating 80,000 persons. International Sports and Athletic Meetings. Applications for exhibit, space, concessions, &c., to be made to The SECRETARY, Imperial Internati onal Exhibition, Shepherd's Bush, London, W.

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The: Docks:consist of the Prince of Wales Dock, the North Deck, and the South Dock each equipped with modern appliance? for the rapid loading and up- loading: of vessels. The Entrance Channel to the Haebour is lighted by means of Gas Buoys The New King's DOC.K capalie of accommodating the largest vessels afloa is expected to be opened for traffic. this year. The.Quays are 19,000 feet in length The Warehouses contain a floor area of 283,000 square feet. The Railways of the Trust have direct connections with the Great Western, London aDd North Western, Midland, and Rbondda and Swansea Bay Railways. There aid 26 Coal Tips, and f.10 Hydraulic, steam and Hand Cranes. Swansea Is the Csntrellof the Anthracite Coal district, There are more Patents Fuel Works in Swansea than at any other port in the Kingdom and the Fuel is held in high repute in Continental^and other markets. There is a Lar^e Arealof Land available for Fuel Works, Creosote Works Saw Mills and other commercial purposes Lines of Steamers run between Swansea and the following ports, viz. New York, Baltimore Philadelphia, Singa- pore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Nagasaki Hiogo, Java ports, Rio de Janerio, Santas Kosario, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Ports in Chili and Peru, St. Petersburg, Bamburg Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Treport, Rouen, Nantes, Bordeaux, Oporto, Lisbon, Setubal, Barcelona, Genoa, Leghorn, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, ports in Greece, Constantinople and other Turkish ports Galatz, Ibrail, Odessa, Batoum, ^Alexandria &c. Within the Harbour are Nine Graving Docks. Extensive provision has been made for the Fish Trade, in the South Dock, The Swansea Fleet now numbers about 80 Steam Trawlers in addition to Liners and Smacks. Piiot&g&r—The Trustees are the PjloíiRge Authority, Pilotage is xjoneons- pu 1sor) ¡ both inward and outwards. Rates and Charges^—are moderate. The Mumbles L'ghihouse Signal Station ) is worked by the Trustees. Vessels calling for ordecs can cow with their Owners wlihoiH lowering a boat—good and sheltered free anchorage being found unuer the Mumbles head at any state of the tide The Trustees have erected on the Mumbles Head a Reed Fog Horn Signal giving three blasts of about two seconds' duration in quick succession every two minutes.^ S For information on any point^connected with the Port and Harbour,^apply :to- WILLIAM LAW, General Manager R egist red Addressjor Telegrams— LAW SWANSEA.