The Swansea Gazette and Daily Shipping Register

CLEARED FOR SEA, -0 Feb 3 Baron Selborne a 545, Cameron, Rouen. coal 1080 Sth Wales Anthta. bun'<ers 50, Harries Bros Alma s 632, Burdrnd, Rouen, coal 1400, P. H. Coward & Sons; bunkers 2,GE Mitchell City of Brussels s 625, Harper, Hamburg, coal 1100, bunKers 100, International Anthracite Association City of Dortmund s 495, T'yndall, Hamburg, gen J H Burgess; bunkers 100, Inter. ADthracite Association Ecclesia s 2385, Dormand, Itacoatiara, fuel 2450 Atlantic Co; pen, J H Burgess; bunKers 1048, GJyncorrwg Co Laura s 443, Pedersen, Dantzic, Reval and Riga gan, J H Burg as t unkers 150, GHyncorrwg Co Doonglen s 50, Payne, Bristol, gen, M Murphy Rhona s 280, Candlish, Publin via Cardiff, gen, Michael Murphy Ltd I Stuart s 725, Cogley, L'pool, gen, J Bacon Ltd Truthful s Silvester, Manchester, general Wmttingham and Co Gertie s 83, Ravenscroft, Belfast, coal 360, Vivian & Sons bunKers 20, Fisher and Co

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. § 1 he Tiansfer Books will be closed from the 4th February to the 15th February, both days inclusive. MORGAN B. WILLIAMS, Chairman. H. S. LUDLOW, Secretary, Swansea, Jan. 22nd, 1909.

uTOort. Wondrvue is the power of music, passing that of tabled necromancy. Yt takes a man out of hie amat sordid aurroimr/>{o and sets him ia kee,verily places. it touches fibree of the inner Mture lost, forgotten, ignored, and makes them la«ll with new life. It seals the eyes to outward ttrhta and unfolds new vistas full of transcen- dental beauty; it. breathes over hot wounds and heals thena; it calls to the surface springs of Jum delight, and bids them gush forth in an arid

CHA*AUTM AND IMPUTATION. Reputation helps to make character. To be continually telling a boy that he is a bad boy ii i»ore likely to make him worse than better. To give a class thq deputation of bei^g the" wont âaøs in school," ind to keep noising it abroad, in not likely to ise the moral tone or discipline of the class. A man wJ"* has served out a term in pr ison for orim. find it k s "d to shew himself trustworthy, becav- nobody trusts him. His reo Ctatjpn m an clingy to him, and, oa> t he is exceptionally strong of will, reiosm pwme hopeleas to him, and be maka back to Ik* Iwrol to which his bad r«pu4»fcio» has b«en |p»*iat>ing him. As the character of other* d» ■Mida largely upon their reputation, we l&mM It wiw bow «• handle thai repoAatio*

Imperial International Exhibition, London, 1909, Of1 ;.?e c!c-« "'sí' r ? f,f the world, Great White City, Shepherds Bush, W. May to October i1emoiJS'.va;j3g -.J;e IjcoucIS f.ad Eesc.OiCPS o'V'I N»: tons, the DJsp-'ays of ihe famous Health and Pleasure Resorts of Europe & America, in the oi P?"oroinas T'ioramptv Mode s ete 50 Exhibition Palaces Covering 50 acres, devo"d to Sc:ence, Ar:, E chi- ef i on, ^oti^i Ec.ODomy. Lli.'eia! A/iS, Decora- •■•ve Arts. Cheques} jorins i.es end venous fs,E'eiinj-, F'evir/e tv, Agt jcnltnre Kovmcb, .è, Abuieutfttloa. I'estjies. Special Section for Welili Industries. J4oAcjeso-r MAGNIF.'C'ENTGROU.N DS. BEAUTIFUL GARDENS, CHARMING IYAKES & WATERWAYS CONCERTS by fine MILITARY BANDS (British & Foreign) Superb Illuminations. FiKEWOSK DISPLAYS, All the Great At- tractions imcmaing FJip-Flhp, Irish Village, SpItal, Scenic, ]Btkllwby Toboggan, etc., etc., of the Frai),oo Briton EvhifeUjon, and numerous novelties of Yarioca nations. The GREAT STADIUM Sea. ing So,000 peiscns. International Sports and Athletic Meetings. AppHoations for exhibit, space, concessions, &c., to be made to The SECRETARY, Imperial International Exhibition, Shepherd's Bush, London, W. THE Swansea Coal Market. Feb 190 3. Anthracite Coal. — Finest hand picked malting 24/6 to 25/0 Second quality do. 21/6 to 22/0 Swansea Valley Big Vein. 17/0 to 18/0 Red Vein or similar large 12/0 to 18/0 Machine Made Cobbles 23/0 to 23/6 Machine made Nuts 25/0 to 25/6 Machine Made Peas 9/0 to ?0/0 Small Rubbly Calm 3/9 to 4/0 Duff 2/0 to 2/3 Steam Coals.-Large 14/6 to 15/0 Second quality lg/9 to 14/0 Bunkers, according to Q uality 9/& to 10/3 Small according to quality 7/0 to 8/0 Bituminous Coal.-(N c Rhondda) £ arg? 17/0 to .18/0 Small 9/3 to .9/9 Through i4/6 to 16 /Q Patent Fuel 12/0 to 12/L* Vaughan For UP-TO-DATE Printing.

The: Docks; consist of the Prince of Wales Dock, the North Dock, and the South Dock each equipped with modern appliancepfor the rapid loading and up- loading: of vessels. The Entrance Channel to the Hatoour is lighted by means of GetS Buoys The New Kind's DOCK: capaUe of accommodating the largest vessels afica is expected to be opened for traffic* this year. The^Quays are 19,000 feet in longkb The Warehouses 'jOiiein a floor area of 288,000 square feqt. The Railways of the Tru&t have direct coonecuious with the Great Western, Londoii and North Wcg,(rr,, Midlard, and Rboudda and Swansea Bpy Railways. There are 2fi Coal TiQS" and SO HydraMfic, steam and Hand Cranes. I! Swansea is the Cc-ntre.of the Antbiacice Coal district. There are morp Patent^ Fuel Works in Swansea than at any other pori in the K.'ngciom and the Fuel is held in high repute in Cout/nentall^and other C. marker. There is a Large Area:of Land available for Fuel Works, Creosote Works Saw Mills and ofcher commercial purposes.rf 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 Rosario, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Ports in Chili and Peru, St. Petersburg, Hamburg Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Treport, Rouen, Nantes, Bordeaux, Oporto, Lisbon, Setubal, Barcelona, Genoa, Leghorn, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, ports in Greece, Constantinople and other Turkish ports Gakfcz, Ibrail, Odessa, Batoum, -.Alexandria &c. Within the Harbour are Nine Graving Docks. Extensive provision has been made for the Fish Trade, in the South Deck. The Swansea Fleet now numbers about 80 Steam Trawlers in addition to Liners and Smacks. Pilotage.-The Trust6es are the Pilotage Authority. Pilotage is Dorcom- pulsory, both inward and outwards. Rates and Charges.I—are moderate. The Mumbles Lighthouse Signal Station is worked by the Trustees. Vessels calling for orders can comaiacica.e w th their Owners without lowering a boa«—good and sheltered free anchorage being found unaer 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.^ n For information on, any point ^connected yitla the Port and Harbour, apply :to- ^WILLIAM LAW, General Manager Rjegigt red Addressgfor Telegrams- ''LAW§'H SWANSEA. m