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TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL, I T1 MPBRAT0KJS. X)ITI T- RAINFALL. I J« .x. | Mm. Mean, j Sunday 30j 62 48 55.0 OO'O Monday l! 62 49 55.5 OO'O L'uesday 2j 63 51 57 0 O'OO iVeduesday 3; 60 49 54*5 O'OO rhursday 4| 61 51 56*0 0*00 ?ridav 5j 60 52 56 0 O'OO rhursday 4¡ 61 51 56*0 j 0*00 ?ridav 5j 60 52 56 0 O'OO jatiirday 6| 60 53 56'5 O'OO TheTemperatnve represents extreme reading th, ilierriiometer for 24 hours ended 9 taken in the ihadeat Cwrt-y-Vil, Penafth. TheBainfall reg-istered at C vrrt-y-Vil, P uaxth, for p. 24 hours ended 9 a I

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( BUY THE JgVENiNG JgJXPRESS,' j2j gMARTEST EVENING pAPER IN THE I PROVINCES. SPECIAL CARTOONS EACH DAY. PRICE ONE HALFPENNY. DANIEL QWEN AND CO LimTED. GENERAL PRINTERS AND STATIONERS CARDIFF. JJANIEL QWEN AND CO A. B. C. T I M .E T A B L E S. PRICE ONE PENNY. "QANIEL QWEN AND £ JO (LIMITED) ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF., giil3(iratii3n<j. THE WEEKLY MAIL" IS NOW PUBLISHING A NEW SERIAL STORY, ENTITLED SHROUDED IN MYSTERY; OR WHICH GIRL DID HE MARRY ? BY SKIPP BORLASE, Author of "Darker than Death," "Riches to RULII." "An Ocean Secret," "Recalled to Life," "Who Killed John Cameron?" "The Police Minister," "For Tiue Love* Sake, Itc., &c. SHROUDED IN MYSTERY I« a. story of two lovely sisters, whose histories are, perhaps, the strangest and mott romantic ever related. They were known as the "Rnchdaie Roses," and the following is what John Ruskin, the famous author and art critic, wrote only a. few years ago about their girlhood's home, know.r. as "The Old House in the Wood: — "Just outside the town I came suddenly upon it, set close under the hill and beside the river, built evidently in the early Stuart times, with muliioned windows and a lov arched porch, round which, in the little fc-iangular irarden, one can imagine the family as they used to sit in old sum- mer times, the ripple of the river heard faintly through ths sweet-briar hedge, and the sliecp on the far-off wolds shining in the evening sunlight. There, uninhabited for many a year, it had been left in un- regarded havoc of rum; the garden gate still swung loose to its latch; the garden, blighted utterly into a field of ashes, not even a weed taking root there; the roof torn into shapeless rents the shutters hanging about the windows in ra.ge of rotten wood; before its gate the stream, which had cnce gladdened it, now soak- ing slowly by, black as ebony and thick with curdling scum. It looked like a paradise that had become accursed." It was a paradise that had become accursed, and the when, how, and why will be staiilingly related in the course of our gtory. SHROUDED IN MYSTERY it. we believe, a tale which will be equally interesting to th3 young and the old of bolh sexes. It is powerfully dramatic, and yet deeply pathetic, and JS thickly crowded with incidents of a most tlirillng and mysterious character. We are convinced that our readers will look eagerly forward to every fresh in- stalment of this wild; weird nanp.tive, which, being half truth and half fiction, admirably ctmbines th«a special chander of both types of literature- MR. SKIPP BORLASE, the Author, is well known as one of the most successful writers of niwspaper fiction of the day. THE OPENING CHAPTER OF THIS NEW SERIAL STORY, SHROUDED IN MYSTERY COMMENCED IN THE WEEKLY MAIL" OF SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 PRICE ONE PENNY. OF ALL NEWSAGENTS. FOR ARTISTIC JpRINTING GO TO •QANIEL OWEN AND CO (LIMITED), ART jpRINTEIJS, ST. MARY STREET, CARDIFF Worm TUDOR MAC, Cnttrgioiis. Cl-,TA-NNEL PASSEINGER BRISTOL CHANNEL PASSENGER SERVICE (LIMITED). By Lady Margaret, Scotia, or Bonnie Doan. (Wind, weather, and circumstance.? permitting). DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN CARDIFF AND WESTON. OCTOBER. Sat.. 6 9.45, 11.40 a.in., Sat., 6 ..10.40 a.m., 12.35, 2.15 p.rn, 7.0 p.m. The Cardiff and Weston Summer Service will cease on the 6th October. 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LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Saturday, Oct. 6.—Stidnerin A anthem, 0 Lord how manifold" (Barnby). THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTElt TRINITY, October 7,-Hanest Thanksgiving.-In residence, the Very Rev. the Dean and the Ven. the Archdeacon of Llandaff. Holy Communion, mid-day. Moraine: Garrett in D introit, God. is a. Spirit" (Bennett); hymn,362; preacher, the Rev. A. H. Arden. Afternoon: Litany; hymns, 379 and386 anthem, The wilder- ness (Goss) preacher, tli3 Bev. Herbert Knott. Collections for the Church Missionary Society. Monday, October 8.-St8g-g-all in G; anthem, Thou visiteth the earth (Greene). Tuesday, October 9.—Garrett in F hymn, 388. Wednesday, October 10.- Brooksbank in E flat; authem, "Awake, awake" (Stainer). Thursday, October 11.—Garrett in D hymn, 222. Friday, October 12.-Wesley in F anthem, "Send out Thy Light" (Gounod). Saturday, October 13,-Cooke in G; authem, Sing praises (Gounod). «tmwiimii'ii ■wimnraaTOiimi HI in—»■«■»—una—w

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NOTE S. i BY "OBSERVER." CARDIFF, Saturday Morning. Football is gradually getting up full steam, and our Saturday's "Express" is getting more and more crowded with the feather leathery. I .-hall, therefore, this morning be brief-I shall even be commend- ably brief; not though as the cleric who, appealing for leave to say one word, delivered an address of an hour and twenty minutes. I mean to be brief: likewise to confine my observations to one topic, viz., Cardiff vehicles and how they are driven. First, as to the vehicles themselves. I sliaii not dwell on the cab-fare question. It has been suggested that an improved system be introduced, but fhe idea has not found favour with the committee whose duty it is to consider the subject, and so the matter has dropped. It is, perhaps, too much to hope for the establishment of a simple and efficient fare, such as a uniform charge of sixpence or a shilling whether the journey be long or short. But if this could be brought about much unpleasantness and bandying of phrases, theological and otherwise, would be saved. The cabmen s shelter problem scarcely con- cerns us hire; but one cannot avoid wonder- ing what will be the ultimate fate of that erection in West-gate-street. There it stands, but no one uses it. I feel strongly myself that the corporation should deal handsomely with tiie cabbies of the town, and before putting up any future shelters it would he well if they or their officers condescended to consult the people whose comfort they affect to study. If they do this, such fiascos as the Westgate-street oahmen's shelter will be things of the past. From cabs to trams. Complaints have often been made that drunken people are allowed to ride in trams and 'busses, much to the disgust and discomfort of the ordinary passenger. Special orders on this subject appear, however, to have been issued, and from something that occurred a day or two ago it looks a-s though conductors were likely to err in quite another direction. The narra- tive, a,s given by a veteran reporter, reads as follows. A tram was standing near the Monument, when a young sailor came up, deposited his bag by the driver, and then, going to the other end of the tram, attempted to get in. The conductor stopped him. "You are smelling of beer," he said, "and my orders are not to let you on board." The young sailor was indignant, so were the passengers, I who could see plainly enough that lie was perfectly sober. However, the conductor was obdurate, so the young fellow got down, I census taken on the spot revealed the fact census taken in the spot revealed the fact I that of the passengers only one had not par- taken of beer that morning, and he was a lad of thirteen! And now a word as to a. real grievance: I allude to the speed at which so many vehicles are driven through the public streets. Scarcely a day passes that someone is not knocked down, and if you talk to half a dozen people quite five of them tell you of injuries received by them or of ha.irbreadth escapes. I think the police ought to take much stricter cognisance of furious driving than they do. It constitutes a grave public danger, and the practice is not on the decrease in Cardiff, rather the contrary. The only parties who can effectively interfere are the police, and they should dio so without delay. A very bad instance of this furious driving came under my notice the other day in Cowbridge-road. A cart—I think a milk- cart, with a couple of women in it-passed down the road, drawn by a big, powerful horse, the animal thundering along at full gallop Had anyone or anything been in the way there would have been a nasty acci- dent, as the animal, I should imagine, could not have been pulled up in less than ten or a dozen yards. I will close my notes with something apropos, which a correspondent sends me— a question from a London newspaper of rece.nt date relative to the London Omnibus Com- pany, in order that the reading public may draw their own conclusions with reference to an omnibus company nearer home. The paragraph says that the L.O.C. in the last twelvemonth ware greater than they had been in past years that their capital was valued on the Stock Exchange at over a million, and that a dividend of 8 per cent. could be declared. But might we not ask that such an established prosperity should be suggestive of a corresponding generosity. It is clear that the shareholders might pay their servants better, and also relieve them 'from long hours on Sundays. It is also clear that-at all events in the busy season—they might erect slight water-proof coverings outside their omnibuses, so that, instead of the outside being half-deserted in bad weather and the inside inconveniently crowded, an outside passenger might be fairly at h. ease. This custom of protecting outside passengjers is established in many towns on the Continent. Why should it not find favour in London ?" As a shareholder to a fair amount in one of the local "wheel'' companies (remarks my correspondent), I Daturally feel some amount of just pridfe in perusing the above. The discomfort to which outside passengers are subject in wet and snow calls aloud for im- provement. We have scarcely got beyond the days of' the old third-class cushionless railway carriages in our train and 'bus com- forts.

"COMING DIVORCE CASE." "A Captain's Wife Too Friendly with the Crew." An action for libel founded on the paragraph under the above heading which appsared in our columns of September 17 last has been amicably settled to the satisfaction of the injured parties, and, in addition to the apology already published in the Evening Express, "twe again express our sincere regret that our columns should have been made use of for the I circulation of statements so damaging and altogether without foundation. I —e—wm—mmmmmmma—a—— I

DR, JOSEPH PARRY. The Welsh Musician Pays a Visit to Mahoning. The "Montour American" of September 20 devotes nearly a column to a description of Dr. Joseph Parry's visit to Mahoning and his lec- ture on music a.t the Presbyterian Chruch in that place on the previous Thursday evening. "This testimonial lecture aud concert," says our Yankee contemporary, "were given in compliance with a request that had been made by a. petition signed by many of our leading citizens asking Dr. Parry that, before his de- parture for home, he should give the people of our town an opportunity to publicly ex- press their appreciation of his ability and the success he had attained in the musical world, and to compliment him upon the honours that have been awarded to him during the past few years. The evening was pleasant and the diuroh well tilled with an intelligent and appre- ciative audience. "Dr. Parry rendered a selection entitled, Make New Friends but Keep the Old,' the musio and words of whir,h were composed and written by himself. The doctor's voice is a baritone, of great volume, splendidly culti- vated aud under perfect control. The words w«r# appropriate and most suitable, aud ware sung in a. sympathetic and expressive manner. During the singing of this piece the doctor accompanied himself upon the piaro, as he also played the aoeonipuniment for the others who sang. '1 he lecture was divided into two parts, the first of which was entitled, 'History, Forms, Styles, and Masters of Music,' and was delivered immediately following the sing- ing of his solo above mentioned. "He followed the subject closely and intel- ligently. Goiug back before the birth of Christ, he spoke of the origin of music and the advancement it had made as it came down to through the ages, and of the perfection it had reached in the closing days of the nineteenth century. lie scon convinced his audience that as a, careful musical student 11(0 had a thorough acquaintance with the history, forms, and styles of music, and in beautiful language depicted its progress and the elevating and re- fining influence it has had upon the oivili-a- tions of the world, and when ne tcuclied upon the masters of music he forcibly impressed hit* hearers with the fact that his knowledge of men was as great as was his information of their works, and in rapid succession gave the names, dates, and productions of the great masters of the put, as well as those of modern times. "The second part of his lecture was entitled 'The Musio aud the Musicians of Wales.' Here, too, he demonstrated that he was upon familiar ground, and was thoroughly in touch and sympathy with the men and music- of Ins native country. He carried us back to the time of the Druids, who figured so conspicuously ,.o in Welsh history during the first century, spoke of the massacre of a thousand of them at one time by the Romans at Anglesey, but that it did not decrease their ardour or love for the Welsh airs, and so great was this love and devo- tion to this art. crude as it was, that even Edward, King of all England, found it was absolutely necessary to exterminate all the bards before he oould subjugate Wales. Though he drove away the workmen, the work went on, for such an impression had been made upon the minds and hearts of those who had heard this music and had so permeated the great heart of Wales that their manners and customs were influenced by it, and in new songs and national airs there broke forth continually the pent up melody which in more recent years has placed Wales and the Welsh race in the fore- front of the composers and singers of the world. Poor in worldly things they were yet rich in culture and song; wherever they have gone or wherever they are, at home or abroad, they carry with them the love of music in all its forms, and the unbiassed thinker must' admit that no people or country has contri- buted more to promote singing by the masses than the Welsh, and this is particularly true of congregational singing."

R ai I way tn en's Co nfe pe nee AMALGAMATED SOCIETY AT NEWPORT. Fourth Day's Proceedings—Trip Down Channel- The Editor of the Society's Organ Speaks His Mind. At eight o'clock on Friday morning the dele- gates attending the annual Congress of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, which has been held at Newport during the week, assembled on the Newport Bridge, and shortly afterwards proceeded down the riyer in the Prairie Flower. A trip was made round the Bell Bnoy. The weather was line and clear, and the visit to the Channel proved to be highly interesting as wel as enjoyable. At ten o'clock the delegates re-assembled at the Town-hall, and the business of the congress was resumed. APPEALS. Various appeals from the Worksop, Limerick, Birley Vale, and Mexborough No. 1 Branches against the decision of the executive committee were heard and dealt with, and the report of the standing orders committee dealing with other appeals was also accepted. KLECTXON OF OFFICERS. Six gentlemen were nominated as auditor for the ensuing year, and the voting- resulted in the appointment of Mr. F. W. Evans, of Cardiff, by a large majority. Mr. S. Lasenby, of Kentish Town, was the only gentleman nominated as treasurer of the general funds, and he was elected unanimously. Mr. W. J. Lye (Battersea) and Mr. T. Wild- ing (Paddington) were elected members of the finance committee for 1895. Mr. Welfare (Spa- road) was also nominated, but withdrew. AUDITOR'S REPORT. Mr. William Hart (Hindley), the official auditor, brought up his report, and stated that last year he signed a statement which was in- correct.—It appeared from the discussion which followed that the report of the chartered accountant, which was issued in the annual report of 1893 was incorrect, and that the schedule issued with the March minutes of this year as to the audi- tor's report for 1893 was the correct statement. The amount in dispute was a sum of Cl57 13s., which Mr. Harford claimed as belonging to him, whilst Mr. Hart thought there was no evidence to show that this was so. It was also stated that the amount paid into the bank in 1893 was JE31 short, but Mr. Harford satisfactorily explained that. Mr. Garrity had paid this sum ill office expenses, salaries, <&c., whilst he (Mr. Harford) was away from home,-Aftel' considerable dis- cussion a resolution accepting the auditor's report and orderiuir the amount in dispute, £ 157 13s., to be placed upon the reserve fund was carried. THE SOCIETY'S ORGAN, Reference was made in tbe auditor's report to the position of the Railway Review," the official organ of the society. Mr. Maddison, the editor, attended, and answered several ques- tions concerning the paper.-Mr. Maddison, in the course of a further statement, alluded to the question of Parliamentary representation. He said that his name was formerly coupled with that of Mr. Harford in the resolution passed by the congress, but afterwards deleted. His name, however, had been sent to some papers, and there bad been a good deal of misconcep- tion concerning the matter. All he wanted was liberty to act. as he liked, on condition that it did not cost the society a penny and that his duties towards the members were not inter- fered with by his becoming a Parliamentary candidate if he thought fit to do so. He held his political opinions sacred, and he would not give way on any one of them for twenty societies. (Hear, hear.) GREETING FROlil CARDIFF. A telegram expressing fraternal greetings was read from the Cardiff Trades' Council. PLACE OF NEXT MEETING. The congress received invitations to hold the meetings of the A. G.M. in 1895 at York, Ports- mouth, Leeds, Manchester, Barrow, Exeter, Peterborough, Dublin, and Southport. A show of bands was taken, with the result that Man- chester was selected by 31 votes, as against 25 votes for York. RAILWAY HOURS ACT, 1893. The Mirfield Delegate moved :—" That this Congress finds that there are evasions of the manifest intention of the Railway Hours Act, 1893, and calls upon the Board of Trade, with a view of giving effect to those intentions, to adopt a more comprehensive method by including in the schedules returns, of whole grades in lieu of the district plan now adopted." -The Peterborough Delegate seconded, and Mr. Harford, in supporting-, said it had come to his knowledge for a c6nsiderable time past that the returns furnished by the railway companies had not been full disclosures of the actual facts of the case, and proceeded to quote instances in support of this assertion.—The resolution, was unanimously carried. FATALITIES TO RAILWAY SERVANTS. On the motion of tho Parkhead Delegate, seconded by the Belfast Delegate, a resolution was unanimously passed expressing satisfaction at the decrease in the number of railway ser- vants killed in 1893 and at the appointment of two sub-inspectors, but asking for an increase in the number of sub-inspectors so as to ade- quately cover the United Kingdom. SUNDAY LABOUR. The Child's Hill Delegate moved This congress regrets that there are still a large number of men employed on the seven-day-per- week system, and feels that this outrage upon humanity is to a great extent the fault of those concerned, and calls upon them to at once amalgamate in such a way as to kill the system for ever.The Newcastle Delegate seconded, and the resolution was carried. ACCIDENTS TO RAILWAY SERVANTS. Upon the motion of the Leeds Delegate, seconded by the Pontypridd Delegate, the follow- ing resolution was carried That this con- gress views with regret that the Board of Trade, in appointing their departmental committee in reference to ac-idents to railway servants, should only ask a representative from the em- ployers' side, and hope that in future cases like this they'will ask representatives from both sides, with a view to eliciting the full truth." THE IRISH CRISIS. The Dublin Delegate moved :—" That this congress heartily records its satisfaction at the settlement of the crisis in Ireland on the Irish Great Northern Railway, which has transferred a considerable sum in weekly wages from the railway companv to tho pockets of the workers and also records its satisfaction at the tact and judgment shown by our Irish officers in dealing with this case."—The Belfast Delegate seconded, and the motion was carried. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL. The Leicester Deleg-atc moved That this congress expresses its hearty satisfaction with the action of the House of Commons in witli drawing the Employers' Liability Bill rather than pass it as mutilated by the House of Lords and with the evil known as the c>mtracting-out clause in it and heartily thanks Mr. F. A. Clianning, M.P., and others for their great endeavours to pass a just and efficient Bill, and asks those gentle- men to again assist us by rc-intioduouig the same at the first opportuuitv." -The Cardiff Delegate seconded, and the resolution was car- ried unanimously. COMPfAINT AGAINST THE GREAT WESTERN. The Wolverhampton Delegate proposed :— That this congress strongly condemns the action of tlio Great Western Railway Company in refusing leave of absence to the Newport delegate, Mr. C. J. Bradshaw, to attend meet- ings in connection with the management of this society." This was seconded, and after Mr. Bradshaw had made a personal explanation, the motion was carried unanimously. PRESENT TO THE LOCAL SECRETARY. As is usual at the meetings of the A.G.M., the delegates contributed towards a present to the local secretary. A sum of over zC3 was subscribed, and this was handed in a puree to Mr.C.J.Bradshaw (Newport) by the chairman of the standing orders committee,—Mr. Bradshaw briefly returned thanks. VOTES OF THANKS. Upon the proposition of the Leeds Delegate, seconded by tho Pontypridd Deleg-ate, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the officers of the society, and testimony was borne to the exceed- ingly able way in which the business of the congress had been conducted by the president, Mr. Hudson, who, in reply, said that the meet- ings had been among the most successful he had ever attended.—Mr. Harford, Mr. Garrity, and Mr. Bell also replied. The congress then rose with the silJgÏng of Auld Lang Syne."

PRISONERS IN WELSH GAOLS. The report of the Commissioners of Prisons for the year ended March 31, 1894. contains the following local statistics Number of prisoners March 6-llrecon 15, Cardiff 251 (males 180, females 71), Carmarthen 37, Swansea 117 (males 93, females 19). TTsk 92. Prisoners previously conviptcd numbered during the year as follows —Brecon Males 62, females 15 Cardiff: Males 1,146, females 863; Carmarthen: Males 186, females 30 Swansea Males 613, females 334 Usk Males 209, females 127. Prisoners bum in Wales numbered as follows, the total of all nationalities being in parenthesis :—Brecon Males 98, females 19 (164-30); Cardiff Males 1,173, females 681 (2,236—1,138); Carmarthen Males 208, females 38 (437 -50) Swansea: Males 769, females 364 (1,238 470) Usk Males 94, females 59 (817— 229). Total prisoners in the gaols of England and Wales Males 127,618, females 44,877. Total born in Wales: Males females 2.142.

Weish Radicals Dividing 0 CYMRU FYDD AND THE GOVERNMENT. M r. Lloyd-George Organising Nationalism —Counterblast by Mr, T. E. Ellis. Our Lor don correspondent telegraphs that an intimation is going forth that Mr. Tom Ellis, the Chief Ministerial Whip, is to stump Wales on behalf of disestablishment. This will be taken as a counterblast to the cain- paign of Mr. Lloyd-George, who has long been calling out that "Short's the friend." The Government cannot afford to be left out in the cold in W ales, hence Mr. Ellis's appear- ance in the field will be taken as a guarantee of good faith. It will be a curious irony qf polities if Mr. Ellis and Mr. Lloyd-George clash. Up to the moment of Mr. Ellis taking office they were the Siamese Twins of Welsh politics. Their personal friendship lias con- tinued. but their political partnership has had its melting moment. CYMRU FYDD AT SWANSEA. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE ON THE WAR PATH. REPUDIATES LOYALTY TO GOVERN- MENT. A public meeting to inaugurate a Swansea branch of the Cymru Fydd League was held at the Drill-hall, Swansea, on Friday evening. In the una voidable absence of Aldermau Martin, who was announced to preside, Alder- man Freeman took the chair. He was sup. ported by Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., Mr. R D. Burnie, M.P., and a number of local ladiei. and gentlemen. The Rev. E. Edmunds proposed the follow- ing resolution:—"That this meeting rejoices at the formation of a local branch of the Cyniru Fydd League, which has for its object the con- servation of the national individuality of Wales, self-government for Wales, religious equality for Wales, improvement of the conditions of labour in Wales, Welsh land reform, popubn control of the liquor traffic in Wales, the pro- motion of Welsh literature and education, and last, but not least, the erection of national museums and monuments in Wales." Mr. Lloyd-George followed. He pointed out the defects in the present. Liberal organisation, and stated three main points in which this new body would differ from the old, and would supplement and a.id it materially. Mr. Llovd. Geerge proceeded to enumerate the reforms which he considered national. They had to fight against several terrible monopolies, None had ever denied the Celt the attri- bute of courage. There was an old legend in the Mabinogion which spoke of a. cauldron which would boil meat only for bi-ave men. If they went up to London at any time he w-uld give them a free ticket to see s-uch a cauldron boiling. If they wanted a.ny soup out of it they must be determined to be un- daunted. (Applause.) In the past they had never obtained anything by returning any Government to power. Referring to the history of Ireland, he said the demoer-ac- of this country owed the Irish people a deer debt of gratitude lor teaching them how t< nght and lormmg a league which comprised tin whole force of their patriotism. It was patriotism^ which had effected everything foi downtrodden nations, and it would" do foi Wales. Mr. Balfour had tried to wipe out Welsh nationality with a de minimus non. and Lord Salisbury had decreed that there should be only one nation in these islands but Providence knew better than Lord Salis- bury, and designed that Welsh nationality should be a living fact. The path wag before them. The old Alexandrian monk once said, "I care not where it leads, if only it be right"; so with Welsh nation alitv. It wa" a decree of Providence. Whither it led he (Mr. Lloyd-George) followed, and he asked Welshmen to do the Fame, (ApplauM., The resolution was adopted, and other speeches followed.

PORTHCAWL GOLF CLUB. Annual Autumn Meeting Opened on Friday. The annual autumn meeting of the Porthcawl Golf Club opened on Friday, and will be con- tinued to-day (Saturday). The entries for the various contests arranged by the committee of the club were the largest that have yet been received, no fewer than 150 players ha;ving entered. Play commenced on Friday in delight. ful weather and in the presence of a large gathering, including many prettily-dressed ladies. The events were competed for but in part, the main play being reserved for to-day, when the bulk of the golfers will put in tat appearance. The ground is very much im- proved by the cutting down of the gorge.

FAIR CONTRACTS CLAUSE. Adopted by the Pontypridd Loca Board. Friday' meeting of the Pontypridd Local Board was remarkable on account of the spirited discussion which occurred in reference to the adoption of the fair contracts clause, which had been deferred a month previously to enable, the members to consider the question. The chair was occupied by Mr. D. Leyshon, and the deputation from the Trades' Council and Stonemasons' Lodge again appeared before the board in support of the petition which they had laid before the members. Mr. Edwards acted an spokesman, and, referring to a state- ment made at the former meeting by Mr. Beaton (one of the leading master builders of the town) that the clause had been smashed at Cardiff, said he had been in correspondence with some of the members of the Cardiff Council, and found that the contracts for the public baJths ajid the new police-station ther* i-.ontainorl the clause. At an earlier stiwre oil the meeting a letter was received from the Pont- nmidd Master Builders' Association bearing upon the matter, which the clerk strain read in the hearing of the deputation. It pointed 3ut tiu't the board would place iiself in ai very invidious position if it inserted in an its future contracts :1, clause that would include all rules now in foros between the different- trades and their employers. As against the adoption of the clause, the association urged that they intended giving notice on the 1st day of November to terminate contracts. The letter also pointed out that under Rule 2 they had to pay the same rate of wages to everv mail, whethsi competent or not. whilst Rule 8 prohibited any dressed stone being brought into the town, —Mr- Brainwell, Mr. deaten, and others ha< no objection to accept the Cardiff clause, anf the deputation stated that was all they realty v. anted.—Mr. Edward Morgan said n was inaccurate to say in tl" letter that thi masters had to pay the same money to a com. petent and incompetent man.—Sir. Seatoe referred to a fatal accident which had occurred about, two or three years ago in the Rhondda by a fall of scaffolding, and said that the Masons' Society had given his relatives LIOO. although he had been a labourer and only used tools for about fifteen months.—Mr. Habiet and Mr. Morgan denied the accuracy of this, and warmly challenged Mi-. Seaton to prove his assertion. After a discussion, in which pef- sonalities were frequently indulged in. Mr. Hugh Brainwell moved that a clause be inserted in their contracts providing fair wages and hours, which was seconded bv Mr. Rolverts and supported by Mr. Sea ton.—i Even- tually, however, it was unanimously decided to adopt the anliif Corporation clause re- ferred to above, it being explained that th* first contract under the new c-onditions would be that of the new ¡.;a.swork". -ø. IS4\-

IMPORTANT JEWISH MARRIAGE. A forthcoming- wedding of special interest to the Jewish community is announced. The Chief Rabbi's younger daughter, Miss Ruth Adler, is to be married to Mr. Alfred Eichholz, Fellow and Leciurer of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in Animal Physiology. Miss Adler has, with her sister, been for yews an enthusiastic worker in the East End, and Mr. Eiehholz was the first Jew eleoted to a' Follow ship of the University of Cambridge. This honour was conferred upon him in recogni- tion of an academical career of the highest possible distinction.

NEW READING-ROOMS FOR BARRY. At a special meeting of the Barry Di-tria Publio Libraries Committee held on Thursday evening, Mr. D. Roberts in the chair, it wai decided to take suitable premises in Dock road, Barry, for the purposes of new publi reading-rooms for that portion of the district The new rooms will be opened for public uat in the course of a week or two