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Scotland versus Wales.
Scotland versus Wales. IHE INTERNATIONAL MATCH AT EDINBURGH. Welsh Athlete" Comments on the Play and Thinks Scotland had a Lucky Win. That uttle-io-be-desired trophy. the "wooden spoon," rtienis in a fair way once more taking up its abode in the land of leeks. For the last couple of cea-soue we ha.ve Leen fairly well rid of it-r-id of it, I had hoped, for good and all. Two seasons ago we ware at the top of the tree. Last year we shared the honour (V) of its possession with Eng- land and Scotland, but this year. I am sadly afraid, we s'ha,M drop back to the old position, at the bottom of the list, and hold undisputed po.<t>ecjt;ioii of a trophy which each of the four nations strive .so vigoursly to be rid of. Stili, ii i,4 the fortune of war—if fortune it may be termed—and, a-s such, we must accept in the btst spirit puwible under the circumstances. In speaking so. I any, of course, admitting the Irishmen to be mA good as last year, in the event of which it tippers to me that they and England are the countries likely to fight out the battle of supremacy. Scotland I certainly think will be beaten by Englaud, for their tac- tics are practically similar, that is to say, open dashing, forward play; and drawing a line through the Wcl^'i pack, I must at once admit t licit to my mind the English eight, on their Swansea performance are infinite iy the better eight, whilst their back division, as a whole, certainly ranks a bit :diead of the Scotsmen. Ire- land is. of course, the only e' untry we are in the d-aik about, and only have the assurances of the Irish press That the forwa.rd line is even stronger than that of last year. If it is, the game between the wearers of the sham- rock and the lose at Dublin en Saturday should be the most stusational match of the VfcSiT. Our game with Scotland on Saturday will from the score sugs^'t itnelf as being one in which the piay was fairly evenly balanced. Such, indeeu, was the case, and, ae 1 stated at the oloc« of my remarks on Saturday, a. draw would more than anything else have correctly shown the state of the game. The try. fur example, which Gowans hcored was one of the luckiest things imaginable, and might just as easily have been a. touch-down by one of the Welshmen, who were all on their own line, as a try by the Scotchman. It was a bit of bad luck, pure and simple, although every credit must be given to the Scotch forwards tor the brilliant manner in which they were following up. It occurred after a lot. of loose scram bhug- just in front of the Welsh goal. Two or three of the defending side made attempts to drop on the bail, but each was charged off it. Bancroft picked it up in the loose very cleverly, but the Scotchmen were so close 011 him when he tried to get in his kick that the bill rebounded off one of the forwards back over the Welsh line. Only Gowans .eemed to realise where it had none to. He made a dart for it, and. ailthoiigh severa.1 of the Welshmen were CMjt-er to it than he was, he shot past them aud just managed to secure the try which, as e'-ents proved, won the match. Az t > the Scotchmen scoring by the aid of their back division, they never seemed anything like it. Certainly Elliot got over once ip the first half, but that was after a palpable irregularity had occurred, and no determined effort was made on the part of the Wt-!s:nei, to stop him, for the reason that the whistle had gone. Their three- quarter line, however, was of a very so-^o description. They had far more chances than the Welsh four had, but their attempts at expounding the four three-quarter system were of the crudest description, and in a manner justified the olaims of a portion cf the Scottish press who all along have decried the departure of their countrymen from a system which they well understood to one wi £ h which they are imperfectly acquainted. lltin, the Scotsmen are not likely to be dis- couraged in their attempts to perfect the system, for they have seen enough of it to know that three three-quarters cannot reasonably hojie, in the matter of defence, to cope with four who know their business. If any possible reason could be given why wo were defeated on Saturday I should say, tirst, that the Scotch forwards, as has invariably been thy case in the past, were too clever and vigorous for our men in the open. Secondly, that. the Scottish three- quarter line, realising how dangerous the Welsh three-qnarrer attack would be. if allowed to fairly start, exhibited those off-sid tactics- which, unfortunately, referee- se-eni ana hie to stop, and nipped all our attempts at three-quarter play at the very outset. With the exception of the footwork men- tioned above and the slight superiority at the line-cut, there was very little to choose betwei-n the two packs. W hen it came to fair, honest scrimmaging, as we in W ales understand it, the Welsh eight secured the lull equally ajs often as the Scotch T.¡¡"k did. I might even go further and say tha-t out of every eleven scrums we got possession six times, t'nfortuaateiy, however, v. o were able to do little o? nothing with the rdvantage „inntd. For example, time after time the Welsh serimniagers would gather ,n the ball and come round \\1\11 a swing ill the T heel. but, somehow, the Scotsmen seeemd to lave a happv knack of n.,t. only stopping the dribble in its initial stages, but, further, on many occasions tli, "y ippeared to recover them- solves. and, getting back, not only stopped the wheel, but robbed die '•V^ioh eight of the had. lit footwork, however, "luso be admitted that Jii-? Scotch eight were distinctly the superior. Again, at half-back. Wales must be said to have had. if anything, a little the worst cf the I light. A c onsiderable allowance :!iU»t, of course, be made for the injury :i»ta;ued by Parhtt at aii early stage of the which injury nects- m rated his retirement from the play for a lengthy period in the first half. Under the cir- cumstances it is hardly to be wondered at that l'a.rfitt was not "fell at hi- I jest, hough every credit must be given to the Newportonian for having struggled on gamely through the second half in a dazed condition, f'iggs. under these circumstances, hncl not the opportunities given him that would, perhaps, otherwise have been the i«se. In Eliiot and S. npyon, however, the Welsh halves had to contend wirii a very tt"iart pair. The first-mentioned was distinctly the better man of the two. and. besides showing considerable resource, ga«e his passes in a | wonderfully clever manner. He has, I learn, been playing a grand game for his club for the pttat contjle of seasons. and has figuied pronu- EC-1 tly in all the international trial matches in which he has taken part. His omission' from the Scotch team appears to have been solely owing to the fact that he is a working man— a state of affairs that we in W ales can hardly understand. Hie Scotch three quarter line, as I say above. I gleanci no great opinion of. Neiison was the best, hut even be did not exhibit any particular amount of resource. Next to him came Gowans, of wlio.-e abilities we have had the chance of judging- on one or two occasions. He wis the best of the. three, and, of course, came into prominence by reason of his scoring the only try of the match. He was nothing particular, however, as a centre player, and both took and gave his passes in- differently well. The whole four redeemed their reputation, only when kicking and in defence, although, in the latter respect, they gained a somewhat unfair advantage by stand- ing for the greater part of their time off-side. The Welsh four had Nery few opportunities— not more than half a dozen throughout the whole of the game, and only on one occasion when Gould and Pearson came away on the right wing did they seem anything like scoring. Gould played with his head in :,ll his old style, and if lie had had more to do the result might have been better for Ins side. Pearson, of necessity, also suffered in this respect, and had but a couple of chances of attack during- the match. The pair, however, offered a really sound defence, and let nothing' pass them during the game. On the other wing, Badger and Evan Lloyd played as plucky a game as anyone could have wished for. Still, as I anticipated, they were. a bit too light to success- fully withstand the rushes of the burly Scots- men. Lloyd, especially, tackled fearlessly, and would never be shaken off. but he was hustled along, and lost ground on several occasions. Bancroft played a much better game than lie did at Swansea. One can hardly blame him for the occasion on which his kick was u-ged down end Gowans scored the try. The Swan- sea man's kicking preserved, with the exception of the first fifteen minutes, excellent length, but he did not seem able to find touch so accurately as of old. His defence, too, was bettor. Smith, the Oxford custodian, played fully up to his reputation. His kicking was clean and well judged, whilst he got out of two or three tight coTiiers in a wonderfully clever manner. In conclusion, I cajMiot do more than repeat my statement, that a. draw would have been a much better indication of rhe state of the play than a win for Scotland, and with this, I think, e\e-I the Scotsmen themselves will agree. Hie North v. South Association match at the K oath-road Ground provided some fairly good play, though the game was spoiled to a certain extent by the heavy fall of snow, which was not all cleared way. This, however, did not prevent the players putting in some pretty play at times. The North men showed a decided superiority with regard to combination, their passing being very cleanly and smartly executed. Mytton, at centre forward. Mas a host in himself, and nearly always was the means of initiating the attacks made bv his side. Winter was. about the smartest man in the South team, and his play was almost perfection. Time after time, when the North forwards vi'ere goin^ down the field with their superb com- bined rushes, he w:j nd break up their passing, and relieve the pressure. Bownes also splendid defensive play. In the forwards Bea«ley was about the best of the five, and had dan-son, in the centre, but fed him more, the Smith team would, probably have done better. Adamson stoned to be the only real failure amongst the Southerners. On many occasions the bill was centred to him splendidly, but, except, when ha managed to put one through towards the close of the game, he always failed to take advantage of th, chamw offerad him.
THE GELIJIGAER CHARITY.
THE GELIJIGAER CHARITY. RESOLUTION BY THE MERTHYR GUARDIANS. At the weekly meeeting of the Mertliyr Board of Guardians on Saturday the Rev. Canon Wade moved that a petition be sent to Parliament praying tha.t the benefits of Lewis's Charity might be preserved to the peeple of Gellipaer- The motion was secon- ded by Mr. G. Seaborne.—Mr. D. Davies pro- posed, and Mr. E. Kdwards seconded, as an amendment, the previous question. A long dis- cussion took place, and upon a division the motion was carried by 22 votes to seventeen.
MASONIC BALL AT NEWPORT.
MASONIC BALL AT NEWPORT. The third annual Masonic ball was held at the Westgate Hotel, Newport, on Friday night, and proved a great success. Masonic emblems and banners were hung about the walls of the large ballroom, and plants of rich foliage lent a charm to the scene. The supper was laid in the coffee- room. Messrs. W. G. Flanders and T. G. Williams were the M.C.'s; Messrs. W. H. Le Grande Chambers, W. Gibbs, W. Hunter, J. H. Hughes, L. H. Hornby, W. Jesseman, F. Phillips, J. F. R. Eainforth, H. G. Thomas, and C. F. Williams were stewards and Messrs. R. A. Forsyth and J. P. Lewis hon. secretaries. Mr. G. Rennecle, of Monmouth, supplied the music.
WONDERFUL ESCAPE AT BARRY.
WONDERFUL ESCAPE AT BARRY. On Saturday afternoon an accident of an exciting character occurred at Barry Dock. As a c",al trimmer named John Grant, living at 66, High-street, Barry, was engaged on a vessel taking in coal the shute connected with the tip fell and knocked Grant down, his escape from death being miraculous, the man only sustaining injuries to his ribs, one of which was broken. He was carried home in the Barry Company's ambulance carriage.
GLOVE FIGHT AT SWANSEA.
GLOVE FIGHT AT SWANSEA. A glove fight at Swansea on Friday night for £ iO between two Swansea pugilists, Hoolahan and Lewis, resulted unsatisfactorily. Two rounds were fought, then Hoolahan slightly fouled Lewis as be was rising from the ground, and his friends would not allow him to proceed.
DISTRICT NEWS.
DISTRICT NEWS. CARDIFF. On Saturday evening George Golledge, aged 56, an employe of David Jones and Co., pro- vision dealers, Wharton-strect, Cardiff, was admitted to the Infirmary suffering from severe bodily injuries, which resulted from a fall. He was attended by Dr. Cresswell and detained. Clear?!.ce Kale of Underclothing, Corsets, Ladies' and (11ildrE'J}' "lilliuery. Peli1<ses. Costumes, Gloves, Tie. Pinafores, Aprons. &c.. Jcc. all goods reduced at. Mrs. Williams, 25, Royal-arcade, Cardiff. e3839 SHIRTS Re-fitted equal to new, 2s. 3d. Umbrellas Kc-covered—Ladies., 2s. 9d. Gents', 3s. 6d.—Adams. 54, St. Marv-street Cardiff. e3948
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Welsh Sunday Closing..1
Welsh Sunday Closing..1 THE WESTERN MAIL PI E- BISCITE. An Enormously Heavy Poll of 7 per Cant Above the Last Municipal Elections. I Our ballot is now practically complete. Voting- cards are constantly arriving by post from people who were not at home when the collector called, but the bulk of the cards were dropped into the ballot boxes. and these are now safely secured under lock and key, while the door and window of the room have been sealed under the personal supervision and with the assistance of Mr. Ebenezer Beavan, J.P. And here it ought to be stated, to Mr. Beavan's credit, that in this matter he has served tke temperance party with much patience, and with an endurance that moves even the much-abused moderate drinker to envy. He was here till after midnight on Friday night, and was on the watch again at eleven on Saturday morning, and never moved from his pest till the iast ballot-box was brought in and the whole placed in safety at half-past eight at night. It is, of course, absolutely impossible to say with strict accuracy how many of the voting- cards have been returned, but a fair idea may be obtained from the collecting books. Collectors were instructed to make a note of cards not returned, and to enter on their books the reason. We issued by post 18,630 voting cards. Of these the post- office returned 650, which from a variety of reasons they could not deliver. The removals," dead," from home," cards not received," and cards mislaid" reduces the number of actual voters to 15,245. Of these 13,791 have according- to the collectors' books, recorded their votes and returned their cards. This is equal to 90 per cent- of the cards known to have been received. If we compare the number of votes received with the number of cards sent out, and including removals, dead, Ac., the poll is 73 per cent., or about 7 per cent higher than the total poll at the exciting municipal elections last November. This is certainly remarkable, and forms a crushing comment on the wild appeals which the teetotalers and their friends to the press have been making to the public to refuse to fill in the ballot cards issued from this office. It is by far the heaviet poll municipal Cardiff has ever given, and as an expression of opinion on a given sub- •eot it stands unrivalled. Sight should not be ]03t of the fact that the challenge was only given nine days ago, and that it was only taken up this day week. The cards were issued on Wednesday night, and the collection, which was commenced on Friday morning, was finished by half-past seven on Saturday night. Half the col- lectors concluded their work on Friday night, and the others would have finished much sooner had it not been for the difficulty of pedestrianism in consequence of the heavy fall of snow. An examination of the collecting books shows the following result j "O SI Is -a •Z 1 2 2 -a **■ -ti *c\ ^123 3 ■Zs Ward. bc| "S^-ga 8 | og§» S J | | £ o f __JL_ 1 -Central 337 55 9 275 2 Central 456 73 23 350 3 Central 365 39 4 323 4 'Central 418 127 17 274 5 Central 305 72 63 170 6 South 360 76 13 271 7 'South 319 41 14 264 8 South 386 69 44 273 9 South 294 33 23 i 233 10 Cathays 370 81 32 257 11 jCathays 339 50 — 289 12 iCathars 344 66 67 211 13 !C:ithays 384 95 18 271 13 !C:ithays 384 96 18 271 14 jCathays 339 58 54 227 15 iCathays 301 34 62 205 16 Park 449 104 65 280 17 Park 396 74 34 288 18 I Park 430 133 21 276 19 Park 472 122 40 310 20 Park 428 43 55 330 21 (Park 441 65 28 348 22 Adamsdown. 451 71 29 351 23 Adamsdown. 389 45 45 299 24 Adamsdown 436 101 25 310 25 Adamsdown. 464 67 38 359 26 'Canton 401 77 16 308 27 Canton 387 I 80 14 293 28 Canton 451 99 32 320 29 Canton 351 82 4 265 30 Canton 371 36 17 318 31 Riverside 402 95 19 288 32 Riverside 299 51 23 220 33 liver side 321 57 27 237 34 Riverside 315 47 22 246 35 ;Riverside 449 124 77 248 36 jliiverside .[ 335 48 21 274 37 Boath 339 35 52 252 38 Roath 335 86 37 212 39 Roath 295 34 23 238 40 IRoath 317 65 26 226 41 Roath 329 62 8 259 42 Roarh andl Grange town.: 270 30 23 212 43 Grangetown.| 312 62 54 196 44 Graugetown.! 327 55 25 247 45 Grangetown .j 307 74 14 219 46 Grange to'.vii .1 332 61 10 261 47 Graugetown J 389 61 24 304 48 Splott 3'5 52 13 250 49 Splott 329 65 5 259 50 Splott 327 17 9 301 51 Splott 351 44 21 286 18630 3,335 11,45-4 113791 AltTiough an occasional incident enlivened the exjjerience of the collectors, their narra- tives, on the whole, bore monotonous simi- larity. On one point there was really remark- able unanimity. They had all beetn struck by the deep-hearted eagernees with which the women of the working classes welcomed the plebiscite, a-nd the few experiences we give below are a fair sample of what Ileally every one of the collectors had to say on his return to the office. In the districts almost exclu- sively used by working men there was every sie-n that the women had been stirred as if by some unseen but potent influence, and in many cases they were waiting at the door for the cominz of the "man with the box." It was sadly pathetic to see the hope actually enter- tained bv many mothers and wives that this plebiscite simply needed their help to make an absolute and an immediate end of the Sun- day Closing Act, with its long train of family evils. They saw deliverance from a curse en- crusted with the age of a decade of years, and in their joy were eager to talk of the manner and method with the collectors who called for I the cards. "Stay," said a. woman in Kiverskle, and she caught the man by the arm, "how long will it take before the Act is finished?"' But the collector had been bidden not to talk. Besiues, "I have many houses to ti, t I must go." he said. "Thell, God bless you. cried the woman. "We are ill with you round here and tell Mr. Carr we shall never forget him for this. There were incidents of quite another kind. The niajii who collected in IVnarth-road said he 'was glad to escape with his life, but he found another tale in (arangetown. There the women were in a ferment of hope and jov, and would fain delay the caller. Another man said that "the Wesleyans of Newport- roinl had given him sop." while the Crwys- road collector had a similar experience in a more intense degree. The man who called on Alderman W. Sanders, for his f-ard was asked by that gentleman, -o you think we are geese in this house? I know the '"Wes- tern Mail' tricks." Mr. Sanders will tind that this is a trick in which more people participate than take part in a. municipal or Parliamentary election. It must not be lost sight of in this connection that the forces arraved against an amendment of the Act are teetotalers and Fhebeeners. and collector could not say what cla-»s was the more i11- tempered. It is pleasant to know, how- ever. that many teetotalers broke away from party trammels, and, in th ebe-t interests of the principle in which they believe, voted for the partial vetoing of Sunday Closing. The r~o-"le who attend Blue Ribbon Meetings, and very rightly and very intemperately condemn the intemperance which they prob- ably never see, are the very people who are driving 5.200 people to drink in clubs on Sun- days, 2,G86 people to become mala-fide travel- lers. and the unseen hundreds or thousands who revel in the moral squalor of the reeking shebeen. It is a mad picture—the teetotaler and the shebeener working shoulder to-shoulder to bolster up an Act of which the most the Royal Commission could say was that it had not failed where it was never needed, and that it had not succeeded where the teetotalers said it was wanted most. EXPERIENCES OF THE COLLECTORS. One of our representatives who was told off to get a few of the more striking experiences of our plebiscite collectors writes I questioned each collector closely as to whether he had followed out the explicit instructions given him by those in charge of the plebiscite to observe a strictly impartial attitude with reference to the voting, and to refrain from either holding any conversation with voters or handling the cards before they were placed im the box, except, under circumstances where they could not absolutely avoid doing so. In each case the answer came tha.t the strictest impartiality had been observed. Some of the voters, how-aver, did not conceal their feelings on the subject of the Act, and the little inci- dents related to me by the collectors were inci- dents forced upon their attention. The col- lector of the Central Ward, for instance, stated that he had not touched a voting card, and had strenuously refused to fill dozens of them, although pressing requests had been made that he should do so by those to whom they had been sent. "Most of the voters, however," he said, "made no secret of their opinions, and in my district there were very few abstentions and very few i cvtrals. The wives of n any respectable vorkiug men told me they hoped to God the public-houses would be opened on Sunday, so that their husbands could get their -pint of beer and come home to dinner in peace. 'We œ.n't get them home at night, .now,' they told me. 'They stay out in shebeens a.nd clubs until all hours, and come home. drunk and quar- relsome. If the public-houses were opened for a few hours on Sunday evenings they would ccme home in peace and in decent time. Hit- man who did one of the Roath districts said the toffs were for the Act, a-nd working men against it." Teetotalers, however, gave the collector a somewhat lively reception. For instance, a Frederick-street teetotaler hoped he would get three months for doing such dirty work Some of the teetotalers were as extreme in their language as ui their preju- dices, and our Leek with and Canton Common collector complained to me that one of the ardent supporters of the Act in that neighbour- hood told him to go to h But this man was an exception, for many teetotalers gave in their cards with their votes recorded on th"m The wives of working men Jm this part of the town were also in favour of Snnday opening, and sovoia.1 wf them told the collectors that they had had more cross words with their husbands since the public- houses were closed on Sunday than ever before. The Adamsdown collector said he carried ont his instructions not to ask questions or to even put the cards in the box for the voters when requested to do so. Some of the voters refuaed to vote saying that they would not go behind the Ballot Act. Others said they had burnt their cards, and others that they had mislaid them. Out of about 500 votes, however, only 30 or so went unrecorded. As fa.r as he could glean from the remarks voluntarily alade by the voters, the working class was in favour of the repeal of the Act. In the Richmond-road district the collector fstimates that about 5 per cent. of the votes were not recorded, as many of the voters were away from home, while the carelessness of servant girls was responsible for the loss of many other votes. There were many refusals to vote in the River- side, Cathedral-road, and Plasturton-avenue district, and a goodly number of cards had been destroyed by servant girls, who thought they were trade circulars. Many of the voters who had thus been deprived of their votes expressed their great annoyance, and a large percentage of them said they had intended voting for Sunday opening. Two or three expressed in strong language their disapproval of the plebiscite, and with fine scorn said they had placed their own voting cards where all of them ought to have been placed, behind the fire In the No. 2 Central Ward the voters, with a few exceptions, seemed to take all enthu- siastic interest in the plebiscite. The collector gathered from remarks made by the voters as they dropped their cards into the box that there was an overwhelming majority in this district in favour of Sunday opc-nincr. The wives of the work- ing men in this district, as in other dis- tricts. were particularly anxious to see a repeal of the Act. complaining that under the present state of things their husbands spent a considerable portion of their earnings on Sundays in shebeens and clubs. Mr. Ebenezer Beavan, who was present when the collectors arrived), and aloseily watched the deposition of the boxes, said he was much struck by their superior charac- ter. He was most emphatic on this point, saying that they appeared to be a most respectable body of men, and three or four of t.hem he knew to be strict teetotalers. CARDS NOT COLLECTED. We understand that. for one rea-son or another some of the voting cards have not been collected. In order that the ballot shall be made as complete as possible, we shall be glad if outstanding cards are sent to us by post or by hand. All cards ieoeived in this manner will be carefully kept, and will have to be inspected by Mr. BUY FROM THE PRODUCER s ..or.& Tremendous Reduction in Prices at LI PTO N'S. HAMS I HAMS II BACON I BACON I THE FINEST HAMS IN THE WORLD I j PERFECTION IN QUALITY. My own Killing and Curing. OWN PER jmm —^ brand, ^^2 LB- From duLD. per lb. Lean, Mild, and Fine Flavoured. EVERY HAM GUARANTEED PERFECTION 20,000of UPTON'S MMS SOLO WEEKLY. A 'rice hilherto Equalled for CKe»pn«gs Tot,s of Extra Choicest to »l«c< from IN SIDES, ROLLS, AND CUTS. OTHER CHOICE QUALITIES, — A ii { THE SECRET how Lipton can sell Hams and Bacon cheaper than all Jr6P 1U« competitors is because he is one of the Largest Curers in the World. ( Customers buying from him save all Middlemen's Profits, and get a much NO MATTER WHAT PIlICE IS PAID FINER CANNOT BE HAD. 1 superior article. LIPTON, .n)tt THE LARGEST TEA, COFFEE, AND PROVISION DEALER IN THE WORLD. Local BranchesCARDIFF, High Street & St. Mary Street; SWANSEA, Arcade Buildings, tfgh Street; I LLANELLY, 9, Stepney Street; BRISTOL, 22, Wine Street; NEWPORT, 4, Commercial Street; MERTHYR, Market Sq uare Buildings. BXUUiCH £ S EVERYWHERE. Kb&Tww&r before they are placed with those in the boxes. LETTER FROM MR-EBENEZER BE AY AN. [To the Editor of thp ""Th-en !ng Express. "J SIR,—When I represented to Mr. Lascelles Carr that, in my opinion, the ballot he was taking on the suggested amendment of the Snnelay Closing Act was not satisfactory, Mr. Carr sub- mitted to me the following proposition, namely, that the ballot undertaken by him should be regarded as being of a tentative nature, and that the whole of the ballot-boxes should be secured under lock and seal, and kept on one side in a safe place pending an arrangement for a ballot to be taken under conditions which should be satisfactory to both sides. After discussion, the conditions laid down were these. that the ballot should be arranged and carried out by a committee of twelve persons, six to represent the temperance party and six to represent the Western Mail," a, voting paper to be sent to every person whose name is on the municipal register, that the question to be sub- mitted to the electors shall be the question sub- mitted in the present plebiscite, namely, "Are you in favour of amending the Welsh Sunday Closing Act, so as to permit of the licensed houses in Cardiff being opened on Sundays for one hour at dinner time and between the hours of eight and ten in the evening that each Western Mail" collector shall be accompanied by a. representative of the temperance party, that the collectors shall not enter into contro ver»y with the electors that the boxes shall be brought to some central room and the re counted in the presence of the committee, and that in the event of disagreement the point in dispute shall be referred to an umpire to be mutually agreed upon. Considering these pro- posals reasonable, I agreed to them, and con- sented to receive the ballot-boxes in connection with Mr. Carr's plebiscite. I attended for six hours and a half from six o'clock on Friday, and again from eleven a.m. to 8.30 on Saturday, and received the whole of the ballot-boxes, and testify to the fact that they had not in any way been tampered with. So far as I have seen during Friday and Saturday, and from the way the collectors were examined in my presence, and from looking over the books to see how they did their work. I must say that the whole proceedings were of such a character that I have nothing to complain of. I placed the whole of the boxes and bags under lock and key, and personally helped and saw that the door and window were care- fully scaled up. I have the key, of the door in my possession. I am now doing my utmost to get the temperance party to take a second plebiscite. I believe they ought to do, especially as Mr. Carr has offered to pay half the expenses that would be incurred. Of course, if the tem- pera,nce party cannot be moved, Mr. Carr will be quite at liberty to open the boxes and count the present votes, and I am willing to be present to see that it is done fairly. I hope to be able to tell you by next Monday week (February 4) what our party will do.-I am, Ac., EBENEZKR BEAVAN. Park Villa, Albany-road, Cardiff, Jan. 26.
COLONEL VINCENT.
COLONEL VINCENT. RECEPTION OF DEPUTATIONS AT PONTYPRIDD. Colonel Howard Vincent, C.B., M.P., chair- man of the National Conservative Union, visited Pentypridd on Saturday afternoon, and was accorded a hearty welcome on his arrival at the railway station. Accompanied by Mr. Herbert C. Lewis, the Unionist candidate fer the Mer- thyr Boroughs; Mr. L. Gordon Lenox, J.P., chairman of the local Conservative Association Mr. James Jeffrey, the new Conservative agent for the division, and other leaders of the party, the gallant colonel proceeded to the Constitu- tional Club, where he was waited upon by a deputation of chainmakers from Messrs. Brown, Lenox, and Co-'s chain and cable works to ask for his support of Sir Benjamin Hingley's proposed Bill for Government testing houses. -The Colonel, in reply, promised to give his best attention to the matter, and said that if he could possibly support the Bill he would certainly do so.—A second deputation from the Trades Council subsequently waited upon Colonel Vin- cent and asked bis opinion upon the contracting- out clause in the Employers' Liability Bill, the alien immigration question, &c.—The Colonel, in reply, said that as far as one could gather from the intentions of the Government now they seemed to be bent upon devoting their minds to other matters than to industrial questions, but he assured the deputation that the Conservative party, who were now powerless to do so, would deal with the matter as soon as they could. A public meeting was held in the evening, and Colonel Vincent was escorted from Ynys&ngharad, the residence of Mr. Lenox, to the old Town-hall by a procession, headed by the Volunteer Brass Band. The hall was crowded, and the proceedings were very enthusiastic. The chair was occupied by Mr. Lenox. Colonel Vincent, who received a flattering reception, referred at some length to various industrial problems, which, he believed, were infinitely more important to the country than mere political conundrums. He was that night speaking in the centre of one of the greatest industries in the world, and some said that as long as there was a demand for Welsh steam coal, and as long as the miners had satisfactory employment, they did not trouble themselves about these questions. They should, however, not be led away with the thought that the coal trade was independent of all other industries because of the demand for coal in the great markets of the world. The gallant colonel then quoted from official statistics lately laid before Parliament, showing the enormous increase in the autput of coal from the United States and Continental countries, and the considerable increase of coal imported into this country. He impressed upon all, whether they were engaged in the coal industry or not, to look first and foremost upon the prosperity of the home trade, and, in concluding, suggested as one of the main remedies for the present depression in trade and a solution to the difficult problem of the un- employed that the vast territories in her Majesty's dominions should be developed for the well-being and the prosperity of her subjects and the solidarity of the British Empire. (Applause.) Mr. Herbert C. Lewis proposed, and Mr. J. F. M'Clune seconded, a vote of thanks to Colonel Vincent, who immediately after left the hall in order to proceed to London.
CONSERVATISM IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
CONSERVATISM IN MONMOUTHSHIRE Under the auspices of Mr. Foster S ted man 5 Conservative agent for South Monmouthshire, an address was delivered at St. Dial's School. r80m, Cwmbran, on Friday evening by Mr. E. Wadding-ton, Conservative agent for Cardiff, on the leading political topics. In spite of the snow- fall, the attendance was fairly large.
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FATAL LAMP ACCIDENT.
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Story of Three Friends RAGS, TAGS, AND BOBTAIL "He don't never come in de city, don't I tell ye? It's only in de country, where dar's sieighin' y Rags, Tags, and Bobtail stood on the corner of a wretched street, somewhere between the Bowery and the East River. Rags was holding liis tattered jacket as closely about him with his thin, blue hands as he could to keep out the biting wind. Tags was shivering under the tiny plaid shawl pinned over her yellow curls, and even Bobtail, who was yelping and barking at their feet, frisked madly about to keep warm, waving his stump of a tail in time to his sharp cries. Rags's real name was Tommy, but from the infinite number and variety of tatters which always adorned his small frame he had gained the nickname, idly given him bv some saloon lounger, and at once adopted by tne neighbourhood in which he lived, if sleeping in boxes and hallways and eating out of a garbage barrel can be properly called living. Rags had no home, no father, no mother, nothing. Once a young lady who had a new lad each week had inveigled him into a sort of class which she established in this abominable locality and maintained for one month. Then she wearied of teaching nice little verses and stories to very dirty little children, gave up her class, and vanished from Misery-alley. This one month's course of instruction wa.s the only teaching Rags had ever known. During this brief education he had heard something of Santa Claus, and had gathered the idea that he only visited houses out of town, where there was fine sleighing. This infor- mation he was imparting to Tags and Bob- tail.. Tags had received her name from Rags. During the latter's term of schooling his teacher had required him to commit a little poem to heart, which ran thus: — "Hark! Hark! I hear tlie dogs bark, Beggars are coming to town, Some in rags, Some in tags, And some in velvet gown." So, when Rags next met little Kitty Clark, his only friend save Bobtail, and she called "Hello, Rags he retorted by shout- ing, "Hello, Tags!" and it must be con- fessed the name was fitting, as Kitty was almost i-g tattered as Tommy. Kitty had no mother, and her drunken father abused her crueliy at times. Bobtail was a waif, like his master; a little mongrel who had followed Rags one day in the street, and thenceforth become his pet and friend. He slept close to Rags's heart, with a bit of the tattered jacket wrapped about him, and the crusts and refuse the boy picked up were always shared by the dog. "Don't I tell ye, Tags," repeated Rags, in reply to Kitty's hope wiafc Santa Claus would visit Misery-alley. "Don't I tell ye dat he don't never come in de city? Ye've got ter have snow and sleighin' an' a corkin' chimbley fur him ter come down troo, an' dar's a tree all lit up wid candles an' hung round wid doll-babies an' drums, an' guns an' candy an' puddin's wid big raisins—gee "Yum—yum said Tags, smacking her hungry lips, "wouldn't I like some—'specially puddin's." Bobtail barked frenziedly at the mention of puddings. "Rags," said the little girl, after a moment's thought, "How fur is it ter de country?" "Gee, I dunno, said Rags; "'leven or ten miles, I s'pose." "Rags," said Tags, earnestly, "ooald you walk ;t?" "You bet," replied the boy. "I b'lieve I could, too, said Tags, "ef I couict only see Santa Claus onot. Let's go." Rags stared at the little girl in amazement. "Huh!" he said, scornfully, "ye couldn't never walk dat fur. Ye'd drop down dead fust ting ye knowed." "I could," eagerly repeated Tags. "I know I could, ter see Santa Claus." Rags thought hard for a few minutes and scowled fearfully over the matter, but ut last gave his assent to the plan and decided that they should set forth on their pilgrimage that very night. It was two days before Christmas, and Rags calculated that by dint of constant travelling they might reach the country in time to meet Santa Glaus on his rounds. Tag's father was lying in their wretched home I in a drunken sleop, so there was no one to stop the trip, and, with the unbounded con- fidence of childhood, Rags, Tags, and Bob- tail set forth from Misery-alley in search of the country and Santa Claus. It was the nioht before Christina#, awl way out near Fordham Heights the snow creaked under the runners of swiftly flying sleiglis filled with happy people, fitting in ..¿ soft furs, going to and from Christmas suppers and family re-unions. The moon sent d^wn a flood of light and touched the frosty land- scape with a million points of silver. It lighted up two little figures trudging [llnng the roa-d and a small stump-tailed dog follow- ing close behind them. Rags and Tags haj walked miles through the keen, cold weather, begging scraps of food and sleeping wherever they could find a nook in which to crawl They were footsore, weary, hungry, and cold, but they were buoyed up by the hope which had led them along—that they might onoe see Santa Clam. Tags had been very brave, but being now fairly worn out. began to cry softly under her thin blanket shawl: "0 Rags," she moaned to her companion, "I can't go no furder. Im olea.n beat," and indeed she appeared to be on the point of failing. Rags put his little scrawny arm arounl her "Brace up. Tags," he said; "here's a wopping big house all lit up. Mebbe WE'Ii find Santa, Claus in here." and they turned through the srreat lodge gates and dragged themselves wearily towards the big mansion, whose every window was ablaze with light. Presently they reached the broad, cld. fashioned portico, and Tags gave a gasp and Rags said. "Gee-whiz Then both were silent. They looked through a great win Jo.f and saw a tall tree covered with gay litti.c. Japanese lanterns and red, pink, blue, and yf-1 low wax candles, all lighted and reveal- ing countless dolls with yellow curls and staring eyes, sleds, skates, drums, guns, swori&, games, toys, and sweets. There never was a more beautiful Christmas tree. The room was filled with little boys and eirls, ha.ndsomelv dressed, capering about in excitement and delight, and only restrained from despoiling the tree by the hands of the o'der people who were present. The waifs outside stared with greedy eves. 'fV-v forgot the cold, the hunger, and tne lone way thev had come. "Tags," whispered Rags, in a solemn whis- per. "dat's de stuff sure enough. Dat s Christmas." "But. Rags," Tags whispered back, "where's Santa Claus?" As if in answer to her question, with a great jingling of bells and many a loud "YVhoa there now came clattering up the driveway a sleigh from which lightly sprang I Santa. Olaus himself! Yes. there was no mistake about it. litere he was stout, short, red-faced, white-haired and bearded, muffled to his chin in furs, anu with a quaint fur cap perched jauntily on his frosty Jocks. He almost fell over Rags. Tags. and Bobtail, who were staring at him as if bereft of their senses. "Hooray!" cried Rags, in his little thin, piping voice, Hooray for Santa Claus. Tags, why don't ye holler?" But Tags was beyond "hollering." S'lie could only ding fast to Rags a.nd look, look until it seemed as if her eyes would pop from her head. "Hello said Santa Clans, stopping short "what in the deuce is this? Who are these children?" "Rags." said the boy gravely, "and Tags —and—Bobtail"—not forgetting his d<tg, who sat on his haunches viewing the pro- ceeding with his head comically held on one side. "Where have vou come from?" "From New York." "How f "Walked it." "Walked said Santa Claus, looking down at their miserably clad feet; "walked—snicli babies. Weil, what on earth did vou do it for? Where are your parents? What "Please, sir," rejoined Rags, "we hain't got no parents, only Tags a fader, who's allu.o drunk, an' we come ter see you, sir." "To see me "Yes. sir, we wanted ter see Santa C'sus jest onot." I Something glistened in Santa Claus's eyes, I and he suddenly drew out, his handkerchief and blew his nose violently. "Come with me. Rags," lie said, holing I out his fur-gloved hand, "and you, too, gs, yes. and Bobtail." I They mounted the steps and Santa Claus rang the bell. The 4oor was Axing tspen. There came a flood of light, of warmth. delicious odours, a great shout: "Santa Claus Santa Claus then a sudden silence. "Children," said Santa Claus, and as he spoke he gently pushed the three wayfarers into full view, "I found these poor little folks outeide trying to get a peep at your Christmas. They have walked"—his voice trembled q ueeilv-" walked from New Yoih to see Santa Claus just once. They are under my protection. Santa, Claus wants you to give them a kindly weloome in the name of Him whose birthday you are celebrating." If tiwre were time I would love to tell you an that was done for Rags, Tags, and Bobtail; how they were warmed, clothed, and fed; how they saw the presents distri- buted and were not forgotten either! hc," they slept in delicious beds; how they never went, back to Misery Alley, but stayed in the oountry, Rags as a smart Buttons, and LIgS, a neatlv-dressed little girl, who waited < n a beautiful lady. You must imagine aR .tbia..
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