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Scotland versus Wales.
Scotland versus Wales. I HE LNTERNATIONAL MATCH AT EDINBURGH. "Welsh Athlete" Comments on the Play and Thinks Scotland had a Lucky Win. That little-to-be-desired trophy, the "wooden spoon," ieems in a fair way once more taking up its abode in the land of leeks. For the last couple of seasom we ha.ve leen 111 fairly well 'rid of it—rid of it, I had hoped, for good a.nd all. Two seasons ago we ware at the top of the tree. Last year we shared the honour (?) of its possession with Eng- land ajid Scotland, but this year, I am sadly afraid, we shall drop back to the old position,, at The bottom of the list, and hold undisputed possession of a, trophy which eaoh of the four nations strive so vigoursly to be rid of. Still, ii is the fortune of war—iff fortune it may be termed-and, a-s such, we must accept in the best spirit possible undor the eircuiiisnances* In speaking so. I am, of course, admitting: tha Irishmen to be as good as last year, in the event of which it appears to me that they and England are the country likely _o tight out the battle of supremacy. Scotland I certainly think will be beaten by England, for their tao- tics are practically similar, that is to say, open da.sb''na:, forward play; and drawing a line through the Welsh pack, I must at once admit that to my mind the English eight, on their Swansea performance are infinitely the better tight, whilst their back division, as a whole, certainly ranks a bit ahead of the Scotsmen. Ire- land 1$, of course, the only cc untry wo aire in the dark about. and only have the assurances of the Irish press that the forward line is even stronger than that of Irust year. If it is, the game between the wearers of the sham- rock and the rose at Dublin on Saturday ehould be the most sensational match of the year. Our game wich Scotland on Saturday will from tho score suggest itself as being one in which the play was fairly evenly balanced. Such, indteti. was the case, and, as 1 stated at the close of my remarks OIl Saturday, a draw would moie than anything else have correctly shown the state of the game. The try, for example, which Gowans scored wa.; one uf the luckiest things imaginable, and might just as easily have been a touch-down by one of the Welshmen. »vho were all on their own line, a-s a try by the Scotchman. It was a bit of bad luck, pure and simple, although every credit be gm.n to the Scotch forwa.rds for the brilliant manner in which they were, following up. It occurred after a lot of loose scrambling just in front of the Welsh goal. Two or three of the defending side made attempts to drop on the bail, hut each was charged off it. Bancroft picked it .up in the loose very cleverly, but the Scotchmen were so close on him when he tried to get in his kick that the ball rebounded off one of the forwards back over the Welsh line. Only Gowans seemed to realise where it had gone to. He made a. dart for it, and, although several of the Welshmen were closer to it than he was, he shot past tlu-m and just managed to secure the try which, as events proved, won the match. A- t) the Scotchmen scoring by the aid of their back division, they never seemed anything like it. Certainly Elliotr got- over once ir the first half, but that was after a palpable irregularity had occurred, and no determined, effort was made on the part of the VVVsh'tiei. tc stop him, for the reason that the whistle had gone. Their three- ounrter line, however, was of a very so-so description. They had far more chances than the Welsh four had. but their attempts I' at a is expounding the four three-quarter system were of the crudest description, and in a manner justified the claims of a portion of the Scottish press who all along have decried the departure of their countrymen from a system which they well understood to one with which thev are imperfectly acquainted. •H! 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 hope, in the matter of defence, to cope with four who know their business. If any possible reason could be given why ve were defeated on Saturday I should say. iirst, that the Scotch forwards, as has invariably been tha 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-quarter attack would be if allowed to fairly start, exhibited those ofF-sid tactics- which, unfortunately, referees seem unable 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-out, there waa very little to choose between the two packs. When it came to fair, honest scrinunaging. as we in Wales understand it. the Welsh eight secured the bail equally a, often as the Scotch pack did. I might even go further and say that out of every eleven serums we got possession six times. I'nfox-tuaateiy, however, vi! were able to do little )c nothing with the «:dvantage gained. For example, time after time the Welsh scrimmagers would gather tx the ball and come round with a swing in the v hefl. but, somehow, the Scotsmen seeemd to have a. happy knack of nut only stopping the dribble in its initial stages, but, further, on many occasions they appeared to recover them- selves, and, getting back, not only stopped the ■wheel, but robbed the 'A* eizht of the hail. .In footwork, however, 't "lusc he admitted that the Scotch right. were distinctly the superior. I Again, at half-back, Wales must be said to have had, if anything, a little the worst rf the light. A must, of course, be made for the injury ::stamed by Parhtt at an early stage of the g«mm which injury neces- sitated 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 I'arfitt was not seen at < tx-st. although every credit must be given to the Newportonian for having struggled on gamely through the second half in a dazed condition. Jligg¡;, under the;¡e drcumstaates. had not the opportunitIes given him that would. oeihaps. otherwise have f,e..n the case. In Elliot iuci Si upson, however, the Welsh halves had to rot it end w:r)) a very smart pair. The first-mentioned was distinctly the better man of thw two, and. besides showing considerable resource, gave his passes in a ■wonderfully clever manner. He has, I learn, been playing a grand game for his club for the past couple of seasons, anwi has figured promi- bci tlv in all the international triad matches in which he baa taken part. His omifistoit from til? Scotch team appears to have been solely owing' to the fact mat he is a working man— a state of affairs that we in W ales can hardly understand. The Scotch three quarter line. as I say a.bove, I gleanei no great opinion of. Neilson was the best, but even he did not exhibit any particular amount, of resource. Next to him came Gowans, of whose abilities we have had the chance of judging on one or two occasions. He was. the best of the three, and, of course, came into prominence by reason of hi? 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 tifue otf side. The Welsh four had -very few opportunitief- 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 all his old style, and if he had had more to do the result might have beeai better for his side. Pearson. of necessity, also suffered ill this respect, and had but a couple of chances of attack; during the match. The pair, however, olfered 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 ai 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 'is Y' would never be shaken off, but he was hustled along, and lost ground on several occasions. Bancroft played a much better game than he did at Swansea. One can hardly Mamo him for the occasion oil which his kick was trged down snd 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 better. Smith, the Oxford custodian, played fully up to his reputation. His kicking wa" clean aaid yell judged, whilst he got out of two or three tight comers in a wonderfully clever manner. In ccnclusion, I cannot, do more than repeat my statement, that a draw would have neeu a much better indication of The state of the play than a wwi for Scotland, and with this, I thwk, eie-i the Scotsmen themselves will agree. The North v. South Association match at the Roath-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 m some pretty play at times. The North men shoved a decided superiority with re<_rurd to combination, their parsing being very cleanly and smartly executed. Myt-ton, at centre forward, wa,3 a host in himself, and nearly always was tl)e means of initiating the attacks made by 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 were going down the field with their superb com- bined rushes, he wond break up their passing, and relievo the pressure. Bownas also showed splendid defensive play. In the forwards Be a? ley wa- about the best of the five, and had Adan son. ill the centre, but fed him more, the South team would, probably have done better. Adsnv-ou setmed to be the olllv real failure amongst the Southerners. On many occasions the ball was centred to him splendidly, but, except, when lid managed to put one through towards the close of the game, lie always failed to take advantage of the chances offered him.
THE GELLIGAER CHARITY.
THE GELLIGAER CHARITY. RESOLUTION BY THE MERTHYR GUARDIANS. At the weekly meeeting of the Merthyr Board GUARDIANS. At the weekly meeeting of the Merthyr Board of Guardians on Saturday the Rev. Canon Wade moved that a petition be sent to Parliament praying that the benefits of Lewis's Charity might be preserved to tho peaple of Gelligaer. 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 leng 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 uf 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.'a; Messrs. W. H. Le Grande Chambers, W. Gibbs, W. Hunter, J. H. Hughes, L. H. Hornby, W. Jesseman, F. Phillips. J. F. R. Rainforth, H. G. Thomas, and C. F. Williams were stewards and Messrs. R. A. Forsyth and J. P. Lewis hon. secretaries. Mr. G. Rennecie, 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 coal 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 dswn, his escape from death being miraculous, the man only sustaining injuries to hi.-t 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 jrlove fight at Swansea on Friday night for £ 10 between two Swansea pugilists. Hoolahan and Lewis, resulted unsatisfactorily. Two rounds were fought, then Hoolahan slightly fouled Lewis as he 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 55, an emplayu of David Jones and Co., pro- vision dealers, Wharton-street, Cardiff, was admitted to the Infirmary suffering from severs bodily injuries, which resulted from a fall. He was attended by Dr. Cresswell and detained. Clearance tiale of Underclothing, Corsets, Ladies' and Children's Millinery, Pelisses, Costumes, Gloves, Ties, Pinafores. Aprons, &c., &e. all poods reduced an Mrs. Williams. 25, Royal-arcade. Cardiff. e3839 SHl RTS Re-fitted equal to new. 2s. 3d. Umbrellas Re-iovered—Ladies,, 2s. 3d. dents', 3s. 6d.—Adams. 54, St. Mary-street Cardiff. e3948
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I Welsh Sunday Closing. i
Welsh Sunday Closing. i THE-" WESTERN MAIL "Pi E- BISCITE. An Enormously Heavy Poll of 7 per Cent. Above the Last Municipal Elections. 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 bnlk of the cards were dropped into the ballot boxes. and these a.re 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 tilte 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 last ballot-box was brougkt 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, &c., 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 lost 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 balf-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 bo^ks shows the following result: — — a It 'O" -2 3 3 i! .-S3 > S *5 tJJ IS ? o o „ ° 3 „ 5 g £ S 3 Vs! Ward- i?t 1 | 'S £ § o n1? d n c O 3 fcM j ■« n 3 S Si £ lo =* O IPS g ° « O 8 p:; i.) 1 {central 337 55 9 27S 2 Central 456 73 23 360 3 Central 366 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 iSouth 294 33 23 233 10 iCathays 370 81 32 257 11 ,Cathays 339 50 — 289 12 iCatliars 344 66 67 211 13 iGithays 384 95 13 271 14 Cathavs 339 53 54 227 15 ICathays 301 34 62 205 16 'Park 449 104 65 280 17 IPark 3% 74 34 288 18 !Park 430 133 21 276 19 iPark 472 122 40 310 20 Park 428 43 55 330 21 Park 441 65 28 348 22 jAilamsdown. 451 71 29 351 23 'Adamsdown. 389 45 45 299 24 'AdauisdOTvn. 436 101 25 310 25 [Adamsdown. 454 67 38 359 26 :Canton 401 77 16 308 27 jCanton 387 80 14 293 28 'Canton 451 99 32 320 29 iCantou 351 82 4 265 30 iCantou 371 36 17 318 31 !Riverside 402 95 19 288 32 Riverside 299 51 28 220 33 utiverside 321 57 27 237 34 'Riverside 315 47 22 246 35 Riverside 449 124 77 248 36 Riverside 335 44 21 274 37 Rvath 339 35 52 252 38 Koath 335 85 37 212 39 Roath 295 34 23 238 40 Eouth 317 65 26 226 41 Roath 329 62 8 259 42 Roarh audi Graugetown.! 270 30 28 212 43 Gransretowu.' 312 62 o4 196 42 Roarh and: 42 Roarh audi Graugetown.! 270 30 28 212 43 Gransretowu.' 312 62 o4 196 44 G-rauffetown.! 327 55 25 247 45 Gran^etown .1 307 74 14 219 46 Grangetown. 332 61 10 261 47 Grange town. 389 61 24 304 48 Splott 3L5 52 13 250 49 Splott 329 65 5 259 50 ISplott 327 17 9 301 51 ISplott 351 44 21 286 18630 3,385 ll,454 'lSTSl Altnougli an occasional incident enlivened the experience of the collectors, their narra- tives, on the whole, bore monotonous simi- larity. On one point there was really remark- able unanimity. Thev had all bewn struck by the deep-hearted eagerness with which the women of the working classes welcomed the plebiscite, and the few experiences we give below are a fair sample of what lieaily 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 siqri that the women had neen stirred as if by some unseen but potent influence, and in many cases they were waiting at the door for the cominxr of the ''man with tho 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 cf a decade of years, and in their joy were eager to talk of the manner and method with the collectors wno called lor ;d the cards. "Stay," said a woman in Riverside, 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, "1 have many houses to call at; I must go." lie said. "Then, God bkss you. cried the woman. "We are til with you round here and tell Mr. Carr we shall never forget him for th is." There were incidents of quite another kind. The ma'ii who collected-in IVnarth-road snid he 'was glad to escape with his life," but he found another tale in Graugetown. There the -r women were in a ferment of hope and joy, and would fain detiay tho caller. Another man said that "the Weslevans of Newport- road had given him i'Op. while the Crwys- road collector had a similar experience in a more intense degree. The man who called on Alderman \V. Sanders, for his card was asked by that gentleman, -o you think we are geese 111 this house? I know the "Wes- tern Mail' tricks. Mr. Handera will find tha.t this is a trick in which more people participate than take part in a. municipal or Parliamentary election. It must net be lost sight of in this connection that the forces arrayed against an amendment of the Act are teetotalers and shebeeners, and collectors could not say what class was the more ill- tempe-red. it is pleasant to know, how- ever. that many teetotalers broke away from party trammels, and. in t.h ebest interests of the principle in which they believe, voted for the partial vetoing of Sunday Closing. The vvon^Ie who attend Blue Ribbon Meetings, and very rightly and very in temper ate ly 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, 2,086 people to become mala-fide travel- lers, and the unseen hundieds 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 a-s to whether he had followed out the explicit instructions given him by tihosa in charge of the plebiscite, to observe a strictly impartial attitude with reference to tho voting, and to refrain from either holding any conversation with voters or handling the cards before they were placed in the box, except under circumstances where they could not absolutely avoid doing so. In each case the answer came that the strictest impartiality had been observed. Some of the voters, however, did not conceal their feelings on the subject of the Act, and the little inci- dents related to me by the collectors were i.nci- dc-rts forced upon their attention. The col- lector of the Central Ward, for instance, stated that he had not touched a single voting card, and had strenuously refused to fill dozens of them, although pressing requests had lieen 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.t-itrals. The wires of n any respectable v orking 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 uome home to dinner in peace. 'We get them home at night, mow,' they told me. 'They stay out in shebeens and 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 come home in peace and in decent time/ The 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 m their language as in their preju- dices, and our Leckwit-h 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 ('1nls with their votes recorded on rhern The wives of working men in this part of the town were also in tavour of Sunday opening, and several fjf them told the collectors that they had had more cross words with their husbands since tke public- houses were closed on Sunday than ever before. The Adamsdown collector said he carried out his instructions not to ask questions or to even put the cards in the box for the voters when requested to do 80. Some of the voters refused to vote saying that they would not go behind the Ballot Act. Others said they had burnt their cards, and others that they bad mislaid them. Out of about 500 votes, however, only 30 or so went unrecorded. As far as he could glean from the remarks voluntarily made by the voters, the working class was in favour of the repeal of the Act. In the Richmond-road district the collector estimates 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 fur 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 an 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 opening The wives of the work- ing men in this district, as in other dis- tricts, were particularly anxious to «-e 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 a/rrivecj, and closely 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 thev appeared to be a most respectable body of men. and three or four of them lie knew to be striot teetotalers. CARDS NOT COLLECTED. We understand that for one reason 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 received in this manner will be carefully kept, and will have to be inspected by Mr.
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COLONEL VINCENT.
COLONEL VINCENT. RECEPTION OF DEPUTATIONS AT PONTYPRIDD. Colonel Howard Vincent, C.B., M.P., chair- man of the National Conservative Union, visited Pontypridd 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- tbyr 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 chain makers 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 his opinion upon the contracting- out clause in the Employers' Liability Bill, the alien immigration question, &e.—Tho 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 Ynysangharad, 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 occlipied by Mr. Lenox. Colonel Vincent, who received a flattering reception, referred at some length to various industrial problems, which, he believed, were infinitely more importaut 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 output of coal from the United States and Continental countries, and the considerable increase of coal imported into this country. He impressed upon ail, 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 tra-de 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 Stedman, Conservative agent for Sonth Alonmouthshire an address was delivered at St. Dial's School- r80nJ, Cwmbran, on Friday evening by Mr. E. Waddington, Conservative agent for Cardiff, on the leading political topics. In spite of the snow- fall, the attendance was fairly large.
MONMOUTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
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FATAL LAMP ACCIDENT.
FATAL LAMP ACCIDENT. Nellie Taylor, a barmaid, died on Sunday from the effects of severe tturns sustained on Satur- day evening by the upsetting of a paraffin lamp at her home in Mabledon-place, Euston-road, London.
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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 sleighin' llags, Tags, and Bobtail stood on the corner of a wretched street, somewhere between the Bowery and the East River. Rags was holding his 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 shaip 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 by some saloon lounger, and at once adopted by the neighbourhood in which he lived, if sleeping in boxes and hallways and catmg 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 chtss, and vanished from Misery-alley. This one month's course of instruction was the only teaching Rags had ever known. During this brief education he had heard something of Sa.nta 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- twil. 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 the 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 as tattered as Tommy. Kitty had no mother, and her drunken father abused her cruelly 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 wiat 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' da,r'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 y um—yum!" said Tags, smacking her hungry lips, "wouldn't I like some—'specially pudd in'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, "oould you walk .t?" "Ycu bet," replied the boy. "I b'lieve I could, too, said Tags, ".1 I couiU only see Santa Claus onot. Let's go. o Rags stared at the little Orl 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 Glaus." Rags thought hard for a. few minutes and scowled fearfully over the matter, but ¡,t last gave his assent to the plan and decided that they should set forth on their pilgrimage that very night. It was two days bafore Christmas, and Rags calculated that by dint of constant travelling they might reach the country in time to meet. Santa Ciaus on his rounds. Tag's father was lying in their wretched home in a drunken slew), so there was no one to I 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 oountry and Santa Claus. It was the night before Christmas, and way out near Fordham Heights the snow creaked under the runners of swiftly flying sleighs filled with happy people, ^jtMng in soft furs, going to and from Christmas suppers and family re-unions. The moon .sent down a flood of light and touched the frosty land- scape with a million points of silver. It lighted up two little figures trudging along tha rood and a small stump-tailed dog follow- ing close behind them. Rags and Tags had 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 CIM111. Tags had been very brave, but being now fairly worn out. btgan to cry softly under her thin blanket shawl: "0 Rags," she moaned to her companion, "I can't go no fi;rder. I'm clean beat," and indeed siie appeared to be on the point of falling. Rags put his little scrawny arm around her "Brace up. Tags," he said; "here's a wopping big house all lit up. Mebbe w£'/1 find Sa,nta. Claire in here." a.nd they turned through the great lodge gates and "dragged themselves wearily towards the big mansion, whose every window was ablaze with light. Presently they reached the broad, eld- fashioned portico, and Tags gave a gasp and Rags said. "Gee-whiz Then both were silent. They looked through a great window silent. They looked through a great window and saw a tall tree covered with gay littu* Japanese lanterns and red, pink, blue, and yellow wax oandles, all lighted and reveal- ing countless dolls with yellow curls and staring eyes, sleds, skates, drums, guns, swords, games, toys, and sweets. There never was a more beautiful Christmas tree. The room was filled with little boys and eiris, handsomely dressed, capering about in excitement and delight, and only restrained from despoiling the tree by the hands of the older people who were present. The waifs outside stared with greedv eves. Hiev forgot the oold, the hunger, a-nd the Ion? way they had come. "Tags," whispered Rags, in a solemn whis- per. "dat's de stuff sure enough. Dai s Christmas." "But, Rags," Tags whispered back "where's Santa Claus?" As if in answer to her question, with a great iingling of bells and many a loud "Whoa there now came clattering up the crriveway a sleigh from which lightly sprang Santa, Claus himself Yes, there was no mistake about it. There he was stout, short, red-faced, white-haired and bearded, muffled to his chin in furs, anu with a quaint fur cap perched jauntilv on his frosty Jocks. He almost fell over Rags, Tags, and Bobtail, who were staring a-t him as if bereft of their senses. "Hooray!" cried Rags, in his little thin, piping voice, "Hooray for Santa Claus. Tags, whv don't ye holler 1" But Tags was beyond "hollering." She could only cling fast to Rags and look, look until it seemed as if her eyes would pop from her head. "Hello said Santa Claus, stopping shon "what in the deuce is this ? Who are these children ?" "Rags," said the boy gravely, "and Tags —and—Bobtail"—not forgetting his dog, 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 ?" "Walked it." "Walked said Santa Claus, looking down at their miserably clad feet; "walked—sncli babies. Well, what on earth did vou do it for? Where are your parents? What "Please, sir." rejoined Rags, "we ham't got no parents, only Tags a fader, who's allu." drunk, an' we come ter see you, sir." "To see me "Yes. sir, we wanted ter see Santa Cians jest onct." Something glistened in Santa Claus's eyfs, and he suddenly drew out his handkerchief and blew his nose violently. "Come with me, Rags," he said, holding out his fur-gloved hand, "and you, too, Tags, yes. and Bobtail." They mounted the steps and Santa Claus rang the bell. The door was flung open. There came a flood of Hght, of warmth, delicious odours, a great shout: "Santa Ciaus Santa. Claus!" then a sudden silence. "Chil'iren," said Santa Claus. as he spoke Tie gently pushed the three wayfarers into full view, "I found these poor little folks outside trying to get a peep at your. Christmas. They have walkecl"-his voice trembled queerlv—"walked from New YolL to see Santa Claus just once. They are und"r my protection. Santo Claus wants you to give them a kindly weloome in the name of Him whose birthday you are celebrating." If there were time I would love to tell you afl that was done for Rags, Tags, and Bcbtail; how they were warmed, clothed, and led; how they saw the presents distri- buted and were not forgotten either! ho* they slept in delicious beas; how they nevw went, back to Misery Alley, but stayed in the oountry, Rags as a smart Buttons, and Tags, a neatly-dressed little girl, who waited (ill a beautiful lady. You must imagine a Pi -tbi& A.
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