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Feathers and Fluff [BY "AUTOLYCUS.I The London" Globe deals with the Cardiff v.ater scare in a couple uf notes, in which it touclwji with a light hand upon the report of Mr. John Storrie. Cardiff r eed not be alarmed," savs the "Globe, satirically. "It seems that all the trouble arises from the presence of a few insignificant fungi and ani- r.alcula?, about a billion to the thimbleful. After detailing the result of Mr. Storrie's analysis, the note-writer adds, Cardiff will not thank him for it. It is bad enough to know thai the water had an execrable smell and vile taste." It has for a long time been th? cry of New- port that a great deal of the crime committed within the supervision of its police is perpe- trated by criminals from Cardiff. That such a charge is true there is no manner of doubt: in fact, Newport is to be pitied, as, from its location, it is a kind of gigantic lodging-house for tramps en route from the Midlands to Cardiff and vice versa. But if the defendants in the Newport police-box are men and women who have been warned out of Cardiff, a3 a Newport paper suggests, it is an indirect com- pliment to the Cardiff police. It remains for the Newport police to keep as vigilant an eys on the fraternity of the road, and see that they are kept on the move. The nomad is an ex. cellent judire of a police force, and when he finds comfortable quarters where he can prac- tice his nefarious games, he will afeuredly stap and practise them. A (.-orrespondent, who is described 13y the editre.ss of the "Western Mail Ladies' Supple, ment," as an ''independent young lady, writes to tell the world that '"It is generally the case that a man sees and admires a prefcly girl, and does not rest until an introduction has been effected: but girls are not at all anxious to be introduced. They never seek and scheme to receive introductions to men. and would not dream of making advances bv- going up and speaking to them." This "independent young lady" must have 'been "out in the for a bit. The modern girls are too well known for this dose of originality to be gulped down. Perhaps they would not dream of going up ::nd making advances, but that they never "seek and scheme," and so forth-wel), this "inde- pendent young lady" must have come straight from a nunnery. A few more years of the world will give her a better idea of the way. of her sex, not to mention the habits and idiosyncrasies of that tin de siecle freak of Natux-e, yclept the New Woman. I have the best of reasons for believing that that bardic amalgamation, the Eisteddfod, has again perpetrated a literacy crime. It witl be in the knowledge elf my readers that what is known as the crown poem fell through, not one of the competitors being judged worthy of the prize, which, by the way. is not a five-shilling piece, as the words would seem to imply, but a handsome coronet. The subject of the com- petition was "Llewelyn Fa-ar, and our "office poet" says he wa" one of the competitors. He has shown me a copy of his ode. and, although my knowledge of the original is somewhat limited, still the sublime beauties of the poem are such as make themselves felt on all but the most callous understandings. I give a few itanzas that my readers may judge uf the atrocity committed in not awarding the prize to our bard — Llyweiyn, ein oiaf. o fas mi so it ejeti ernrm Sei vilfa a chattwg. pererin gwa.« drwiu, Frenhints distoriaeth nach Cynnu ein bran. Sydd hPTiw boh henw marwrtlaeth yw irron. o fcedydd, o llwvddiant, 11 chanu am crwth. Caerfvrddin. O.sweatry.Caerdydd a L!anl'wch, Ljanfairc'[>wllvwmgyll. new.-h, daro am ti, Hen Cvmru, hen wledig. bu farw a fi No one with a spark of poetry in him can fail to be tremendously struck with these lines— and there are hundreds more of them. The sublimity of the single phrase "LlanfairopwlIgwingyU, newih, daro am ti." is very marked, and th.e introduction of the letter "o" marks genius of a very high order indeed. "Setfyllfa a chattwg" is one of those bold touches that only How from a- master pen. As for the staff, they declare themselves per- fectly overwhelmed with this poem, and •'Idrisivya," hasn't been the same man since he read it. Clearly there is something wrong with t'hc adjudicators, and, with the post, we can only txelaim with regretful ire, "bu farw a fi." I The Cardiff School Board have soared to the ¡ highest height ot the ridiculous. It i.s impos- sibk- for them to go any further around the ¡ eyele of circumstances without coming iuto the region of the suuilme, whic-h is "aid to be only one step from The ridiculous. Their next act, therefore, must be something the profundity and lmprfejsiveness of which will paralyse the un verse: that, is. if the world at large can be any more astonished th.i nby the last act oi this amalgamation of itiexperieneed experi- ment ors. who have crowned their follies by drawing up a. code of regulations, oa :11", sub- ject of corporal puni-bment. A "punishment beok" is :.ow to be provided each school, a1Jd every time, a refractory young-ter is chastised the fact is to be entered therein. The recorj must show the date, u-ame of scholar, caus:\ and (\Knfc of punishment. Headmasters, when ti:t:(1 of whipping, are allowed to delegate '1' privilege to assis- tant-master*. if they have obtained their mrchntent. the jjermission to be given in I handwriting and to be entered in the log-book. An authorised cane, inspected by, and presumably tried upon, the general purposes committee, is to be kept. and when an assistant wants ill thrash a boy he uiu>t apply to the headmaster for tne official cane and the official log. book. Punishment is to be only ul;on the back or the hand. Only in very gross cases is punishment to he used, and there are to hø no •viiak-mgs" or "ear-boxing," caution being exorcised .n the cases of delicate and nervous children. This is the farcical list of regulations which Mr. Lewis Williams and Co.. in their superstitious ignorance of school management and their utter incapability of administration Lave drawn up. I dh-ould like to ourohaee some of those log-book? at the end of twelve months. In them will be found entries like tho following:- Date—August 1. Name of the boy—John Jones." Offence—Brought an axe to the school and smashed the teacher's face ia before that 1 had broken the windows, played truant, fought the monitors, and stolen the other lad's school money, but the regulations did not permit of corporal punishment for these trivial offences. Name of administrator of punishment—Make- peace Loverall (parchment certificate holder.) Extent of punishment—Ose stroke across the back—lower portion—with the regulation cane. Patient delicate or otherwise?—Delicate, very: doctor's certiticate to be obtained. Mediial evidence showed that with care the invalid might possibly live to 90, if not hung be iore. This is but a probable specimen of the entries which, if simple truth be adhered to, will be found in the Cardiff Board School punishment books of the future. Ages hence, when our ancestors discover these old records, cranks will lecture on the curious scholastic methods m vogue in Cardiff at the end of the nineteenth century.

OUR DIARY. TO-DAY. 1896.—July 4th. Saturday. Sun rises 3.51, sets 8.17, High water: — Cardiff 12.31, 12.58. Swansea, ——. 12.8. Newport 12.36, 1.2. The forecast of the weather throughout the West of England and South Wales for to-day (Saturday) is as follows:—Westerly and south- westerly winds, fresh; changeable; some rain. Cardiff Events:- Records' Committee, 10.30, 'Police-court, 11.0. Board of Guardians, 12.30. TEN TEARS AGO. 1886 —J uly 4, Sunday. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. 1871.—Tuesday, July 4. Great meeting at Mountain Ash 5n connec- tion with South Wales coal strike, when reso- lutions were passed to oome out on strike. The coal strike conimenced in the Forest of Dean. Meetings in other places all in favour of the strike. Mr. Haliidav urged combina- tion with colliers in the North. The Cardiff Improvement Act before the Lords' Committee, when Mr. Waring, C.E., Alderman Daniel Jones, and Mr. Salmon, Town-cierk, wero examined as witnesses in favour of the Bill.

CARDIFF WATER SUPPLY. *A meeting of the Cardiff Waterworks Com- mittee was held on Friday, Alderman D. Jones in the chair, when complaints were received from the Bute Gasworks, and Mr, Allen men- tioned that on visiting Llanislien on Monday he found in one of the filter beds a good deal of vegetable matter, and it was concluded that the bottom of the filter beds must be dirty. The top layers of sand gave out the same smell as the water complained of. No doubt the origin of the whole thiDg was vegetable matter in the Lisvane, not tht Llanishen, Reservoir. It was ultimately resolved to send two samples of water from Lisvane to Mr. Frankland, F.R.S., analyst to the London County Council, for analysis.—An application from the inhabi- tants of Rumney and St. Mellon's to be sup plied with Cardiff Corporation water was re- ferred to Mr. Priestley, waterworks engineer, for an estimate of cost.

FAMILY TROUBLES THE PBOBATE OF A MOTHHR'S WILL DISPUTED. The Dowlais will case, which was partly heard on Thursday, was resumed in the Nisi Prius Court of the Glamorgan Assizes at Swan- sea on Friday, before Mr. Justice Vaughan- Williams, the plaintiff, Richard Williams, claiming probate of his mother's will, dated August 12. 1895, made in favour of himself and a married sister, named Annie Roberto. Defen- dants, David Williams, John Williams, and Margaret George, other children of the deceased, opposed, and asked the court to pro- nounce in favour of a previous will made in June, 1894, which benefited the whole of the six children of the testatrix equally.—Mr. W. D. Benson and Mr. Rhys Williams (instructed by Mr. W. Beddoe) for the plaintiffs, and Mr. S. 1. Evans, M.P., and Mr. L. Kelly (instructed by Messrs. Jones and Beddoe) for the defen- cants, again appeared as counsel in the case.— Mr. S. 1. Evans, upon the resumption of the vital, opened the case for the defence, stating, in support of his case, that the deceased was in a state of senile dementia at the time she W is induced to sign the second will,anu that when her daughter, Annie Roberts, fetched her to come home to live with her at Dowlais she (deceased) did not know her own daughter. At other times she wanted to send a. petticoat by telegraph—(laughter)—and would, when put to bed at night, want to get up half an hour later, saying ":t was morning and time to get up. (Renewed laughter.)—Dr. John R. Evans, of Dowlais, deiposed to being to attend the deceased lady in July, 189o. He examined her ae to her mental condi- tion, and he was cf opinion that she was in a state of dementia, and' Dr. John Richards, Abercrave, Brecon, also thought that deceased' in 1895, wag of weak intellect.—Thig concluded the medical evidence, and the Judge observed that there was nothing in thlol evidence which was at all inconsistent with t.he deceased having made a good will in August 12, 1895.-Thomail Jon?s, tea dealer, of 19, Union-street, Dowlais, gave further evidence of the mental condition of the deceased, and then the Rev. John Wil. liaius, of Abtrcrave, one of the defendants, was called. He admitted that he held the lease of 19, Union-street. Dowlais. and that during the lifetime of the deceased he declined to say to Mr. Beddoe, solicitor, whether he had the lease or not. He held the lease because -his mother a^ked him to do sc.—In cross-exami- nation, he denied that he had ever ill-treated his mother, nor was he ever at variance with his brothers and skcers. He was sorry to say that his mother helped to make strife between the other children. Asked whether on one occasion Ik- wae in the study writing a sermon, witness relied that he was not writing a sermon; he was writing an article for his brother's newspaper at Banger.—"On Family Relations," suggested Mr. Beiwon.—"It had nothing to do with that," was the reply, said wit:1 som s earnestness. Other evidence was called, and the Judge on two o: three occasions pointed out the absence of testimony of such nature as to suggest that deceased had been coerced into making the .will of August, 1895.—Mr. Benson submitted, on this point, that there was no case to go to the jury, but his lordship dccided to have 1he final verdict of the jury. so that the estate might not be entirely eaten up in future law.—The Judge, in summing up. said :—A more sad case of family hate and family spite has rarely come under illY personal notice, and, under the.:e circumstances, it would not be surprisng that the deceased wished to give her property to certain of her relations. It Mould have b'en better that every tag this poor woman pos- sessed had been burned before the family quarrelled in the way they did—infinitely better. They were worrying this poor old lady in the last days of her life, when her chi clvt-n ought to have been :i comfort to her. Here is the Rev. Dr. John Williams—not to be called John, but the rev. minister of religion. You heard hig letter upon the .subject ahnut the scraps that were left in his house—the chest of drawers and the rest of the things. He wanted to be paid £3 if the things were to be given up. for having taken care of them. I wit' leave you, gentlemen, to judge of an that. Proceeding, the. learned judge addressed his observations to the question of undue influence, and urged that it mU8t be suctl as to be equi- valent to coercion if the second wiT- was to be successfully upset. From the evidence that had been called, he thought the jury should hesitate a. long time before they found that the testatrix Was morally coerced into making the second will. Iu "CQ11c!usion, l»is lordship asked the jury to say whether the deceased was of "sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding" when she made the will of August. 1895, and whether the defendants had established to them that she made that will under undue influence. The Verdict. A ftCI' a few minutes' deliberation, the jury found for the plaintiff. The Judge: Ts it any good to ask whether the family wili take the first step towards something like re-speet for fcheir* mother hy agreeing with each ether as to <nts? If not, judgment will be entered for the plaintiff, with costs. No decision was come to when the next case was called uoon.

I Roath Ward Election SECOND MEETING IN MR. J. H. HALLETT'S CAMPAIGN The second meeting in Mr. J. H. Halleit's campaign for securing the vacant Roa.th Ward seat on the Cardiff Council was held on Fri- day evening on the corner of Claude-road and Albany-road, Cardiff. There was a large and interested audience of ratepavers present when the Chairman (Councillor George David) rose to open the meeting.—The Councillor. after alluding to the fact that their opponents this time had no warrant for saying the Conserva- tives were forcing the campaign on political lines in so much as Alderman Trounce, whose seat they were seeking to fill, was a Conserva- tive, went on to say tha.t even their opponents admitted Mr. Hallett was an excellent man, and well fitted for a seat on the council. He then recapitulated his three reasons he gave to Thursday night's meeting for supporting Mr. Hallett's candidature, namely, his special capa- bilities for dealing with the water question, the electric lighting, and the sewerage and drains. He then went on to remark that even upon political lines ratepayers ought to stand by their candidate, citing the question of the rates and of the work done by the special esti- mates committee as sufficient proof that the Conservatives in the council had done the town more good than the Liberals. He con- cluded Ibyproposing a resolution that "Mr. Hallett is a. fit and proper person to represent the ward of Roath in the corporation, and this meeting pledges itself to use its utmost endeavours to secure his triumphant return. Mr. W. Lewis, who for many years was lead- ing shipwright at Hills', seconded the resolu- tion, which was supported by Councillor Hughes and Mr. W. Mitchell, from the audience. The resolution was then put and carried with one dissentient, who, the chairman said, had only just arrived on the scene and had not heard one word of what had been said.—Mr. Hallett, in dealing wiCh the questions of im- portance then before the town, said that a tremendous amount of money had been spent on the water. On the electric lighting also they had spent a great deal more money tham was warranted by the good they had received from it. He submitted that the rates of the borough were continually on the increase, principally through ba.d contracts—contracts that were not well considered before entered upon. (Applause.)—Dr. Treharne having urged his audience to work well to insure the success of their candidate, a vote of thanks was moved to the chairman and speakers by Mr. Waddington, who also announced that a meet- ing would be held on the Splott-road Bridge at one o'clock and another on Monday evening behind the Stacey-road-hall at eight o'clock. e THE RADICAL MEETINGS. The supporters of Mr. Wm. Geen- the Liberal candidate for tho Roath Ward vacancy on the Cardiff County Council, held } open-air meetings at Splott Bridge, Broad- way, and Wellfield-road, on Friday evening. Councillor Ramsdale presided at Splott Bridge and Broadway, whilst at Wellfield-road Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P., was chairman. The other speakers were Mr. Lloyd Mejrick, Mr. Morgan Thomas (secretary of the South Wales Liberail Federation), Coun- cillors W. Allen, S. Mildon, and Mr. Geen (the candidate)- Councillor Dr. Buist, and Mr. Copt. Resolutions were passed at each of the meetings in support of Mr. Geen. NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES. The nomination of candidates for -the Yacancv in the rejuresentation of the Rcath Ward on the Cardiff County Council took place at the Town-hall on Friday afternoon, the candidates being Mr. J. H. Hallett, engineer. North-road, Cardiff (Unionist), and Mr. William. Geen, contractor, Linden, Penylan (Liberal). NOMINATIONS. J. IT. HALLETT. North-road, Cardiff, Engineer. Proposed by John Thompson, seconded by Thomas Heniy Kmt. Al'f'entol" -Edmund Salmon, Henry; Thomas fjr?ase, Gpo. C. Paniell. John C'ouch. T. H. Banner, Albert Bit-hop, WiUM Letheby, and John Mitchell. ProjxJtpd by Geo. David, seconded by Isidore Leon Assentore — Clmrles Taylor, Thomas Atkinson. Kodan ROM, Walter Thomas, Geo. W. Tenn, Samuel Herbert Mooreom, John Geo. Hardcock, and Frederick John Beck. Proposed by John Llew. Treha-me, seconded 1:Jy, John William Giles. A.seentors:—Abraham Sbibk", Robert Jock, Henry Britten, Heo. Henry Green, Thomas Kjkin. John Kent-hole Barratt, James Owen, %nd Charles Warrington Burns. ProjoRed by W. J. Trounce, seconded by George I{obertfOl1. Auditors :-w. W..Jones. Edward ( Jones, John Mocre, Frank P. miqrt'oil, W. Price Jonee. ami John WllfIher. Proposed by Catherine Rose WillIams, seconded hy Saridi Jano Evan*. Aswntors:—Ulalia Bennett, Philiipa Cop, Elizabeth Morton, Seth Smith, Jamen Griffiths, Harriet .A6htOl1 Emma Moore, and William Jçhn Hreen. Proposed hy Edmund Handtock, seconded by John Le Eeuvre, nnd supported hv A. J Cooper. William Jewell, Henry Talbot, W. G. Ross, J. Juggins, C. Barry, James Griffin 8.nd J. Board. Proposed by W. Lpngridge, seconded by John D. Hooper. Ass»entors:—Mary Ann Cole, Gertrude Gren, E. Gumett, Eliza Vokes, Jane Beaumont, Rose Stanley, Ann Bolton, and Hilda May Taylor. WILIjIAM GEEN, Linden, Penylan, Contractor. Proposed by Robert Sutherland, seconded by Wil- ):all1 Thome. Proposed by Lewis Dheness, seconded by Herbert Heal. Piopcscd by Y. B. Hosgood, seconded by William Edwards.

ELECTION GOSSIP. The Roath Ward bye-election is fixed for Saturday week. The contest would, probably, have been over before now only it was postponed until after -the Royal visit, so that the heat and turmoil inseparble from party warfare might not inter- fere with that auspicious event. The election of Mr. Councillor Trounce to the aldermnnic bench in succession to the late Mr. Alderman Yorath created the vacancy in the representation, of the ward, which will be filled by the successful candidate in the impend- ing bye-election. The supporters of the rival candidates, Mr. J. H. Hallett, engineer (Conservative), and Mr. AY. Geen, builder (Radical), are actively at work. Canvassing is proceeding steadily, and meetings on behalf of the candidates are held nightly. The attendance at Mr. Dallett's meetings is I far and away the largest, and his meetings are I also the most enthusiastic. Mr. Hallett is the favourite, for reasons that. appear on tlie surface, and there can be little doubt that he will be returned with flying colours. Mr. Councillor Ramsdale, a. representative of the ward for many years^in the Radical interest, wxs re-elected last November by ft majority of only three votes. That was a knockdown blow .'or the Radicals, after the vain boastings in which they had indulged— that they would .-iu;piy danoe round and crush and annihilate the Conservative opponent. It was only a qut scion of how many hundreds Mr. Ramsdale's majority would consist of, but, alas' Lord Beac-onsfield's saying wao again ful- tilled-theunpected happened, myl Mr. Rams, dale got in by a. beggar-y majority of three. NaturnUy, the Radicals are less cocksure now than then. Mr. Geen is a. leading member of the Cardiff Master Builders' Association, which body, when the builders' strike was on a year or two ago, was in conflict with the Trades' (Unionist operatives. But Mr. Geen is not only a builder, he is also a Radical, and Councillors J. Jenkins and Cross- man and other avowed Unionists, are among- the foremost of his political allies. Trade Unionists will take note of the ready aptitude with which these gentlemen, have in- consistently grasped the "olicical exigencies of the situation. ¡ Mr. Hallett is so generally known that little I iv ed hI' ,aid in his favour. Educated in the town, he has grown up in it. In hie younger days he was a. practical fitter, and now he Is a leading civil engineer and a Government expert assessor. An engineer with Mr. Hallett. ,s qualifications is sorely needed in the corpora- tion and Mr. Hallett htts rendered such .signal service as a member of the technical education committee that his election also as a member of the county council would be a dtcided acquisition. The issue before the electors is plain enough. Mr. Hallett, with his varied abilities and quali. fications, useful as well for consultation pur- poses as in open meetings, is the type of man n.ost needed, and the one who should be re- turned to assist in the deliberations of the f.ugust 40 who control the destinies of the town. The most that can be said of Mr. Geen ■ie that he i" a builder and a Radical. _??- .?

Victor Saunders, eight, son of John Saunders, railway porter, of Lydney, on Thursday was playifig with other lads in a quarry at New Mills, when a large boulder g^. loose and came rollinsr down upon him, eruWffigfhis thigh in a dreadful manner. He wa» WtaB on to the infirmary at Gloucester.

National Festival FOURTH DAY'S PRQ. CEEDINGS Second Choral Competition—Tiie Crown Withheld. The fourth day's proceedings, although the bigger events were over, continued to be as full of interest upon the general competitions as those of any of the preceding days. The weather was gloriously fine, and added con- siderably to the enjoyment of their surround- ings by the visitors, and everything passed off pleasantly at Gorsedd and pavilion alike. The committee, however, seem to be settling down philosophically to whatever the conse- quences may be-profit or loss. 1 am informed that should there be a deficit, the committee are well prepared to meet it. There has been much less friction over the committee's innova- tions than might have been expected, and, taken as a whole, the Eisteddfod has passed off very satisfactorily, although there has been less "go" and poetry in it than are usually the characteristics of the rational Eisteddfod of Wales. THE COMPETITIONS. Adjudication on arts (sculpture and carving). —Miss Nellie Edge, Llandudno, was declared to be the winner of the prize offered for the modelling in clay of a h;ad from life. Mr. Hermann Bennett, Aorefair, was best in the competition on the panel in clay. Mr. J. M. Jones, Llangefni, got first for the carved chimney-pieod in hard wood, and Mr. W. 0. Griffiths, Llngefni, for the carved oak panel. For the best carved case in oak of a grand- father's clock: Mrs. Paull, Carnarvon. The adjudicator on the foregoing was Mr. Stirling Lee, of Chelsea. Of the four selected to appear before the audience in the contralto solo compotition, two were South Wales ladies, viz., Miss Maggie Edwards, of Machen; and Miss Gwen Foster, Penygraig, The test piece was Maldwyn Price's "0 ye that love the Lord," and the adjudicators were Messrs. George Miller, C. F. Lloyd, En-.lyn Evans, and W. T. Samuel. There wore 57 entries, and a considerable number of those who had entered put in an appearance An the preliminary' competition. Mr. Samuel delivered the adjudication in English and Welsh, declaring .Miss Maggie Edwards, Machen (pupil of Madame Clara Novelio Davies, Cardiff), to be the winner. For an englyn, "Epitaph on 'Clwvdfardd,' "Dyfed" and "Elfed" announced that the prize, was awarded to Mr. R. O. Hughes ("Elfyn Es"), Fesfciniog. Mrs. Th'omas ("Mcrfudd Eryri"), of Holy- head Rectory, who, with Mrs. John Rhys, adjudicated upon the translations of "Llyfr y Tri Aderyn," for which a prise of J310 and a silver medal had been offered by the National Eisteddfod Association, now declared that the best was that lof Mrr. L. J. Parry, B.A., of Carmarthen. In the tenor solo competition, Beethoven's "Adelaide," a large number sang in the pre- liminary, and the first prize was awarded to Mr. J. H. Morris, of Liverpool, and the second prize to Mr. David Lloyd, Llangennech. For the best collection of dried plants gathered in any Welsh county, the prize was awarded to Mr. J. M. Jones, Llangefni. For a translation into Welsh of "The Ancient Mariner-" the prize of £ 5 was won by the Rev. Ellis Williams, Pontgysyllt, near Llangollen. The adjudication of Mr. Owen M. Edwards, M.A.. Mr. J. Gwenogfryn Evans, M.A.. bond Mr. Charles Asltton upon the primer of Welsh literature was that, although three composi- tions had been received, the prize must be withheld and offered another year. The prize of three guineas for a complete joint set of baby linen in fine lawn cambric and Welsh flannel was awarded to Miss Gwladys Roberts, now of Bethesda. When she came forward to be invested the con- ductor ("Cynonfardd") stated that the young lady was born in Patagonia, now resided in Wales, was a thorough Welshwoman, and spoke the Spanish language, but knew very little English. (Laughter and great cheering.) Considerable interest was taken in the quartette "Selene" unaccompanied), prize five guineas, for which no fewer than 23 parties had entered. Three parties appeared on the platform, and Mr. D. Emlyn Evans, in deliver- ing the adjudication, said they had had an excellent competition. He did not remember a better at any eisteddfod during his twenty-five years' experience. (Applause.) The prize was awarded to 'the following pupils of Madame Clara Novello Davies, Cardiff:- Miss Polly Isaacs (Cardiff), Miss Esther Williams (Rhymney), Mr. J. L. Thomas (Rhymney), and Mr. W. T. Williams (Deri). A very pretty little competition was that in which a couple of quartettes equvlly divided a vrize of three guineas for reading at sight-. The first, Mr. A. Henderson, Talsarn, and party,were from North Wales, while the other comprised two North Walians and two South Walians, the two last referred to being Mr. Richard Davies (Llaneilyj and Mr. David Lloyd (Llan- gennech). Mr. Llcyd Chandos then favoured "the audience with a solo, "Come into the Garden, Maud," and, in response to an encore, also gave "I'll sing the Songs of Arabi." Then came the duett, soprano and bass, the test piece b?ing "The Shepherd and the Milk- maid" (W. Davies). Of the four parties who appeared on the platform three were pupils of Madame Clara Novello Davies, Cardiff, and two of them came in for half the prize. Mr. Miller, who delivered the adjudication, said the contest had been a. remarkably close one. In dividing the prize between the first and last parties he hoped the other parties would not be discouraged, because they certainly were highly commended. The winners were Miss M. A. Morris, Tonyrefail, and Mr. D. Chubb, Pontypridd, who divide the prize with Miss Cissie Pritcliard, Cefn Mawr, and her brother. The prizes in the art needlework section were awarded as follows:—Mountmellic bedspread, with fringe complete. Mrs. Emma Graca Jones, Menai Bridge: afternoon tea cloth, Miss Louise Pierce, Llandudno; worked panels for fire screens. Mrs. Parry, Bangor; cushion, Miss M. A. Tavlor: small drawing-room cloth, Mrs. Felton, Llandudnoj pillow and sheet sham. Mrs. Minnie Hughes, Portmadoc: sideboard cloth. Miss Brown, Llandudno; table centro, Miss Nellio Thomas, Holyhead: portiere, Miss Mainwright, Trefnant. THE CROWN WITHHELD. The subject for the crown poem at the Llan- dudno Eisteddfod was "Llewelyn Fawr," a heroio poem not to exceed 600 lines, for which a prize of £80 and a silver crown bad been offered. rhe adjudication of "Dyfed," "Elfed," "Berw," "Alafon." and Professor Morris Jones, M.A.. was read by the last-named gentleman, who declared that, although nine compositions had been sent in. there was not one worthy of the prize, which, therefore, would be with- held. The usually important ceremony of crowning the bard was. therefore, not gone tnrough, although there were a number of bards on the platform ready to assist. Awdl (ode) upon "Clwydfardd" (prhc. £15 and a gold medal, value 1:10. given by the National Eisteddfod Association). The adju- dicators were "Berw" and "Uyfed." The winner was Mr. H. O. Hughes "Elfyn"), Festiniog. SECOND CliOftAL COMPETITION. The second choral competition took place in the afternoon, and, although there were no South Wales choirs present (Builth not having come), there was a great deal of local interest taken in the contest. The test pieces were (1). "May no rash intruder" (Handel). (2) "Hear My Prayer" (J. '1'. Rees, Ahervst- with), and (3) "Through Peace to Light" (J, H. Roberts, Mus. Bac.), The adjudicators were Mr. Emiyn Evans, Mr. George Miller, Mr. C. T. Lloyd, and Mr. W. T. Samuel. The choirs sang in the following order:—(1) Wrexham Orpheus Glee Society, (2) Blaenau Festiniog Choral Cnion, (3) Portmadoo Choral Society, and (4) Ogwen Choir, Bethesda. Mr. D. Einlyn Evans and Mr. Llovd delivered the adjudleation. the one in Welsh and the other in English, and the prize of £70 was awarded to Festiniog, led by "Caradog," the gentleman who earlier in the week led the Moelwyn Choir to victory. This" brought the fourth day's proceedings to a close. While waiting for the adjudication on the choral competition. "Cynonfardd" stated that about 60 AmericaiM had been in the Eisteddfod throughout the week. and a request had come from some of them for the .audience to sing a VVeUh hymn. (Applause.) Dr. Parry was then inviteu to ascend the platform and lead. The doctor complied, and Mr. W: Davies (composer of "U na Byddai'n haf o hyd") accompanied on the pianoforte the tune "Crugy- bar," to the words, "0 fr.vnin u Caersalem eeir gwfcled. which the audience eang with excel- lent effect. THE EVENING CONCERT. I A magnificent performance of Handel s "-uestsiah" was given in the Eisteddfod pavilion on Friday evening by the Eisteddfod choir, under the baton of .Dr. Rogers. The full orchestra assisted, and the (>010 parts were taken by Miss Macintyre, Madame Belle Cole. Mr. Lloyd Chandos, and Mr. David Hughes. There was a crowded audience, every reserved seat having been booked, except the adjudicators' box, half way up the roof of the pavilion. The unreserved seats were overcrowded. in the absence of Lord Mostyn, the presidential chair was occupied by Professor Hughes, of Cardtn. IRISH APPRECIATION OF THE EISTEDDFOD. Commenting on the Eisteddfod at Llan- dudno, the "Freeman's Journal" says :—"The results that may be achieved in the way of developing the musical talent of the Celtic people have received A most remarkable illuetrs- •»oa at tl(? year's Welch Eisieddxad. One oi the great features of the festival, and that in which, perhaps, most popular interest is taken, is the choral competition. Choral singing in Wales is-a popular accomplishment; and the beet Welsh choirs have reason to be proud of themselves. The victors this year came from Builth. Now, Builth is a town—or, shall we say. a village?—of about 1,500 peorple. But the singing of this village choir, if we may take the lifilmical critic of the 'Daily Telegraph' (Lon- don) as an authority, was very near perfec- tion. Do our own Feig committee need any stronger encouragement for themselves, or a. better argument for the public? 'An Eistedd- fod,' wrote Matthew Arnold, once, 'is, no doubt, a kind of Olympic meeting, and that the common people of Wales should care for such a thing shows that there is something Greek in them, something spiritual, something humane, something (I am afraid we must add) which in the English common people is not <to be found.' These qualities, we sincerely 'believe, are no less conspicuous iu our own people than in the Welsh. It is our hope that the 'J'eis Ceoil' will develop them on national lines."

ANGLICAN ORDERS. OPINION OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. Addressir g" a diocwan synod in York Minster oifi Friday, the Archbishop of York said it was impossible for English .Churchmen not to see how the Pa.pal Encyclical mingled truth universally accepted with claims which must bé disallowed. It was the merest newspaper gosap to say that any overtures had been made (,n the part of the Church of England to the See of Rome. As to the question of Anglican Orders, the inquiry now proceeding owed its first impulse to ilie writings of Roman Catholics themselves. English Churchmen never had a shadow of doubt on the sub- ject. They would not be one whit the worse nor one whit the better as regarded their Holy, Orders, what- ever the cpinion cf Jiome .might be.

CHARGED WITH CRUELTY. EXTRAORDINARY SCENES IN COURT. Remarkable scenes were witnessed on Friday in Ramsgate Police-court, when Mrs. Ruby Spalding, wife of Lieutenamt-ooldnel Henry Spalding, of Kelvin House, was charged, at the instance of the National Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children, with having caused unnecessary suffering to her child Walter, aged eleven, on divers dates. During counsel's opening remarks Mrs. Spalding behaved in a most extraordinary manner, telling the learned gentleman he was a liar and urging him to "pile on the agony" and "produce the victim." She repeatedly interrujpted and abused the wit- nesses, and called upon the magistrates to order the lawiyers to cease lying. After two hours' forbearance the defendant was ordered to stand up in the dock, having up to that moment been aooommodated with a chair. She refused, resisted the efforts of the police, and w^as over- powered only after a severe struggle. Then she addressed the presiding magistrate as an old devil, and followed this with other violent language. When finally forced into the dock she stood wjth her back to the magistrates in order to show her contempt for them. As this extraordinary conduct was still persisted in, defendant was ordered to the cells until to-day (Saturday), and a violent struggle ensued, in the course of Whidh Mrs. Spalding struck the chief-constanble in the face. Ultimately she was dragged, sore aiming, from the court.

CARDIFF EXHIBITION. PROPOSED REDUCTION OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. A meeting of the Cardiff Exhibition Execu- tive was held ton Friday afternoon in Shak- espeare's Houst, Imperial Gardens, under tho presidency of Councillor S. A. Brain.—Mr. Walter Cook, hon secretary, read a letter from Lord Windsor, thanking the executive for the arrangements made by them on the occasion of the Royal visit. The letter ran as follows:- "St. Fagan's Castle, June 29, 1896. "Dear Mr. Cook,—I wish to thank most heartily and warmly the chairman and the council of the Exhibition for the most valuable assis- tance which they gave me in placing the Exhi- bition-buildings at the disposal of mysslf and the corporation for the reception of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and for tho presentation of the honorary free- 'dom of the borough. Your arrangements in thq Exhibition wero admirably carried out. Their Royal Highnesses were much interested in the Exhibition, and have expressed their regret that tii*j short time at their disposal prevented their making a more minute exami- nation of the varibus objects the building con- tained.—I am, yours truly, ''WINDSOR. Mayor of Cardiff. -It was reported that the erection of the search-light tower at the south-western end of the Exhibition-buildings was proceeding satisfactorily.—A letter was read from the Taff Vale Railway Company offering the ornamental aroh which was erected in Queen- street on the occasion of the Royal visit to the Exhibition executive. The offer was accepted, and a vote of thanks was passed to the directors. The disposition of the aroh was left in the hands of Mr. Cundall, general superintendent, the cntiunoo to Old Cardiff being proposed as a suitable site.—A deputa.. tion, consisting of Messrs. A. C. Tweedy and F. L. Perry, representing the committee engaged in promoting an assault-at-arms tournament in the town was received with reference to a settlement of the terms at which the executive would allow them the use of the cycle track arena for the holding of their tournament soma time in August, probably the 20th, 21st, and 22nd. — On the pro- position of Mr. Lascelles Carr, it was resolved that the tournament promoters should be allowed half the gate takings on the above- mentioned days over and above suoli a sum as would be decided as the daily average receipts at the time.—Mr. Lascelles Carr gave notioe of moti'on that at the next meeting of the executive he would move that for the time being the price of admission be reduced after six o'clock m the day to sixpence, and that at some future date a similar admission should be charged after tw)o o'clock on Wed- nesdays and Saturdays.

NEW RAILWAY FACILITIES THOUSAND MILE TICKETS. A new departure ia raihyay facilities is announced by the North-Eastern Railway Company. It has been arranged to issue, from July 1, books of coupons for 1,000 miles oi travel, which will enable the purchaser of a book to travel for twelve months in any direction over the North-Eastern system until the coupons are exhausted. The arrangement is limited to first-clash passengers, and the price for each thousand mile ticket-book has baen fixed at £ 5 5s.. or about lid. per mile, which is a reduction of about 20 per cent from the ordinary first-class fare. Fractions of a mile will be counted as a mile, and if the ticket is used for a journey of less than ten nnles coupons as for ten miles will be with- drawn for each adult passenger travelling under it. Children between three and twelve years of age will be charged half-mileage. No allowance will be made for coupons not used within the period for which the thousand-mile ticket is available, unless the purchaser has been prevented from using the coupons by ill- n&ss or other exceptional cause, in which case an allowance of Jd. per coupon will be made. In view of this movement, it is interesting to note how the coupon scheme would work in the interest of local travellers. The distance from Cardiff to London is 156i miles, and the return journey would embrace 313 miles, so that three journeys from Cardiff to London would almost exhause the thousand nnies coupon. The first-class return fare for this journey on the Great Western Railway is L2 5s. 6d., or l-74d. per mile. If the company adopted the coupon system, and gave the Great Eastern allowances bf 20 per cent., the return journey would cost 21 16s. 5d., or l 40f). per mile, representing It saving of 0. Id per return journey. In America train travelling costs one penny per mile throughout, and, applying the three scales mentioned to the Cardiff-London return route, we woaM get the following results on the coupon system — American rate. Id. per m;]<? 1 6 1 Great. Eastern Railway, l-25d. per ,,? mile -.— 1 12 7 Great Western Railway (allowing 20 per eent. reduction on coupons). 1 per mile 1 16 5 Great Western Railway (present rate)) l-74d, per mile 2 5 6 i

David Palmer, th* thiid fngineer of the I steamship Grand Holm, now tying at the Pontypool Wharf, Newport, vya.s charged nt Newport Poiire-coilrt oft Ffida-v with breaking eighteen panes of glass. On Thuisdav evening Palmer drank freely, and between eleven and O'v twelve o'clock he behaved in an extraordinary way. He ran along ALbion-street and Courty- .F- belia-itreet, and broke no fewer than eighteen panes of glass at various houees. He was fined ♦Oe., inciudiine du&MK M4.ccmt4.

A Leap Year Proposal "SHE PUT HER ARMS ROUND HIS NECK." This Was Defendant's Story, but he Had to Pay Eighty Pounds Notwithstanding. Ai Cumberland Assizes, on Friday, before Mr. Justice Cavs. Mary Jane Pat-tinson, a ser- vant, of Drumburgh. aged 22. the daughter of g, gamekeeper living at Patterdale, sued Edward Hyslop, fanner, Longniarton. Westmorland, for damages for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. T. S. Little was counsel for thp plaintiff and Mr. Cavanagh represented the defendant. The case for t'he jplatin'tiff was that she met the defendant at a dance ai the house of her cousin, Mis. Garriek. The defendant took her home after the dance, and subsequently wrote to her. On January 2 the defendant and his uncle, who Jived 26 miles away, came and stayed cit her mother's house for four days, and two da.ys later the defendant wrote to her. She afterwards went and stayed a.t defendant's house, where he proposed to her, and the mar- riage was tixed for April 9. He showed her his farm, and she went with his sister to look at some furniture at Appleby, which was bought. She also herself bought soms furniture to the extent of £38,' in view of the marriage. In March, however, when she received a letter from the defendant, s'he began to think there was something wrong, and when went to stay wt lÛshouse in May, the defendant hardly spoke to her, and was outside the house nearly all Sunday. On April 10, the day after that fixed for the marriage, she went to her solicitor, who whote to the defendant. Mr. Ciivanagh: Well, you did not let the grasa grow under your feet. (La.ughter.) His Lordship: It is the solicitor who did not let the grass grow under his feet. (Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. Cavanagh The defen- dant wanted to put off the marriage until July. No one was present when the promise was made, some day in February. Bessie Pat tins on, sister of the plaintiff, qe- posed that when she was staying at Long- marton with the defendant and her .sister the coming marriage was talked about amongst them all, and the 8th of April was mentioned a'i the date. Mrs. Rebecca Pattinson, the plaintiff's mother, stated that while the defendant was ta her house in January he told her he had atken a. farm at Longniarton, that he had j31,000, and, if he wanted more, his mother would let him have Ic. Preparations were made for the marriage. Cross-examined: She did not like the look of the man from the first. (Laughter.) Mr. Cavanagh, for the defence, submitted that there was no corroboration of the promise of marriage such as the law required. He denied that there was a. promise for April 9, and that if there was a promise a reasonable time ha dnot elapsed for the fulfilment of it. Edward Hyslop, the defendant, was sworn, and described himself as a husbandman, carry- ing on. a farm for his mother at Longmarton. He sid he stayed at Pattinson's in January, at the plaintiff's invitation.—Did you speak to her of marriage? No. His Lordship: What, never? You wrote about it, though. (Laughter.) Defendant, resuming, deposed that it was plaintiff herself who proposed marriage. (Laughter). Mr. Cavanagh What did she do in January? Defendant: She put her arms round my neck. (Laughter). The defendant denied that he ever had £ 1,000.—In cross-examination, he denied that he had ever promised to marry the plaintiff. How did you come to write all these letters if you had never asked her to marry you? That was just fun. (Laughter.) What is the mean- ing of these kisses in the letters?—I was play ing with the girl. There was another girl.- In reply to further questions, the defendant said his mother had come into JS5,000 and £ 1,000- His mother took a farm at Long- niarton. What 'did you tell this girl about the stook- on the farm lor if she was not to be your wife? —Well, I was forced to write about "summat.' (Laughter.) His Lordship: Another action, perhaps, next time. Mrs. Margaret Hyslop, the defendant's mother, said- she was the owenr of the farm 96 acres). The defendant worked for her. The jury found) for the plaintiff; damages JB80. Judgment accordingly.

A CYCLE MYSTERY NOW BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE. The Che«tertield police are making inquiries as to a fatal accident at Birmingham. A young man named WilBaau Farrer of Gams-borough has been found lying near a telegraph pole at Trough-Borok-hill with his skull crushed in and his bicycle smashed up alongside of him. He was carried into an adjoining house, and died almost immediately.

THIEVES' DEVOTION. NANCY,S VISIT TO HER JACK SHEPPARD LEADS TO TROUBLE John Fleming. 32, of Wa<fcrloo-rcsad, waterside labourer, and Mary Lee, 24, laundr.sv, of Deptford, stood together in the dock at South- wiaifcto answer a charge of purse-snatching and assault. Miss Nellie King, of Newoomen-street, Borough deposed that she was walking home afbtwt 10.30, when the male prisoner snatched her purse and ran a.way. To cover his flight the female prisoner knocked her down twice. The man was ultimaifcely arrestey, but Mary Lee might have got away but for her devotion to her "pal." With the devotion of a Nancy she turned up at the station with food for Flemiming, whom she described as her brother, and was instantly recognised. Both prisoners were remanded in custody.

AN ORIGINAL VAGRANT. AMUSING DISCLOSURES BEFORE THE JUSTICES. A disreptuablc looking individual, described on the charge-sheet as Reuben Skidinor. of no fixed residence, was charged, under the new I county bye-laws, at the Aston Police-court, on Friday, with singing in Holland-road, after being requested by a. police-officer tc desist. Poliee-constaibie Arthur Hoifeon said he knew the prisoner as a professional beggar who went about the streets singing doleful ditties in order It oseoure the sympathies and pennies of passers- by. He saw him in Holland-road on Friday, and as he declined to desist he locked him up. Prisoner tol the magistrates he had only re- cently returned from a continental tour '^through the country" and that was his first appearance in Aston—Mr. J. Rowlands (Magis- trates' Clerk): What part of the Continent have you honoured with your presence?—Prisoner: Kidderminster, Worcester, and Lancashire. (Laughter).—Superintendent Walker said the prisoner was a man of many parts, who adopted various role3 for the purpose of begging. He had a board one side of which bore the words, "I am deaf and dumb," while on the reverse was the inscription, "I am totally blind." He reversed the board on alternate days, but on one occasion he was posing as a deaf and dumb man when a .s»treet urchin reversed the board. Prisoner, forgetting the inscription, shouted out, "D yoti," and whfin interrogorated by a passer->by as to whether he was not deaf and I dumib, he replied, "I am.—The magistrates ordered Skidmore to pay 20s. and oosts, or go to Win son Green for a month.

A meeting of the commoners of t?unghenydd Common was held on Tuesday at the Harp Inn, Gelligaer village, at which a committee was appointed to arrange terms with the Rhymney Railway Company, who propose to take six acres of the common for the construc- tion of their proposed aew line into the Oylia Valley, i,

The National Eisteddfod SUGGESTED INNOVATION NEXT YEAR. Disappointing Play in the Wates Polo Match Swansea V., Newport,. The suggestion contained in a, leading article in the "Western Mail" that athletic sports should form part bl the programme of the. National Eisteddfod may or may not bo taken up at the Newport gathering next year. The idea is, no doubt, a good one in its intention to enlarge and popularise the scobe of the Eisteddfod. But, at the same time, t-na cannot escape from the fact that whereas the Eisteddfod is the great—almost the only- institution which stamps the hall-mark upon Welsh music and literature, there are heaps of organisations already existing and flourishing for the development of athletics. "Athletic Newport," as the Uskside town has now come to be known, would, no doubt, be an eminently suitable spot to introduce such a new feature; but isn't this a fair way of looking at the matter? Unless there is a s-rt of interchange of pursuits the innovation is hardly worth taking up. Is it likely that, the eveists, the sprinters, and the gymnasts,, as such, will be led to take on odes and pennil- lion; or the bards be inspired to enter eithe. in close or open competition for laurels in the cricket, football, or racing arena? The committee of the Newport National Eisteddfod of next year have long ago decided to give a prize for the best essay on "Football Wor- ship." They evidently fancy that fetish a. bit grotesque. The aquatic entertainment at the Newport Baths on Thursday evening was very inte- resting, but unfortunately, it did not -meet, with the support it deserved from the hands of the general public. Somehow or other, Newport people do not seem to take to water polo. Matches have been held' on Mon day, Thursday, and Saturday eveniags, hut- with one exception the audience has never been so large as it should have been. For the forthcoming match against Cardiff I under- stand the committee have chosens. We besda v, and I hope the change will prove beneficial. The tttasle between Swansea and Newport was hardly-fought and very exciting, and a draw was about the most satisfactory conclusion there could have been. But the play was rather disappointing. It lacked style and finish, and the shooting on both sides was very erratic. There was also a great deal too much fouling going on, and in my opinion the only men who did themselves justice were the goalkeepers, E. C. Lane (Newport) and H. Mills (Swansea). They were called upon to save some ugly shots, and in the second half especially they did their work well. A match between Newport Seconds and Penarth Seconds resulted in a win for the former bv one goal, which just about represented the difference between the two teams. My Swansea; correspondent writes —Wa shall have no cricket in Swansea for the next few weeks. The Swansea team have this week gone on tour into Pembrokeshire. Up to present I know of no results except the Ha.ver- fordwest match on Thursday, when the weather appears to have interfered wtth the match, as well as with the tempers of the umpires. One said "Go on," and the other "Leave off," and the reports in the newspapers lead one to assume that because Swansea had two of the best bats out for three runs when the weather question came on, that was the reason they departed early from Haverford- west and went on to Tenby. I hardly thick so, but I await further news on their return. Swansea lately defeated Cardiff after the best) bats had gone out for next to nothing. Swansea, I am glad to say, uromises tol take a decent position in the water polo con- tests just started in South Wales. Although they only drew with Newport, when they ex- pected a fair margin of victory, they are this year a very good lot. The trial match to select an international team is to be played at Swansea, and this will, no doubt, give a further impetus to the game. Mr. R. E. Jones's cup is not to go to the Royal Regatta. Mr. Jones has received a letter from the Amateur Swimming Association, supporting him in his action in making the cup an annuai affair, and, apparently, bringing a little gentle pressure to bear on the regatta. That is tho worst of these "permit" businesses. Mr. R. E. Jones said he was going to give a cup to Swansea Royal Regatta.. He has not done it, but has presented it to that and other regattas. These associations are sometimes blind in one eye! The captaincy of the Neath team is likely to go a-begging. Both Fred Hutchinson and Joe Davies have refused to accept it. The latter, rumour says, is going to Llanelly, in which event. I am told, the Neath Club will objccto to his transfer. Arrangements for the cyclists' camp at Llanelly are proceeding apace, and. given fine weather, this, the latest venture of the W heelers Club, is bound to prove very success- ful. The site chosen for the camp is the marsh abutting on Pembrey-road, which is admir- ably suited for the purpose, there being a. wida area of dry, sandy turf. The evening^ wiil be diversified with entertainments, several admirable programmes having already been got up. Llandovery College cut a sorry figure against Llanelly on Saturday. Going in first, the home team scored 218 without much difficulty, the bowling being indifferent throughout. Fred Rees was the principal contributor, he hitting up 70 in splendid style. Against this formidable total the Collegians could only place a beggarly 53. The victory of the home team is all the more creditable seeing that G. P. Lewis, D. L. Joseph, and Cliff Bowen were absent. The unexpected defeat of Burry Port has added a new interest to the struggle between the Carmarthenshire League teams. The fea- ture of the fight up to the present has been the poor show made by the Llanelly second eleven. They have only won one match, and have suffered defeat at the hands of Felinfoel. Llangennech. Burry Port. and Pontvberem. Unless the seconds do better in the matches that are to come they wili find themselves at the bottom of the list. The selection of the Welsh Twenty is beings anticipated in the tin-plate town with more interest than usual. Of course, Sergeant W. T. Davies, the gold medallist of 1893, is* certain of his place.. It is considered also that Private Tobias Williams and Private Davies have established their claims to place iu the team. Certainly, these young fellows have done splendidly consistent work during the season, and it would surprise no une to find them included. Swansea First Eleven is on tour in Pem- brokeshire. On Thursday they played at Haverfordwest, on Friday at Pembroke Dock, and to-day they play Tenby. The Haverfordwest (Vole Club runs for this month are: —July 9, Stack Rocks; 16, pic- nic at Marloes; 21, moonlight run to Tretfgarne Rocks, where it has been sug- gested to have an open-air concert; 23, New- gate Sands; and 30, Langwm. The devotees of the Rugby and the Socker games of football have been differing ua opinion at Haverfordwest. At the last meet- ing of the Harlequins' Football Club in th;¿1> town it was decided that the club should »<* longer consist of the two sections playing the two different games. Two separate clubs ar" to be formed. JWTLLSB ATHLETE.