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THE SKIRT DANCER.
THE SKIRT DANCER. The white-wing'd Venus of the South, Whose radiant eyes and pearl set month, "Whose lissome form, and supple waist, Cloth'd with the most artistic taste In flowing draperies of gauze, Gain'd such a rapturous applause, That in the maidens' spirit crept A newborn sense of life. Adept At seizing a rapt crowd's emotion She danc cd foam frolic of the ocean. Th' audience rose, wav'd, and commended By shouts and show'rs of flow'rs and pearls, The lovely maid whose rippling carls, Hung maid-like below her waist, And undulating, not displac'd, Wavelika in their graceful motion, Added to the sense of ocean. Impromptu bold sea song was sung And then the clever creature hung Upon a mast, and like a sail Unfurl'd her robes, and all did hail The speedy change with cheers renew d, For she their spirits had imbued With Neptunfo's breezy influence, And rous'd afresh the innate sense Of ocean's boisterous element. —CHOHLTON. .—
ORA ETLABORA.
ORA ETLABORA. In the great desert, as lie prayed Long bours beneath a palm-tree s shade, Weary of mind and body grew St. Anthony. His lips still muttered words, but drew Yain breath, being so faintly fraught With tender grace and peace, or aught Of piety. Then mourned hp, because for him Hope seemed to fade, and faith wax dim, And, as he knelt, he beat his breast, And sore he wept. But, lifting up his eyes di-=trest, He spied an angel robed in white, And radiant as the noon-day light, Who to him stept. And bent, a ruaty spade to raise, So delved, yet paused to sing in praise, And delved again, next pang anew— Thus through the day. Then quoth be See that thou likewise do, And. as I am, be joyful now. In God's field, sometimes labour thou And sometimes pray." BLANCHE LINDSAY. Pall Mall Magazine.
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An unkind word from one beloved often draws the blood from many a heart that would defy the battle-axe of hatred or the keenest edge of vindictive satire. I The firmer the hold which a man has of any belief, the greater should be his respect for one who sincerely and tenaciously clings to the opposite opinion. Good breeding carries along with it a dignity that is respected by the most petulant. Ill breeding invites and authorises the familiarity of the most timid. All great reforms have been won by men whom the world has called fanatics. Men of principle and backbone don't compromise with the devil— they fight him. It is a perfectly safe proposition that without the thoughtfulness which is otherwise named tact no one can find the fullest measure of success and pleasure in life. Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is at best but a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.—LORD KAIMES. There is a great difference between being in the world and having the world in us. Let a ship be in the water and it is all right, but let the water be in the ship and down she goes. Human life at the greatest and best is but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humoured a little, to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. It is the little words you speak, the little thoughts you think, the little things you do or leave undone, the little moments you waste or use wisely, the little temptations which you yield to or overcome—the little things of every day—that are making or marring your future life. Wife (crossly): "Well, have your own way, and then you'll be satisned." Husband: "I'm not so certain about that. I had my own way when I married you, but I'm not satisfied." Husband: For whom are you knitting those socks?" Wife: "For a benevolent society." Husband: Do you know, you might send them my address. Perhaps they would send me a pair." It is told of a certain learned man that he spent half his lifetime acquiring fluency in ten different languages, and then went and married a wife who never gave him a chance to get a word in edgeways. "But can't you learn to love me ?" persisted the wrong man. She shook, her head gently. "I've learnt a good many difficult things," she replied, but they have always been things I wanted to learn." Nurse: Please, mum, you must send for the doctor quick for little Johnny." Mistress: Horrora What is the matter?" Nurse: "I don't know, mum; but he hasn't been up to any mischief for two hours." An old Scotsman, who had been opposed to instrumental music in the church he attended, was asked what he thought of the organ that had been introduced. "Man," was the reply, '•I'm feared I'm gaun to like it." Two men were fighting in the streets of Cork. One got the other down, and was administering to him a severe punishment, when the man below cried out to the onlookers: "Oh, tear us asunder or we'll murdher each other entirely! Could recommend it.—"This is the latest style of bracelet," observed the detective, deftly apply- ing the comealongs to his victim's wrists. "How do you like it?" "It's very fetching," coldly replied the prisoner, as he walked away with the officer. Mrs. Gab: "I've been reading, John, that it was once customary in Scotland to engrave on a man's tombstone symbols of the tools of his trade." Mr. Gab: "If they did the same to a woman's tombstone, they would have to put a tongue on yours Lady (in pursuit of a cook): "Why did you leave your place ?" Cook: "I couldn't stand the dreadful way the master and mistress used to quarrel, mum." Lady: "What did they use to quarrel about ?" Cook: The way the dinner was cooked, mum." Mrs. Bridely (in tears): "0 John, how could you scold me so ? You know you often said before our marriage that you delighted in cleanliness." Mr. Bridely (grimly): "So I do; but I draw the line at paying for a woman to acrub the bottom of the coalbox just before the coal is put in." A politician says: When a man leaves our aide and goes to the other side he is a traitor, and we always feel that there is a subtle some- thing wrong about him. But when a man leaves the other side and comes over to us he is a man of great moral courage, and we always feel that he has sterling stuff in him." Scene: The parlour behind the shop. Father in armchair and carpet slippers. Little boy (laboriously reading newspaper aloud) Ac- cord-ing to Chi-nese law, a wife who is too talk-a-tive may be di-vor-ced.' Papa, what does 'di-vor-ced' mean ? Why, what are you putting on your boots for ? Where are you going?" Papa: "To China." An American, who was on his first trip on an English railway, quite held his breath at the rapid running. "I say, guard," he ventured, "this is pretty fast travelling for safety, isn't it." "Oh, no, sir," replied the guard, "we never run off the line here, sir." "But," said the Yankee, quickly, "it's not the line; I'm afraid of running off your blamed little island." "Well, Robert, did you take the letter I gave you to Mr. Jackson ? inquired a Glasgow gentle- man of his servant. "Yes, sir," repl. ed Robert; .u but I dinna think he can read it." "Cannot read it!" exclaimed his master. "Why so, Robert? "Because he is blind, sir. When I was in the room he axed me twice where ma hat was, and it was on maheid a' the time." Old Folger:" I've got a. letter from my son out West." Golfin: "So? What's Tom doin" now ?" Old Folger: "That's what I can't make out. He says he is engaged in the destruction of weeds. Now, that may mean he's smoking a good many cigars, or that he is trying to induce some widow to make a second venture, or it may simply mean that he is doing farm work." "Do you know it's wrong to smoke, my boy ?" said an elderly-looking la.iyin a railway carriage to a young lad who persisted in puffing a cigar- ette, much to the old lady's discomfort. "Oh, I smoke for my health." replied the lad, emit- ting a volume of smcke from his mouth which almost choked the old lady. But you never heard of anything cured by smoking," continued the old lady, when she had regained her com- posure. "Oh, yes, I have," declared the boy; that's the way they cure piqs." "Smoke on, then," quickly replied the "La lady; pom* hope for you yet."
[CONDUCTED BY UNCLE ROBIN.]
[CONDUCTED BY UNCLE ROBIN.] Between the dark and the daylight, W hen thenizbt is beginning to lower. I Comes a pause in the day's occupations Thil is known as the Children's Hour." I 504] [504 Uncle Eobin's Society now numbers 504- members. An additional list of members will be published next week. !I
THE WELSH DICKY BIRD SOCIETY.
THE WELSH DICKY BIRD SOCIETY. FOUNDED BY UNCLE ROBIN, MARCH, 1899. FOR THE PROMOTION OF KINDNESS TOWARDS BIRDS AND ALL LIVING THINGS. COREAN SCHOOLBOYS. The teacher is always dressed in white, generally wears spectacles, and always has a rod, in order that the child may not be spoilt. He gathers his flock around him in the most fatherly manner, and deals out justice with an unsparing hand. The scholars are dressed in their best, but must study without their shoes. These latter are kept in sight of the teacher at all times. The course of study is not very exten- sive to look at, but when it comes to studying the Corean language through the medium of I Chinese it must be confessed that the beginning of a course is difficult. The scholar is first taught the name and meaning of Chinese charac- ters and then their meaning in Corean. Just as though we were obliged to learn English through the medium of the Greek alphabet. The books are generally furnished by the teacher, but the ink, ink saucers and little water vessels and brushes are brought by the pupils. Students keep up a steady, droning noise, as each one goes on repeating his portion of the task aloud, regardless of what is going on around him. The use of the rod is somewhat different in Corea from this part of the world. The little culprit is made to stand up in front of-the whole school, all study being suspended for the time being, and he is made to pull up his loose trousers so as to expose the calf of the leg, and the birch is applied with a vigour equal to the offence. BUTTON HOUSES. Did you ever make any button houses ? If not, you might like to hear of two little girls who did. It was too cold to play out of doors, so they borrowed their mamma's button-box- such as every mamma has in her sewing-room— and emptied its contents on the table. First they selected all the common white buttons that were of the same size, and laid them down in the form of a square, about six inches across. That was the" house," and the different rooms were made by checking off this big square with smaller white buttons, thus making four rooms of equal size. The doors were easily made by removing a button wherever they thought best. For furniture in the dining-room, there was a large brown cloak-button for a table, and three small brown cloth-covered buttons for chairs. For the drawing-room chairs there were odd fancy buttons of steel, smoked pearl, and one of velvet. A square mother-of-pearl button and one of blue glass were the centre-tables, and a sus- pender buckle which was found in the box was voted to be a beautiful piano, with a round brass-button for a stool to make it com- plete. For a couch, they put two square bone- buttons together, with a red-velvet button for a pillow. In the kitchen they had four black coat-buttons for chairs, and a big black cloak-button for a cooking range, "because," as they declared, "the four holes made to sew through make it look just like the holes on the top of a stove!" No button could be found which would do for a bed, so they pretended that the family who lived there were very healthy, and never became tired or sleepy. Who lived in this house ? Why, buttons, of course Mr. Button was a back vest button; his wife was sometimes one kind and sometimes another, for as often as she changed her dress she was an entirely different button! Their child was a iny-button, like those upon shirts. A YOUNG ARTIST. l nope an my young readers either can draw *r will soon learn to draw, and I think they will like to hear of a little boy who, many years ago, managed to draw without either pencil or paper. At the time when Edward III. was reigning in England, and when drawing and painting were in their infancy, there lived in Italy, not many miles from the beautiful city of Florence, a man named Bondone. He was a husbandman, honest and kindly, and respected by all his neighbours. Bondone had a son who, at the time I am writing of, was about ten years old, and whose merry laugh and clever answers amused and delighted all who knew him. The boy's name was Giotto, and it was his duty, day by day, to drive the sheep of which his father had the care to the mountain sides to graze, and to tend them until the evening, for fear they should stray. It may seem that Giotto was a lucky boy to spend his days out on the sunny hillside; but he was not idle. He used to make drawings of his sheep, not on paper with a pencil, for he had neither, but on smooth pieces of slate, and for a pencil he used a sharp stone. One day it happened that a great artist, Cimabue, who lived in Florence, was going On business to the little village where Giotto lived; and coming over the hillside he caught sight of the boy absorbed in his drawing. But on looking quietly over his shoulder Cimabue was astonished to see how excellent the work was for a child of his age; and when he found how fond Giotto was of drawing Cimabue suggested to him to come with him to Florence, and be really taught to be an artist. Giotto was only too delighted, and both went towards the village together, where Cimabue asked Bondone if he might take his son back with him to Florence. To this the father grate- fully consented, and little Giotto left home that day to start on his career as a painter; and in the end he became an even greater artist than his master; so great, indeed, that in course of years his reputation reached the Pope, who sent for him to Rome to do work for him. Every boy and girl in London can go to the National Gallery, and there they can see some of the very pictures painted by this little boy when he was grown up. Giotto became one of the most famous artists that the world has produced, and now his pictures are of almost priceless value. HOW A BOY HELPED. "Ten years from now, when I got to be a man," said John to his grandmother, who was winding up the tall clock, "I'll do that for you; I'll do lots of things. I wish I was a man now." "John!" called Uncle Will from the yard, "come here." John ran out and found his uncle standing be- side the wood-shed with a large dish partly filled with eggs. "I want you to help me," he said. "The old speckled hen has made a nest under the shed, and I don't want her to sit there. I'm too big to get into such a small place, but you're just the right size to reach under. Take this stick and push the hen off, as gently as possible." John lay down flat on the ground and edged himself partly in under the shed floor. Far back in one corner old Speckle had made herself a nest, sure enough. She sat there very com- fortably and did not move, for she thought no one could reach her. You see, she did not know that a helpful little boy had come to stay at grandmother's. John took his stick and brought it carefully round, little by little, not quickly enough to strike old Speckle-for John was always kind to animals—but just enough to push her off the nest slowly and gently. How sur- prised she was She ruffled up all her feathers and pecked at the stick, but it was of no use— she had to come out from under the shed, She was very angry, cackling and flying around at a great rate. But Uncle Will caught her as John drove her out. How she struggled and flapped I John was glad he did not have to do that part of it, for an angry hen is not an easy thing to manage. But big Uncle Will only laughed. "Poor old Speckle!" he said, "you're disappointed, aren't you ?" and he shut her safely up in a coop. Then John crawled under the shed and got all the eggs without breaking a single one. When they went into the house Uncle Will said to grandmother: I don't know how I should have got that hen off the nest and the eggs out if it hadn't been for John." "Now," said grandmother, "you see you needn't be in such a hurry to ba a man. There are some things little boys can do better than grown-up folks—that is, little boys who are willing and careful."
SWANSEA HOSPITAL.
SWANSEA HOSPITAL. ANNUAL MEETING OF SUBSCRIBERS. IS THE MANAGEMENT ECONOMICAL ? The annual general meeting of the subscribers to the Swansea Hospital was held on Friday in the vacant ward. The Mayor (Mr. Richard Martin) presided and there were also present the Mayoress, Mrs. Travers Wood, Mrs. S. P. Wills, Miss M. Wills, Mrs. Picton Turberville, Miss Dixon, Miss Dillwyn, Mrs. Lancaster, Mrs. D. A. Da vies, Mrs. R. E. Bill, Miss Brock, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Williams, Mrs. M. Williams, Col. Morgan, Drs. Joseph Hall, E. le Cronier Lancaster, Humphreys, Ebenezer Davies, A. D. Davidson, D. Arthur Davies, Nelson Jones, Blagdon Richards, Elsworth, F. Knight, J. K. Couch, the Revs. Chancellor Smith, J. A. Harriss, and J. Pollock, Ald. Howel Watkins, Principal Salmon, Messrs. Thos. Yorath, Joseph Hall, H. G. Solomon, G. Turtle, S. Goldberg, H. Goldberg, Waddie, G. Cook, W. Law, and the Secretary (Mr. W. D. Hughes). SPEECH BY THE MAYOR. The Mayor, in opening the proceedings, acknowledged the privilege of presiding over the annual meeting of the chief charitable institution in the town, particularly when the report before them was one in which they felt great confidence. The number of patients was one that any institution should be proud to have been able to help, and the figures all through the report were encouraging and creditable. When 1,307 patients had been treated, each with an average of 30 days during the year, they ought to be quite satisfied that really good work had been done He was not sufficiently versed in the work of hospitals to say whether the expense per bed was an economical one or not, but when they began to consider the question of economy in the management of an institution like that, the actual money cost per bed was not the first consideration. In their rules it was stated that the object of the institution was to afford medical and surgical relief to the sick poor, and that was the first object and the first consideration of the Hospital. If that object was to be carried out in the best possible way the actual cost per bed became a secondary consideration. He quite believed in economy but efficiency came first. The medical and surgical and nursing staffs and appliances must be the best of their kind and it ought not to go forth to the public that the cost per bed is the actual test of the efficiency of the establishment. One item in the receipts which gave him very much pleasure was that of the workmen's contribu- tions. (Applause.) There was no section of the population more prepared to make sacrifices for the sake of relieving others. He could say that from personal knowledge of the working classes. They wanted the Swansea people to believe that the Hospital was a Swansea institution to be supported by them, and he would like to persuade Swansea people that it was a privilege to them to be able to contribute, little or much, to the support of the Hospital. He bad made a calculation and had found that each patient had cost 13 13s. 5d. for 30 days' maintenance and treatment in the Hospital. He did not think that any establishment could very well maintain a patient for 30 days under that amount and there was hardly room for the complaint that the management of the institution was not economical. There must necessarily be differences of opinion in the management of any institution, especially where there was an honest endeavour to-look after the welfare of the institution; but those differences of opinion would never hurt the efficiency or the welfare of the institution when everyone engaged in the management did his part honestly in the interests and the welfare of the institution. (Applause.) COL. MORGAN MOVES THE ANNUAL REPORT. Col. Morgan moved the adoption of the annual report, a copy of which we published last week. The gallant colonel humourosly remarked-with reference to the so- called scene" at the meeting of the committee,—that it might be thought he had been asked to move the adoption of the report for the purpose of drawing his teeth, so that he should say nothing. (Laughter.) It was nothing of the kind. (Hear, hear.) According to the newspapers, he had said there were errors in their books. There certainly were, and he would only ask them to consider the report in such a way that if on investigation at the monthly meeting they found errors, they would correct them honestly and keep back nothing. The errors were due to only one cause and that was that in the past they had not considered the necessity of absolute accuracy in keeping the days the patients had been in the Hospital. He was glad to say that in Mr. Hughes they bad a secretary who, by the care and attention he had shown in keeping the books for which he was responsible, felt that there were serious errors in other books. They could have absolute contidence in Mr. Hughes, who would allow no mistake to pass. If he followed his own books the statement would not have shewn the Hospital in so favourable a light. In the past they had been congratu- lating themselves on JE54 per bed per annum. This year it was £ 5b. But really it was 262, and they should have to face a continued expenditure of X62 per bed. When they saw that the cost per bed had been X52 they must not consider that the work had been .badly done during the year the mistake was due to other causes. The public need have no fear of the efficiency of the Hospital. Mr. Goldberg had conducted an investigation into the cost of the patients on an entirely different basis from their returns, and had shown that last year the cost for everybody in the Hospital had baen about 9d. per day, and they could judge from that what was the efficiency and the economy of the Hospital. This year they had for the first time after a long period nearly equalled their expenditure with their receipts. (Applause.) ALD. HOWLII WATKINS SECONDS. Ald. Howel Watkins, in seconding, said it was of very great importance that the Management Committee should have the confidence of the subscribers. During the past year they had spent in the Hospital E4,8W for maintenance. The previous year's expenditure was;E5,024. and then they had 81 beds, each occupant of the bed being 24 days on an average in the Hospital. In the past year they had 84 beds, and, with a larger number of beds and a larger number of days (30) per patient they had spent £ 200 less. Broadly speaking they had been quite as economical as in the year before. He agreed with the Mayor that efficiency was the great point and that the price per bed was not, after all, the great criterion; but in order to have the confidence of the subscribers they must be able to say that they were doing the work economically. Mr. Watkins quoted figures from Burdetfs Hospital returns, showing that of 75 hospitals there were 20 under JE54 per bed and 55 over X54, so whether the amount of the Swansea Hospital be £ 54 or JE62 they were well within the range of other hospitals. Radcliffe Infirmary was £ 70 15s.; Bolton, S68 5s.; Gloucester, £ 61 15s.; Swaansea, X54 (Col. Morgan said £62); Worcester, 951 Salop, Y.60 East Suffolk, .£54 Taunton, £58 and others went up to X115 and X116. The statement that 9d. was the cost per head, including staff and patients, in Swansea was in itself enough to carry home the conviction that the Hospital was economically managed. Mr. Salmon had told him that the maintenance of the students at the Training College was 81d., and when they kept an institution like the Hospital, needing special and sometimes expensive diets, for 9d. per day, they ought to be satis- fied on the whole. Miss Dillwyn asked why there was such a large amount for sundries, JE86 12s. Id. Col. Morgan pointed out that the sundries were in various accounts and it would be difficult to draw out a balance sheet that would include everything. The report was then adopted. ELECTION OF GOVERNORS. Dr. Blagdon Richards moved, and Principal Salmon seconded, that the following retir- ing governors be re-elected. Messrs. A. Mason, W. Law, W. M. Jones, D. Meager. H. Watkins, and LI. Thomas; this was carried, and the name of Mr. H. G. Solomon was added in place of Mr.R. S. Lindley, the latter gentleman having removed from Swansea. KINDLY ACT BY THB MAYORESS. Dr. Ebenezer Davies moved "That JBI,000 be placed at the disposal of the Board of Management for extending the heating of the Hospital, and that the permission of the annual meeting be asked to provide this amount, in addition to £1,500 due on the building account out of capital." He said it was the intention of the committee to extend the same heating arrangement as were laid down in the Nurses' Home all through the Hospital, by which means the heating could be more economically and efficiently done. Dr. Davies mentioned that a large expenditure had been saved in the Nurses' Home through the great kindness of the Mayoress who had found a large proportion, if not the whole, of the funds for furnishing the Home. Mr. H. G. Solomon seconded, and it was I carried, STAFF VACANCIES. Col. Morgan moved that Law 36 be removed from the Laws to the bye-laws. The fact that it was in the Laws, entailed great inconvenience to the Board who were at present bound to elect from three candidates. The law in question read as follows: The House Physician and the House Surgeon shall respectively be elected from a list of three candidates (selected by the Board of Manage- ment or by a specially appointed sub- committee thereof), and each candidate's travelling expenses may, at the option of the Board, be allowed. They shall be appointed respectively for one year and shall not be eligible for re-election, but the appointment shall nevertheless be subject to earlier determination than a year, namely by one month's notice on either side expiring at any time after one month following appoint- ment." Dr. Ebenezer Davies seconded. Mr. Austin Williams asked why the law relating to the house physician and house surgeon should be changed while that relat- ing to the treasurer, the secretary, and matron remained as before. The Secretary pointed out that all vacancies in the medical and surgical staff had to be filled by the Board of Management, specially summoned for the occasion. Colonel Morgan pointed out that it was not necessary always to invite three candidates, whose travelling expenses they had to pay, to appear before the Board but according to the rule that was what they had to do now. The motion was carried. A FINANCE COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED. Mr. Turtle moved "That the word examine' in Law 11, line 6, be struck out, and that after the word 'and' in line 9 the following be added: 'Also a Finance Com- mittee, not exceeding five members, independent of the House Committee, whose duty it shall be to examine all accounts passed or certified by the House Committee, and if correct, pass them on to the Board of Management for payment." He could not understand why the Hospital had no finance committee now. In fifteen out of the twenty hospitals written to on the subject, finance committees had been worked with great advantage. Col. Morgan seconded, and replying to Mr- Joseph Hall, Col. Morgan said the committee would be formed out of the Board of Manage- ment. Principal Salmon, while agreeing with the principle of having a finance committee, moved, as an amendment, that it should be a sub-committee of the House Committee, by which all the orders were given. The House Committee was alone capable of dealing with the accounts. Mr. Joseph Hall seconded. Mr. Solomon quoted one instance in which a finance committee could have prevented the passing of an account of some z648 for work which was carried out without the order of the Board of Management. The account in question was passed in a hurry, and the mistake was not discovered until some months later. The Rev. J. Pollock, whilst supporting the appointment of a committee, expressed the hope that it would not be thought that Mr. Howel Watkins, as chairman of the House Committee had neglected to see that the accounts had been carefully looked into. Mr. Watkins had devoted a great deal of time to the matter. (Hear, hear.) that accounts had been passed in a hurry might be true of Mr. Salmon and himself—(laughter)—but it was not so of Mr. Watkins. Col. Morgan had said that members of the Board of Manage- ment disagreed amongst themselves towards the end of the year. That might be true of Col. Morgan-(Iaughter)-but it was not true of the whole board. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Turtle then withdrew his motion in favour of the amendment, which was adopted. Mr. H. G. Solomon moved (4) "That any public body (Council, Board of Guardians, Harbour Trust, Charity Carnival, etc.) making an annual donation of not less than £50 may, whilst so contributing, nominate one of their body as a vice-president." Dr. Humphreys seconded, and it was carried. Dr. Blagdon Richards moved a resolution to include diseases of the nose amongst those of the throat and ear. The treatment was intimately connected. The motion was carried. VOTES OF THANKS. On the motion of Mr. Joseph Hall, seconded by Miss Dillwyn, a vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Davies, a working man representing the Graigola workmen, supported in an interesting speech, remarking that directly the men had gone in after a strike the first thing they did when they had their money, was to send a subscription to the Hospital. (Applause.) He was sure the committee had the confidence of the working men. (Applause.) A vote of thanks was accorded the medical staff, on the motion of Mr. Waddie, seconded by Mr. G. Cook. Mr. T. Yorath moved and Principal Salmon seconded, a vote of thanks to ministers of religion. Mr. Joseph Hall supported, and expressed the hope that the collections would be increased in future. They were not so large as the committee would like to see. The motion was carried. A vote of thanks to the hon. auditors (Mr. Harlington Jones and Mr. R. G. Roberts) was accorded on the motion of Mr. H. G. Solomon, seconded by Dr. Nelson Jones. Ald. Howel Watkins moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor for presiding. Dr. Ebenezer Davies seconded, and referred to the prctical kindness of the Mayor and Mayoress in all things connected with the Hospital. The Mayor's scheme of house to house collection promised to increase the funds of the Hospital by about 1500 a year. When the matter was proposed he was not at all sanguine of the results; but the scheme was working remarkably well. (Applause.) The motion was carried with acclamation, and his Worship having returned thanks, the meeting terminated.
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VOLUNTEER NOTES.
VOLUNTEER NOTES. LBY MAJOR x., Bisley is the centre of interest to volunteers this week. The first stage of the Queen's Prize was shot on Monday and Tuesday in windless weather, with a glaring sun beat- ing down on the targets. The shooting waa much better than last year, and five highest possibles of 35 were registered at the 200 yards' range, as against no highest possible last year. Amongst the twenty-six totals of 34 was Corporal Tobias Williams's, of the 3rd G.R.V. Gorseinon Companies. He started with an inner, and finished with six consecutive bulls. Sergt. Tucker Williams had an unfortunate magpie at the first stage, and he totalled 31. I give below the names and scores of a few out of a fairly good crop of Welshmen who nearly j survived until .the final stage. The shooting is high all round, as may be gauged from the fact that while last year a central was worth about 8s. at pool, this year j Corporal Tobias Williams only obtained 4s. 6d. ( for five centrals. The following are local scores in the Queen's :— 200 500 600 T. Lance-corpl. T. Williams, 3rd G. 34 30 27 91 Lance-corpl. T. Lewis, 2nd W. 32 31 30 93 Corporal Howells, 2nd Welsh 32 31 22 85 Corpl. W. A. James, 2nd Welsh 32 33 18 83 Col.-sergt. Hopkin Jones, 2nd W. 31 27 30 88 Sergeant Hanson, 2nd Welsh 31 31 26 88" j Private Hill, 2nd Welsh 31 29 24 84 Private Morris, 3rd Glamorgan. 31 32 26 89 Sergt. T Williams, 3rd Glam. 31 -35 33 99 Staff-serert. Raggett, 3rd Glam. 31 34 28 92 Private Hughe*, 3rd Glamorgan 31 32 27 90 Col.-sergt. W. T. Davies, 1st W. 31 35 30 96 Staff-sergeant Lane. 2nd Welsh 30 32 25 84 Private Jones, 2nd Welsh 30 29 24 83 Corporal Horssll, 2nd Welsh 29 27 29 85 Colour-sergt. Newman, 3rd Glam. 29 32 28 89 Private Ivor Davies, 2nd Welsh 28 33 25 86 Corporal Thomas, 2nd Welsh 28 32 27 87 Corporal Tobias Williams, who tops the Welsh- men in the first range of the Queen's, is shooting magnificently at Bisley. Last Friday he won the third prize of X15 in the Prince of Wales's Com- petition, making 94 against 95 scored by the win- ner, and 94 scored by the 2nd prize man. At both ranges, 200 and 6C0, Corporal Williams put on 47. In the same competition, Private Morris and Sergeant Tucker Williams, of the 3rd Gla- morgan, made 85 each. and Private T. Lewis, 2nd Welsh, put on 78. Corporal Williams had an accident whilst shooting at Gorseinon a few weeks ago. A cartridge got jammed, and his rifle, with which he had made some of his best scores, burst. ——— In the Alexandra Competition, Staff-sergeant Raggett, a consistent shot, gave a glimpse of his old form by putting on the highest possible at the 500 yards' range. When the first stage of the Queen's was Completed on Tuesday a good many Welshmen were dropped; but three, Sergeant Tucker Williams (3rd Glamorgan), Corporal Andrews (1st Welsh) and Corporal Wilmot (3rd Welsh) come out amongst the highest scorers with 99 each. There were 14 99's and 9 centuries, and the winner of the bronze medal made 101. Sergeant Tucker Williams put on a highest possible at the 500 yards. All the 94's and some of the 93's will compete in the second stage. In the first stage of the St. George's, which was shot on Wednesday, there were few Welshmen who shot well enough to get into the final. In the Alexandra Lance-Corporal Tobias Williams, Pte. Hughes and Pte. Morris, of the 3rd G.V.R., each won X2. ——— Lord Lansdowne's Conscription Bill, which was introduced into the House of Lords last Friday week would have the effect of swelling the ranks of the volunteers-for under it efficient volunteers are exempt from the ballot-beyond reason if it were not for the saving clause which restricts the establishment of the volunteer battalions. Still, the Bill has not yet become law,and the possibility that it will ought to result in a large accession of numbers to the volunteer force. Between volun- tary and compulsory service there can be no comparison the former is unquestionably the better. And the country has to decide whether it will put up with the latter. It was a daring thing for the Government to meddle with conscription; but Lord Lansdowne's statement was neither unexpected nor particu- larly surprising. Ministers and Under-Secretaries have been darkly hinting at it for some time past; the forces are under strength, and, after all, the modified conscription introduced is not much more than already hangs over our heads. The ballot for the Militia has never been abolished. It is only suspended every year along with a number of other things in the Expiring Laws Continuance Act but if the ballot were dropped out of the Parliamentary resolu- tions it would come into force. It is exactly twelve months since Lord Wemyss intro- duced a bill into the House of Lords to establish conscription, in apparent ignorance of the faot that conscription had never been abolished. Generally speaking, his lordship made a mess of it altogether but his excursion into the matter served to remind the War Office that the machin- ery for the ballot was hopelessly out of date. Lord Lansdowne then promised to bring in a Bill dealing with the matter. This he did on Friday. As was predicted in the columns of this paper a year ago, the efficient volunteer is exempt: but should not the standard of efficiency be raised ? and should not the Government provide the wherewithal for volunteer regiments to have sufficient musketry practice and a better training in field work? At any rate, it is worth while facing the question of conscription at once. For my part I question very much whether a nation in which independent thought and individual energy have reached a higher level than anywhere in the world-gave America-will ever tolerate what Mr. Lecky calls the dead-level and passive obedience of the military system. The local cyclist volunteers had a pleasant out- ing to Gower on Saturday. Detachments from the 3rd Glamorgan (under Lieut. Bertie Perkins) and 1st G.V.A. (under Sergeant Jones), left the head- quarters of the Third at three o'clock and rode down to Gower. At Porteynon a sham fight took place. The cyclists were billetted at various cottages in Port Eynon over night, and turned out for church parade on Sunday morning, returning to town on Sunday evening. The Third Glamorgan cyclists are now up to their full strength, and they do their drill very smartly. The inspection of the Swansea detachment of the 2nd V.B. Welsh Regiment passed off very I creditably. Some 95 out of 98 officers and men j paraded at the Drill Hall, in Oxford-street, whence they marched to the Royal Arsenal, under the command of Lieutenant Stevens, Lieutenant-Colonel Trick and Captain and Adjutant Coke accompanied the inspecting officer, who expressed himself highly pleased with the smart appearance of the men, and the cleanliness of their arms and equipments. The inspecting officer subsequently awarded the long service medal to Sergeant W. Jones. After the inspection the company marched through the principal streets back to the Drill Hall, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Trick. The regiment is this week in camp with the South Wales Bri- gade at Porthcawl. The First Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers had fairly good practice at the Mumbles Fort last Monday. The fort at the Mumbles is in charge of the First Glamorgan, and every year a certain number of rounds have to be fired. A squad of men, numbering about 60, and representing the various detachments of the oorps, went to the fort on Saturday afternoon, and were billeted there over Sunday. The officers who attended were Lient.-Col. Willllms (in command), Lient.- Col. Gardner, Captain Bradford, Captain Davey I' Captain Gregor, Captain Stuart Thompson, Lieuts. Down, Stone, and Thomas, Surgeon- Captain D. A. Davies, and Captain and Adjutant Eady. The officers' headquarters were at the Mer maid, where the arrangements were admirable, and during mess the band of the regiment played outside. The band also played on the pier and the promenade on Saturday and Sunday. The officers guest night was on Saturday, and amongst the guests were Lieut -Col. O'Sullivan, Captain Forbes, Surgeon-Captain A. Lloyd Jones, Dr. H. A. Latimer, Mr. W. R. Collins, Mr. Davies (Skewen), and Mr. Stone (Neath). The men en- joyed themselves thoroughly at the fort, where the catering arrangements were under the super- vision of the Acting-Quartermaster, Captain Bradford, and Q.M. Sergt. Evans. I According to instructions 60 rounds of ammuni- tion had to be fired from the 80-pounders on Monday morning, at two moving Hong Kong targets at ranges of from 1,700 to 2.700 yards. Monday morning broke very mi-ty, and the firing was delayed some hours. The firing was started later on, however, under the direction of Brigade Sergt.-Major Mills, and the inspecting officer of the district, Col. Bland, was also present. After 23 rounds had been fired the fog became thicker, and the completion of the firing was deferred. Under the circumstances the firing was good. The annual inspection of the let G.V.A. takes place at Swansea on Saturday, August 12th. The Third Glamorgan leave Swansea by special troop train on Saturday night for Minehead, w) ere they encamp with the Severn Brigade. The advance party le't on Wednesday in command of Captain Ll. Thomas. The muster in oamp will probably be a record one. Serious liabilities have been entailed upon Volunteers by the closing of so many rifle ranges, and it is pleasing to see that the subject has been ventilated by the Earl of Dartmouth in the House of Lords. From the figures given we learn that our auxiliary forces are now 332 ranges short of their former number, and this must undoubtedly be a serious disadvantage to them. In this sentiment, in fact, Lord Lansdowne concurred; but he did not give much hope of largely increasing the number of ranges in the country. Facilities in this direction have been largely contracted by the rapid spread of population. It appears, therefore, that the remedy is to be found in making greater use of a smaller number of perfectly safe ranges, and for this purpose travelling allowances to Volunteers are to be increased. It is likely that bringing the range to the Volunteer would be more effective than bringing the Volunteer to the range but the Government cannot do impossibil- ities, and we nrust be satisfied with small mercies. THE VOLUNTEER LONG-SERVICE MEDALS. It is announced that the Volunteer long-service medal has been awarded as follows :—1st V.B. Welsh—Sergeant W. Davies, Lance-sergeant F. J. Duckfield, Private J. Evans, and Sergeants R. Williams and R. Wraith. 2nd V.B. Welsh— Lance-corporal T. Rosser and Corpl. J. Thomas. 3rd V.B. Welsh-Major W. F. Bell, Private D. Davies, Sergeants S. J. Davies and W. R. Davies, Private K. G. Gair, Colour-sergeants C. King and E. Morris, Corporal R. Moseley, Privates C. Rees and A. Reynolds, Corporal T. Thomas, and Spr. geant-bugler J. Thompson. 3rd Glamorgan Rifles —Colour-sergeant H. Saunders and Privates W. Wheatley and T. Woolloy. 1st V.B. Roval Welsh Fusileers-Private,i E. Hughes (two of this name), E. Povey, and J. Tilson. 3rd V.B. Royal Welsh Fusileers-Private O. Paul. 2nd V.B. South Wales Borderers—Sergeant G. Hanham, Privates J. Hards, T. James, and Sergt. C. H. Richards. 4th V.B. South Wales Borderers—Private C. Pembridge. LOCAL COMMISSIONS. The London Gazette of Tuesday night contains the following:— War Office, July 11. LINE BATTALIONS.—South Wales Borderers.— The undermentioned second-lieutenants to be lieutenants: —B. G. B. Paton, vice E. Colson, transferred to the Indian Staff Corps dated the 29th of January last. H. H. Syer, vice C. S. Stooks. transferred to the Indian Staff Corps dated the 14th of February last. MILITIA GARRISON ARTILLERY.—Glamorgan Artillery. -Majo*r R. B. Robertson resigns his commission; dated the 12th inst. VOLUNTEER RIFLES. — 1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion South Wales Borderers.—Major R. D. Garnons-Williams is granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel Second-lieutenant J. C. Lloyd resigns his commission dated the 12th inst.—1st (Pembrokeshire) Battalion Welsh Regiment.—Lieutenant H. Edwards resigns his commission; dated the 12th inst.-3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment.—Major A. P. James is granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel; dated the 12th inst.
iBRITISH WORKMAN'S AND GENERAL…
BRITISH WORKMAN'S AND GENERAL ASSURANCE COM- PANY, LIMITED. The thirty-third annual report of the direc- tors of the British Workman's and General Assurance Co., Ltd., for the year ending April 30th, 1899, has been looked for with a degree of interest perhaps only exceeded by the report of the previous year, which contained the first fruits of the radical alteration in the policy of the company after the change of management, and as last year the friends of the company had reason to be satisfied with the best year's business in the company's history, this year they may be even more so, as the advance then made has been not only kept up but improved upon. The situation first faced by the present management was not an easy one to deal with, but it was taken in hand with resolution, the best expert advice was obtained, and at the risk of being considered retrograde in the liberality of the company's contracts and the terms under which they might be relinquished, the correct and best course was taken. The rank and file, as we are glad to learn, stood loyally by the company, the great organisation responded to the calh upon it, and the only note heard was that of advance. The results already are very good, and if the financial position viewed relatively to the company's liabilities is not as strong as its best friends would have it, yeoman's work has been and is being done to make it so, and the particular measures taken cannot fail to command general approval. The business of the year now reported on includes, in the ordinary branch, the issue of 3,552 policies, assuring the sum of X314,253, at annual premiums amounting to XIS,302 6s. In the industrial branch, 401,372 policies were issued for annual premiums amounting to 2248,688 2s. 2d. After recovering the falling off caused by the maturity of policies, lapses and surrenders, there was a net increase of policies in force in both departments of 74,752. The total premiums for the year amounted to £ 606,313 14s. 2d., as compared with X555,167 the previous year-an increase of X51,176, or about 9-41 per cent. The receipts from interest, dividends and fees were L14,535 3s. 10d., repre- senting a mean rate of £ 3 12s. lid. per cent, upon the funds of the company, including shareholders' capital, and with R425 19s. 3d. received for the sale of premium books, a total income of X621,304 17s. 3d. was reached. On the other hand the sum of X268,813 13s. 7d. was paid to the policy holders. This included the large sum of 204,1l4 18s. lid, for claims, and 943,975 4a. Od. for endowments and endow- ment insurances matured, a small payment of X12 under the head of annuities, and Y,20,711 103. 8d. for surrenders. The expenses of obtaining and carrying on the business, includ- ing new business and extension expenses, the valuation department expenses of X2,409 9s. 7d., and zES42 2s. 7d. written off the value of furni- ture amounted to zC261,952 3s. Id., or 43.20 per cent. of the premiums showing a reduction of nearly 2 per cent. in one year-the rate in the previous account being 45 per cent.—and 8 per cent. less than the charge for the year ending 30th April, 1897. As the tendency of expenses is in general upwards it will be inter- esting to note that the rate now reached is almost exactly the average rate of the whole of the industrial life insurance companies in 1897. The above few items state the outgo, the balance remaining 235,522 14s. 5d. being added to the funds, raising them to X423,857 Is. 2d., being 69.90 per cent. of the full year's premiums, so that whilst the premiums and funds have increased the propor- tion of the funds to the premiums has incretised also. Beyond these funds there is the paid-up capital of £ 25,000, making the total funds X148,857 Is. 2d. As will be seen, therefore, the account contains the features of a steady increase in the premiums, a decrease in the rate of expenses, and an increase in the addition to the funds, which together will do much to promote the company's prosperity. Amongst the measures taken to promote the success of the business should be mentioned interim annual valuations which will now be made so that the latest possible information regarding its course will be known. To the valuation made we shall doubt- less refer hereafter. The following figures will show the progress of the company's business during the past five years, viz. :— Premiums. Expenses. Addition Amount Cap'l. to Funds. of Funds. £ £ £ £ £ 1895 380,O8 196,420=51-67 2-,024 181,428 25,00:1 1898 4231.89 210,67 =50-38 43,001 224,429 25,000 18;>7 607.572 259.8 4=1118 32. ,3 256,563 26,000 1893 555,167 249,835=45- >0 81,771 3"8,334 25,000 lbh9 6Æ,343 281,95-'=43,20 85,5.13 425.857 25,000
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RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.—Last week's 1 traffic returns of the local rail ways show the following feaults :-Great Western Railway, an increase of 926,780; making an aggregate in- crease fot 2 weeks of £ 54,850. London and Norlh-Western Railway, an increase of £ 3.108, aggregate increase for 2 weeks, S7,727.-Taff Vale Railway, an increase of £ 8,842; aggregate I increase, 2 weeks, £ 16,999.—Breoon & Merthyr Railway, an increase of £ 384; aggregate increase for 2 weeks, £ 957.—Barry Railway, an increase of X8,635 aggregate increase 2 weeks, C17,685 (including receipts of thg Vale of Glamorgan Railway). A FAMOUS BULL-DOO KILLED BY A BOAH- HOUND. The famous bull-dog Boomerang' owned by Mr. Crabtree, cf Manchester, was killed at Llanelly on Wednesday morning. The dog had been exhibited at Llanelly Show on the previous day, ax)d had come out an easy champion. In the evening Boomerang was placed in a stable along with Bloiidin, a fine boarhonnd, also owned by Mr. Crabtree. Early in the morning the boar hound broke loose and attal-ked the bull-dog, and choked him. Boomerang was entered for all the leading shows of the country. It was only re- cently the owner refused £300 for him.
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SWANSEA POLICE COURT.
SWANSEA POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. Before Dr. J. G. Hall, Wm. Walters, Dd. Owen, J. L. Rogers, and A. H. Thomas, Esqrs.] AN IMPUDENT THEFT.—Edward Ashford, labourer, 2, Little Wind-street, was charged with stealing a bag containing peas, valued at 3s. 6d., from a stall in the Swansea Market on the previous day, the property of C. Collis, fruiterer. Prosecutor and an assistant named Rowe gave evidence. The latter said that whilst he was in charge of the stall the defendant coolly took up a bag of peas and walked away with it. Witness followed, but eventually lost sight of the man. He informed his master of the theft when the latter returned. P.C. Wm. Thomas having been called, defendant was fined 40s., or in default, one month's imprisonment. COUNTY BUSINESS. DRUNK AND ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Hy. Pugsley, a Swansea tram conductor, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Mumbles on the 13th inst., and also with assaulting P.C. Morris. P.C. Morris stated that on Thursday night he saw the defendant in company with another man, conducting himself in a very unseemly manner, and using bad language. He told the men to move on, and a row ensued, in the course of which defendant tipped witness up. Defendant admitted being drunk, but he had never been in trouble before. He denied the assault, and said that he was very roughly used by the constable.—The Bench fined Pugsley 15s. inclusive for the first charge only. THE TINWORKER'S PLEA.—"I'm guilty of three pints, but I'm not drunk," was the reply made by James Emmanuel, tin worker, Llanelly, to a charge of drunken and disorderly conduct on Sunday, the 2nd inst. The Bench, however, preferred to believe the evidence of the constable, and they imposed a fine of 15s. including costs. OTHER CASES. Edward Dallimore, a Penclawdd labourer, was fined 15s. inclusive for drunken and disorderly conduct on the 1st inst.— James Nicholas, collier, Llanelly, for drunken- ness whilst in charge of a horse, was fined 5s. MONDAY. [Before J. C. Fowler (Stipendiary), S. Goldberg F. Rocke, and D. F. Sugrue, Esqrs.] F. Rocke, and D. F. Sugrue, Esqrs.] DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—The following persons were fined various amount, for drunken and disorderly conduct. Mary Jane Rabbitt and Mary Kennedy, unfortunates; Wm. Paillips, 36, Carmarthen-road; John H. Lee, a coloured gentleman; Wm. Padmore, a stranger to the town; Margt. Stevens, married, 31, Dyfatty- street; Lewis Adolphus, 25, Recorder-street. DISORDERLY UNFORTUNATES.-Rose Davies, and Susannah Williams, two young women of ill-fame, were charged with using indecent language and disorderly conduot. The former was fined 10s. or 14 days, and the latter, who had six convictions against her, was fined 20s. or 14 days. NORMAN v. NORMAN.-The ca3e Norman v. Norman, which was one of the cases down for hearing, was adjourned until Thursday week. THEFT OF SACKS.—James Wilkins, 114, Foxhole-road, was charged with stealing twelve sacks, valued at 4s., from the Victoria Granaries, the property of the Harbour Trust. Mr. W. Smith (Messrs. Robinson Smith, Son, and Lewis) appeared for the Harbour Trust, and Mr. Viner Leader defended. Defendant was seen on Saturday evening to go into the corn stores, and come out with the empty saoks. He was subsequently arrested by P.C. Edgar with them in his possession. The defence was that Wilkins was drunk at the time, and did not know what he was doing. Defendant was fined X5, or in default, one month. MISCELLANEOUS —John Crundy, Wellington- street, and R. Morris, Sebastopol-street, were each fined 2s. 6d. for playing pitch and toss.— Thomas Phillips, 30, New Oxford-street, for causing an obstruction in College-street, was fined 10s. inclusive.-George Ross, a cabman in the employ of Mr. Bullin, was similarly dealt with for driving on the wrong side of the road. —William Jenkins, Morris lion, was ordered to pay £6 12s. 6d., -ent due to Thomas Griffiths, at the rate of 10s. per month.—Elizabeth Smith and Elizabeth Lynn, two married women, were charged with maliciously smashing nine panes of glass in the windows of a house in Greenfield- street. Mr. W. A. Thomas appeared for the prosecution. As Mrs. Smith said she did the whole damage, the other defendant was dis- charged. Mrs. Smith was ordered to pay 6s. fine, 6s. compensation, and the costs. INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.—Thomas Phillips, iron founder, Morriston, summoned Thomas Joseph, a moulder, for leaving his employ with- out giving six mouths' notice according to agree- ment. Mr. Phillips said the defendant had been in his service for thirty years. Through Joseph leaving without notice he had been unable to fulfil several contracts. He claimed R6, although he estimated that he had lost about £ 40. —Defendant said he was told by the manager to leave because there was no work.—The case was eventually dismissed on account of insufficient evidence. ABUSIVE LANGUAGE.—Fanny Buokley, 28, Well-street, married, was fined 5s. for abusive language to Mrs. Eli*. Matthews.—Mrs. Alice Hopkins, 18, Hoo-street, was summoned by Mrs. Jennett Webber, for a similar offence. Mr. Leeder defended. The case was dismissed. THE ROBBERT WITH VIOLENCE CASE.—Hy. Matthews, New-street, Brynhyfryd, and Charles Lindenburn, 19, Landeg-street, were charged on remand with attempting to criminally assault Jane Davies. They were also charged with steal- ing with violence 5s. and a hawkers' certificate. Mr. Laurence Richards prosecuted on behalf of the police, and Mr. Viner Leeder defended. The prosecutrix, whose version of the affair appeared in our issue of last week, was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Leeder. Evidence was given by Thomas Quirk, the landlord of the California Inn. Llangyfelach-road, where the alleged assault and robbery took place. He stated that on the evening in question—July 7th —the defendant Lindenburn whilst in the bar charged the woman with having 3s. of his. He asked the woman whether that was true, but she made no reply, and he ordered the three out. Shortly afterwards he saw the woman again. Her clothes were disarranged, and she bore other signs of a row. In reply to Mr. Leeder witness said that had the plaintiff shouted for help as she stated, he would have heard her, but he heard nothing.—Both men pleaded not guilty, and Mr. Leeder urged the Bench not to commit on a charge of robbery with violence. He contended that the complainant followed the two men into the public-house, and made indecent overtures. She put her hand into the pocket of one of them, and thereupon a scuffle ensued.-Ultimately the case was adjourned for a week. ASSAULT.—Henry Matson, 7, Farm-lane, summoned by William Henry Thatcher for an assault committed on board ship, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs— £ 1 10s. in all-or ten days. NEIGHBOURS' QUARRELS.—A series of cross- eummonses, in which the Northeys, of 59, Inker- man-street, and Mr. England, the next-door neighbour, were concerned, came on late in the afternoon. The parties were bound over to keep the peace. TUESDAY. [Before J. C. Fowler (Stipendiary), W. Stone, W. Law, Dd. Owen, and F. Bradford, Esqrs.] DRUNKENNESS.—Johanna Bassett, of 3, Owens-court; Elizabeth Standing, an old offender; William Jones, a seaman on the s.s, Niad; and John Dongan, a hawker, of 37, Langdon-place, were all fined for drunkenness. PERSISTENT CRUBLTY.—Margaret Ann Lewis, a young married woman, summoned her husband, Wm. Henry Lewis, a cooper, of 7, Siloh-road, for persistent cruelty. Complainant gave evidence as to the ill-treatment she had received at the hands of her hatband, and eventually the Bench decided to adjourn the case for a week to see if a reconciliation could be effected between the parties. NON-MAINTENANCE;Benjamin Mabbeft, fire. man, 18, Earl-street, was summoned for the non- nuintenance of his wife, Catherine Mabbett. Complainant stated that her husband had not complied with an order of 10s. per week made against him on tho 12th ult.—Defendant said that if he paid her 10s. a week it would be as much as he earned.—The Stipendiary informed the defendant that if he would not pay the arrears, which now amounted to £ 3 4s., he would have to go to prison for a month, and defendant elected to go down.
THOMAS AND EVANS AND JOHN…
THOMAS AND EVANS AND JOHN DYER, LIMITED. AMALGAMATION OF TWO WELL- KNOWN BUSINESSES. Our advertising columns contain the pros- pectus of Thomas and Evans and John Dyer, Limited, Llanelly and Swansea. The share capital is X120,000 divided into 50,000 six per cent. cumulative preference shares of £1 each, with'priority as to capital and dividend, and 70,000 ordinary shares of £ 1 each. The present issue is £ 80,000, divided into 40,000 six per oent. cumulative preference shares of JE1 each at 22s. 6d. per share, and 40,000 ordinary shares of £1 each at par. The Company is formed to 800- quire and amalgamate the well-known, long- established and successful businesses of corn, seed and hay merchants, general merchants and millers, now carried on by Mr. David Evans at Llanelly, under style of Thomas and Evans, and by Mr. John Dyer at Swansea and Neath. Both businesses are extensive, flourishing and thoroughly up-to-date; and ever singe their foundation they have continuously grown in turn- over and profit, and are now acknowledged to be the largest private enterprise and amongst the most successful of their kind in South Wales. The directors of the new Company are Mr. David Evans, J.P., D.L., Llangennech Park, chairman; Mr. John Dyer, Swansea, deputy. chairman; Mr. Edward Morgan, Llanelly; Mr. Thomas Evans, Llanelly, and Mr. A. F. Vine, Swans ea-gentlemen well known in the com- meroial world of South Wales and thoroughly cognisant with the needs of the trade. We be. lieve the amalgamation will prove a financial success, and investors and others would do well not to lose this opportunity to participate in it. The brokers are Messrs. Thackeray and Co., Cardiff; Messrs. S. P. Wills and Son, Swansea, and Mr. Fred. L. Rees, Llanelly. The snbsorip- tion list will close on or before Tuesday next, 25th July, at noon, for town and country. We cull the following from an article which appeared in The Cambrian on Jan. 27th last Mr. John Dyer is one of the oldest and moat respected residents of Swansea, and for very many years he has been a warm supporter of all re- ligious, social and charitable movements. Mr. Dyer has the honour of being one of the pioneers in the corn trade of South Wales. He settled in Swansea in 1851, but for 10 years pievious to that date his father—who carried on a large business as corn merchant and malster at Braunton and Barnstaple, North Devon—was represented in this district by an agent, so that the house of "John Dyer, corn merchant," may be said to have been associated with Swansea for the past six. years. Mr. Dyer carries on the great bulk of the business, but the tranaac" tions at other ports in the Bristol Channel are often very large. The secret of his success in business-the growth of which is concomitant with the growth of Swansea-is that efficiency in the staff, quality in the goods turned out, reasonableness in the prioes, and the prompt dispatch of orders have always been aimed at. Of late years competition in aU trades has been extraordinarily keen, but in none more than in the corn trade. But in spite of this, the old-established and well-oonducted business of Mr. John Dyer continues to flourish. Besides the warehouses and mill at Swansea, Mr. Dyer has had for many years a branch ware- house at Neath, where a satisfactory amount of business has always been transacted. The con- nections of the firm are old-established and valuable, and extend over a wide area, embracing as wtsll as Glamorganshire, the counties of Car- marthen, Brecon, Radnor, Hereford, Monmouth, Pembroke, Cardigan, over the whole of which the u Biness is regularly represented. It is interesting to note, in passing, what may be called the change in "fashions" as regards horse and cattle feed. Until about fifteen years ago ago it was the recognised rule to feed with ats, beans, eta., which were given in the pro- portions thought best by the individual feeder, but about the date mentioned a mixture of crushed corn was introduoed. This, at first, was used by only a few, and looked upon to a great extent as a novelty in the trade, but gradually becoming known and appreciated, the demand has now grown to what may well be termed enormous dimensions, and it appears that from Mr. Dyer's mill alone many hundreds of saoks of this are weekly sent out. From the commencement of the demand, his mixture has always been to the fore for excellency of quality, and is most favour- ably known to, and appreciated by, the trade, and to cope with the steadily-increasing demand new machinery has from time to time been introduced into the mill, and further additions are still to be made. Mr. Dyer may be said to be a Swansea boy, although not born here. Ho haa the interests of the town and port thoroughly at heart. Un- fortunately he has resisted the frequent requests made to him to take part in the government of our municipality. He is cognisant of many great changes in South Wales and the West of Eng- land and while he appreciates the progress of the town and port, in which he has so long and honourably laboured, he keenly regrets that so little public work of a beneficial character has been accomplished by Swansea's leading men, who have gone over to the majority.
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Lady Shand is to go to Worcester at the end of this week, but Lord Shand is detained in town by Parliamentary duties. ST. ILLTYD'S CHURCH, PKMBRBT Its History and its Architecture," by Mr. Edward Roberts and Mr. H. A. Pertwee. This is a well-wi itten and reliable work; it is profusely illu-trate 1, and should be in the bands of all interested in Chorch history. Order at once.