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J. —- jlprte and pastimes. ATHLETIC NOTES. (BY ARGIIS." Argun" solicits the co-operation of secretaries and others to make this column comprehensive and reliable Reports of football matches, and items regardira cycling, swimming, golj, $c. should reach The Cambrian" Office not later than Wednesday afternoon in each week. "Argus" sincerely hopes his appeal will be responded to.
FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL. LLANBLLY v. SWANSEA. The All Whites scored a most decisive victory over Llanelly oil Saturday. Twenty-two points to ail. Such wos the score when the referee, Mr. Holmes, of the Midland Counties, tootled his final tootle. So sweeping a win was certainly not expected in Swansea. The Scarlet Runners" were known to rlways play a hard flame against Swansea, however indifferently they might perform against weaker teams. I believe I am corf^t^n station that Saturday's soore exceeds the total of any six previous games. w The weather was fine, the ground somewhat heavy, and as the game progressed the ball became a little difficult to handle. LUnellv brought up a representa- tive team. Swansea were without the services ot Bancroft and Davies (forward), It soon became appar- ent that the homesters were far superior to the visitors in every department. There was little, if any, stilig about Llanefl/s play. The forwards lacked ouiiesion, the halves clumsy, and the threequarters erratic. The *« All Whites" were not in a strict winning mood, otherwise they would have piled on tries and goals faiore. Why does the Llanelly Committee play Ben Davies ? On Saturday's form lie did not deseive a place in a lourth-rate team. Not content with allowing his part- ner to all the donkey work, the ex-iuterualional, even when g-ven the ball, was too letharic to even inn. He kicked clumsily or mullell trùlll Sr-t to last. Sure! Llanelly can produce a better half-back than Beu 1Javies. If not, why not search Poniarduiais or Barry Port. < Ihe play of the Swansea threequarters was brilliantly erratic. Gordon did many smart things, but frequently he mulled passes and kicked indiscriminately. Dan Bees made several grand bursts, and move than several mistakes. The same may be said of Q-eorge Davies. Trew was the most conspicuous throeq uarter on tho field. He scored a coupie of magnificent tries. 1 repeat that although the Swansea backs played brilliantly at times, there were times when they cut up somewhat badly. Jones and Owen overlapped the L°weTly half-backs, and in this they were assisted by the forwards, who behl complete mastery over the vUiting eight from the first. Although so badly beaten Llanelly played pluckily to ♦h« pnd Indeed in the second half they frequently e^r AH-line Morgan Williams was the maPnstay of their backs, and Daniel. Walters and Thomas of the forwards. George Davies opened the scoring with a fine penalty coal Trew followed with a grand try, which elicited much enthusiasm. Gordon shortly afterwards followed suit and Trew wound up the first-half with another try-leaving the scoie, Swansea. 2 goals 2 tries; Llanelly nil. In the second half Serines and Trew added tries, and the final score read Swansea, 3 goals, 3 tries llanelly, nil. Towards the close of the game Gordon, in making a fine run along the touch-line, was tackled by the Llanelly full-back. In falling be broke his arm, and was immediately escorted of the field. Swansea's popular right-wing mst with a similar accident early in «he season, and he returned to play only three weeks On Saturday he nnderwent an operation at the nf Drs Reid and Elsworth. when choloroform ^ornhia were used. Gordon will certainly not play and morph a Tlie probability is that ho will retire again this; seaso He has been a most capable altogethei from Swansea team for some and falt„h'n' general favourite, and this «coad accidentals oUio*ned mvch^egret. Swan Football Club (Momston) v. 0?™* School.—Played at Neath 0 Heale, E. W. Evans, Schoel 2 tries, Swan nil. Scorers iieaie. and Free thy. i.a fAiinwinff team wis soldctc d On Saturday evening the foilowi g month—Back, to play for England ^inst Wales ,rtdr8> E. W. J. Sagar (Cambridge (Durham), K. J. W. Elliott (Durham), J- ^^Voucesterj; half- WvTe ?eW8Dlton (Oxford University and Yorkshire) backs, E. J.Wa(Richmond) forwards, H. and B. O. Bcwartz j,aoiell (Cambridge Alexander ^wsh^ • Merchant Taylor), B. University), ». U. *ieicae< Gibson (tfortiiumber- »• w- (Devon), and C. T. Scott (Blackheath), LONDON WELSH T. SARACENS. The above match was played at Muswell Hill on flaTufday wd ended In a win for the Welsh by I goal Hiy to £ «l. Dae probably to their 'prenous win over the Saracens by points to ml, many of the Welsh- rn«n-fusual team cried off, and, consequently, five reserves were called into acquisition. The Saracens pujld an exceedingly good g*™ throughont. The game startedpuncUmUy as ^jerUsed, bat^W. IJewellynandoneof theWeUhWWM at half-time, so as WaIes The second half Paddington for Heath >Velj)-hin0n keeping their consssted of thirt UBable to act on the came out to the Welsh T. t Thnmas scored for the welsh, W. Llewellyn™^vne MS^converted. one of whose tries Wayne •aLU S # The following represented London ^l^reUyn Evan Jones; threequarter backs^^ T (captain), Wayne Morgan,, &Qd B peering James b £ lfAba™nj,m,, j, shattock. Torn Williams, j'walUc^ W. Davies, T. B. Davies and W, James. Saturday thepl £ Mountain Ash, and on Tuesday, Aberava rirUfnl will include—Back, A, Morgan Morgan, D. J..Tb^ owen^ forwards, Wallace Watts, Wallace, G. Shorland, A. C, E. Margta, and Tom James. LLANDINGAT YOUNG MEN'S GUILD v. LLANDILO THURSDAYS. The above encounter took place at on Saturday last. The homesters attacked during the whole of the gam^e, mately proved very easy with great ^^N^res anTs minors to 1 .rinoJ. D. Jones" J Pmce, H! Johnson and Treharne scored for the Llandoverians. TIlE PONTARDULAIS v. LLANDILO FOOTBALL MATCR. our Llandlio correspondent writes-Having noticed the unsportsmi^ «nortinir in the local papers their TLrnl p.rtic«un, jMto Jbo™ ■"«» «•'2 ssaarwa Ponta rdulais team, prior to^goiia* and when u with boast that ^t^landilo were without the wai known to fhe. „, th8ll. chief players, including services of several of t •Daviog( x. o. Thomas Jack Hopkins, Jack Da bonnds, and tthey and Prank Puller their joy knew i their ran away with the idea Pontar(juiais team, as far as bands. It is true that lot of fellows, probably physique went, were them than class football, with more brute foriee a mere boys alongside of while the ilandalo te«m thiB( th(J ladg jn red them. But, notwithstan g „ {or their onponents, and blue proved on's <t<^o y l in|V holding the tor from the very first ^"f'^JtfXallright nntil one upper hand, and play C0"J /Willie Thomas), after a of the Llandilo threequarte ( through all the «ae round of passing try for Llan- ▼ieiting backs and scored a m £ call the game a dilo. Bnt after this, one couia dUo man coilared game of footbai 1, for every tl an(t gime uospeak- his opp nent it was op ^'A ,)Uiais players, and the able language team only tended continued superiority of tne i^iau" minor8 got were to make them worse for wreral « the visitors, very narrow squeaks forjtries. nntil atJtaJ■ »*wllich aided by the strong wind, Put 'n a !.«trT" those went out of bounds, and thta iB^the eportsmM,a« they tall thea^ > stopped scored. A dispute arose, wnercup the pontar- tlw game, bnt n0,t1c"n the ball and he punted dnlals players soi'l ? ing .< There's a goal for us," it between the uprights «ayi 8 ^gent. That they moch to the amusement ofntbo.eePre.e t.report thejr should claim what altogether abominable, victory in the daily W»e«. « 'not worthy fc0 be and the writer, whoever 7 th# word To gum called a sportsman in aighout one of the most un- cwftsiira had the ill-luck to In, and I understand that Llandilo is not olng the truth I reproduce the referee s (Mr. Williams, ine Bxehange, Carmarthen) letter In a IOC 11 Llandllo won by I try, 1 minors to nil. I never .ave a th to Pontardnlail for I finished the game before time was up because It was getting dark: and the play rough. WILLIAMS, W.F.U SWANSEA 1ST XV. 1900. Home Dee. 22—Tudboe Home 25—Watsonians •• •••• ..Home „ 26—Edinburgh University Home „ 29—Mountain Ash 901. „ Cardiff Jan. 5—England v. Wales Home „ 12—DevonportAlbion .Away ;• '7.Edinburgh „ 26—Bcotland v. Wales Awav Feb. 2—Llanelly .Home
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WELSH FOOTBALL UNION.
WELSH FOOTBALL UNION. The following referees have been appointed to officiate in the undermentioned matches, to b played on Saturday, December 22, on the ground of the first mentioned Penarth v. Cardiff-T. D. Schofield. Pontypridd v. LlwYJlypia-llev J. S. Longdon. Treorky v. Treberl;ert—J. H. Bowen. Newport v. Leieester-J. Games. Mountain Ash v. Tredegar—E. John. Maesteg v. Cindeiford— VV, H. Miils. Swanse,i v. Tlldhoe-Ack Llewelyn. Llanelly v. N eatb Tom Williams. CHRISTMAS DAY. Aberavon v. London Welsti-T. L, Demery. "bridgend v. Moesteg- Penygraig v. Dinas PoWis-V. Reynolds. Swansea V. WatBODiaiis-D. H. Bowen. BOXING DAY. Xeath v. LlandiIo-E. John. Newport v. Watsonians- W. M. Douglas. Aberavon v. Maesteg —J. H. Bowen. Treberbert v. Tondu— T. M. Williams. Bridgend v. Whitchtirch-W. M. Kees. Swansea v. Edinburgh University Tom Williams, Llanelly v. Mouirain Agh-T. England. Cardiff v. Treorky-Rev. J. S. Longdon.
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HOCKEY.
HOCKEY. DILLWYN (SWANSEA) HOCKEY JLUB v. LLANDOVERY. [BY QniLL-DaiVER.l This match was played at Llandovery on December 15th. The ground was very soft after the recent heavy rains. The teams bad not met previously this season, but last season Dillwyn proved themselves by far the better lot. winning both matches by 3-1 and 9-3. Teams— DILLWYN.—Goal, Miss Dillwyn backs, Mrs. Earle, Miss Bill and Collins halves, Miss E. Strick, Miss G. Strick and H. Forester forwards, £ W. Morgan, B. Earle, T. Strick and H. Flower. -■ LLANDOVERY.-Goal, Miss Juniper backs, H. V. Watkins and D. E. Williams halves, Miss M. Watkins, Miss Bell and W. A. Hoare forwards, Miss Watkins, Miss Prytherch, W. Rees, G. H. Hoyle, a nd M. H. Nichols. Referee—Mr. H. 8. Brabant. The game was started a little after the advertised time. Earle got away from the bully-off and passed to Morgan who, beating all opposition, raced down the left wing and centred to Earle, who had no difliculty in scoring. This reverse in less than a minute from the staet did not dishearten the home team, Their forwards, infusing some dash into their play, took the ball down the field repeatedly, only to be robbed by the visiting halves who, at this point, were playing a very good game. The Misses Strick were in fine form, clearing often when very hard pressed. Theie were occasional bursts away by the visiting forwards. Earle and Morgan, playing well together, were often dangerous. At last the home team got the upper hand, and playing well together attacked strongly, and forced several corners which, however, came to nothing. A score at last came, Nichols putting the ball through from the edge of the circle after a run in which Hoyle, Rees and the scorer participated, The game now became fast and exciting, both sides putting in some very good work. Llandovery, however, had most of the play—their forwards were continually pressing, but owing to the gallant defence of the visiting backs and goalkeeper no score resulted for some time. Nichols at last got away from I the centre, and dribbling down the wing ceutred right across the goal, and Rees had no difficulty in scoring. Nothing of interest transpired until just befoae half-time when Earle goored for the visitors after a brilliant run down the field. After the interval the game resolved itself into a continual bombardment of the visitors' goal. The home team pressed throughout, and g ve the visitors no chance of getting away. Coilins and Forester, ably backed up by the Misses Strick and Bill played a sound game at back, and kept the score down. Try as they would the Llandovery forwards could not score, though many shots were put in. Nichols had hard luck on two ocevslons-once shooting just over the bar, and again missing by inches. Earle, the visiting centre forward, was limping badly at this stage of the game, and his forwards were, as a consequence. not very effective. Morgan, on the left, got away prettily on some occaaions, but was pnlled up before he got really dangerous. The home forwards again and again eaws up the field, and twice Nichols scored what seemed to be fair goals, but the referee thought otherwise and disallowed the point, and a very fast and interesting game ended in a draw of 2 goals each. REMARKS. The score does not represent the respective merits of the teams. Llandovery, on the day's play, were the better team, and ought to have won easily. It was hard luck, combined with the gallani defence of the visitors' backs, that robbed them of victory. The ladles on the visitors' side were all ronnd better than the ladies on the home side. Considering, however, that this was the first match the Llandovery ladies Lave played this season they did very well, but lacked the experience of the other side. For the visitors the Misses Strick played a sound game and repeatedly snoiled the runs of the home forwards. Miss Dillwyn kent goal well. Collins at back and Forester at half were fery good, and hit very hard. Earle and Morgan were the pick of the visiting forwards. The former played a splendid game until he was hurt. Both he snd Morgan are very fast. For the home side the backs, Williams and Watkins, played well, Watkins perhaps being the more effective on the day's play. Williams had sticks given him several times, and this seemed to affect his game. Hoare, at centre half, worked bard, and satisfactorily accounted for his opposing centre half. He received valuable aid from the Misses Bull and Watkins. The Llandovery forwards gave a creditable display. They worked well together and were very quick on the ball. Nichrls, in the centre, kept his wings well together, and Hoyie and Rees did good work. but the former should not show such a marked tendency to "roam." Miss Prytheich and Miss Watkins, on the outside wings, did well, considering it was their first match. Miss Juniper, in goal, had not much to do. especially in the second half. She could not be blamed for either of the goals scored against her.
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THE ADVANTAGES OF TRAINING.
THE ADVANTAGES OF TRAINING. This was the title of an interesting lecture —noticed in these columns last week-which was recently delivered undor the aus- pices of the Swansea Womens" Liberal Asso- ciation, by Miss Rodwell, of -,iie Swansea Training College. The lecturer, at the out- set, said she did not intend restricting her remarks to the advantages or disa lvantyges of the trained teacher, as ihere was no work or service in the earth, from sweeping a room to reforming a, kingdon, which could not be better performed by a special fitness or training for it. True, the trained service might become mechanical, the intelligent worker might become in time a mere follow- er of routine. Still, it was equally true that "fools step wherein angels fear to tiead," and thus in many undertakings the volun- teer or amateur rushed in with sanguine heart to attempt a task, where the practised mind or eye of the expert, would have dis- covered the difficulties. Miss Rodwell went on to say that in an age such as that in which we liv>d, when everything was done at high pressure, there was scarcely time to accom- plish half the work there was to be done and, therefore, waste of time was an un- pardonable sin. But was there not generally, a, fearful waste of time when anyone attemp- ted a work for which he or she had no train- ing ? THE EFFECTS OF TRAINING. Training taught us to economise our forces and energy, to avoid waste of time, and to get the greatest possibilities out of all things. It taught us to develope our full capabilities and to draw upon our resources. It lead to the development. and growth of cur faculties, and taught us that life should be in all things not a statiou but a progress. Training developed the intellect and led to quickened perceptions, as well as training the eye, thus leading us to discover new beauty in aU things. Training to he effec- tive should be systematic and thorough. All training which was slipshod and (tareles s was unworthy of the name and almost vif not quite) useless. A trained mind or a trained eye could never be the result of mere possin// through a certain course of work or routine, in a desultory, perfunctory manner. That would be much more likely to amntuntc and more deeply root inaccuiv.cieo of judg- ment and imperfections of execution, and thus the "remedy would be worse than the disease/'Errors which were the result of want of knowledge could be far more easily eradicated than errors which were the result I of persistebt habits, and she (the speaker) would almost prefer having no training at all, than indifferent or bad training. A POINT FOR TRADES ITNION-3. In this connection, the lecturer expressed the view that, if instead of, or as well as, the Trades Unions of which they heard so much, we had old crafts and guilds we should not hear so many complaints of bad trade. "I firmly believe," she said, "that it is because British workmanship is not as thorough as it used to be. and is hampered by so many union restrictions, that other nations have been able to compete so successfully against us. Mind, I do not say that we cannot work an well, but that we do not--it least, as con- scientiously and wholc-hoartedly/' She was not condemning the trades unions .11 their inceptions, for they had been of great good in the past, and had done grerit things in bring ing about more equitable terms between Capital and labour. But if they turned their attentions to seeing that all their members were properly trained and competent for their work, instead of dealing with them at a common level, they would do more good. Tf they tried to level the trained with he rntrained and demanded the same wage for all, apart from fitness, she did not agree with them, for there was then no incentive to individual effort. But to return to the old crafts and guilds. It was their duty to watch over the separate trades and the train- ing of apprentices, as well arj to test each piece of work before it was placed on the market. No man was allowed to become a master craftsman and open business and have the care of apprentices who had not him- self been duly trained and certified as being a sound workman and master of the arts of his craft nor was any piece of work al- lowed to be sold which did not come up to the standard of merit of that particular guild, and which was as good as skill hnd labour could make it. THE NEED OF SPECIALISATION. After this slight degression, the lecturer proceeded to contend that if a woman would make her way in the world and win a com- petence, it was necessary that she should be tiained, as in these days there was no room for untrained labour of any kind. They had out-grown the foolish idea. that the only place for woman was at home, and therefore the sooner they recognised the need of specialisation the better. For it was an age of specialising, and the man or woman who wished to get on must become a specialist in one or the other of the many branches of trade or labour. The number of workers was so large, and the number of places so small, that unless they can show a special fitness there was little chance of f-uccess. The time had long passed when women were content to stay at home, and when it was considered by many, if not a degradation, at least derogatory to work for a living .The degradation if any, she considered, attached to the woman who was content to remain idle at home, and who had not some work or mission in life. Of course, she was not now speaking of those whose duty lay at home, and whose time was filled with house- hold cares, but of the many women who, not being forced by necessity to work for a living, remained idle at home. Then there were many women forced to work for their .,naintenance, and many families where the income was too small to admit of the daughters remaining at home in ease and idleness. Consequently, every girl should be specially trained for some call- ing in life as soon as her schooling was com- plete. There were numerous training cen- tres up and down the land for teachers of all classes. And since so many 1 cchnical and spe- cial schools were being opened, tlioro were now other branches of teaching which were open to women which might prove more attractive to those who had not the time or the incli- nation for many years of hard mental study. Such were Kindergarten, instruction of the blind, of the deaf and dumb, physical train- ing, hygiene, cookery, laundry, needlework, dress-making, millinery, wood-carving, etc., etc. In giving a short list of places where girls were trained in these sribjects, Miss Rodwell mentioned the Training School in connection with the University of Wales and Monmouthshire, which she said was one of the most successful training schools for wo- men in technical work in the kingdom. After referring to the increased opportu- nities for women to learn the art of nursing, which ranked high in the honourable pro- fessions for women, the lecturer mentioned a few other callings now open to the trained female, including horticulture, and more es- pecially floriculture, dairy work, bee-keeping, poultry rearing, Civil Service, type-writing, clerkships trades, etc. A HONOURABLE PROFESSION. She wished to make special mention of another profession in which every woman should be proficient, viz., that of domestic service, and of the many efforts now being made to provide training in this ojpen to all classes. Domestic duty was as much a profes- sion as any other, and its, performance was just as honourable. The sooner they recog- nised this fact the better, and the sooner would incompetent service cease. But it was careful training alone which would give it the dignity of a profession. Careless, slip- shod work of any kind was unprofessional, and work which was done without training was work which was ill-paid, or rather which was paid according to its desserts. In past generations domestic duty was the pride of women, and it was only because of the lack of training that it had been looked upon with scorn by the unthinking, or those with false notions of pride and independence. For to all others it was clear that house- hold work and household management were the most permanent and amougst the best paid of all professions open to women. Household work must always be done, and if woman was thoroughly cap-able and thorough- ly trained, her services were always in de- mand. At one time women had to acquire this profession under difficulties, the girl who wished to become proficient having to receive a, more or less (generally less) system- atic training at home. dependent upon her parents' leisure and inclination to teach. Careful training meant careful teaching and much supervision, and busy women found it difficult to spare the necessary time from their multiplicity of labours, and in the rush for time-the crowning characteristic of the day-would rather do the work them- selves than spend a longer time in teaching a novice. Besides, there were other consid- erations. First, every womin was not a born teacher, and the mere fact that she could per- form a certain work well herself was by no means a guarantee that she could impart that knowledge. Secondly, most girls learnt more willingly from strangers than from their own kith and kin. and took correction more readily from them-at least that was her opinion, based on a wide experience of girls and a careful study of girl nature both at home and at school. The lecturer proceeded to point out the efforts now being made in Swansea and elsewhere to meet the demand for domestic training. Under the Techni- cal Board there were, as they no doubt knew, evening classes—open to all-held at the High School for Girls, where practical and demonstration lessons were given in ct okery, dress-making and laundry work by most able instuctresses. The same opportunities which were offered to the middle classes were also offered to the working classes by the Evening Continuation Classes, where cookery and dressmaking formed a part of the curri- culum. But Swansea, was far bevond other towns in these respects, and Miss Rodwell went on to mention what was being done in the way of domestic science at Liverpool, London, and other large towns. She con- cluded by reading a most interesting account of a typical day's work in a residential school for household training.
THE PLACE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION…
THE PLACE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN A NATIONAL SYSTEM. Mr. R. E. Hughes, M.A., Swansea, read the following paper before a meeting of the Cymmrodorion Section of the National Eisteddfod MR. MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— Over the door of the St. Louis Manual Train- ing School you will notice inscribed the fol- lowing verse — Hail to the skilful, cunning haud, Hail to the cultured mind Contending, for the world's command Here let them be combined I Too long, far too long, have they been separated. Our education has for genera- tions been concerning itself busily with the head, but studiously neglecting the hand of the child. And the upholders of dassica] training arrogate to themselves the title of humanists—forsooth. We are the true hu- manists who wish to train the child's mental powers, not by books alone, but through windows of the mind-the senses. We wish to cultivate all the sides, mental, physical, and moral, of that curious compound— the child. Is it not a significant fact that tho,e remarkable princes of the House of Hoben- zollern—a house which in brillancy of intel- lect, at any rate, stands alone in Europe- must by a family law each of them be taught a trade As illustrating the growth of pub- lie opinion m America on Technical Educa- tion it is interesting to note that in 1635 Bos- ton opened its first Latin School, in 1821 its first non-Latin School; recently its first Tech- nical School has been opened. In discussing Technical Education there, are certain stat- mpnts which to-day, at all events, have only to be stated to be, accepted by all intelligent people. Thua any system of specialized education must be vitiated if built upon an unsatisfactory system of primary education. The first step to be taken in the organization of a national system of Technical Education is to put your primary system in perfect order. In such a system the Kindergarten would be the foundation stone, then would come the primary school with its manual occupations for the lower standards, and for t he higher standards a systematized course in wood and iron work. In the Secondary School the pupils training would proceed to the science laboratories and the making of apparatus in the manual training workshops. Then your pupil would be prepared for a course in Technical Education proper. I should like to emphasize this nomt of the proper position of Technical Instruction. Proper Technical Instruction, in the strict sense of the term, has no place in primary or secondary systems of education. It is true that much Technical Instruction is being given, and very well given, by the County Councils to evening students, mainly of i.r- tisan class. How then would such work fall into the above classification ? Well, I look upon this work as I do University extension work, having within it the seeds of the future working man's University, and that such a classification is not unreasonable is shown by the work which the London Polytechnics in- stitutions, of which there are no counterparts elsewhere in the world, and which we may reasonably be proud of, are doing. 'technical Education is a branch of higher education, and as such an important branch of University- work, and that this is recog- nized in Wales, at any rate, there is no ne- cessity to prove. Bangor and Aberystwyth with their agricultural sides, and Cardiff with its engineering side, recognize thoir duty in this matter, and it is to our National University, and to that alone, that we must look for the guiding hand and the co-ordina- ting spirit in this matter of National Tech- nical Education. and I trust that through the University Colleges our University may be enabled to stir up and focus the public opinion on this point, so that existing tech- nical work done may be extended, and other branches of instruction fostered and culti- vated for example, such towns as Merthyr Tydfil and Swansea should possess Technical Institutes or Colleges in metallurgy and min- ing, that such establishments shiuM form integral portions of our University Colleges, and consequently of our University I thi H that some confusion has arisen by manual and technical training being identified. It is I think highly important to remember that manual training is not only a desirable but very necessary component of our primary and secondary schools curricula. Technical Education is not, but is rather a matter for the University Colleges. I propose to illus- trate my contention by a brief sketch of Technological Education in America. Mr. Abbott Lawrence, the founder of the La^*r&hce Scientific School in connection with Harvard University in 1846, over half a century back, presented the University with 100,000 dollars, and in the letter accom- panying, wrote Where can we send those who intend to devote themselves to the practical applications of science ? How educate our engineers, our miners, machin- ists, and mechanics ?" and he adds, "Inven- tive men laboriously re-invent what has been produced before. Ignorant men fight against the laws of nature with a vain energy and purchase their experience at great cost. Why should not all these start where their predecessors ended and not where they began? Education can enable them to do so." In 1862, in the dark days of the Civil War, the Land Grant Bill was passed and signed by President Lincoln, by which each state in the American Union received 30,000 acres of land for educational purposes for every reproscntativù in Congress, the land to have no known mineral veins. This law further stated that the schools established by these monies were "to teach &uch branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and profes- sions iu life." As a direct result of this Act, although the sale of the land was generally jobbed, about 100 schools have been estab- lished, doing technological work of a more or less satisfactory character. The majority of such schools are either Engineering or Agricultural Schools. Besides these of re- cent year*, a very large number of Technical Colleges have sprung up all over the States, and there are at present at least 150 Techni- cal Schools for Engineers alone, and pro- bably as many, if not more, Agricultural Schools. Now it is a significant fact that all these institutions for technological training are at present, or are about to be, incorpor- ated in an University, there is no tendency, as in Germany, to koep distinct these higher institutions for technical and professional education from the Universities. The ege of admission to these American Technical Schools is between 16 and 17 years of age, though the Sheffield Technical School in Tale admits boys as low as 15—but in this case, no laboratory instruction is given in the &chool, though the students, I believe, attend the University laboratories. The re- quirements for admission are not heavy, being generally English Algebra, Plane Geo- metry, and American History, only a few of them requiring Natural Science to have been taught. The Agricultural Colleges require only a knowledge of the usual English sub- jects, but one must not imagine from this that these boys of 17 who have passed through the American Secondary Schools are not well prepared, for, here is the opinion of Profes- sor Reidler, of thn Royal Polytechnic at Berlin. He says "The Secondary Schools in America, gauged by their courses of instruction and with our (the German) standard of measure- ment, offer a much lower preparation than ours. The linguistic branches are confined to English and the bare elements (.f foreign languages the mathematical. preparation does not go beyond the quadratic equations, plane geometry and the elements of trigono- metry. But the, students bring to their higher studies on an average a. clearer con- ception, better imagination, and much more joy in creative work and independence than with us This is owing to natural talent, rational education, and less over-burdening in pursuit of a one-sided, dry. linguistic study. They are not drilled much, nor are they spoiled by the quantity and variety of study. They have open eyes, are accustomed to independent observation, and for the little they have learned they possess a very good comprehension. In the Secondary Schools much care is taken in physical training and out-door sports, which form a great treasure of valuable recollections in after life. For our comparison the one circumstance is of importance, that the students leave the secondary institution at the age of 16 or 17 in order to enter the Engineering School hence they bring to them two years of preparatory study less than the German boys who pro- ceed from the Secondary School to' the Poly- technic." And, he adds, "The students enter Engineering Schools, and conse- quently, practical life, at a comparatively early age. They waste no time upon the grammar of several languages, but utilize their time in the study of natural sciences and mathematics. The tendency for inves- tigation and observation is fostered in American Secondary Schools more than with us, and is done in well-equipped laboratories, The enormous economy in this practical ten- dency and in the shortening of the time of study cannot be denied. The taknts de- veloped by such instruction, the faculty of representation, the sense of observation, and the tendency foi investigation cannot he over- estimated, and can never be replaced by the study of lr,iiguagcs."Tho number of American Secondary scholars is very large. I have here some rather rough numbers indicating the position of Wales as compared with some of of the American States though the ques- tion as to what schools are to be ela-saed as true Secondary Schools in different countries of the world has never beca. satisfactorily sattlcd, one may bo allowed to wiiliold one's judgment of the real value of tlieee figures until we know what Americ.ans mean by secondary students. TABLE J. Table showing the total number of Second- ary Students in various States of Ameiica, together with those in the County Schools of Wales for the year 1896.* Total 2fo. of Estimated Ifnmbrr of Secondary State. Population in; Secondary Students to Stuaents li; each 1,000 of lSt(i. population. 1 New Jersey 1,716,000 12,380 7"21 Virginia 1,637,000 S,116 4'78 N\ Carolina .] 1,763,000 7,450 Tennessee .| 1,357,000 13,0i 711 Minnesota .j ],643,OUO 13,165 8"2 Vermont .J 3:'2,»;i0 5,'2i4 15'6'j Maine .j 6c 5,6)0 10,7,;3 16-37 Wales ] ,77t>,405 (a) j 5,5i3 (b) 3.1, (a) TDis was the actual population in tS 1 of Wales 90IHI Monmouthshire. (6 Frmn the Tenth Aunud Report of the National A.ss ,« intion fur the Piorn jtion ot Technical and Secondary Education for tne Session 18SM-b7. the total number was t3,4:!7. which gives 3 0 for the third coin Ln. The>e figures, of cumse, do not represent the total r,uini er of scholars in all Secondary Schools in Waie" which might, perhaps, be taken as high tay js 8,Dolt, giving 4'i as a comparable ratio. (t\.r IS DOJ th-J total number may even be as high as to give the ratio 5 for til? Principality.! To return to the Technological Soliuels. the course is generally one of four years, though in six schools it is three years,and in the rlli- versity of Pennsylvania, the Worcester Poly- technic Institute, and the St. Louis Poly- technic, the course extends over five years. The school year varies from 32 to 40 w and each week is made up of from 15 to as much as 37 hours of instruction per week. Many of these Technical Colleges have post- graduate courses in such special Fitbjeets ss railroad and waterworks engineering, l inally, I must mention that all those in- stitutions confer degrees. I noed not assure you that this hardly add:; to their educational nature. These 200 institutions confer as many as 2,000 degrees per annum "n engineer- ing. As regards the curricula of these schools, I cannot ga into much detail but speaking in a general way, one may say that the greater portion of the course is taken up with practical work in physics, chemistry, and eiectro-technoiogy. These American Technical Schools are sharply distinguished from the German and Austrian Technological Universities by the very large amount of time they devote to practical work in the laboratories and work- shops. The best of these American schools are very elaborately, not to say lavishly fitted up. Cornell University alone spends over i;10,000 per annum on its technical side. The fees consequently are often very high, e.g., the schools at Boston Troy and the Columbia College of Mines in New York the tuition fees alone are JE50 per annum, but in the State Universities the annual fees are gen- erally very low there it varies from 10 to 50 dollars. There are two points that I wish to' direct your special attention to 1. That Technical Education is an Uniypr- sity not a school matter. 2. That this thorough system of Technical Education in America is largely due to the mumficence of private individuals. »^r?lV that some of the wealthy merchants ot Wales were imbued with that same public spirit. As Principal Salmon has recently pointed out, the ambition of these American millionaires is not that their names shall be lost in a peerage, but be perpetuated in an Academy or University. To sum up I have endeavoured to prove that the proper time for technical training is after a pupil has passed through the se- condarj' school, and I have shown you that Germany and America both carry that prin- ciple out. Now, with regard to Wales, I think we have much to congratulate our- selves upon, and we have also much td hope for. Our secondary scholars will all before long have what most German scholars have net, an opportunity of practical training in natural science. I feel with Dr. Riedler that the lact, of proper laboratories in most Gor- man seconday schools, is a most serious de- fect, and one which cannot be compensated for by a course in linguistics, though the lin- guistic training of the German Realschulen is most valuable to boys who intend taking up a commercial as distinguished from a pro- fessional career. It is a natural characteristic of Englishmen to depreciate (in public, at any rate) their own work, for example in education but whenever I see the process at work, I alwavs think of a saying of a Scotch friend of mine -"Man, man, don't believe these English. They have their tongues in their cheeks all tne time ;ac any rate,if you want a foreign- er s candid opinion on English Technical Edu- cation, you will find Mr. Pyfferoen's report to the Belgian Government on "Professional .Lducataon in England" a very high opinion indeed. He points out that the advance England and Wales have made during the last 10 or 15 years is so great that all descrip- tions of Technical Education here are out of date, and that one should be chary of accept- ing the statement that England and Wales are far behind Continental nations in this branch of education. Again, M. Demolin describes a certain English school as being the fore-runner and type of all the schools of the future. Many foreigners have pub- licly stated that some of the infant schools of England are amongst the best in the world; and coming home to Wales, are you surprised when I say that there are more people pro rata for the population receiving an University education to-day in Wales than in any other country in the world ? It is true, though, and it is also true that the growth ln the number of students at our University Colleges is unprecedented. Here are the figures from the year 1890 to 1897 — The number of students at the University College of Wales was an increase of 195 per cent. The University College of Bangor shows an increase of 161 per cent., and that of the University College, C.-rdiff, 177 per cent, end this, I believe, will be still greater when, as funds come in, professional and technical education is more fully provided for. But mere than all this is that healthy pub- lic opinion that is being created in Wales fo the cause of education. It is on this pla; form that men of all creeds meet xnd that dif- ferences are forgotten.May ;Le day peon come when a man will be as afraid to practise and preach a mean economy in education as he would near the sick bed. Let it be remem- bered that it is worse than a crime—it is a folly-to 'stint our children in their mental equipment. I often picture the State educa- ting the child as the old baron in days of chivalry decking his child in the brazen reeves of tunic and helm, and the trusty blade of Toledo steel. What would we think if surh an one, with a mind warped by mi&r- liness. were to stint the outfit ai d nlace in his youth's hand but a poor blade to* fght the good fight ? Well that is the action of those who refuse and who would stint our children's outfit and handicap them for ever in the great battle of life. I will conclude with a quotation from an address of President Francis Walker, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Let us then cheer on every enterprise for the extension of Scientific and Technical Education without any misgivings as to its effects upon the character and subsequent life of the young men of America, without any fear that they vill be rendered sordid in spirit or low in their aims, by reason of the practical usefulness of the studies in which they are called to apply themselves. There is a wonderful virtue in the exact sciences to make their students loyal, nist minded, clear headed, and strong against temptation. Here no insidious tendencies to mere plausibility, to sophistry and to self-delusion beset the young and the ambi- tious. The only success here is to be right. The only failure possible is to be wrong. To be brilliant in error here is only to make the fact of error more conspicuous and mere ludi- crous. Nothing but the truth, nothing less than the whole truth, this is the dominating spirit of the Laboratory, which never with- draws its control over the student to keep him from the false path, which never inter- mits its inspiration as it urges him onward to the light." For the kingdom of Prussia the number of second- ary scholars is about 11*5 per thousand.
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SIR GEORGE NEWNES, BART., M.P., AND 11 TIT-BITS." 1 AN INTERESTING LETTER. "Tit-Bits," described by Miss Ellen Terry as "the bright, light, right little paper, completed its thousandth week on T ec. 15th inst. It is a fine number, of which "Tit- Bitsites" may justly feel proud. Sir George Newnes, M.P., the founder, contributes the following very instructive and characteris- tic 1 etter "I hope that readers will not think we are making too much of our One Thousandth Weekly Birthday. I am afraid that there is so much reference to it in this special double number that perhaps some will think we are overdoing it. But even they will agree that it is natural that on such an occa- sion those closely connected with the paper should wish to have a celebration. In do- mestic life on the occasion of a birthday or coming of age, a silver or a golden wedding. it is only in human nature to call one's friends aiound that together they may re- joice. It is so with the staff of a paper. "It is perhaps aso especially so in my case, because I have the feelings of a parent to- wards a child whom I have nursed from its infancy through its youth to vigorous manhood and to pursue the simile fur- ther, that child, grown to be a man. has in turn become the parent of many children and grand-children which still Jive and thrive. "In sitting down to think over what to sav to those who nave followed the fortunes of this paper to this interesting period of its existence, many memories came back to niv mind. It is 20 years since I as a young man conceived the idea that at the time the read- ing public were not getting what they wanted. I thought that I couH give it to them, and, perhaps with overweening confidence, pnb- lished the first number of "Tit-Bits." Twenty years afterwards, and, indeed, long before then, the public appreciation of' this paper proved that my opinion was fully ju- tified. "At the time I was residing in Manchester, a.nd as a consequence many people think that I ,"m a ^ancllester man that is not the case although I have the most pleasant recolJec- tions of my sojourn in that great citv. Soon my paper grew so fast that it was necessarv its head-quarters should be in the capital of the country, and so the paper and I camø to London. "Perhaps one of the features which large- ly attracted the public at that time was the system of an altogether new form of prizes which I inaugurated. They were of a varied 1 character, and have continued to this day. J he- sun-, given away in prizes has amounted co C24,000 durng the 1,000 week?, of j64 a dav for nineteen years. Perhaps the most sel!- sational of them all was the Seven-Roomed House which was given away for the best original or non-copyright story. At that time such a prize was unknown, and it was hardly credited that si paper would give a £ 5o0 house, which was the minimum an- nounced, in such a. way. It was won by a private soldier, and he selected a house which cost £ 600, and of that nobody com- plained. He still owns it, and some facts in regard to it will be found on another page. Another very interesting prize was in con- nection with the Inquiry Column. We offered a prize of a situation of jElOO a year to whom- over would answer in the best and most ac- curate manner the questions in that column that were set forth in three months. This was won by Mr. C. Arthur Pearson, who ac- cordingly entered the office, and soon showed such energy and ability that in a few years he became business manager and Assistant i 5 °a ? paper" At that time another valued Assistant Editor was with me, Mr. Peter Keary. They ultimately started on t^eir own account, and no one rejoices in their success more than I do. to correct an erroneous impression which I have seen in print several times, that MI. Alfred Harmsworth was in my office. This was not the case, though it is true that he was a frequent contributor, and almost auy was in the building for a time, bring- ing most interesting copy. Perhaps "Tit- Bits" has had something to do with the great success that he has attained. There is a page in this paper for which I for many years wrote every line. It is called "Answer* too Correspondents." As Mr. Harmsworth knew what a popular feature it was, it oc- curred to him that a paper mainly on those lines would be welcomed. He was right, and I am glad of it, and also of his subsequent achievements. in "Since Mr. Pearson's time I have been helped by a splendid band of workers—not- ably Mr. Galloway Fraser, Assistant Editor, and Mr. Harry How. ihe pnnting of "Tit-bits" is admittedly one ot the sights of London. Two enormous machines, which, with the steam-power etc have cost considerably over £ 20,000, print the paper during the whole of Mondays and Tuesdays and up till mid-day on Wednesday. the rest of the week they are employed on other work, except when "making ready." Visitors or residents in London are always welcome to see them from a gallery in the Machinery Hall. They print and bind the paper at the rate of 24,000 copies per hour, or seven per second. It is a little early yet-but a good senti- ment will keep. The whole of my staff, most of whom have been associated with the paper for many years, unite with me in cordiallv expressing the hope that all the friends of Tit-Bits will have A JOYOUS CHKISTMAS, AND A PROSPEROUS NEW CENTURY. GEO. NEWNES." —«•>*——>
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A London furnishing firm, with the avowed purpose of meeting the convenience of per- sons about to furnish, offers to receive money on deposit in one or many instalments, and to pay interest ihereon. This is nothing very remarkable, and would not, if it were all, deserve the briefest notice. The re- remarkable features arc the rates of interest olered, and the conditions attached to the transaction. Depositors who become cus- tomers are to receive interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. Those who do not will have their money repaid with interest at the rate of 4 per cent. How these high rates arc to be made profitable to the firm is not clear. To pay 4 per cent. on the deposits which are returned, and 6 per cent. on money which is ultimately spent with the firm is costly advertising. The Post Office Savings Bank allows 2 per cent only, and scarcely makes both ends meet.
TO SCEPTICAL ASTHMATICS.
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Apropos to the present position of Irish politics, a correspondent oends to the "Chronicle" the following Pedigree of Patriotism" which was current in Ireland some time ago The Young Irelanders killed O'Ccnnell. The Fenians killed the Young Irelanders. Butt killed the Fenians, Parnell killed Butt. Healy killed Parnell, Dillon killed Healy, Who will kill Dillon P The pedigree might be completed by 3aying that Mr. Dillon committed felo de se, and that Mr. William O'Brien is now engaged in trying to kill Mr. Healy again.
FASHION NOTES.
FASHION NOTES. LBy MESSRS. BXN. EVANS AND CO., LIMITED, SWANSEA.] The thought of Christmastide with its custom- ary festivities and family gatherings, together with the realisation of our dearest hopes in the visible form of sundry gifts from thoughtful relatives, has, fiom the days of our earliest childhood, been ever present in our minds during the preceding weeks, and even when we have left our teens" behind us for ever, there still remains the thrill as to the possibilities of what may be in store for us at this social season. To the young the period is all too brief for the joys which have to be compressed into it, while, to their seniors, behind the happiness ever lingers the memories of vanished faces and days that are gone. The march of time has brought about a wonderful advance in the manufacture of beautiful and artistic articles suitable for every- one, which are turned out at such moderate prices that the cost is little more than would be the case were they manufactured at home, whi!e the finish and style is vastly superior. Of course any article purchased ready-made can never possess the same value in the eyes of the recipient as it would were it the product of a friend's skilful hands and loving thought. Never, we fancy, was there such a choice for us to select from suited to any purse, and, indeed, in this abundance is our cuief difficulty. To most girls, however, a pretty blouse will never come amiss. An exceedingly nice specimen of tbi. very popular article of dress consists of a combination of lace upon chiffon arranged over rose-coloured silk, the front and undersleevts being of accordion- pleated silk, while the touch of black which is still essential if a ell ic effect is to be arrived at, appears in the form of rosettes of black velvet bebe riboon. Of course, the blouse could be expressed in silks of contrasting colours, with excellent results, but for a demi-toilette nothing could be more charming than the above. A very pretty style for an evening blouse consists of arranging a full pouching bodice of chiffon over a silk s;ip, the aecoiletage finished by a flounce of chiffon, white or black chenille forming the border, This also looks lovely when net d' e,pri f is employed, and can be further en'.anced by narrow satm or velvet ribbons arranged across the figute in triple lines. Christmas, with i's motto of "Pence and Good- will," resolves itseif into a season when the out- ward expre,sion of those sentiments, finds relief in a continuous succession of dinners, dances, and every vai iety of social entertainment which can be devised to further the enjoyment of both young and old. With a constant stream of gaieties to be encountered, the contents ot our wardrobes are a matter of much importance, especially when ways and means have to be considered, and the choice of a new evening frock is a matter of deep consideration. Fortunately for most of us, Madame La Mode is kindly disposed even towards the comparatively impecunious girl who has wasted her substance in the riotous purchase of gifts for her nearest and dearest, leaving herself with a very narrow marein for the repleDisb-ig of her evening toilettes. There is probr. jly among these an old silk or satin dress rather the worse for wear. This must not be deemed worthless, but,rater as a treasure, and if it is not very much stained it may be possible with soap and water, or a little ammonia, to do all that is required at home, and so avoid the expense of a visit to the cleaner, but this must be a matter of due and careful consideration. If the owner of such a gown has a slender and graceful figure, combined with a pleasing plumpness of neck and shoulders, we should advise her to evoive a gown a l' Empire styie. Carefully unpick all trimming off the bodice of the under-dress, and leave it as severely plain and tight-fitting as possible. Over this arrange a drapery of lace (for preference), embroidered net or any semi-transparent mate- rial, allowing it to fall from the bust in soft folds to the feet. A sash of pale green chiffon is draped across the figure, and, after being loosely knotted, falls in ends finished by a gold and green fringe. A small chemisette of embroidered net or lace is arranged above this, while long sleeves to match come well down over the hands. Diaphanous fabrics of every kind are the mo-t popular, and crepe-de-chine, voile, tulle, net, and chiffon are used with great success over a silk or satin foundation. Silk French lawn is also another very charming dress material, and can be made up with or without a coloured silk lining. Very pretty and not very expensive are the spotted, embroiderad, or plain muslin rcbes, which have the dual advantage of looking equally pretty as a summer afternoon toilette. We tbink an exceedingly sensible plan is to have the evening bodice very simply made, so that by the addition of a lace slip with long sleeves the gown ¡ can be worn on le-s festive occasions when a dec-ollette bodice would be out of place, and will I be of use when worn out of doors.
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THE ROYAL JUBILEE METAL EXCHANGE (INCORPORATED). SWANSEA, Tuesday, Dec. 18th, 1900. The market was well attended to-day. PIG IRON.—The pig iron market shews a slight, recovery in Scotch, but with a further reduction in Hematite, while there is no quotation for Middlesbrough. Business seems completely deferred for the present, and is likely to be continued so until the end of this year, and no further operations can be expected before the advent of the new year. There is a decraa-,o in the stocks of Scotch and Hematite, with about an equal increase in Middlesbrough, the shipments in each case having fallen very short. Statistics in this trade, however, snem to have no influence as to the fall or rise of the quotations. FINISHED IROK AND STEEL.—This market appears to be disturbed by the interference now of German (? basic) Tinplate Bars, which are being offered at L4 18s. 6d. per nott c.i.f., Swansea, and samtde orders were being pressed for to-day on 'Change by the representatives of this manufacture. Little importance appears to bo attached to this, because the make is presumed to be Bessemer Bagic Steel, and the former experience in this class of steel was such as deters those who know the quality to be faulty and un- reliable, and will prevent any further doubtful experiments in the matter. Nothing has transpired lately as to the saLes of American Bars, but it is stated that a considerable quantity is yet to arrive in execution of running contracts, which were made prior to the reduction in the price of home-made steel. At the prices quoted be- low for Steel, wo are deemed to more than compete with any imported oars, both as to price and quality besides, there are very grave objections raised in rcff-renee to the continuance of the use of these imported bars, the consumers having met with serious difficulty in the re-conversion of the shear- ings into bars, the steel bars thus produced being of very inferior quality. TINPLATES.—The shipments have been heavy during the week, with a diminution in stocks, and there are tonnage in port that will still further reduce the stocks but in this trade also statistics seem to have no bearing on the question of prices. There are several questions as to wages raised for adjustment, and joint meetings are being held for the purpose of going into tho matter. A general reduction in wages in fully antici- pated. BLOCK nN-There has been a considerable drop in Block Tin during the week of JE9 per ton, as will be seen from the prices below. COA.L.-The quotations given below for coal are considerably lower. PIG IRow.-Glaggow warrants, 60s 7d, 60s 9Jd, cash buyers. HEMATITE.—Warrants, 66s 6d, 668 3d, for mixed numbers, f.o.b., Cumberland, according to brand. WELSH BARS.— £ 8 Os Od to X8 2s 6d. Angles, &c., at usual extras, f.o.t. at works. SHEET IRON.— £ 8 5s Od to £ 8 7s 6d, f.o.t. at works. STEEI. RAILS.—Heavy sections. X6 Os Od to L6 2s 6d light do., 97 Os Od to L7 15s Od, f,o.t.; sleepers, angles, channels, &c., according to section and specification. STEEL SHEETS.— £ 8 2s 6d to R8 5s Od, with the usual extras for the higher gauges. BESSEMER STEEL.—Tinplate bars, L5 5s. SIEMENS TINPLATE BARS.—Best, R5 7s 6d. All delivered in the district; nett cash. TINPLATES.—Makers' quotations for Bessemer steel coke, 13s 3d to 13s 6d; Siemens (coke finish) 13s 6d to 13a 9d ternea, per double box, 28 by 2e C., 24s Od, 26s, to 29s 6d hest charcoal, 14s 6d to 15s 6d, according to finish of brand wasters, 6d to 18 per box lesi than primes. Odd sizes usual extras. All delivered in Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea; cash, less 3 and 1 per cent. Big sheets for galvani-ing. 6x3 x 30 gauge, per ton, f.o.t., £10 10s to 110 12s 6d. The Swansea Harbour Trustees have furnished 'I the following official return of tinplates reoeived from the works, shipped, and in stock :— Week ending Last week. Corre^nondinc Dec. 15, 1900. week last year. Boxes. Boxes. Boxes. Received 66,033 60,922 49.600 Shipped 84,213 49.751 41.386 In stock 138,353 156,533 159,052 Cor ".R.—Chili barn, E71 10s Od to JE72 53 Od. BLOCK TIN, Cll3 Os Od to £ 113 05 Od. SPELTER.— £ 18 12s 6d, per telegram reoeived on 'Change. LICAD.-English, S16 7s 6d; Spanish, X16 28 6d. ANTHRACITE COAL.-Finest hand-picked malt- ing, 23s 6d to 248 Od second quality haud-picked malting, 20s Od to 21s Od best large, according to quality and selection, 15s 6d to 17s Od; red vein or similar large, 13a to 13s 6d rubbly calm,
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