The Cambrian

EDUCATION BILL CAM- PAIGN. Great Meeting- at the Albert Hall. Building- Packed Brilliant Array of Talent. Sir Geo. Newnes, Miss Dillwyn, and Rev. Hollowell, Orate. The X wiicon t orniistv of Swansea nad a fieid-uay. or rather night., at the Albert Hall on Tuesday evening, when the eldeis and tiie young of the chapels a,nib led to protect iigaii'st the Education Bill of the present (iov- ernm nt. The proceedings "were announced to commence aL half-past seven, and by that time the area and balcony weie uncomfortably full, while some children and a sprinkling of adult* in the gallery looked in wonder on [ile scene below. 111e proportion of the fair sex in the audience wa a feature. Possibly, the statement, that female teachers were to be banned under the new Act had something tr. do with their presence in force. Leaflets with vei><.s on "the fight" were distributed broadcast. and sang later on to a familiar chaw! air. Tile Noaeouioimistsf o Swansea. had matters all to them- ^e'.ve^ on Tuesday night, and there were er-ougj' pats on the back to the defunct Crom- well. and "na-'ty ones" for all the Cardinals cf Pome to rejoice the heart of the faith- ful. Maggie Jores assisted to while ivav the tedium of waiting for the stars of the evening's entertainment by playing in fine stvie the overture to "Zanrpa on the big organ, was i ,1.,t mastering the opvning movements of the grand march, from "Tann- hauser" when the music was rudely bioken into bv the appearance ut Miss Dillwyn and George Xewnes on the platform. Wag- p<-r m impossible ait-r that. Behind tue chairman, the Bev. W. H. Webber (who read a letter of apology frorll Mr. Cory xeo 101 absenc/; and the speakers were mustered 111 the choir the elite of the Nonconformist* oi the district, who supplied the bulk of the ap- plause. and kept it going when tilings appear- ed likely to quiet down. Theie were pre>nt on the platform: Sir tTeorge Xewiies. M.P.. Mr. Ac von Thomas. ")I.P.. the Rev. J. Hirst Hollowell. Alderman Howei W at kins, Coun- cillrrts M. Tutton. R. Martin. t. Morgan, and • I. A. Rowlings. Miws Dillwyn. Mis. Morgan B Willianis.°Mis^ Brock. Mrs. R. Martin, the. Revs. James Owen (ex-president of the Baptist Union of England and Wales). F. Samuel. J. Da vies fCadle!, W. E. Prytlievcii (president of the Free Church Union). J. IT. Oust.<11. J. M. Phillips. Evan Jenkins, (4. Penar Griffiths. R. Tlwm". D. B. Richard". W. Gibbon, J. Matthews, W. P. Williams (president of the Baptist Association of South VVales), J ,Harris. J. Higman. Dr. Williams. Councillor B. Thomas. Messrs. Chiis- tcpher .lames, J. Devonaid. C. H. Perkins. F. Roeke. C. W. Slater. J. Roberts (the Secretary. D. Ro!>erts it-ha:iniau of the School B iarcM. Augustus Lewis. J. M atthews, W. E. Karris. Walter Watfein>. W. Davits iMiaristoni. J. L. Owen. J. W. Jones. J. T. Jones, and others. At the outset a telegram was read from Mr. F. Cory Yeo. who is it: Germany, and who tiad announced to preside over the meeting. Mr. Yeo said he hoped the meet- ing would oppose any compromise involving de- parture from recognised principles. (Ap- plause). The Chairman said they were face to face with the greatest crisis which had arisen in our history for the last 250 years. He hoped they might be able to face the crisis with the same courage < r.d firmness and Godly resolute- ness that our Puritan forefathers showed. The Bill would inflict great injustice upon Nonconformists, upon women, upon pilreuts, and upon ratepayers, and created many serious obstacles to progressive education. (Applause.) The Bill aimed at the destruc- tion of the fittest. It was an attempt to stamp tiie nation witLt littleness. Nonconformists had long endured inequality, and by the Bill the inequality was to be perpetuated and other grievanees imposed upon them. (Ap- plause.) it was not a- Xonconformist griev- ance only. It was a matter of injustice to the rate-paying public. The Bill violated the principle of civil and religious liberty. School Boards were to be destroyed, and the cost of education was to be provided out of public funds, and yet the public were only to elect one-third of the managers. Such a retrogres- sive measure must be resisted to the utmost. (Applause.) Sensible Liberals and Noncon- formists could not accept the Bill. which ignored the rights of the people and disre- garded the principle of popular control. The Bill sought to destroy the schools of the people and establish in their place schools of the priest. Whether Home Rule was dead or t!ot. they did not want nor would not have Rome rule in England and Wales. (Ap- plause). The Rev. James Owen submitted the first resolution. It read: "That this meeting pro- tests against the Government Education Bill. because it denies men and women who have hitherto been elected or served upon Seliool Board* of the constitutional right they have tor over 30 years enjoyed: because it lshes direct popular control of the schools for Tvhich the people are rated and taxed; cause it weakens the guarantees of effic'e.icy progress and liberty in national educati >n and because it proposes to levy local rates everywhere in support of sectarian dogmas. ■ ecclesiastical tests for teachers aud clerical management. This meeting expresses its in dignation that the Government, without man- dak or authority from the electorate, should ptopose to destroy School Boards, and to ^terive«a'1UH 8cho<>1" :i chargt' uP°n xj ii hi;™' i was Ilot surprised at the Blll„ ^nl.mtr^ced. because of the Con- S+'7'1 lioulrl*' u" House of Commons, and should himself, wer- he an Anglican Churchman, hail lt. with satisfaction and tnaiiktuliie.s. it was very natnr-i] th-it Anglican Churchmen and iWiamsts' ,houkl desire that the children of the nation should be brought up in the knowledge and belij of their respective doctrines. He' should like them to be all brought up m his Bantist •faith—(laughter! —but not by means of rates and taxes. (Hear, hear.) If AngUcans j wished it for themselves let them do so at their own expense. Fie- Churchmen were not opposed to religious education, for they 1 knew that "righteousness exalteth a nation," but they protested against sectarian teaching in schools supported out of public tunds. The Bill, in the place, dtrroyed. School Boards, whose only crime had been rlia& they had been a magnificent success. Ihen it v.olated the principle of liberty, ainl scli- governmenf. "Why. you say. the ratepayers- will be represented." the rev. gentleman went on. "They can appoint, one-third of the managers of the schools, (hie-third We know what that ma11. Like many other similar devices this is but a mockerv and a delusion. If the public have to pay' for the support of schools, then the public must control them." (Hear. hear.) Another ob- jection, the speaker proceeded, was that the 1 Bill wa.s not introduced so much in the in- terests of education as in the interests of de- nominationalism that desired to inoculate the children of the country with Anglican and ■Romanist doctrines. What safeguard was there againrt the atmosphere that was seated in the schools? (Hear, hear.) Th; Ii ^erefore. was an attempt—a. scheme- -to 1 • education of the cliildren under the pri-t. Their fore fat lie z-s had a e. against the same spirit in davs of yort and he anpealed to his hearers to be wo « ot theil privilege, and uphold the j T thlt been transmitted to then.. Hear henr.) Then the r- lai stat-d further objectiou A V oice "Cut- it short." The Re v. James Owen paused, and went on to sav of Commons had not had the manxlatc fd.the peapJe uvt.l. the Edl(. cation Bill, bi.t _ot, an altogether ditferent. is.sue He had, towards the conclusion a dissolution of I'arliam nt, and predicted wlint tiie result would hi-. Sir George Xewues. 15,ut.. M.P., weii received, .seconded the resolution, j said he had nev. r in his life rwulV, ^solution that he had so jileasure in conding as the one thai had hei ri .*»o splendidly proposed. If it was to he a Hglit between th.. Church of England ana ¡ 1,. F 1, c Churches, it was not of our seeking. Tbev had recognised recent Ylttl" th' greater hainionv of eo- operation rn ;dI rh, Chu:ehe<. Surely ther. was e.ioiigli vice, lnremperance. and im- morality in the world for them to fight 111- i ofsquahhIiIJ over ecclesiastical dogma. I (Applause.! He (Sir George) was t/I ,t an ♦•nemy of the ( inneh of England, and thev ail recognised tie; gone wmk 11"11" \1;" Church of England. Many of its clergy were amongst his most intimate friends. and he had whenever he could given practical support to the work of the Church. The enemies of the Church were those within its borders, who -•.ought to violate the consciences of those who did not believe in their dogmas. If one man lifted his hand to strike they could not blame another for raising his arm to protect it. (Ap- plause.) It was not a people's Bill. It was a parson's Bill. 'That was the christening, but he would take them to the birth. In 1931 a meeting of the delegates of the Con- vocation of Canterbury and York was held, and a number of resolutions were passed, stating what the wishes* and requirements of the clerical party were in regard to the educa- tion of the future. Everyone of those re solutions was embodied in the Bit!, which had been engineered badly, as a railwayman would say. because the permanent way was un- sound. (Applause.) Sir Gv-orge said the Bill had been engineered by Mr. Talbot, M.P., who sat behind Mr. Balfour, and wheii^ques- tioi'.s were raised was asked what Convo- cation would like. (Laughter.) Mr. Talbot had said, I make an earnest appeal to Churchmen not to throw away a chance which may never occur again of allowing the Church of England the splendid opportunity of con- turning to be the religious instructors of the people." The Bill was that the clergymen of the Church of England should continue to be the religious instructors, not to Churchmen, but the- people, l'hat had been confirmed bv Lord Hugh Cecil, who might be called the High Priest of the Salisbury family. Lord Hugh Cecil had said. don't care about the iialf-hour s religious teaching. We vrant the whole atmosphere of the school to be the atmosphere of 'lie Church." "Yes." continued George, "and then want us for it and endow the atmosphere. It is now very clear it 1, not enough to endow the Churcn. but the atmosphere. (Laughter ;11 applause.) W ? wanted the atmosphere of those schools to be the fresh ail of liberty. and the invigorating breezes of freedom, and it we do not get it the atmosphere would be one hurricane and tempest. There were 13,090 schools, including some of the We* ieyans. Roman Catholics, but in the main Church chool, which had cost 14 millions to build. The State had paid 1 millions of that. Those schools were not built for se- cular education only, but for the work of the Sunday school and parish. Wre wanted to use them for State maintained schools, but that was really a question of the rights of property. That question could be met by buying them out. It would cost about ten weeks longer of the late war, but that would not be too big a price to pay for religious iibertv and freedom. (Applause.) We could not buy them out because the Church want them for their Sunday schools and for the other work ot their churches; it would not be fair to ask them. and it was right they would not wish to part with them. Surely the State might pay a fair rent for the five days a week they used them. (Applause.) That would recognise the rights of the pro- perty. and would let the State start fair in the education of the children. We did not want to collar the schools, as Mi. Brodriok had said, "but you want to collar our child- ren," said Sir George. Sir George spoke of the grievance of religious test. Nonconform- ists were not irreligious. We want. the Bibh taught in our schools, but we did not want any dogma. The Bill repealed four Acts of Parliament and parts of nine others; it swept away School Boards at a blow. De- pencl upon it, said Sir George, there is no hope in this Parliament—no hope whatever. (Applause.) The only hojie lay amongst the people. Their forefathers had refused to pay rate, and let the bailiffs collect them. Many thousands of respectable and responsible citizens of this country had determined that they wOlcl take the course. (Applause.* In defence of that he would quote the words of Mr. Chamberlain in 1872. "It had been said he (Mr. Chamberlain) had encouraged re- sistance to the law. At all events he did not encourage an active resistance. They were not going to fight the bailiffs, they were going to submit in their way, but an alternative was provided for them. They would never resist the bailiffs, but preferred the Hoard should collect the tax by that means." tle was going to resist in that way. (Loud applause.) He should consider himself an unworthy son of a worthy sire if he did not do to the new Church rate what his sire did to the old. e Want all to help us in tiiis struggle, continued Sir (reoige; wo want the Liberal Unionists, the moderate Church- men—the Churcft of England was rapidly going towards Roman Catltolieism--the La. hour party, and the women, too. (Applause.) fT was essentially a working mail's question. because the schools were ^working men's. (Applause.) Worreu by the Bill were ex, cluded from being elected to educational bodies. They were going to have some sort of co-opted woman, (daughter.) Sir Geoflge proceeded to say we want all to unite. It was a great crisis in the history of Nonconformity, and he had told them he was going to resist M. (Loud applause.) There had been no question that had arisen in his time that was so important as the one under notice. Non- conformity lwd had to suffer in the past. Let the Church ot England pjroselytise amongst giown-up men and women who could take care of themselves, but when it came to the little ones—-we could even now hear their voire calling—we say "No, ltO: no." a thou- sand time "no" are we crying "hands off our children." (Applause.) Aid. J. Aeron Thomas. M.P.. endeavoured, he said to meet two objections that were made by the supporters- of the Bill. The first was the expense that was saved by Voluntary contributions. and that the saving m the buildings was so great that tliis country could rot afford to give education to the children without this aid. In Swansea the voluntary contributions were just over two per cent. of that revived in Government grants, so thev would see what that saving was in Swansea. In the country generally, the cost of educa- tion was roughly twelve million pounds and the voluntary contributions amounted to only three-quarters of a million. As to the build- ings these were subscribed for by other than Churchmen. The other point was that it was claimed that the new Education Authoiity would have control over secular education, but this he denied when two-thirds of the managers of voluntary schools would be re- presented on it. Although the Bill might be thrust upon the country, the cost, to the Established Church would be not only the dwng away with this iniquity, but accelerate be time when we would have religious emia.l- vr .'Hear, hear.) >18s Biiiwyn at this stage spoke, and sh ^Ln;°St e&thusiastk-ally received. IVr. f<principles, she said, which were never safeT^t e^'rnaI lav™ "f nature, and them was expressed °1' „Vpr TV,™ .A a homely saving "Vk ho- ?" tbe "nil''to rail tl« h«v fi S il ,W lit- to %«■ "ra- ti*? ci,kl n0t' Ul™ let tt*™ nut bJ In- any advocacy ot it. however brilii;un. tu, ,r hear.) Hiey would read, no doubt. the paper on the morrow liaiit aflvocacy by Mr. Balfr.u?. U|1 was. she believed. speaking that night at Ma nchester. "hln they read it, beware Of it. (Laughter- and near. hear). "lw wa* there that night as. a. member of tlw Church of England lifelong member of the Church of Eiigh'iah bom ,111,1 hrd HI it, and she hoped to die in it-IJU sue wished to join with the other denoiiiiuatiot! 111 protest- ing against the Bill which set at nougat that, principle of which had mentioned, and also desired to unite with all her follow towns- people in declaring that they put ju,t! ,1w- fore cl/enominationalis-m—-(applause)—arnl t-nat they did not wish to favour their own or any- body else's denominational religion at the- x- of justice. In fact. she thought, sh" might say that neither she nor any of then) wanted to have an unfair pull for their de- nomination. (Hear, hear.) She thought very strongly of the other objectionable fea- ture in the Bill that was mentioned bv Sir George Newnes. because they might have, a co-opted Ulaa. but not a co-opted woman. And whereas now. if thev did riot like. the. School Board, which was their education au- thority. they could kick the members out at the next election but if thev wr-e en-opted or nominated they had to kick out, the II bur, County Coun« ii. They eould not get at Jr. education authority exevp'- through the '^nittty Council*, and yet in other ni.-t.t1 ers j ey might be doing good service. She had T,r said there was no alternatives to rhi- sli i thev njTi#»t pti^s this Bill or notliin J ^that. Why could they not Of eont^!(Hear hear.) would taake tt T'e,,t' J»dgmcnt itm slightiv. v,-S:rs;r'to lim< *v. r the pupil teachers' centres under that judg- ment would have to be transferred by the School Board*?, which only eontroHed elemen- tary education. to the higher education au- thorities. But even with that alteration, she still thought that. the present system would be better than one which did not give- public control with the public money, and f which did not give them a directly-elected i, authority. Mr. Brodrick said at Whitehaven, j that the country must choose between the Bill and the Government. Well, she should say let the Bill go and never mind the Co- vernment. (Laughter.) It seemed to her that the rejection of the Bill was more im- portant to the vountry than the retention of the Government. (Applause.) At this stage the audience sang to the tune "Dare to be a Daniel" a battle song composed by the Rev. J. Hirst Hollowell. The opening Ver,. ran: "Englanrl. rouse thy legions. lire it be too late Foes of right and foes of light- Would storm the school-house gate, le v. T. Hirst Hollowell then supported the resolution, and he at once said the Bill would destroy School Boards, and put sacerdotalism into the local government of the country. If they ailowed the ineasuie to pass, they, in fact, municipalised sectarianism. Why this attack upon School Boards*' Why, because tiiey had been educating the people too welh He ridiculed tire Niiggestion that the Volun- tary Schools were voluntary, and quoted figures showing the number of parishes where there were none other than Church Schools. He finther state 1 that Neath, with a popula- tion of 27,000 p -ople, would have no educa- tion authority of its own under the Bill, and yet many other smaller districts would have seme kind of education authority. Mr. Bal- four had (slid that the present chaotic coulu sion of tiie education system was a by-word and a reproach to all nations, while Sir John Gorot had stated that the peasantry of Eng- land were so badly educated that they were behind the peasantry of Denmark. The Bill the gentleman said, would, if passed, make our educational system still more cun- fus-Ltl. while in reply to Sir John borE-t he quoted the historian. John Richard Green, who laid the igno:ance of the peasantry at the door* of the sectarian teaching of the Church of England. He further took excep- tion to another of Mr. Balfour s statements that the grievances of the Nonconformists wi i.ld. ii'HU r the Bill, be enormously mitiga- ted. and then coming to a recent, speech of the Archdeacon of Carmarthen, who had said that tiie new grant, under the Bill, to Cardi- gan -hire would be jsuificient to pay the whole cost of maintenance of all the Church Schools ill.276 to spare. There were three blun- ders in that statement, the exclusion of the rate for sectarian higher schools, the fact that the cost of education under the ttill world not be stationary, and because it hlTd been laid down that Parliament wonid eever find more than ihree-fourths of the expenses to the local authority. A passing opinion that the Government did not know how the agitation against the Bill had re-awakened Cromweil brought the rev. gentleman to two further local references. He had seen it stated in a local newspaper that somebody had been. saying there were three ditferent schools in England—one for the Church of England, another for the Church of Rome, and the third for the Free Churches. tie iouk exception to the suggestion that the Boord Schools, to which any children might go, belonged to the Five Churches. He was surprised to see, he went on, that the Vicar of Swansea had made an attack on the School Board system, which was utterly unwar- ranted. He sail the Church defended the Bill because religion must be taught by those who believed it. and they were refused that principle. Did he mean to say that the Board School teachers, who read the Bible to the children, did not believe in it Did he mean to charge them openly with hypocri"r If he did. then they (the Nonconformists) flung back the charge against him. The Vicar said it was simply a matter of loyalty to Christ. He (the speaker) denied it. As a, class ih", Board School teacher was just as loyal to Christ as Church-people. They could have religion without sectarianism. Towards the conclusion, he compared our educational sys- tem with that in the United States, and said the Nonconformists meant to kill the Bill either as a, Bill or as an Act. at the same time saying that he would not give manv veals' purchase for the House of Lords if thev did not throw out the measure. rhc resolution was carried ucatuiuously. Mr. David Roberts then proposed, and Mr. James W ignail seconded, the following reso- lution That- this meeting earnestly appeals to the members of the Borough and County Coun- cils of < damorgan to do their utmost to pre- vent the preset:* Education Bill Lom be- coming and als-o ask them to det'-r- mine, should the Bill in its jn-esent form be foiced upon the nation, to refuse to admin i:-f,er the Act. This was adopted unanimously. The following resolution, moved by the Rev J. M. Saundeis. and seconded by the Rev. Griffith, was also adopted: That this meeting desire* to express its sysnpatuy with all who are resolving tor conscience sake, to submit to distraint of goods rather than pay the rate to be levied according to this Bill. It also pledges itself to use every effort to secure the establish- ment of a system of national rrnsect ir'rn education. A vote of lb..iik» havfng Uen accorded the • hiinnau. on the motion of Sir Georee Ncwues. ihe proceedings concluded with the Xation.;i Anthem.

COUNCIL AND THE BILL. Nonconformist Deputation Received. Council's Resolution. Disappoint- ment Expressed. Cannot See Our Way to Assist" At Swansea Town Council on Wednesday, it deputation was received from the Liberal Nonconformists of the town in regard to the Education Bill. It was composed of practi- cally the same* gentlemen who were the most prominent, on the platform at the Swansea. Albert Hall on Tuesday evening, but Coun- cillor Tutton, in introducing It. was somewhat disappointed at the smalhiess of the depura- tion. for he made a. suggestion that someone should go out into the highways and byways -that is the Guildhall Yard -and bring any stray members who desired to hear more ou the subject of the Education Bill. The de- putation at this time numbered only 25, and their expression of views was for the moment postponed. Miss Dillwyn was present, but she sat apart from the deputation. About five minutes later, and the deputation not having been materially augmented in members, the Council resolved itself into committee to hear the deputation, and at the same time take into consideration two resolutions, one from the West Glamorgan Congregational Welsh Congregational Union, and the other from the Carnarvonshire County Council, appealing to the Swansea Council to refuse to administer the new Act should it be passed. Rev. W. H. Webber (the president 01 the Swansea, Free Church Council) said the de- putation was one from Tuesday night's nieet- jug. and having read the resolutions passed 'c reiterated the objections to the Bill adding lat^V 'r uinin objection to it was that it vi°' T^II^ c Nonconformist conscience, in coin- of t^em. to support rates for the teaching wentV'SU>-Stu:il' TTiev believed, he land. bui. lhen'eJ>be<!ienie 'V 'tW' f °f than a „,iv T? t'uies when a higher law obtv/L^ ,Ci' >v made it their duty to iovit d tlio p'r'uons of God and not. man. He with.°the? the Bill or makin. it nr^^li \f, r),i t> » 11 ^workable. T. I ^id en, ainnau oi tl,e Sobc-nt ?n X) obiVct t +.reaSOns whv the Coun- L,,j slaniid objut.to the BiH was that what Wlth u ate,«oiks streets, tramwavs. tele- phone-. ledums—(laughter)—work- men's uuelfines (hear, hear)^^ other im- portant scheme. thev already had their hand* pretty tul! ,Tlothél reaoh, was thar. al- though the B¡] adopted the Conntv Cvane; as t.ho instrument to carry out its intentions ir practically had no coutideiuv in the Conn- cJ. as to all intents aud purposes they would simply he "pui.-ei -■ deputation asked them to resist the because Parliament, in its present form. were, doing an unconsti- tutional act—thev iwiv handing over monev contributed by the ratepayers in general private purposes without popular control. Dr. John Evans also spoke, and humbly ;1, !"d the Council to assist thtm to strung]' the Bill. If it should become an Act. then the Council could assist in killing it before it became obnoxious to the people at large. Mr. Webber thanked the Council for hav- ing heard the views of the deputation. The Town Clerk intimated that similar resolutions to those already mentioned had been received against the Bill from Jiie Swan- sea, Liberal Association, and a meeting held at the Tabernacle, Morriston. Mr. Martin moved the following addition to a minute of the General Purposes Committee on the subject "That this Council desires to express its disappointment that the Govern- ment has not taken the advantage of tiie pre- sent opportunity to place the education of the country upon saeh a sound and just basis as will conduce to its efficiency and adequacy. inasmuch as the Bill now before Parliament fails to deal with elementary education on the principle of the spending of public money under direct popular control. And that ttii's Council cannot see its way to assist in carry- ing out any provisions that would violate such a principle." He was disappointed with the Bill on the question o. secondary educa- tion, but he did not propose going into that. The; new Education Authority would be thought be a disadvantage to the administra- tion of education in Swansea, for there would be time for neither secondary or elementary education to be properly administered. Fur- ther, the funds would have to be found with- out perfect public control, and he thought the Council would not be going out of tneir way in telling Parliament that, as public re- presentatives, they did not feel justified in fulfilling any demands of any Parliament. which required them to supply money to a small committee, of which they as a Council had not the absolute control. Mr. David Davies said he was impressed with some of the words that fell from Mr. ebber and his colleagues to the effect that the rank offence of the Government had been. that it had introduced this Bill without a. mandate from the people. He fancied that that was his position, and the position of all of them there, because he asked himself what mandate he had to vote that this Council should refuse to carry out its legal obligations. He represented a ward that was overwhelm- ingly Liberal, and he was sent there for other than political purposes. Consequently, no could not give a vote either way. He wa.s free, however, to express his personal opinion without associating rheni with the ward he represented. He thought Mr. Martin had compressed the real point excellently. In his (Mr. Davies") opinion it was a Bill with grave defects in it. No great revolutionary system of education had ever been pioduced without grave defects. They would recollect the feelings that were erited. and the diifer- enccs of opinion created when the great Act of 1870 was introduced. It was a real defect in the present bill that it shut out ir a pro- portion of schools man because of hi< re- hgicn. opinion. But in all the controversy ever the measure the most important factor had been steadily overlooked, and tiia. was the child. Another defect was that it, did not provide for the Ltdy member, notwith- standing that half of the children, rougihi speaking, that attended school were girls. But the main point lie wanted tT Mubmit to the Council was that lie wished it were possible for these religious bodies to close up the breaeh and come to some agreement among themselves. (Hear. hear.) He did not care upon what basis they agreed, but let them for the sake of i-digion itself—for the sake of education—come to some agreement and allow the laymen of this country to provide for the country a realiv efficient system of education. (Hear, hear.") At the present moment the .reat requirement of the country was a united—co-ordinated— system of education. They now had schools overlapping, and an enormous wastage of pub- lic money and energy, and they wanted some- thing better. And if the, did not get it com- mercially. the outlook was of a most- gloomv description. He should like. therefore, to see discussed not those religious differences, because it was so difficult to reconcile religious differences, but from the standpoint that Mr. Martin had taken up in the greater part of his remarks. The controversy was, however, turning upon this—the effect of the Bill upon the religious susceptibilities. He knew that those "sus- ceptibilities had to be respected, and he real- how difficult it was to overcome that earnest feeling which was expressed by the word conscience. I urther. he realised the danger that was opening out before them be- cause the moment the attempt was made to touch the national schools by way of ex- ticguishiug them, they brought to the front another body equally earnest and equally un- manageable in matteis controversial. He would like to see the Bill greatlv modified, but in the event of its withdrilwal. what did the future promise them? Noth- ing. They would be as a people educationally in the wilderness. They would be for score's of a tars, probably wiclmu"- a proper svstem of education, while he wanted them to realise the difficulties that must como for the Liberal party in England the moment ir attempted to secular- ise a system of national education in England. The same character of suscepti- bilities would, be aroused [t in the present case. Let them look at France to-day. where an attempt. was being made to extinguish the Roman Catholic Schools. Some 2.500 schools of France were closed. 150.000 French children were in the streets, and between 5.000 and 6.000 teachers were without occupa- tion. And here in England they would en cunter the same difficulty directly an attempt was made to extinguish the national schools. L nless the leaders of religion could come to some common ground of agreement there would be a continuous war going on for years to con which would be disastrous to the education of the eounUy. The religions question was like a lemon you could not prick it with a pin that it did not exude bitterness, while conscience nad ever been the most formidable obstacle to statecraft. for not only were people penalised and persecuted, but tiie veiy persecutors themselves acted ia the name of conscience. In illustration of this, Mr. Davies quoted the massacre of the Hugue- nots by Louis XIV" and lastly dealt with°the seriousness o! a body deriving their authoritv from law setting an example to the com- munity of defying the law. Was such an at- titude of lawlessness the proper one to take? He quite appreciated the feeling to make the protest against the Government as strong as possible, but ihe moment they asked the Coun- cil ro adopt a policy of lawlessness, what did the future promise for them? As the poi- j soned sword of Laertes was exchanged and turned upon himself, so this was a weapon that would be used when an attempt was made to secularise rational education. It was an unfair weapon, and instead of law they pio- posed chaos, and instead of order they would introduce, lawlessness. He said as public body they should not adopt the latter part of the resolution, otherwise it would be corn- mitting themselves to a y that must lower them in the public esteem. Dr. Rawlings. in supporting th resolution, said they wanted the Council to act. as a brake on the Parliamentary machinery. With- out going into the merits or demerits of the Bit!, he wished to say that it was a revolu- tionary one. and that it being forced 011 them by main force without the people hay- ing first expressed a desire for it. J-Ie con- sidered it was their duty to use all the intlu- (f Ti possessed to resist the action of the Government, in attempting to dislocate tne whole machinery of the educational svs- tem of the country. Had it been his re- solution he should have added that the Coun- cil should oppose the Bill until the question • has been submitted to the country. Mr. Morgan Hopkin remarked that the Government were committing a crime, and he contended that the Council wer. as equally justified in doing an unconstitutional act as were the promoters of the Bill. Aeioii Thomas. M.P.. also supported t le resolution, and in doing so took exception to the statement that the Couucil were con- templatuig the adoption of a lawless attitude, tie wa.s urged to vote for the resolution by lus own convictions, a," well as by the reason- ings of his friends. Mr. Morgan Tutton observed that they had not heard much against the resolution, nor a s'!l- e.xI)Te*sh)u of opinion in favour of the Bill, which was being forced upon an un- willing peopk. Tit 11;" it was not a. religious question ..11. but a question of the rigiits of tiie people. If a vote were taken of the people, he believed a great pre- ponderance woul.: against the Bill. feiring to some remark-^made bv Mr. David Davies as to the political aspect of the tion. Ir. J ui.ton ld fall the observation that a Liberal Government, was coniing. I Mr. I). Davits Sonie time! (Laughter.) Mr. Von and your friends are doing your best to hasten it en. Mr. Tutton was proceeding to amplify the point. but de- sisfecl upon cries of "question" being raised, Proceeding, Mr. Tutton moved as an add-- tion to the resolution that copies be forwarded to the Prime Minister and local members of Parliament. Mr. Gwilym Morgan supported. Mr. Sinclair contended that the educational machinery off the country wanted serious overhauling, and that af, crice, and there- fere, on the principle of half a loaf being better than none, he would be glad to see the present Bill become law. He could uot con- scientioualy believe in the latter part of tIlt. resolution. Mr. Merrells favoured the resolution, and said the difficulty of the Labour- members as to the attitude they skould take up oii the question hud been removed by the explanation of Alderman Thomas that in the event of :iie ( otmcil refusing to put tire Bill into opera tion the duty would involve on the central authority. Most of the workers paid rates in their rent, and they had feared that if the Cotrntcil refused to enforce the provision the landlords might go 4cot free and their j tenants have to pay all the s>ame. That far having been removed he had ou behalf of the Labour members to support the motion, it being the opinion, of the. workers throughout the country that the Bill would 1>e a very bad one tor the children of the. working men. Mr. R. Martin said the Council were asked to express a determination nut to be a party to the carrying out. what, on the face of it, j was an injustice and a wrong. He hoped there would always be some prepared to do that. It was those that stood against the till- righteousness of what was then termed the "divine authority" who gave us our liberities. (Kear, hear.) What lie asked them to do was to say that they could not be a party to hand over money collected from the rate- pay<?rs irrespectivdy. to be spent by pecple in an irresponsible manner. As to the ex- tent of he resolution, Mr. Martin pointed out that it did not mean that they should not iuturi-'itster secondary or technical education, as t(it-% did at present. It did not even mean th— e should not administer elementary ettuca iloii so far as they had absolute control. Mr._ Moy Evans wa," in sympathy with the opposition to £ he Bill, but as a public author- ity they Were bound to administer the law, and he ^aierefore could not vote for the resolu- iioa. # Ht, submitted an amendment simply pointing out the objections to the Jill. The 1 own Clerk suggested that the elimina- tion oi the iiist Clause in Mr. Martin's re- solution would cover Mr. Muy amend- ment. que or said he could neither'vote for t!;e amendment n<c for the resolution. He objected to tne latrer part, of the resolution the ,-r,)ui!cl tl,t oiuv a hw passed it t uut-v fJ> the Council to ct.rrv it into the it eft'ecr. The isolation was carried bv 25 votes to three. The voting^ as f0|?0Tr5. Mr. Llr- tins resonuU)U; Aideni!<n Y.vur.Si, John Grntit is. Jj.rotherw, Aerou Thomas, Howel atkim. Councillors W. Davies. F' Mfir'~tin Hopkin, E. W. Jones, i-cnvel Lewis, Richard Martin, Mat- tneTVs. ~j^rrells, Mill, Gwilvm Morgan, Moni>. 'jjne, Rawlings, Solomon, B-n wlil,i.tii IV* Tutton, David Williams Y11,1!11" 25. Against: The Mayor, ■E .1 and Mai or Si"cli'v—o V" j);lVi(i Danes did uot .vote.

I LATE ;;1; H. LUCAS HUGHES. Some interesting Biographical Details. i^Wnt-es —^attention has been <'i,;le,d <ri'rnKr'lSrilplr appeariupr in the issue 0ti, l"cerSrfln'" daUHl th* 5th hl x- r>r +i acta are given with regard to the life o.f tbe aJ;(J,e-named gentleman. As an the late Mr. Hughes, it may interefe ^nds to liuve a few further pur- ticulars wnh regard to his life. which I now give, an 'Croh may not be within their knowledge: and I would therefore ask you to lw,e tile fo!!oWillg" inserted in the next issnp of yottr va uable paper"Mr. Hughes was one of the so of Mr. and Mrs. George Ilnghes. of Port Eynon, and a member of a tamiiy highly, respeetcd in Gower. After complet- ing t'is ,f a?at'or'. hig pa-reaiH apprenticed him i» "-e 'onnmngery trade to the late Mr. Castle-street, Swansea, t.i.o Mr. Hcigues completed the full term of his apprenti<P. and silow.,(1 fineh abiutv dur. ing the e of hig apprenticeship, that at the en' i'8 term liis principal made him a h-it (I T)resentzitio,i,. Having always ex- hihited a .strong desirc> to travel a little en the colitillellt. his parents sent him to France for he purpose of gaining- experience and in' reasin^, his knowledge generally, aim after spemr'ng three or fonr months on tiie Continent- he, entered thc- emrloy of Messrs. Thomas Wraatord and Co.. of London. manufacturers (-If machinery and agricul- tural imP'emeTits. Messrs. Bradford and Co. had a )rane|) |)nsjne88 jn Dtibl'n. an;! being so P with the energy Mr. Hughes threw into neir btisiness. offered him the manageiuent ot their Dublin bran h wiiirli Mr. Hitgn«;s eceple(L after. Messrs. Bradford :t." Lo- offered to sell Mr. Hughes the S°(H tll€ business of the Dublin itc cli ivhiph r(, )nsin father pur- chasing the usinegs for him. tl may here mention tua «nen Mr. George Ha,■-•'•« ntir- ,-hased 'h1' ;'ns,I'^s for his son. he. Mr. R. L. Hughes .20 .vc.-rs 0f ago. Alt*- carrying "n ?iness for about a year, his younger j°'tied him. and the busi- ness was c< lied 0n uiuier ri, name of "Hughes t foerg. ^j)n|,jj business turning ou^ snccessfnUv. Mr. Hughes found he a wider field fo his we.l- known a ,T', ;lri(l energy, and fust pur- chased the. c „.Steam Laundry. Duh'.iu. and1 sonif 5 4 ,erWards. seeing there was plenty ot' s™pe ln Dublin, but1: another hinndry "s the Bioomtield Laundry, which la3t" 0,,ed hiundry was subse- quenth- tonned into u umiie(f Company, and is now known as "The Bloomfield Laundry Co.. Ltd." hAnao s ivzis tiso larg-ply in- terested in bOU3e lUopc-rty in Dublin, and when he active business there, he sold his Dn p'0rertie3. and directed his attention b" toSoutii Wales. Some years a-1 with several other Swan- sea gentleu" '"y-'et!ated for the purchase* of a field 0 which resulted in their taking the °''Ul now workt,d UT1der the name of ..7?hw Colliery Company Limited." ot 0°mpany Mr. Highes was a directcr an( •] large shareholder, from the forinatio" lue company up to the date of his death- a tuan, Mr. Hughes was of a kindly a"f ^llul nature, and endeared himself to a fce circle of his friends in Swansea ai'( > w'?ere. The history of his illness and t-te rtitur}e with which he bore his suft-el-*i"-z;' is so NN'e I Ikii,)wit that r need make no com 1 fh-ereon. but would close by saying tha teel ,urt j .U11 expressing the feelings all j{r jju„.]ies' friends in '.Swansea in sai ing that Mrs. Hughes and the iamilv have svmnathr in their sad ler.iv^1" j _&

Fii( >M YT.x0 CO.\1 E I 'H'V|v, TOWER TEA vim etfect a' H' „ ^tvinor" heeausc v«.u are 'tea thar is A 1 V t |; K A 'I' at no jjrei't' PJ>ce than coniniori teas. There is OXK BESl /"everything, and OXEY ..we i'ea floss' that in point ot FLA VO! !'• V''1HXGT!I KCGN'LMV. and AU K FOU MOXKY. TOWER TEA is indisputably lf; K BEST in the mar- ket. It has Y;1'' less than SIX T f-ST AVVAiiDS in open ooU'P1" 1 l" lkn as TIIE l'liOj*. I'll, i»[ |)DlXG IS |N( eatix<; we invite y"H u.v a packet ot TOWER TEA and comprtt-0 lt; W1' other Tea at the .sinie price. We know V11 *vi]| Us,. ;t ve^ai:«r!y after- wards. Tn l,ackets '■ > nt ,,|] ,.s iVom 12 ]>er I'D. to 7> -■ -rl'^ i' T"1" TdWEi: ,|A- V 71- E.stehe.p. Lon- don, |- (■

LADY lN'np-V'.BlATi: (iOVEBXOKS. Af ( ouncil h. IC llir Martin aud Mrs. Kate Freeman were re-elected <1, lady governors on tiie Swansea Interrnodijite Education C,<n eining Body.

| Saturday. Beiore Messrs. J. Powell. D. yr. Glasbrook. and A. Thomas. and A. Thomas. USUAL. Thomre- Phillip James, clerk. Either- treet, AiloiTist-on. and Mary Ann Davies. married. Itecha.bit-e.-court. were fined for drunkenness. The wotintii had 15 previous aonvictions against, her.—"Hierbert Gough, painter, charged with begging, was dismissed with a caution. NO PROS EC UT 01' E. Osterburg. seaman, s.s. Hazlenore, was charged; with cvbtaiuing food and ^money. amounting to 5s.. by meanw of false pre- tences. There was no prosecutor, and he was discharged.

Tuesday. Before Messrs. J. W..lories and G. Dayle. "BOOSE." David Morgan, labourer. Strand, charged with being drunk and disorderly» was dis- missed with a caution.—Thomas Madden, pea- man. 31, Charles-street, -was charged with being drunk and disorderly. P.C. Mill said defendant was drunk in his own house, and threatened to kill every one there, drove a boy into the street, then came out himself, quar- relied with the neighbours, shouting and using bad language. Ten shillings or seven da vs. MUSIC. On the application of Mr. C. Slater, the licensee of the Welsh Harp. High-stieet, was transferred to James P. Lewis. DLSCORD. A number of parents were fined for not sending their children to school. SWEET, SWEET Kate Freedman, Carmarthen-road: Eliza- beth Kerr, Alexandra-buildings; Chas. Hunt, 4, Burla-is-crescent; David Martin, Heath- j field-street; C. H. Powe, 27.College-street; W. G. Camden. 77, St. Helen's-road; Samuel Crawcour. 41. Oxford-street, paid up as usual.—Mr. G. Davies: I'm sorry we can't get. more out of from these profits theq're making on Sunday.—Margaret Emily Mor- gan. 3, Neath-road, a first offender, whom the police had drawn in by way of variation, was let. off on payment of 5s. inclusive. BEYNMELIX ROW. Ellen Hughes. married, 42, Brynmelin- streeT. was summoned for assaulting Catherine Evans. Mr. II. Thompson defended. FUllU. IC". ADJOURNED. A summons for selling intoxicants during illegal hours, brought against Mrs. Blenkin- sopp, landlady of the Ship Hotel. Wind- street. was adjourned till Thursday. So weie charges of being OIL the premises against "Frank Webbs-dale and Henry Scott, s.s. Ten- ker.

Wednesday. Be [ere Mvssrs. W. Walters and J. Powell. DRUXK. Mary Elizabeth Williams (no fixed) ,iid George Rowlands, steward. 31, Orange-street, were charged with drunkenness. The woman was fined 20s. or 21 days, the man 7s. 6d. v seven dav.s. GAS. P Grimsliaw. ,17. Orchard-street —. Sio- corcbe. öb, High-street William Hopkins, Mansel-streef, and C. Hawker, 10, Langlaad terrace, were summoned by the (Swansea Gas Co. forges and meter rent, the amounts h- mg £4 3s. 4d., £2 1ós., £4 18s. 10d., an' 18s. lid. Orders were- made for paymeut '» each ease.

County Business. I Bciore Messrs. tllif'in Waiters aad J. Powell. HE WAS THE FATHER. William fluglies, collier, Pontardulais, was summoned by Elizabeth Lewis, of the nanie place. To show car! Defendant, sent his brother to admit the paternity.—An order of os. ner week we-- JWlJl. I SHE WAS DIGGING POTATOES. I Ann Jones, married woman, Graigcefnparc, "-a;; suniiiioned for assaulting Elizabeth Wal- ters, her sister-in-law, on October 7th. Mr. T. Glasbrook prosecuted, and Mr. Henrv Thumpson defended. Complainant was dig- ging potatoes in the garden when defendant caM d her names raid threw „■ stone at her J en sht I lings inclusive. BARLEY WATER. John Stephens, labourer, Sketty Marl in Tahoney, agent, Ferryside, were fined foe drunkenness.—Edward Mason, collier, Rhon- dria. was ordered to pay costs only.—Mar- gare. Thomas (married), Swansea, was ùi <- missed with a caution. MINOR OFFENt"ES. L.te'n-erJ^ n John, collieir. ^"anuarlwvild. ue.' U>. pay 10s. for disorderly behaviour; eed lhoma.s Steele, haulier Swm«ea.. lost ;'i i.-ailar- amount for luiving driven without- li ,;hl.S. ) COKE. Ann Pugh. Morriston. married, for ste diic sixjiennyworth of coke from the l'i»]»er FoiJst t .nplate Company, Morriston. vea.s fii-ed iO^ LIGHT1 UP. Robert Howe! collier. Diinvaid. lode a bicycle without light. The pri .■ u-ils ([j.. sa-me—10s. ineirsive. AT GOWERTON. James Davies. labourer, summoned for- a.«- saulting Thomas Davies. labourer ;both of

Thursday, 1 a-fore Alderman Howel Watkins (chairman), and Mes-i>. J. Rdsser, W. Watkiiiis, J. R. Leaver. Dr..Jabe/c Thomas. William Wil- 'i-'tnis. and M. J. Roche. "IN THK .SEN John Leaky. 81. Carmarihen-road, drunk in Bapii.st AYeil-slreet, on tl; inst.. was discharg- ed with a .caution. (Jweniiic -iones. 68, Bap- J.!s' ^el 1.-streel, for a, einiiiar offence in Ox- irt•treet. OJI the same date was fined 5s. or tnree ilavs. Sevei-al applie.iiions for music and dancing Incnse-: in Sseansir-.i public-house# etc.. were granted. In the case of the Belle Vue Hotel, Aelsini-.stri.-et. a.) application was made for a jiit;>.ic licen-e for an upstairs room. This, however, did lioi fall in with the requirement^ ;1" regards fixe, although the billiard room weu)d comply therewith. CaptaTn Pettevs (toe licensee) explained that it for the [Mlnard room that the license was requested, -I" did nut, want a dancing license. The tip- j p-iiat'ion was granted. I:> The Bench then I gunited PP: llLilllllt transfers to the number of 25. !d 70 rate f1lllllilHHl''l'r-: Weie issued -p..

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT BOARD Lighting' of the Operating" Theatre. I iie Swansea Hospital Board oi Mannee- meut niei un We;ine,-day. Mi. Howel Wat- kins presid.-tl. The question of exhjtuling lie electric light to the Operating Theatre^and consulting room came up. and ir was sug- gested thai the seinme be deferred until the- 1 i{u.s,:eii of lighting ihe whoie of the hospital AY:,S g' in' -Mr. Tuekfield said that at 5[| rate tiay u..ujd never get the Operating ) lb', etre wired. Mr. Solomon that past expel iemv is.id pr.ivt-d that. It was decided 111 in.ruct the I>olough electrical engineer to proceed witii the work, and to provide a main lui uv cnongb for the ultimate lighting of the whole institution.—Rev. S. Fyne'ft pro- posa] that the foundation of the out-patrentis department, should be or sufficient strength to bare a sn|)erstructure in after years gave rise to i- ngthy discussion. Mr. Fyne said he did not contemplate the ultimate erection of an isolation hospital. He had been warned bv residents that there would be strong npposj- tion to that.-It was decided to ten Votes to six to proceed with the add.t.onal work at a cost of £:)0.. the entire cost of the. new build- ing to be- limited to £ 1,AJ0.— A litter was read from the matron. Miss Margaret Brideer resigning her ajipomtment. imd ilsk; to released by the end of i\oVember.-Ool Mor gan. in paying■ tribute to the .,0( '.ViS.-Miss t,8- decided to accepi the Wf >Iis.s Dillwyn su<rr,Vvt V1' l",n with regret, of private nursing Practu!4j of the governors Us Jr"' r1" ''U'Pi'ov-'1 -innp ,r-ii, „ gave the mstitutiioii 'nti'ntif n A -ft ''[^arninu foreign to its j mti nti()n> --After drsctission as to the salary 1 to be menttomd in an advertisement for a new matron, it was decided to advertise at, £ <b » per uiuium. rismg by increments to £1OQ.

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SWANSEA POSTMAN'S CANDIDA- TURE. Will it Affect His Work ? ],I ol)- position to the return of the lion. Odo Vivian at tie- I'ortheoining November elec- J(;Ilf)" tile fhre ial has wiitt-eii to Mr. Miles, suggesting that hi- public duties, if elected, would intei- fcie wrli his duties as a postman. The com- munication i> iegaided in Laljour circles as a rtlusui to aliow -Mi. Miles to si.iiid for muni- cipal honours, hut meanwhile further corres- pondence is taking place between Mr. Wil- l IIt tlie of file Fedeizi- on the sub- ject. and it ;s our.ed out that in Biiminghani and other pla-t- lii.-sinien sit on public bodies.

IF HE GETS IN. Mr. Miles Talks of Dark Influences." JJie advent of the Postmaster General into to:- a Lena of Swansea Municipal affaiij*. jIll- lit the (I tti;l,lc t(, -Ail'. Milts that the assumption of (I. Pllblic pOi-lition would irterfe.ro with lii#» official d.uties. has 'ironsed a, great deal of feeling in Labour cireles. It. is felt that the difficulties Mr. Miles is experiencing will prove the one thing needful to popularise the election and Necure success for the postman candidate. "ion can. take it from me. and put it in your paper if you like—Miles is a candidate." So l'eu:rkc.d" Councillor Merrells. Mr. Miles, he explained, will assure the department that the ork ellta iled upon him as iI. Councillor would not interfere with his official duties, but in no event will he withdraw. i-iiit to earth in t, Higii- street hotel, was equally confident. He. said the statement in the "Post" as to the official communication*! was substantially accurate, ulllJ- it was not true that there had been any correspondence between Mr. Williams, secre- tary of the Postmen's Federation, and the Postmaster-General. All communication was being held through the Swansea postmaster— | the usual channel. Letters had to pass nrany hands before they reached the Postniaster- General. "The postmaster lure Lc favourable to your candidature V" "He has not objected to it at all in anv way." "Then he is with you' "The postmaster expresses no opinion— having regard for hi*, position, it would not be right for him to. "But you th: that ])eison;iliy lie is fa- vourable to "So far a-s I am able to judge, he is pro- bably quite io my favour; but of course he would take no part in the election. Wait till you see the 'Post' to-morrow. The matter wiil be brought on in the Coucioil. And I have just seen Sir George Newnes." "What did he say?" The candidate smiled knowingly. "I'd rather not divulge anything while negotia- tions are in progress," was hif» diplomatic re- joinder. "Sir George will help you'?" "No. I mustn't, say. Wait till to-mor- i.nv "When replies to communiaitioiiM will have arrived?" "Probably r don't know for certain. But (this with another knowing smile) there will be something to-niorrow. "You have no thought of withdrawing?" "None whatever: not in the least." ''The [lost office would not. in any case, go to extremes "r" "No. If they did the whole body of post- men would support It jw>¡t shows what in- fluences there are against me—in Lonèüll and down here," Mr. Miles darkly added. "What influences?" "1 nnii-tii'i say now, but I think we have a clue; a e'd if so. it will all come out pre- sently. It so. it'll be an eye-opener to Swan. sea." L ]it Meanwhile nothing more is to be done in the way of meetings till the pivsuit negotia- tions have ended and the matter has bee.i discu.s-.sed by the Trades Council. The pressman ventured a. question: as to a meeting which -,i-ao talked of at Philadelphia, Cliapel. llafod, on Monday evening, but which did not come off. He had been told that j. •emission to use the schoolroom had I been cann lied. Mr. Miles was very cautious. "Y\ e eeiild not have the room because the friends there had a meeting." he said. "That was the reason.?" "Well, it's not for me to say..ul, u''? the reason given. 1 know that the 1 ° tli t! ehapel is one of Odo*" men.

--=- SWANSEA ASSESSMENT COM- MITTEE. Sir John Llewelyn's Sporting Rights. Tin Su arisen Assessment Committee ,tt its meeting Oil Monday, further adjourned the appeals of Sir John Llewelyn, Bart., and Mr. Wiili-un Williams in respect of their sporting rights at Pcnderry and Clase respectively, but foundry and premifses. Neath-road. lately in t-lie occupation of Messrs. J. Evans and Sons, now hi liquidation, were rated for stor- age purposes. Messrs. Lambert and Co,, lute works at. the East Dock that have been acquired by the Swansea. Harbour Trust, for the purposes of the new dock, were similarly rated, except, that- in one case E125 nelt was put for wharfage purposes.

n o]'; U-N,K -HICK Cordial. ROSES LIME JCICE Cordial- R()SE\S LLMK .11 K'E Cordial- K(,SE'S LIME JUICE Cordial- With hoi water, in t"r,s. a wholesome warininK dnnk, possessing valuable blood-ptu'ii'ymg properties. RAILWAY RETURNS. o.Gfr^fc Western Railway, an increase of *.0 Co0 aggregate increase, 15 weeks, £ 52,9S0. Londor, .ael North-Western Railway, an in- ^eeks, £ 137 eo5°00: aggregate increase for 15 'seeks, £137,00. incre1-! -.i5,iln'a3"j an increase of £ 390; the vX' o\0 £ 2,037 (including receipts of Taff V i Glamor«an Railway). a'i-'iiatpHAn I*1-!1 >yay, an increase of £ 935; Brecon 15 weeka< £ 00 • a^re^r Alorthyr Railway, a d'-erease of ^rea^ 15 week. £ 134. LOCAL FINANCE. DAVIES AND BARREEI S'ULK AND SHARE BROKERS, 56, WIND-STREET, SWANSEA. Kuvi.its.—2 "ort r-,til)ot o,i Ard Pref. CIC) Jim. HVHUB Pref.: IOu, Illiperial Tobacco j itf. o imperial Tobacco DfO.; zE200 Swansea Haitmur .Steels; X500 B.ii. Evans Pr-ef., at 228 6d; 1 a.i VVassau (Gold Coast) Shares; SO Abosso Gold Shares. M-ILLEKS.—100 Foxes Bridge Colliery 200 Rhymney Iron Old; £JOO Barry Deferred Stock; 2J0 Tredagac li-on A 10 Capital and Ceuiitits liallks- TeLe.qrams. Discretion" Televhone No. 113. C. HAMILTON SHAW, STOCK, SHARE & MORTGAGE BROKER, 15, TEMPLE-STREET, SWANSEA. All Classes of Stocks and Share-i Bought and Sold at close Market Prices. BUYER— Swansea Harbour 4 p.c. Stock; Ben. Evans Deb. Stock. SELLERS.—Swansea Gas Consolidated Stock; Rhondda Railway 4 p.c. Debenture

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES A YD DEATHS BlUTH. THOMAK-On October 12th, ot. Bryl1 Villa. Brynhyfryd, the wife of lb. Hubert Thomas of a daughter.

MUMBLES SCHOOL BOARD. Surprising Results all Round. It is many years sinoe mi mu<-ii interest was evinced in any election at ti- Mumbles as was the case on TVedne,sdavj when the trien- nial School Board eh-ction took place. Origi- nally, there were twelve candidates for tie seven seats, but Mr. John Lloyd, oyster mer- chant and lodging-hous.. keeper, Greenslade, Lang'land, having withdrawn at the eleventli hour, only eleven went to the poll. Voting; commenced at 12 o'clock at the schools, the busiest time being from about six up to eight, when the booth* were closed. The results were declared at half-past ten as follows:- ELECTED. W. Davies 656 *Rev. Thomas Davies 505 *Rev. S. 470 F. Beer 416 *H. Davies 380 John Hairis 290 *J. Cuioiii! Evans 281 XI rX-ELECTED. I, Cott 210 *J. Lli.yd Rogers 184 A. Vivian 117 Richard Bevan 80 Without a single exception, the results wera regarded as surprising, though probably the gioMte.-t onishment was occasioned by the of Riehard Woolacott, who. it is liiis bevu a faithful member of the Boa id since its inception. The two new, members are Mesrs. Beer aud J. Harris. The latter i vice-chairman of the District Coun- cil. Mr. H. J. Ind. clerk to the Gower Union, aot.-d as returning officer.

WHEELERS' Glo'ster Collection OF FLOWERIXO BULBS for 5 f1,1'« economic metliou of hp-mfttv ii < j at a, small cost. n°'"»iiynig the Garden WHEELERS" 5/. c«u r l-'PTinv of the cheapest -md V ls one e- er oft'(.ft most liberal assortments 'isisting as it dees -d Choice HYACINTHS. 50 Host fixed TULIPS. 50 C|,oice tixed DAFFODILS. J00 ( I'OCI. S. in distinc t colours, 50 of the Finest ijualitv. eliv.-n-d, jia king and post free, for 5 6. WHEELER & SON, LTD., BULB (;i:o\\ i-;i:s AXD empokteks, GLOUCESTER. A CELEBRATED NELSON WATCH AND CHAIB FREE FOR ONE DAY'S WORK. We send this Genuine .'W-Hoiir Nirkol Plated WATCH,Warranted an ACCUiiiVl'F TIMK-KEEPKK, with Chain and I'endanf for Selling Seven Beautilul Articles at. ls* each. Sterling Value. Send youx lull Name "iQEiglKlfc and Address (Post-card will do) by RetiTrr. fSf of Post and we will at once foi-ward the Box fir im of Handsome Goods, Post Paid, arffl a lare-e B i«WWI TMST°vni7 'w0 M°ne.v Required. WK H flVV JlH TRuSl YOC. We send the Ooodf at our fli fw: ■wBl ewnrisk. Sena us the money that you pet ralE/Jl R| for then^ and we you the Watch, nWKL Win Chain ana I endant by Registered Post. V^Hui|nV/9 THE NELSON MANUFACTURING CO.. 72, Aldcrsgate Street, London. E.C.

FBlvi LABOUB FOB. CLY'B \CH. Mr..T. Nation, the secretary ot the Cardiff branch oi the National Free Labour A.svocia- tion took down to Clydat 1 on Wednesdav eight more men, :|H 10111 ;,re Beservists. This makes a total of 80 men supplied bv the. association, and 16 ^|,uPa,>V are so satisiied with the class of lab mi supply, now making to erect cottages for the periiiaiient n si( (-ri(,, ()f t, place. lilye now all the men t-licv require fox ther.j, jk,(i(|s

l 19°3.' Contains information. When t(' JjU',leneT|'f Birti|"1^' court, marn-, Pfo T>^• 'A, s')Rf:uif,i,1'- Foulsiiain.* 4 '!»•. T,J,rK;(: 6<i" P"st. u Stationers sln?''r- ivC- r,) A 445-2-1. J,7)"irv ii'!1!1 J,ul,)is:0<l for t-'i" Projjretors l.v V11) DAVIES. at the Offices. Alexandra Arcade, Iligll Street, Swansea