The Cambrian

======_ =^^==« I SPRING FASHIONS, 1904. BEN EVANS & CO. WILL COMMENCE THEIR FIRST SHOW OF FASHIONS, NOVELTIES, and NEW GOODS I TO-MORROW (Saturday), MARCH 12th. II I Ben. Evans A Co., Ltd. SWANSEA. m =• Telephones—Corporation, 189; National, 37x3. RESTAURANT CONTINENTAL, 52, WIND STREET, SWANSEA, OPPOSITE THE NEW POST OFFICE. Proprietor = F. Le FRANCOIS (Late Chef to Royalties and Clyne Castle.) Luncheons and Dinners served up as on the Continent at Moderate Charges. Special Ladies' Room open daily for Refreshments and Teas. F. Le Francois also supplies all first-class Continental Goods as -charcuterie, Comestibles, Chocolats de Paris and French Pastrye BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. Centenary Demonstration ALBERT HALL, SWANSEA, THURSDAY, 31 ARCH 17. 1094. "CHORUSES BY SWANSEA. CHORAL SOCIETY AT 7.10. I SIR J. T. D. LLEWELYN, BART., Will take the Chair at 7.30 p.m. precisely. SPEAKERS: THE LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S. Mr. W. SUMMERS (Agent of tho Society at Tangiers). The Hon. and Rev. TALBOT RICE. Rev. EVAN JENKINS. Rev. J. CYNDDYLAN JONES, D.D. HALLELUJAH CHORUS DURING THE EVENING. A Collection will be made on behalf of the Centenary Fund. 799 ANOTHER FREE DISTRIBUTION OF GROCERIES WILL TAKE PLACE AT TOM ETC-AJSrS'S., 5, Wassail Square, Swansea. This time it will be TEN PRIZES. One Ticket with every Shilling spent. Full particulars may be obtained at the counter. C. ROWLAND, CONTRACTOR TO THE SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUSTEES HAILWAY HAULIER AND SHIPPING CONTRACTOR TO THE RHONDDA AND 8WANSEA BAY RAILWAY CO., and RAILWAY HAULIER TO THE MIDLAND AND LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANIES, LTOOMOTIVB?8"" 9. FxSHER STREET. l.. SENT ON FREE TRIAL THE TRUE CURES RHEUMATISM GOUT, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, Etc. fKIHLO'S FOOT DRAFTS do not m ely give temporary relief from pain, but I THEY ACTUALLY CURE RHEUMATISM and kindred diseases. 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Address, Department 104 jOOQEfltTH ALLIANCE, 74, FLEET STREET, LONDON | _Ill £ 1»?]S20 GIVEN AWAY i ;¡.e;d Ii)( 116( 1\ >< R:ac ~H\ Afl £ iaAP,,i25 of £ 2 Va,ue *mmedi. v a *= a Jf n v r e,y Awapdecl to Every Competitor. JL u iL, U H K y pV, left Trn kroks'easv' but ft* R'8 which are in the square at the lijr y >X y is worked out, write it on apost'cSpm- When your answer =o X U X U V' 0 a< R's that you count. many X san2 «& yon" & a"d y^wUl afterward y with the simple conditions ^h^ we^8TOd Ful!nr<!n!i y =°CC x ii £ 2 Award posted when we receive yourl^lc^ twS i-6 X p is made to interest you in our new publication devote" J tions, games, sports, etc. We know that by liberal distribution rf prizes, it pauses our p- -1(»r to be talked about, and increases the circulation. In everv 5 l^rAsi-'iK we p, u.i .-vemt competitions in which you may enter free. Address 0 EDITOR OF PLEASURE, 128, OITY ROAD, LQNDON, B.C. | "A LAUGHING BABY is a HEALTHY BABY."| To Lessen the Troubles of 5 mE I 'iBk DOCTOR STEPMAN'S | t JBPi&i flWHi TEETHING POWDEBs! M as by Dr. Hassall's certificate Ife ■ i Purchasers raust s«e the Trade Mark of tT y^r' %r.. fH/ Gum Lancet is on each Powder and Packet^ y In Yellow Paper 1/1 j and 2/9 per Packet* Of all Chemists and StOres. 125, New North Road, ),) d -J j L .). *# THE ISOLATION HjOSPITALS AOIS, ± 1893 AND 1901. THE GOWER ISOLATION HOSPITAL ORDER, 1905. WHEREAS bv Section 9 of the Isolation Hospitals Act, 1893, a County Council are em- powered, after local inquiry as to the neces- sity for the establishment of an Isolation Hos- pital in any district within their County to make an Order constituting a hospital dis- trict. and directing an isolation hospital for such district to be established AND WHEREAS the County Council < f Glamorgan made an Order dated the Fourth day of September, 1903, forming the Rural District of Gower into ai united district to be styled the Go-weT Hospital District: AND WHEREAS by Section, 8 (3) of the Isolation Hospitals Act. 1893, it Ls provided that if any local authority having jurisdiction within any part of a proposed hospital dis- trict object to the formation of such district, or to the addition or substraetion h iv to cr therefrom of any local area. within their juris- diction, such authority may at any tiure within three months from the date of tiie Order appeal to the Local Government Board AND WHE0REA8 the Rural District Coun- cil of Gower being the Locil Authority hav- ing jurisdiction within the proposed Hospital District to which the aforesaid Order of the County Council of Glamorgan relates, i.ave in pursuance of the enactment last herein- before mentioned appealed to the Local Gov- ernment Board AND WHEREAS the Local Government Board have instructed th-eir Tn^ect-or E. Petronell Mmby, Esquire, M. D., to hold a Local Inquiry into the subject-matter of the paid Appeal: NOTICE; IS HEREBY GIVEN tliafc the said Inspector will attend at, he Board Room of the Guardi ins of the Swan sea. Union, Union Offices, Alexandra-road, Swansea, on Friday, the Twenty-fifth day' of itarch. 1304, a.t Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, to hold the said Inquiry: AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any person interested may at- tend at such Inquiry and be heiril with reier- ence to the said Appeal. AS WITNESS MY HAND ttrs Twenty fifth day of February, 1904, at the Office of the Local Government Board, White- hall, London. JOHN LITHIBY, Assistant Secretary. 791 G 0 W E R- UNION. Persons desirous of CONTRACTINft with the GUARDIANS for the Supply of PRO- VISIONS, MEAT, BOOTS, OOAL, FIRE- WOOD, etc., for the Six Months ending 3rd October, 1904, delivered a.t the WORK- HOUSE, PENMAEN, are requested to .send in Sealed Tenders for th eame to me. and samples of such articles as can be sent, to the Workhouse, Pt.nmaen, oii or before MON- DAY, the 14th day of MARCH, 1904. Forms of Tender, specifying the goods re- quired, may be obtained from the undeisigned. The lowest or any Tender will not neces- sirily be accepted, and the Guardians reserve the right to accept any Tender in its entirety or only a portion thereof. By order, H. J. IND, Clerk to the Guardians. Church-street. Swansea, 7th March, 1904. 797 LLANDOVERY. WHIT-MONDAY, MAY 23rd, 1904. ABOUT jBiOO IN PRIZES. BRASS BAND CONTESTS Classes A. and B., R28 in Prizes. MALE VOICE COMPETITIONS. Open, t30 and Gold Medal. Local, £ 6 and Silver Medal. SOLOS FOR THE FOUR VOICES. Prizea, XI le. each and Champion Gold Medal. TIMBERING COMPETITIONS. T^° CJ*Bsea> 75,1111 Four Prizes in each Class and a Silver Challenge Cup in the First Class! GRAND CARNIVAL. 6 PRIZES. ■ Full particulars may be had on application to E. PRICE-GRIFFITHS, Hon. Sec., 792 National Provincial Bank.

G.W. R. CO. DEFRAUDED. BOOT AUCTIONEER'S BOOrs CLAIMS. HOW THEY WERE TRAPPED: STIFF FINE. At Newport on Wednesday, Harris Paskin, an auctioned and boot manufacturer,Strance- way*, ijlianchester, and Simon Paskin, his ^on. natives of Warsaiw, Russia., were charg- ec! with attempting to obtain £ 1 2s. from the vjitat Western Railway Company by false pretences. Mr. Hoi-nbv prosecuted, and stated that on 15th February prisoners consigned to che company 24 case.s of g.ods, chiefly boots, to Newport. After anival of the goods a letter was written by pn^onei-s claiming jEl 2s. in connection with a portion said to h tve been lost. In the l-atter part. ui last, and the beginning of this year two claims were re- ceived from the prisoners by the company in respect of goods alleged to have been lost in tian.^t. In consequence of those claims— which weie till under consideration—and cf certain f ict.s which had come to the, com- 's -e pany's knowledge, precautions wer- -tkeii by the company when the consignment, of 15th February wis made. T'hio e nsi^anient 'i was never lost sight of by the- officials, yet after tne consignment was delivered to the defendants the claim whi¿:'l formed the sub- ject of the present charge was put, forward. Evidence of many witnesses having been taken, ° Carmen said the goods was received from prisoners; at St. Miry-street, Cardiff, whore they were seen packing them, into boxes. Inspector Evans. Detective" Dicks, and de- tective Matthews, who examined and check- ed the contents of the boxes sepa.ra.tely, when they were taken to the Cardiff goods t--f itioti, gave ligures to show that there were fewer paiis. of boots consigned than the prisoners alleged in m iking the claim. Detective Townsend fastened the padlocks of the vans in which the box J s were conveyed to Newport, and traced the latter to an auc- tioneer'^ sale-roooi. Mr. Lyndon Moore, for the defence, elicit- ed from the witnesses that there were 1,800 pairs of boots consigned, but a, claim vas only made for five pairs. The elder prisoner had been in business in Manchester tor 17 years, and it was probable tliat he was in a very good way of business. Superintendent Brooks received a warnnt for the apprehension of prisoners. The elder prisoner replied, "We can soon clear our- selves of that charge, as we can prove that the boxes had been opened and the goods taken out when we received them." Mr. Moore suggested! that- it was a case that should not be t'ent for trial, especially .IS regarded the younger prisoner, who simply worked- as clerk for his father. It was remajkible that a charge of attempting to obtain 22s. by fai.se pretences shouid be preferred against a man who owned several thousand poundsi worth of stock—that out of 1,800 pairs of boots coneicnied a claim was only made for £lv, pairs loet. Mr. Moore annrunced that they should go before a jury. Subsequently prisone-rs asked to be dealt with by the magistrates. The elder Pas-kin gave evidence on his own behalf. He siid he was a wholesale and re- tail boot dealer, and had been in business in Manchester for 15 years, and had a banking account. His son was clerk with him. F-JT a long time past he hid had to complain of goods being tiken from boxes which he had consigned to different towns, and he iud made claims againsit the railway company which he believed to be* rust. The Bench found both prisoners guilty, J and fined Harris Paskin £ 10, or two mom lis' ] ki imprisonment, and Simon Parkin j35, or one month's imprisonment.

V'Iht Cambrian. FRIDAY, MARCH 1904. NOTES ON MEN & THINGS "Swansea is one of the most promising ports in the country."—"Financial Sews." Miss Nannie Tout, who sang before the Queen on Friday, is American by hirth, though her father is a W< Ishman who left Walles when he was sixteen. She was born at Ogden, in the State of Utah, and the healthy air of the Rockies is well advertised by her bonny looks. By no stradniing of language can the trien- niall election of Guardians for Swansea Union be described as exciting. In most of the districts the retiring IG'uard'ian.s enjoy re- elect.021, and in some wards there was a danger, at one time, that there would not be enough candidates to fill the vacant seats. Swansea's play against Newport on Satur- day apears to have convinced even the most sceptical that chamspionshio honours come eas'lj West tlus season. Indeed, the tact has at last been realised in such unsympi- thekc Tenons as the East that the Swansea team i? a great side—the greatest playing 1 Rugby football this season. It threatened" contest at. Swansea was avoided-on terms. The third candidate un- dertook to withdraw upon the condition— accept til that the remaining two for thetir ir walk-over would pay for a dinner of his choosing. In the result, tlie compromise proved less economical than expected, for the bilL for three at a Swansea restaurant exceeded JB6. r t f Tiie now convent ional1 paragraph in the newspapers that so many thousands of Amer- ican or German steel bars have been dumped at Swansea, Llanelly, or Newport, is apt to lose its significance without Col. Wright's calculations to the effect that each 20,000 tons of foreign bars imported means a loss of £ 37,00} in wages to Bullish and Welsii 6teel workers, Swansea Market is lighted electrically by current supplied by the United Brewery Com- pany, and the equipment is maintained by Mr. J. S. Brown. As the result of an in- vestigation the current is to be obtamed from the. same source, but the borough elee- I trica.1 engineer and- his staff are -to see to the maintenance, and at Least JB60 a year ris likely to be saved thereby. Part of the price which the public have to pay for municipal indifference to the assets of the Corporation estate is disclosed in the offer oi the tenant of Bevan's Stores in Castlte-street to pay JB50 a year rent for pre- mises which have hitherto yielded JB283 an- nually. The difference represents the 6acri- fice made at the behest of the teinper:in;e faddists in the Council. "Splendid meetting-Albert Hall packed," is the usual description given by the parties concerned of a policical rally at Swansea. And few seem to remember—and hence de- ception and illueion-that Swansea has out- grown the Albert Ham it is conseq'uently easily filled. Poor, indeed, would be the prospects of any Parliamentary candidate whose supporters did not find the accom- modation inadequate. -+- -+--+- Sir John Jones Jenkins told the Liberal meeting held at Swansea a week ago that he had not returned to the fold, for the rea- son that he had never left it This suggests the qiestiol) Wfhat eom$tr»tuest a Liberal nowadays? Is it belief in Home Rule, Disen- dowment of the Church, no compensation to orewers, and pro-Boer is in? Apart from his fidelity to Free Trade, what has Sir John fin common with his present political bedfel- lcws? That is, unless the process of con- version has gone further than publicly de- scribed. A burst-tup of the*Welsh*Football Union is a contingency probably much jiearer than most people imagine. The second rate clubs of the. Rhondda and other local valleys have the preponderance of votes, and since Swan- &ea, Cardiff, Newport, and LianelVy cannot be coerced into granting fixtures to them; they threaten to oust these clubs from their pre- Ifent commanding paction, in Union. When effect is given to the threat a split becomes (inevitable. A curious situation will thus be created. As the leading clubs will necessarily be the secessionists the "Rump" must, as a matter of course, enter into pos- session of the hoarded savings of the elsh Union. The Welsh Football Unco 11 having set its feet, firmly on the path of righteousness— of pure, unmitigated arriateurismr—might be encouraged to persevere. A balance-sheet showing the details of expenditure might be accepted as an earnest of sincerity, especi- ally i:f the- expenditure upon the travelling I and other expenses of the members of the committee were shown sc-parately and not mixed up wi:h the expenditure upon players -the men who produce the revenue. The laws of amateurism are drawn upon mysteri- ous lines, else persons who travel and lodge in princely style upon the occasion of inter- national matches—not at their own expense -might conceivably be considered to deserve a material advantage from their connection with amateur football. One County 0 unicu candidate, in replying to an objection 1.hat he was too young for euch an onerous position, silenced his objec- tors by sharply retorting that he W:i.S not qualifying for an old-age pension. The dictionary definition of "mandamus" f is, it may be of 'nterest to certain members of Swansea Corporation, "A command or writ issaiing from a superior judicatory directed to any inferior co-urt, etc., etc. Is this in- formation? The-e were some fine specimens ot British shipbuilding in Swansea on Friday. The steamers Prometheus, Star of England, and Magellan, in the East Dock, represent be- tvcen them nearly 20,000 tons carrying ca- pacity. • » ♦ The Council Oojaioil edectrons in Wales hiave yielded results doubtless gratifying to the aaxlent Liberal, who places party above all other considerations. To the man or womiam, however, who realises the importance of securing1 for tti-e public sexvioe 'ihe most capable) ¿l,dimEnnsb"a'tùrs available, ,UlKl wihio knows how much Wales stands to gairu by en- listing tlie sympathy of all classes—and es- pecially of the wealthy—for eitacational work. The whole caimpaigu of political narrowness anidi oigostrv was, awl is, a mistake and an unmitigated misfom-ne. The Swansea and District Brainteh of the Tarriff Reform League is clearly determined to make its influence felt. Sir Cilbetrt Par- ker, the' fam.oT]s Canadian) writer; Mr. Caii- laid, or Ser Howard! Vincent aae expected to address mectuugsi at Swansea, Llanelly and Pm t, TaJbdt within tibe next few weeks, and mecitiugs me also to V^e arranged for at Lan- d-cue, -Morris ton, dydach, Pontardawe, Pontardiiiiois, Neath. Gowerton, Gorseinon, and Briton Ferry. There are prominent and influential members of the League in eacfh of these places. -+- Matters have got into a fair tangler wf'.t.h, the Swansea, Municipal Telephone Committee, and the chairman cani.iot bet fairly acquitted of re- poiisibiliity for it. He and tihe manager, Mr. Miackie, have been. at tiaggeisi-drawini for we»eksi past; itha major ity of the menibers of the eonrmittee have grievances', maid now the vice-chairman, hlas tihrowlJ up his position as a pretest agpin&t the way lie KMd) thb rest of fehlg Qommittee nave, had ;lie|ir opinions disae- gajxled. One 'lue*day the cliwirnian (Mr. Solomon) with' a. suggestion that the: com- plaints were but evidence of underciiirrenits a'l!"° ^'gn-ed. This is to ble regretted since ¡¡pxrt from a want of tact occasionally, and a disposition; to take an exaggerated view of the authority of a chairman, Mr. Solomon 11.13 served vLe. tawn diiE'gently and well in couiie-ction with the telephone system). The practice introduced into Swaua a, for tibe first time three years ago,, of clilKiidLiiLe.s far seats on. the Board of Guardians, to seelk election ailong the line ol the least resistance, by arranging for nominations in two or tluew different Wards, deac-rves severe reprobation. It indicatoes an indecent eagerness to. get on ti'i.'o B01.rd in the easiest possible way re- gardless of the effect updi, others, and is alto- gether undigiaifierd' widi lepTehenisible. Why s'houid a Guardiain, who thlas Idlone Itills work consicientiouisly, go flitting froan ward to ward instead of trusting to the particular electors, of whom he has been the duly elected ropre- sentative? In the langaage of tihe mfndinig camp, the candidate wiha yields to tiha rtemp- txtkm by aidopiing the ■p-Jise, plays it low upon himseflf, ihas colleagues, and the rate- payers. It is clear from. the corresporndencei between tGie Swansea OorporrJtiom arud tihle Telepliome Company, that the latter means war to the hilt unless peace is arranged upon its own terms. Inteicommunicatiieni between the two sets of subscribers, wLicih itJie (Corporation, oaiiii legally diemar/J, is being resisted itit sucth a manner as must convince everyone t'hat, iiecc:airse to tih-e law-courts is inevitaible. The company, whidli is fighting .in Swansea a d'an- ga thireiatenling it ItlsroutgHout the kingdom, is in tiie position of the gambler who says. Heads I win, tails yoa lose," for even if litigtitkirn should have results wholly favour- able to this Corporation, the latter nievertiha. less ni'ust incur expenses tihiat will have to be subtracted from any p.rofits made. And the lllla''n Pfrpo.'e off tbe. company is to convince cither mainicipalities that a telephone service does n!ot pay. Just outside Swansea, there is an old man who, in re-calling the old coiching days, My.s r. he remembers the Vivian family going up to London to witness Queen Victoria's proces- sion on coming to the Throne in 1837. The party included Mr. and Mrs. Vivian, their eight children, a footman, nurse, and lady's maid, and they travelled in two big coaches to Cardiff, whence, together with the coaches, they travelled in one of the packets to Bristol, spending eight hours going across. The whole journey to London, which wa-s divided into ten stages for posting horses, lasted four days. On their arrival in London the party stayed at No. 24, St. James-street. Mr. Vivian took part in the Royal procession, and also gave a. grand ball on the occasion. Mr. Vivian was a very generous man, and it is said the poor never left his gates without being splendidly replenished. The treatment of Bancroft has revived a stabjeot iKevter far frctai the IIU,-H1 of the average Welsh footballer; Jt 'is widely re- cognised that the existing arraagemenrs are hypocritica1 in so far as the laws of amateur- ism are concerned and that t..c ].laymen! cf puyers on the table instead cf ur;<i"T it would make for whcDesomeness all round. No cue knows this better than the members of the Welsh Union Committee who are. parties to a solemn, make-believe. The effect of facing the facts frankly and honourably would be that instead of having to fall back upon English teams, which hardly ever provide a decent game, we should have fixtures with the Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs of the Northern Union. In that event the "gates" would be twice as large. The public of South Wales are tired of watelling runaway itrifltchicis. Shorter or later the rupture is bound to happen—the sooner the better in the interests of Welsh football. The Welsh Rugby Union Committee (unani- mously decided'—two Swansea Club repre- sentatives being present—to veto the testi- monial to W. J. Bancroft. It might logically ha<-e gone a step further and professionalised the members oS the Welsh Union Committee who voted to themselves Ineat and costly souvenirs of the triple win in the interna- tional contests for all the world as if they and not the players had won the games. It was the same body that voted 150 guineas out of the funds to tho hon. treasurer 111 re- cognition of his services. Mr. W ilk ins de- served it, but what horror would have been expressed at the suggestion, df, instead of hon. treasurers-he had been a player—Ban- croft, Nicholis, or Owen? What an organ- ised humlug the Union appears to the aver- age ma.n with some knowledge cf the inner workings of football in South Wales, when it sits in judgment upon alleged violations of the amateur code. Ir a report of the Newport and Swansea match London contemporary states that "Doires converted one of the tries. "Doires" is Londonese for Dan Rees. -+- J Sir Lombard Owen, senior Deputy Chan- cellor of the University of Wales, having re- cently visited Ireland and Scotland, is undeir- stood to be preparing a draft (scheme for the establishment of a. national museum for Wales. The mandlamus movement is now, we trust. dead; and no one will dbject to the original application being deposited in the Welsh National Museum, though we can imagine Cardiff and Swansea struggling his- torically for the honour of being its reposi- tory."—i Cardiff paper.) --+--+--+-- ThE Vicar of Swansea observes with refer- ence to Welshmen that they often say "No" in a way which suggests, "If you persuade me a little, I migtht sav Yes. He told the I Oxford-street temperance meeting that they wanted, when asked to drink, another kind of negative—-what the Americans called a "Lock- jaw 'No. It is disconcerting to learn (remarks the "Financial News") that thcugh foreign ship- ments ,A nnplates remained about as in 1902, the coastwise shipments shrank by 16,000 tons. In 1902 the export of tinplates vas mere than 100,000 tons below that of the average years 1887-1890. Yet Sir William Harcourt bids rs admire the progress of that industry in South Wales. -+- Seigeami-instructor Smith, of the Gorse- inon Detachment of the 3rd Glamorgan Vol- unteer Rifles, is an authority on the Army rifle, with the mechanism of which he 's thoroughly acquainted. A few years ago during the testing of a new rifle, Smith dis- covere-; a flaw which gave the baLl BUeh a twist. to left or right as to render the weapon unrelcable. The authoriiiies at the Govern- ment Small Arms Factory acknowledged the discovery of the defect by awarding Smith a sum of £10. Sergeant-instructor Smith -;vas all through the Boer War, and previously t his Gorseinon appointment was stationed at the 41st Regimental Depot at Cardiff. .+--+-- WAR BONNETS. No. 3. THE NIGHT ATTACK. Sunset: and afterwards the listening night Feeding on silence o'er t-he eternal *Qas. We looked a-brox-d and grumbled), ill at ease For we were there an unseen foe to fight: We prayed for dawn-and suddenly the hg' t Shot up like thunder to the skies, and) men Came da'rknœs-thell the Lhrieks of m/angled men. Down—Gnashing horribly from ttoe helm's height! Inhuman spectacle! In darkness bound, We sought our comrades, wihat there was to save; In many a shattered face a friend we found, But most of all had sunk beneatlh the waive; 0, war! thy terrors do appall the brave Who meet thee thus with night encompassed round! W H. R. The Lord Chief Justice and his colleagues gave the mandamus movements its quietus in the first scene. Incidentally they exposed tne ^arcical nature of the Viwsuit instituted at the expense cf the ratepayers against the Education DepartiKiont. They would not even pc'mit the chief point to be argued. This point, by the way. was the highly im. portant one whether the central authorities should, or should not withhold their dis- approval until an educat;on scheme had been published. The ridiculcus figure cut by the representatives of -he four towns concerned did not prevent some of them, however, from expressing a desire to "fight on." Possibly if the fighting had to be done at their ex- pense a less bell'iccse spirit would have been displayed. The eflect of the Welsh Cnion's ultimatum respecting Bancroft's testimonial is bound to be had, however much some of its critics may make Light of it. For one reason a good plausible excuse for nd. giving is supplied to the ungenerous predisposed to welcome any pretext, for keeping his money in his own pockets. Granted the desire to contribute, the prohibitions, however, presents no serious obstacle. Clubs, and the officials of clubs, cannot, of course, actively associate them- selves with the movement, but there is noth- ing whatever to prevent footballers, who do not occupy -offi"tia-I positions, from co-opera- ting to the fullest of their bent. The real difficulty in carrying the thing to a success- ful' issue is not that created by the Welsh Union, but the feebleness of public gratitude when invoked on behalf of the good-old-has- IV been—a popular favourite who has outlived his period of usefulness. Glamorgan's new High Sheriff is a gentle- man of much wealth, which he inherited ficm Lis uncle, Mr. Jas. Walters. He is a justice of the peace for the county, and usually pre- sides over the Contv Petty Sessions for tnis district. He is also one of the governors under the Intermediate and Technical Educa- tion Scheme, and takes a mast painstaking interest in both these public positions—prac- tically the only ones with which his name is associated. As a magistrate, lie preserves the dignity of the Bench to a degree, and rs an Intermediate School governor lie has given a scholarship for the Boys' School, and present- ed the Girls' School with a recreation ground, besides other little generous gifts towards the educational and social advancement of the men and women of the future. Formerly, Mr. Wm. Walters lived at Penlan, but is now at Ffynone, which he purchased when Mr. R. S. Linlley left- the town. In the shrievalty he succeeds Mr. John Glasbrook, of Sketty Court. In proposing the toast of the Kindred Nations" recently, at the Aberavon St. David's Banquet/Major Thomas Gray, J.P., author of "The Hermitage of Theo- dorieus" and "The Granges of Margam," le- lated the following amusing selection f"om "Hundred Mery Tilys, printed roy John Rastell, in the 16th centary 400 years gc). T fynde wrytten amonge olde gestes ho we God mayde Saynt Peter porter of Heven, and that God of Hys goodness, soon after this passqon suffered many men to come to Heven with small deservynge. At whyche tyme there was in Heven a great companye of Welchemen, which with their crakynge and babelynge — (laughter) troubled all the others. Wherefore God sayde to Saynte Peter that he was weary of them. (Laugh- ter.) And th.it lie wolde fayne have tli-em out or Heven. To whom Saynte Peter sayd "Good Lord, I warrant to you that shall be done." (Laughter.) Wherefore Saynt Pett-r went out of Heven gates and cryd wyth a loud vcyco 'Cause booe!' (Loud laughter.) That is as mache to saye as rosted chesc— (laughter)—'wliiche thynge the Welchmen herynge raime. out of Hev- n at great pace. (Loud laughter.) Audi whm Saynt Peter sawo t..ht-m all out, he fodenly wento into Heven and locked the dor, and so sparred all the Welchmen out. (Lvjghter.) By this ye maye se that it is no wysdome for a mail to love or iri Set his mynde to moche upon any delycate or wordely pleasure whereby he sliall lose too celestial] and eternal ioye," The Corporation has, during the last fev* days been brought closely into contact witfr the labour question. First Messis. Dick, Kerr and Co., the contractors for the new- tramways got into difficulties with the mett employed in breaking up the loads. These, however, were overcome on Tuesday. Tikm it was alleged that the contractors for putting up the structures for the Bath and West- of England Show, were. from the Trades Union- ist standpoint, unfair employers. Before voting any substantial aid to the undertaking, the Council decided to aisk the General Sec- retary whether the facts we e represented, since in that event there w mUl be opposition to the proposed money gra- t. ♦ ■» In Mr. Howell Thomas the Swansea Corp- oration has- unquestionably secured easilv the best of the many applicants who offered. t temselves for the position o: estate agent-, Tried by every accepted test lie stood lit-Ict and shoulders above all the others. Coit- siderahle personal s mtiment was enlisted on the side of Mr. A. Jenkins, regarding whom ew members expressed the highest respect, whilst voting for Mr. Howeif Thomas H1€ fact ()f it |h<} pi ofe88ionaJ record of the latter make.s him out to be a reallJ' exoeptionalman, and the fact that eør- pliasis was laid upon the circumstance that he had been selected by Mr. W. J. Rees p- chief assistant, and had for over three yea13 given entire satisfaction to his employer, wa* in its way a compliment to the discrimination and professional eminence of the latter. The mystery which is made to surround the personality of the learned counsel, under whose advise the preposterous application for a rule nisi" was made to the Divisional Court-which contemptuously refused it-is xiot unnatural. The members of the fo«r public bodies responsible for the abortive ac- tion soTaffo fM1 the ^ducation Oepartment can- ce de 1 ft 0 Ut,>ati,!n ™ P->- cceded within sp.te of the advene opinL, and die legal advice of the T.»wn aeik-until after Counsel's opinion wa" obtained, and in view of the sequel in Court that CounseT* opinion, if favourable, rqisi /,lac.e its author in an invidious, not to i),y ridiculous posi- tion. The Swansea Streets Committee are taking time by the forelock by their action in cutting down their estimate by a. thousand1 pounds Or so amd the members can do nothing now he- yond praying for fine weather in the ensuing summer, else, with the necessity for coonomy ever still more exigent the condition of th", streets will be a nightmare ft is especially hii-d upon them that ways a.n.t means snousu be so scanty just when the abnormal climatic considerations result in the public making demands that involve heavy expenditure. A fairly decent summer, and a due sliare of sunlight, however, may yet befriend them; otherwise a vast amount uf ill-informed, if well meant criticism is sure to descend upon.' their heade. Between the grumbling rate- payer on the one hand, and the straitened^ banking balance on the other, they are veritably between the devil and the deep sea. Mr. Lloyd George leads the attack uprt the Government in regard to the Education' Act on Monday, and from the Liberal stand- point no bitterer or more vehement leader- in the debate could be picked. In view of the local balance of party in Swansea, it will be important to note the attitude taken up1 by the Irish party. If the debate becomes general their adhesion to rhe Government is fairly well assured; and in that case there. should 02: a startling majority, as the recent low pluralities of 57 and 14 have undoubted- ly created a vague and general belief that thtt Government its en route to the dogs. Since Mr. Balfour's re-appearances ministerialists are turning up more frequently, however, and the majorities have risen. Mr. Lloyd Geoig-er may lestrict the debate to W ales, howeverr and in that case the Irhsh party may not feel it incumbent upon them to enforce their new alliance. Up-to-date subscriptions to the I J ancrofi testimonial have come exclusively from t-he classes not a. single u.nit of the masses, num- bering in aggregate probably close upon st million, before whom he has payed have yet vouchsafed a humble- shilling. The vast dif- ferenc.3 between this and the Grace testi- moni.al in England is calculated to inspire- remarks uncomplimentary to the Wels-li ath- letic public. "W. G." is no more eminent in hs branch of sport than "W. J." as a, full- back yet whilst in the one instance the Eng- lish public poured out its silver like water,, in the other-case it is withheld is rigidly as if tho recipient were the holder of a "),(a at a .street, Sunday night service collection. The bulk of the subseribeiK are gentleaieiii whosgt names would figure there in any case, irraii- spective of their athletic sympathies, as they, figure in lists raised for any and every cons ceivable- purpos. from a chipel (Lbt fund t4 a mission for the heathen. -+-+- Wretched weather ajid exorbitant rents last year ru.ined the chances of the Corpora. tron turning an honest penny from tne ex*" ploitation of the parks and open spaces us a field for amusement entertainer; but the gootse which lay the golden eggs may not- have been permanently hi id tn, rest, and it ia therefore intei-estine to see what revenua might possibly accrue fr >m this source. Yax- mohth may be taken as a fail tyj:e of tha mohth may be taken as a fail type of tha successful seaside resort, though adjacent to no big industrial districts. Leisf year the Corporation made altogether JE2,500 fruiBt rents exacted upon automatic machines, min- strel pitches, pavilions and s:t!oo, s upon t-Ive sands, and spent upon them only thiec hun- dred pounds. Of coui'S'e. thi.s is a fairly ap- preciable income to Yarmouth; but at Swan-' sea-, with the huge expenditure upon the asylums that looms ahead, one feaiy that a very much greater development of the sands would afford no serious help to. the rates. With the latter upon their present 'level, a penny reduction would not seem to lighten, the burden by a grain. The congestion- of Swansea's population and the. extreme difficulty of obtaining any house, not to mention a suitable house, have been commented upon before, but one won- ders whether a solution of the problem, or at least some measure of relief will be obtained, when the extension of the tramways beyond Sketty is complete. The ability of a luau t.(> reside practically on the verge of the country and amidst its, rastfuln-ess, and yet within a. few minutes reaeh of his business, will doubt- less create a very strong demand for resid- ence's [wound the terminus of the extension', and there is space available here for builders to meet this demand. Tha one, point m doubt is whether the Swansea builder pos- sesses the necessary "go" and enterprise fo' appreciate the fact that the introduction of the tramway means all the difference between Sketty's being a charming residential suburb and an Inconveniently distant and out of the wav isolated village. Should he prove han- sel L sufficiently wideawake, a big increase in the size of Sketty and environs may be ap- prehended shortly, and the diesrrability of art extension of the borough boundaries will be- come urgent*