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.FIGHTING IN THE HILLS.
FIGHTING IN THE HILLS. Determined Attack by Russians Port Arthur Squadron's Objective Sensational Reports: "Fnglish Intervention Requested." I {Press Association War Special.) St. Petersburg, Tuesday Evening-—Te'-i- graphing to the General Staff i.nder yester- day s date, General SaAharotf says that on the 3rd inst. the Russian vanguard to the east of Liao-yang occupied the Yang-chilin Pass. In the evening a reconnaissance showed that a detachment of Japanese, num bering 1,500, had occupied the neighbouring villages, the enemy's main force remaining at the Fen-shui-ling and Mc-tien-ling Passes. A Japanese battalion attempted an out- flanking operation, against which five com- panies of Russian infanrry, two squadrons of cavalry, and fifty Cossacks were moved forward, whilst ten companies of infantry proceeded to make a reconnaissance, three of them pushing on to Taku-menza. Firing commenced at half-past two o'clock in the morning, when one company of the enemy was repulsed. At four o'clock the Russian aoldiers charged the Japanese outposts at the point of the bayonet and routed them. Passing on, the Russians, at a distance of 150 paces, met a terrible fire, but again they fixed bayonets and succeeded in taking -the pa&s. As, however, the Japanese began to out- flank the Russian positions, the Russian commander ordered a retreat. Another Rus- sian column used the bayonet on the Japan- ese outposts, but were repulsed with heavy Joss. When the first column retired a mur- derous nre was opened upon it from a pass occupied by the Japanese, but the retire- ment was made in good order. General Sakharoff declares that the Rus- sian troops fulfilled their task splendidly. The Russian casualties were —Colonel Lich- dski, contused wound; a lieutenant-colonel, a captain, and several other officers wounded, and 200 men killed and wounded. General Sakharoff adds lhat he himself witnessed the fight from a position on a mountain. JAPS OCCUPY ANOTHER PAISS. In a second despatch to the General Staff dated Monday General Sakharoff says that on July 2 the enemy attacked the Russian right flank south of Kai-ping. The follow- ing afternoon two Japanese battalions of infantry, six squadrons of cavalry, and six machine guns advanced against the Russian positions, followed by dense masses of in- fantry from the west of the railway line and two companies from the east. The Russian outposts retired nnde1' a fierce fire. Mean- time, the commander of the Russian cavalry, receiving^ a report of the Japanese move- ments, advanced late in the afternoon. Sim- ultaneously the enemy placed machine guns in position, and their infantry occupied the villages m the v'- :mty, but under the Rus- sian fire hurried' evacuated them, and a sian fire hurried' evacuated them, and a general retirement followed on Sen-yu-chan. The Russian cavalry pursued the retreating Japanese for a distance of six versts north of Sen-yu-chan. General Sakharoff further reports that the Chapalin Pass has been occupied by the Japanese. The Japanese main forces, he says, are grouped in the direction of Hai- eheng, sixteen versts west of Suyan, on the road from Kai-ping to Tashi-chiau Junction. A reconnaissance has revealed the fact that the Japanese are entrenched in the Ta-lieu Pass. MUKDEN AND 20,000 RUSSIANS SURROUNDED. St. Petersburg, Tuesday.—According to re- ports from Liao-yang, it is rumoured there that a fore j of 20,000 Russians is surrounded Dy Ihe Japanese at Mukden, and is in a very serious position. A greater portion of the garrison of Port Arthur has, it is stated, made a sortie, and was compelled by the advance of a large force of Japanese to retire after suffering severe losses.—("Standard.") PERSISTENT REPORTS FROM NORTH OF GENSAN. (Press Association War Specif). St Petersburg, Wednesday.—A telegram of yesterday's date has been received hare from Xiiao-yang, stating that a persistent rumour is current here that the Vladivostoek squad- ron encountered a Japanese squadron to the north of Gensan, and that a hot engagement ensued, which ended favouarbly for the Rus- sians. General Oku's army is retiring evidently to concentrate on Port Arthur. Siege guns are being brought to the Kinchau position. Th departure of two divisions of troops for the seat of war is reported from Nagasaki. PORT ARTHUR FLEET'S RISKY OBJECTIVE. St. Petersburg, Tuesday.-The real object of Admiral Vitgeft's recent sortie was to make for Wei-hai-wei or Kaichau, and this eventuality has already been discussed with German diplomacy.—"Daily Telegraph." REPORTED PERILOUS SITUATION. As indirect corroboration of the above, the Paris "Journal's" correspondent at St. Petersburg states that Japan is in possession of information showing that Germany and France have violated their neutrality by the former offering Kaichau as a refuge for the Port Arthur fleet, and selling a cruiser to Russia after the declaration of war and that France has ordered the authorities at French colonial ports to coal the Russian Baltic fleet. Japan will therefore request the interven- tion of England, or in the event of a refusal turn to China. The above, however, is improbable. Japan would be the first to voice her pro- test openly ere this. RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE DULIN FIGHT. (Press Association War Special) St. Petersburg, Tuesday.—An interests description ot the fight in the Dulin Pass and the subsequent retirement of the Russians is given in a message from the corresponlent of the "Novoye Vremya," who lelegraohed from Liao-yang on June 50th as follow3 :—• "The night of the 27th our outposts were in occupation of the heights of the Dulin Pass. Our riflemen lay entrenched with two batteries close by. In front of them, dimly visible by the feeble light of the weviig moon, were the mountains through wh;ch General Kuroki's army was approaching. "The evening before the Japanese had oc- cupied a small village not far off. "Towards midnight we distinctly beard sounds in their direction gradually becoming clearer. These finally resolved themselves into the click of arms, the cracking of trans- port wagons and the trot of cavalry and the tramp ot infantry, all moving towards us, and occasional^ the neighing of a horse was Dome on the breeze. "Nothing was to be seen, but one felt the presence of a large Japanese army taking up positions. Nobody slept through th night of alarm. "I climbed a hill, and as I reached the summit the dawn v.-r-. breaking. "About three o'dcck I heard ftrmg on my right. Our trenches began to show signs of activity, and the cracking of rifle fire became .i)re frequent. "A soldier -*oi»nded in the leg limped past me, asking the whereabouts of the assistant surgeon and the Fifth Company. "Artillery fire did not begin until 5 o'clock in the morning. "A bluish grey column of Japanese ap- peared making its way up a hill. The posi tions occupied by our artillery were very good, and the fire of our 1st Battery damaged several of the enemy's guns. "One shell burst in the ranks of a Japan. ese column, causing it to waver, but the sol- diers closed up the ranks and continued their advance "The fighting was becoming a determined struggle. "The Japanese rained shrapnel on oar en- trenchments, and their shells made holes a yard deep. "A chain of Jap riflemen advanced tf within 200 paces of our positions. "The few battalions we had could not pre- vent the advance of General Kuroki's army. "The Japanese were turning both ou* flanks, and little by little occupied the posi- tions we were obliged to abandon. 'We had to yield them the Dulin Pass, bat this battb was but the prologue to the big en- gagement which is expected to be fought at Simnching. 17 kilometres from Haicheng. "On my way back to the station to send off my telegram I saw 30 wounded pass in carts, inchicfeag an officer. I j "They said that Colonel Larkine had kept th- enemy back a long time, atid inffictad serious losses on them. In the south Genera. I Stackefberg is keeping General Oku's army trom advancing. RUSSIAN ADMIRAL MAKES AN IN » TERESTONJG DISCOVERY. St. Petersburg, Tuesday.-Adwiral Vit- I geft s unpublished report, despatched after the recent sortie from Port Arthur, contains valuable information respecting the strength of the blockading squadron, from which it appears that the enemy disposes of twenty- two warships, carrying 281 heavy guns, as against eleven Russian vessels, with 158 guns, while the Russians have only ten tor- pedo-boats to the enemy's thirty. Another point apparently ascertained by Admiral Vitgeft is the presence in the Ja- panese squadron of a second-class battle- ship which formerly belonged to Chili, un- der the name of the Capitan Prat, with four- teen heavy guns, and also of an armoured cruiser, formerly known as the Chacabuco, with twelve quick-firing guns, likewise pur- chased from Chih.—"Daily Telegraph." RUSSIANS SEIZE A BRITISH STEAMER. Lloyd's Vladivostock agent telegraphs on Wecines,day that the British steamer Chelten- ham was taken in there and is now awaiting trial by the prize court. RUSSIA'S HUGE RESERVE FORCE. (Press Association War Special.) St. Petersburg, Wednesday.—By an Im- perial ukase published to-day, 447,502 men liable for military service are to be called out this year in accordance with the Conscrip- tion Law.
BATTLE NEAR LIAO-YANG.
BATTLE NEAR LIAO-YANG. Two Days' Fighting: Many Wounded. Russian Successes at Port Arthur. Liao-yang, Thursday (1.0 a.m., Eastern time). A battle is proceeding twenty-five miles from here. :> Numbers of wounded are being brought in ifom the mountains, slung between mules or lying on mattresses in carts. Evidently the engagement is a severe one, and fighting has been going on for two days. I believe that the Japanese are continuing their advance, with the object of cutting off Mukden.—("Daily Telegraph."} PROTECTED CRUISER SUNK BY MINES. (Press Association War Special.) The Japanese partially protected cruiser Kaimon struck a mine and was sunk in Tal- ienwan Bay on thil5th inst. TWO DESTROYERS REPORTED SUNK (Press Association War Special). Tientsin, Thursday.—News has reached Tientsin that the Russian torpedo-boat des- troyer Lieutenant Burnkoff arrived safely at Port Arthur on its return from Newchwang, at nine o'clock on Sunday evening. Four Japanese torpedo-boat destroyers made a determined attempt to enter the harbour of Port Arthur, but were discovered by the shore batteriwt One destroyer was sunk under Golden Hill, and another under Battery 22, while a third had her funnel shot away. The remaining destroyer retired. VLADIVOSTOCK SQUADRON ACTIVE. (Press Association War Special.) The "Echo de Paris" publishes the follow- ing telegram from St. Petersburg "The Vladivostock squadron attacked off Gevoan a squadron of Japanese torpedo boa, protecting a cruiser which was looking for the Russian warships. "Lieutenant Gervais, commanding one of the destroyers, captured and brought to Vladivostock a Japanese transport. "It is stated that two Japanese torpedo boats and a cruiser were sunk." DAI NIPPON WILL TAKE NO CHANCES Tokio, Wednesday.-Hea.vy fighting has been in progress during the last two dais near Port Arthur, Haichener and Kaiping. The result at present is unknown. Plans are being matured whereby Japan caa put a million men in ti«* field in the event of the war lasting until next June. The Japanese Staff has received a won- derfully enthusiastic send-off to-day, the whole city being decorated in honour of the occasion.—(George Lynch in the "Daily Chronicle.") I REPORTED VICTORY FOR ADMIRAL SKRYDLOFF. St. Petersburg, Tuesday.—The armies of Generals Kuropatkin and Kuroki in Man- churia are now, it is reported, absolutely face to face. Although, however, it might 3eem that a more or less decisive conflict were imminent, it is, nevertheless, maintained in military circles here tl at some time must elapse be- fore the great battle which is expected can be fought. The Russian Vladivostock Squadron, it is stated, inflicted a decisive defeat yesterday on several Japanese shius after a prolonged engagement to the north of Gensan. No further details regarding the encounter are yet known.—("Standard.") SQUADRON'S "TRIUMPHANT RETURN." Paris, Wednesday.-The St. Petersburg correspondent oi the "Echo de Paris, tele- graphing under yesterday's date, says: — "I have just seen at 1 o'clock this monrrig a telegram announcing the triumphant re- turn of the Vladivostock squadron after its sortie The cruisers have sunk a Japanese torpedo- boat destrover and a torpedo-boat, which ex- ploits are not mentioned in the Tokio tele- gram. Admiral Skrydloff has congratulated the squadron. Tranquility orevails at Vladivostock, which is still covered with fog."—"Times." MISSING JAPANESE DIVISION RE- APPEARS. (Exchange Company's Special War Tele- gram.) Paris, Wednesday.-A "Petit Parisien" message from Liao-yang .•■ays the Japanese were reported yesterday advancing on Muk- den. The "Echo de Paris" St. Petersburg cor- respondent says the reported presence of Japanese near Mukden is not impossible, ard recalls the fact that the whereabouts of the Japanese twelfth division have been long ignored. Since last heard of it may have executed forced marches through the Polliline defiles, and so approached Mukden. RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER STEAMER p BOUND FOR VLADIVOSTOCK. Port Said, Thursday.—The Russian volun- teer steamer St. Petersburg has arrived here with a crew of 241. Her destination is declared to be Vladivos- tock —Re uter. RUSSIANS "HOLD UP" AN ENGLISH GUNBOAT. (Press Association War Special.) Paris, Thursday.—A despatch from New- chwang to the "Matin" states that the Bus- sians have refused to allow H.M. sioop Espiegle, which arrived in the Liao River on Tuesday, to enter th? port. t It is reported, the despatch adds; that a battle was fought on Monday and Tuesday at Kaiping. The result is not known at pie- sent. j r GLOOMY VIEWS ON THE JAPANESE 11 PROSPECTIS. "As reSards the contention that the Japan- opportunity"—(writes the able military correspondent of the "Stan- •f ( + V, m?7 v P°inted out that the gist of the matter lies in this, that as long as the rains continue to make the olains im- passable no vict-ones won on the hills where movement is always more or less practicable can have decisive results. Pursuit of the beaten force must cease at the edge of Napo- leon's fifth element, discovered in Poland the mud. Three weeks ago, defeat for the Russians meant annihiliation, and no ques tion of supply difficulties would for one moment have restrained a leader of the first rank. "But the chance has gone never to return. Not only must a prolongation of the cam- paign be taken into account., bnt also a pos- sible extension of the field of hostilities. "We are still the Allies of the Japanese nation, and it would be well if we faced the contingencies this aUiaaee may entail a littfe more seriously, I i,
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SWANSEA TRAINING COLLEGE. Annual Address and Prize Distribution. Interesting Speech by Lady Verney to ihe Students. The hall of the Swansea, Training College was filled to the utinoet on Fridav aitcrn)c>on on the occasion of the distribution of priaes bv Lady erney, dtspite several counter attractions etsewjiere. Mrs. Morgan B. Williams presided, and in addition to Lady V erney, tnere were present-: The Revs. E. VV. B-oiney, Evan Jenkim, R. T. Williams, W. Seldon Morgan, Dr. Lloyd Edward's, Messrs. C. H. irerkdns, — Ballard, M.A. (Glamorgan County Council inspector), D. iiooerts (chairman of tibe Swansea School Board), Mis. W. A. Davies, Mrs. C. A. Sayler, Madame David, Mrs. J. Dyer, Mies Rodweil, Miss Grieraon, liindehaw, Miss Phillips^. Miss Davies, Miss Salmon, etc. Mrs. Morgan B. Williams, in introdaicuajj Lady Verney, tiaid the latter was a. Welsh woman, ana one who took the greateaa in- terest in education, lier ladyship had come down specially from Buckinghamshire to de- liver an address to the outgoing students, v.-ipplause.) Lady Verney then distributed prizes to the following students :—Second year.—Highest percentage, Caroline H. Wake; education, Marion i. Mees; needlework, Kat-e E. Gkb- hett; scripture, Amy Guthrie; music, Ger- trude M. Oh in chill; blackboard drawing, Melanie C. Forbes.—Section A. Science, Ellen S. Gaa-pemter; history, Mary* Thomas; French, Maria M. Williams; arithmetic and algebra,, Lizzie H. Jonas.—Section B. Science, Alexandra, Chegwiddeai; French, 'c Annie M. Archer; arithmetic and aigebra., Mary A. Eyiuctn; composition, Mary J. Mortimore.—First Year: Higher percentage,, Daisy R. Battm, Florence M. Howell, Agnes E. Blackwell; bl-atckboatrd drawing, Gwen- ilian Richards; arithmetic and algebra, Ruth Griffiths; music, Edith M. Rees; needSework, Ellen F. Clibbett; composition, FI. M. Shambrook; eudid, May Hodges; hietorical geography, Ruth E. Underwood; educaton. Anoxic J. Lewis; French, Edith M. A^hiton and Kathleen M .CLarkfeon; scripture, Alice E. Rawlings; science, Alice J. Owen. Lady V erney also gave the address to the out-going students. She said:- 1 must first t hank Mrs. Morgan v v llliairuG and Principal Salmon for tlie-.r very kind invitation to be present on t.his speo'ally interesting occasion. What I am going to say really relates to the girls who are leaving and I hope that the ret,t of mv a.irrijenoe jvill not naind if I address myself chiefly to them. It mu&t be ve gratifying to aJl who hare at heaxt the inte/rest of the College a.nd the principles of higher education and :<giou>s libertv for which it stands to see the km-ddi- news evidenced by those who have come here to spend a beautiful summer's af tenioon in- doors. "We all feel very much stirred when we read about the review of soldierH who a.re going into battle. This is in one seaiej a review. The girls going forth from the Col- lege are going to the front in a very real battle, a bkttle in which our holiest and highest sympathies are with them, bsca.ute the eneuiies ttey go to fight are real —ignorance and brutality and all that tends to prevent England and our dear Wales be Ilri:g what we should lake them to be. Here we have come together to bid them God to give them a cheer, and to say any words of encouragement that we cast. "It is very 'interesting to think that, all these ladies going forth to t!i~- difficult work which lie* before the: go with the fullest J advantage; ".s Traunng Collage can give them. We rejoice for this in the first jAace and we also rejoice they are going to the front when education is more cocaideired: wd more thought of than it has ever teen before' axid whoo public attention is so centred upon ediool tea-chens and children. You axe not going to be unconsidered private in a big; army; you am going forth to a. guerilla Wdd'- fare in which every one will have ample opportunity of individual, initiative. What we want in teaching at the present day is initiative and originality. I think we want it especially with regard to girls' educa<tioc. At Wycombe the other day it wiyi kijr- prising to see not only a bond of eager girls, l>\lt .a. wand of eofchueiastic who were guiding their The Head Maeter of Win- cheeter did not think it below the dignity of his great school to be present. He reminded us that if you wanted a Chinaman to make you a patt of boots and gave him a pair as a modal, if the model had any pa.tches he would copy them, exactly. The HEOO Masber of Winchester said that in the education of wo«aen we must not copv the pa-tehes in the education of boys. We must beware of con- ven-tromality. He said 'Cultivate originality' and w-hile you start in the grooves muds by the teachers of the past don't be afraid to use your own ideas. Thsre can be nothing I without initiative and a certain amount of i originality. "I am very glad to see that most of you are going to be asftistEmhs first. You may have to, serve under old fashioned mrstreisees and your position will then require very groat tact as well as loyalty. Whale you may have to subordinate your own vriews to those of your head, you will be making notes and observations for the future when vou i may have a free hand. I "The first thing which a girl feefe on leaving college i& a sense of isolation. Here in this Institution everytJung centres aivomid y"1 ? your health 13 ooajsidjared, your puif- ticular capacities, your educational possibili- ties. But the moment you go out to a posi- tion; the children are to be considered first as they ought to be. You will be put into a new relation with your surrotrndiings aficL j placed, as it were, in an entirely different setting. Your own interests will be 8Jt aside and those of the children will come foremost- The sense of isolation is greatest in girls going from home for at least a p0.pt of her teaching career. I do not think she gets as much benefit if Nlie remains in her own family as if she ventures into new sur- roundings. If vou go into a frag-l^. sphere you a.re able to make fresh investigations under circuanstancas which stimulate your mtell%ence and imagination. In college you are in the midn-t of a number ofwom- panions of your own age and the best com- radeship is between those who follow the &ame aims intellectually, and sympathetically criticise each other's work. You will m-isa that. WI hope the ceodiioons in Wales aale in- finitely bebter than in England, where it is often a real triaJ to refined teachers not to be accord**] in educated society that position to which they are entitled. I have known a young womaai—a widow—rqKumed her pro- fession of teaching in a village Board School. There the people would not have anything to do with her because she was employed by a School Board, which consisted chiefly of very ignorant fa.TIrJ.ens.. I have not one friend,' she said. 'Stay, yes, there is one— the butcher's wife called on me.' She de- served better than this vulgar ostracism. By it her whole oluwacter deteriorated and grew worse for the school—a fit punishment for the place, only it was hard on the cdiildran. It requires strength of mind to hold your own in the best way. Speaking as a woansai to women I would counsel you never try to vie in vulgarity with vulgar people. It is not asserting vour superiority to over-dress, to have such a screamingly fashionable gown thai a. butcher's wife would enw you. Show that fashion, caste, and cla^s are less than nothing to you, that YOlUr regard is reserved far those who aire striving to do the right, no master what coaits or clot-bee they wear, and no matter whether they are called 'Es- quire,' ol' plain 'Mi.' Wish to know every- one who is worth knowing, and never ortas yourself into society where you are' nob l wanted. No person is so important as the teacher of a. prosperous school. Efneiont women are so very rare that wheraver a woman has estaUished a character for effici- ency people will come round her and want her. You are a. queen within your walls. With the love of the children to win and c-uoh. a wonderful and imporfcamrt, work to 00 you need not mirrd if the butcher's wife does give you the go-by. This is only on the surface. There are so many interesting things to b3 done by anyone who is going to a new place that tfcey will help bo cure any feeling of loneimesa. There are words in faahion- oatch words—and one of them is 'Nature Study.' This is a term which is used in two very different senses. With us in Buclong- hauwhare when the buootic man is cr.t-Ci.<i:ig edpcaiaoii, he asks: 'What do you think of this here education? .What is the good of b-o J can't get- .8 labourer OIr hay hand.' The wwman asjas: 'Wha,t shall we do for housemaids V In tho next bseasth the termer approves of Nat-iffe Study, but what he meors by it is the culti- vation of cabbages, turnips, and parsnips. With, that sort of Nature Study for country children I entirely disagree. Shall we not give thesn the same outlook into literature as others, and give them too some wider in- terest than cahteges and turnips and par- amp&? You complain tiiat the young men of the villages go to public houses and the girls have no interest in life..What can we ex- pect as long as the boys are tied down to t-he cultivation of cabbages, and.the giaiLs tied down to their needles and Jace pillows? They sav thai our people are flocking into the towns. Of coua'sse they are, and they will continue to do so while village life re- mains stagnant and while titers is a oon- spiracv to keep down village children. "I would urge upon you thai when you settle in a new pkioe you sliould carefully study local facts. W!hat an intelligent- American grievas over most is) that hts country has nothing of what we call a past. HFre is extremely proud if he can trace his ancestry back to the Pilgrim Fathers or even to laiber settlors. It is most aristocmatic to have a house 150 years old. You ca-nnot take a walk in England or Wales without ocming across scores of such Itouses. Amongst the many tilings I have seoo. praised in the reports on th;s College by H.M. Inspectors are the note books, which are said to ba ad- mirable, and what we should thoroughly ap- preciate on leaving schooJ or college is a good note book. It reprasents scmc-thing of personal and original worth. Nothing we read in print quite comes home to us as note books do when we have recorded the know- ledge we have oorcelves acquired. During the vacation look up encyclopaedias and guide books and learn all you cam aboilt the place to which you are going. Then remem- ber that the iiriprcstacHis made during the first monbh are most valuable as famika-TT-tv dulls the edge of our observation. Note therefore everything that strikes you during the href, month, the words used, the -'ante, water, sheds, different treefc, and, -,o on, aaid if you have ever so small a knowledge of architecture you will have a still wider field of observation, "Tliere is hardJJy a villagie obuich in Loo-land or Wales that has not quite an ex- traordinary and deeply interesting past, yet often hardly a sonl knows about it. My husband ana1 I often cycle. The other day we arrived at a. little place where there wis a. specially beautif ul monument of a crusader in perfect armour of the 12th cen- -1 1 yet a former incumbent in w'ha.te-waeh- ing the church white-wasJied the crusader as well and removed it to make room for chancel seate, pLa^iJig it in an out of the way hole. The crusader's two shields were particularly interesting to one possessing historical en- t-husiaeni, yet they were turned upside down, with the feons standing on their noses. One of the chaldireai in sohool, in the fifth or sixth istewidard—a particularly intelligent boy, was asked' if he ever heard of the orusadeas or of Ivanhoe—never! A yew is still to be seen planted after Flodden near the house in Buckkighamshire where Catherine of Aatira.- gon waited for the news of the battle, but 1 hardly a soul knows anything aboait It. You cannoL teach titese things until you have worked them out for youaaslves. Qosriah your Saturdays; don't spend them in reading books. Walk in bad weather and cycle in fine and see things around ycru-not only odd churches and monuments. "You will find an interesting study too in the namtes in every village. I oooild take you to an English parish where you will find vse Welsh name after another. The ex- planation is thai hv.-o hundred yeasts ago there were two Wetsh Yicans in sfuccesston, who had introduced into the viiiaga Wefeh ser- vants who had married and whose descend- ants are still hving there. One of the V iians not only left to posterity a L%r"p- col- kction of Walsh names but, with thei gener- osity of a Welshman, left JB10 to educate poor boyts, a never heard of thing for an ETwtiBh Vicar to do before or tince. Ocaiv pare the names on old tocabetanes and in parish registers with the names of the chJù- ern in your school. It is very instructive and some of the poorer children will be seen to come from very much older families than the richer people. Hinton a-bout our home, and Grace, are very old family mimes going back 110 Civil War times. ReseareSieds »how tha.t at Edge Hill Sir Edward Verraey's horse was held by a Hinton and' the curious thing is that all the fl intone are conoected with OT fond of horses to the present day. "Much more interesting than churcires or flowens or the soil are the people you are amoagst- Y ou can make a good note book about people. At a. village eehool soarne tÍime ago a brand new master was awaited from London and we were looking forward to some staring up of the conmrmmity. When he came he was very angry becauBe he had never heard bo-- talk so badly. Their talk was full of provincialisms—of such word- as he had never heasrd. Unfortunately he was not educated to the fact that. those words were of t-he greaitost interest. If you once begin to notice local habits, local legends, local stories, it will give you a really scienti- fic a.nd tnl" insight into the lives of the people. Note books kept in schools a.re ad- ways interesting and quite apcyt from the regular school routine of life. In Fnanoe they keep a school album.. Last rrorrfah a. TV'snrti sc-br-.o1 -"011 H bean c+Tidving rbe .)(1 wi—its bcfer>i.a!' descrrottoT). al- 1 :u??ior)F tp it -:Tl h "r'tocy 'h<>s(. hm-sh work study the scltool ooqld affoni Carrd' ihore woiu.lcl 1- k£"71 corr-f-'+.vvr, frvr the venr v-m' won':fl gT ir.to .tie 71ien there, would be the rCRe tf omitted for carving or iron work decorajfckxm; i"tc., the albrnm in short serving as the high wetter mark of orocrri^s of the school in everv dVec- tion. Schools are proud of oorrtmring their albums; ewrything of local mterest is wotod down. In our schoofe we ke-gp T^nordrs of tlv> wefUhe.r and the minfall. I think we couM this id" a great deal further. "A Hebrew prophet said' of ths p&ople of his time: 'He that enrneith wagips, earnefch wages to put it into a bag with holes.' I do not think- that such people are altogether unknown in our time. A teacher works for money and we all hope that she will receive much more of that in the future than in the past; but a teacher works for much higher things than money. She pints her heart, brain, and health into her tc.)&k and she earns vary great wages. She mas*, tafce moo that the bag into which she puts it has TIf) holes. You have won your children's confidence by tout unvarying justice. "Fa-ke care rest. by a hasty word, by passing irritaition, by a thoughtless accusation you do not make a hole in the bag. And if you are. unfortunate enough to make a hole try to repair it, ast. onoe. Tbotie is nothing comparable to nh;M love: it is purest and most disinterested love on thf; earth it is as dew of the morning amd finds a repose in every true mother's breast and w.ery good woman's heart. Mass Night'.n^ga.le, bv her deep devotion and great unfipjftshnoas, raised what wps the miostt- <i«,pwed proleasion of nursnng to the hagheft Ironour. You, the teaciheTS of to-diaiy, are winning a name still more beeiutiful than Ih-r n'5Tri?. 'The Ladv of the Laarrn.' Your taTle .t bp 'Lady of the Lambs.' You are the s?heifherde«9 loading the children as lambs in green pastures and beside the still waters." She is so circumspect and right, She has her aowil to keep. She walks the lady of my delight. The ehepheffwess of steep. The Rev. Evan Jenkins proposed a heaffty vote of thanks to Lady Verney for her pre- sence and very interesting address. (Ap- pLauee). They welcomed her to Swansea not only as a. representative of an ancaeihit Weteh house, but they aiao weicoaned her on account of her great service to education. Personally lie had been much touched by her ladyship's Welsh enthusiasm, and lie was a Welshman th,rough and through. He befevwd they gained, as a peoole, by cudtvatiug the nation- al sentiment. There was a time when it was a«spieed, and when all possible efforts were put fOrj.h to stamp it out, but it was good forfcurae* to live in happier days. and they saw the nat-ional feelings that were cultivated in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Englood. liter, hear.) They welcomed I^ady V^mey afi a worthy re^jreiinritata vc of Wet)«h educa- tion. Most of them knew she was a member of the Council of the- University College at Bangor, a member of the Executive of the Welsh University, a member of the Welsh Central Board and more than that, she had taJren a. d.2IÐp interest in elen^ntajy educa- tion. (Applause.) He trusted, they would as a nstaon become completely united in fur- thering t-he interests of the children. Know- led ged enlarged one's outlook, made people more tolerant and more kind, whereas ignor- ance made people shallow, narrow, and in- .t.oIeraot. Ejaoeiiedge was strength, and » 1 ftiey could not, as a people, xiesgetct educa- tion. His sincere desire and prayer was that Lady Verney might live low to oontmio-e her loving and valuable services to education in the Princapairty of Wales. (Loud applaaisa) The P.ev. E. W. Bohwsy seconded, aid thanked her ladyship for her most vaiuiab'e address. If he could say one word to the students it would be simply' pemsoama—the penman, the individual Let thorn look upon themselves as the perscwrta. He did not think Lady Vemey's picture of the school mistress being put aside was so general, though it might be in certain instances. In villages lie had to do with they thought a great deal of their school maatrees. Lady V<erney thanked them heartily for then- vote of thanks. The Rev. R- 1. Williams proposed a. simi- lar vote of tha.rL.e to the President, whom he refen-ed to in eulogistac terms. In conclu- sion, he spoke of Principal Salmon's recent publication, "'The biography of Joseph Lan- caster, and said he thought it would be re- garded as the standard work on the subject. Princanai Salmon seconded, and remarked, amidst laughter, that he did not know how anyone oeolse bat a preacher, whose privilege it was to preach any sermon from any Wxi:" could have brought in a reference to Joseph Lancaster. Mrs. Morgan B. Williams, in reply, spoke of the pleasure Lady Verney's aAferess had given her, and said she did not think ehe had ever listened to one so very interesting. That was one of the pieosanten. duties ehe had ever performed. During the afternoon the following pro- gramme was gone through: "Slumber Song" (Mendelssohn), tinst year students; "Hear My Prayer" (Mendelssohn), Miao Cheg-^id- den and second year students; "Sweet the Angelus is ringing," Mias Clibbett, Mise Helen Jones., and second year studieints; "Lift Thine Eyom" (Mendelssohn), Srst and second year students. After "Ood Save the King" the company II adjourned to tea, which was served in the garden.
Trap for Motorists. -
Trap for Motorists. William Austin, labourer, of Cippcnham, near Slough, was brought before the magis- trates at Beaeonsfield on Thursday, charged with placing wire across the Great, Bath- road, with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm upon Mr. Partridge, of the Automobile Club. The police stated that when prisoner was arrested he said "I am innocent. I know nothing about it." A remand until Monday was granted.
Survivors of the "Norg-e."
Survivors of the "Norg-e." Shortly after midnight on Tuesday twelve passengers and fifty of the crew of the Norge were landed at Aberdeen, and tell harrowing tples of the wreck. All the food they had from Tuesday morning, when they left the ship, until Monday morning when the liner picked them uo, consisted of two biscuits each. There was a small cask of water, but it was completely exhausted on Sunday night. The third mate says that alone with his boat were other boats, one with thirty-two people, including several women and chil- dren, another with fifteen men in charge of the second -iate, and another with ten men. They parted company with the remainder of the boats. This reduces the total death-roll to 620.
Swansea Drivers" Pulled IJp.…
Swansea Drivers" Pulled IJp. » Mr. J. Bingham, Swansea inspector of weights and measures, who has been sworn in a special constable, exercised powers under the bye-laws on Wednesday, by stopping 30 tinplate waggons that were being driven down the Strand at a trot, not withstanding that the waggons were heavily laden. The drivers were cautioned not to repeat the offence, otherwise a summons would be issued. It is of interest to note that the penaltv is instant dismissal to the driver who trots his horse with a loaded waggon belonging to the railway companies, and such first-class firms as Messrs. Weaver and Co., Messrs. Corker and Bevan, etc., who know fTIll well that a horse is pulled to pieces in a very short time if it is made to trot under such circumstances. From the point of view of crusty to animals, the evil practice is apparent.
^Stupid Freak at Ystalyfera,…
^Stupid Freak at Ystalyfera, MAN INJURED: AN ARBEST MADE The inhabitants of Ystalvfera were early; on Sunday morning startled by a series of loud explosions extending over several hours. A number of young men had .procured a supply of dynamite cartridges, and dis- charged them in honour of a friend whose marriage they believed would take place that morning. The scene of the explosions was near Pwllbach. Some of the cartridges were fired on the threshold of one house and dam- age was caused, eleven panes of glass being shattered to pieces. Others were ii",d in an opening in the wall near the ove rflof pipe of the neighbouring reservoir. The (fcpe was smashed and pieces A iron wero .»Lct through a bodroom window of u house immediately opposite, the weod- v ork of which also oust allied. damage. So great was the damage to thü pipe that hundred? of gslions ran to wast*; • atid the neighbouring f-esjeteot-s were dsprivr- of their ..upply until liondav afternoon. u The occurrence caused considerable alarm. On Sunday afternoon one of the men was arrested. Another report says that a charge of powder was also placed in front of the Old Smith's Arms, with the result that the house was nearly blown down. Eviery pane of glass in the windows was smashed. I The police are investigating the matter.
Murder in a Manure Heap. J
Murder in a Manure Heap. J At Monaghan Assizes on W-ednesday (be-! fore Justice Johnstone) the second trial was resumed of Joseph Fee. who is charged with the murder of John Flanaghan, at Clones, in April of last year. I Patrick Farmer gave evidence as to find- ing the body in a manure heap which he said was two feet from the slaughter-house door. Mathew Hamilton said he saw prisoner his brother, and a third man making an ad- dition to the paling in front of the manure pit in the month in question. The paling previously was an open one. Joseph McGrane also stated that a boarded paling was put up in front of the manure pit in place of the open one. Edward Howard said that on the evening of December 15th a crowd and several police passed down towards the slaughter-house. Subsequently witness asked Fee what was wrong, and he replied they were looking for a dead child or something. Prosecuting counsel produced a knife found under the remains, and witness said it was an instrument used for opening and shaving pigs. The case was adjourned.
Hero at Twelve Years. -
Hero at Twelve Years. At Swansea on Tuesday, William Thomas Rose, a twelve-year-old boy, was presented with the Royal Humane Society's certificate for saving life, and also with a bronze medal in case. "We are glad to see a brave little boy like you," said Mr. J. W. Jones, the chair- mau, "and we are sure you have the making of a brave man." Rose had rescued a little girl named Lily French, who had accidentally fallen into Port Tennant Canal, where the water was four to five feet deep. Without any hesita- tion the boy plunged into the canal, and suc- ceeded, after great difficulty, in pulling the girl alongside the bank, when he became ex- hausted and >:ould do no more. Had it not been for a man named Arthur Thomas, who arrived at the moment, it was quite possible both rescuer and rescued would have been drowned. The magistrate added they ivere delighted to have such a brave little feilow before them. He had shown courage, integrity, and manliness. Amid great applause the medal was pin- ned on the boy's coat by Inspector Gill. The boy saluted and replied, "If I'll see anybody else nearly drowning, I'll do the same thing again." (Loud applause.) He then left the court with his mother.
I AH-Pound Athlete Championship,
I AH-Pound Athlete Championship, St. Louis, Monday. —Thomas F. Kieiy, of Ireland, has won the all round championship of the world under the auspices-of the Ameri- can Athletic Union.Reuter.
Swansea Pastor Departing1.…
Swansea Pastor Departing1. Rev. J. Roberts, of Swansea, has accepted the invitation of the Welsh Baptist Church, Maudlin-street, Bristol, to its vacant pastor- ate. Mr. Roberts was educated for the min- istry at Pontypool College, his first charge being Pisgah, BTeconshne, with Howey, I Llandrindod Wells, which lasted seven years. He accepted a pressing invitation to the pastorate of Mount Zion, Swansea, where he remained for four years. After a successful ministry at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, he removed to Mount Calvary, Swansea, in the year, 1900, which pulpit he decided to va- cate about the beginning of the present year, amid the regrets of his Church, who pre- sented him on the occasion with a purse of gold, and the many eulogies of his colleagues in the district. The rev. gentleman is also a very success- ful eisteddfodwr. Among the laurels he has won at the competitive assemblies of Wales he recounts as his principal achievement a chair, which was awarded him for a Welsh elegy.
A Sixteen Hours Life.
A Sixteen Hours Life. Mr. Viner Leeder, borough coroner, held an inquest at the Smittmeld Arms, Swansea, on Thursday, upon the'body of the child of Catherine Nicholas, of Graig-street, Swan- sea. William Herbert Nicholas, father, said the body was that of his child, which only lived 16 hours. It died on Wednesday morning. The child was a weak one. In the course of the evidence, the Coroner elicited that the child after birth slept be- tween witness and his wife. Witness did not think the child was suffocated by a super- abundance of bed covering. The Coroner thought there was sufficient clothing to suffocate a newly-born babe. Mrs. Ellen Coglin, who had been a mid- wife for over 40 years, said the child was a weakly one, and unable to take nourishment. Dr. John Davies said the death was a natural one, to wit, debility. The Coroner advised Mrs. Coglin to in future warn husbands not to sleep with their newly-born children. There was always a certain risk, and a young babe required as much fresh air as possible and living in a vitiated atmosphere militated against it. A verdict of NDeath from natural causes" was returned.
UaneHy Rope Walk Amnities.I
UaneHy Rope Walk Amnities. I Llanelly Bench sat patiently for over two hours on Wednesday listening to a trivial 1 assault case. Probably the only people who got any satisfaction out of the proceedings were the advocates. The complainant was a married woman named Mary Ann Key, Ropewalk-road, and the defendant Edward Hancock, a neigh- bour. Mr. Ludford, for complainant, said he would prove to the Bench that his client was struck by Hancock. If this were proved he asked for a penalty, and hoped they would not pay too much attention to the trimmings that might be imported into the case. A number of witnesses were called, and th.i more evidence given the more confusing the case became. Mr. Bevan Phillips said that the witnesses were somewhat contradictory. It was a pity there was not someone present with a camera. Mrs. Key said Hancock struck her with a hoe, which the defence denied, and al- leged that complainant or her friends threw a couple of teapots with hot tea, a jam-pot. and some stones. Many different versions of the "warm" language used were g-;ven. Mr. Phillips said if a few more witnesses were forthcoming they would have all the language in the vocabulary. The parties were bound over to keep the peace, the Bench remarking that it was a pity they did not live half a mile apart.
Swansea Poor Law. "--
Swansea Poor Law. Swansea Relief Committees sat on Thurs-! nay and performed the customary duty of doling out the pittance that the law allows. The business on the whole was of a very rou- tine character—the same careworn faces, the same tale of woe—but the nroceedings were here and there enlivened with an interesting sidelight. An old woman 62 years of age, had re- cently married a blind man two years her senior. Mr. Jacob Jenkins suggested that the ofld lady desired a change in her old days.—The applicant made no reply. In another case it transpired that in order to secure relief a woman had prone so far as to ask an employer of one of her boys to re- duce the pay that the lad earned.—The Guar- dians refused the relief. Another applicant was wanted by the police, but it was suggested that if he went into tbe House he would be safe.—"I gup- pose he's looking out for another woman," said a wemn-r a* ■> ^for her con'? His-! corUsiiiV^r.cc of a shilling a week towards her support.—Relief was granted though the Onardiars thought- the son shnnH continue the contribution. WCft'T i A.RT WITT THE CHILDREN. "Would you like to part with the chill- dren?" a young bright little body was asked. "No," was the reply. She was not the mother. The mother was dead and the ap plicant was the aunt to the. little ones, whose father, it was alleged, had deserted them.- The Guardians granted each of the two chil- dren 2s. An applicant, with a decided Cockney ac- cent, was very accommodating. The Guar- dians were of opinion that her two sons ought to maintain her and three other chil- dren. "Give me a paper and I'll go into the Union," she said. "Then the other two boys can keep themselves and you can have the kev of the house." With this she walked out, but the Guardians somehow felt she would not apply for the paper. By declining "relief in cases where it is known applicants are addicted to drinking the South committee have effected a sav- ing of £7 2s. 9d.
" Abode of Love Strangel.Seene-,,
Abode of Love Strangel.Seene- Many men whose wives have been fascin- j ated by the glamour of the Spaxton "Mes- siah" are making frantic inquiries after their missing spouses. A Tottenham gentleman told a press re- presentative of a young girl whom he suc- ceeded in extricating from Pigott's in- ftuenee:- "The young lady was being gradually drawn into the society of the Agapemon tes, to which her mother and sisters already be-1 longed," he said, "and I was naturally! anxious to save her. I went te Cedar Lodge at Clapton and had an interview with Pig- gott, who was at that time a man of cad- avercus appearance with searching eyes. Hej tried to 'fix' me with his eyes, but did not succeed, as I was much too angry with him." "We had a heated dispute about the girl in question, but he declined to withdraw his influence over her, and, quoting Biblical texts, passionately defended his doctrine that women should not marry. He tried to per- suade me that I should bring about the ruin of her soul by inducing her to marry. Hap- pily I was able to persuade the girl to have nothing to do with the Agapemonites and their detestable 'no marriage' doctrine, but because she would have nothing to do with Pigott and his followers her mother and sis- ter treated her as an 01 j teasV Pigott has ab- solutely spoiled the lives of^-omen who have come under his blighting influence. His manner fascinates them. They have no pleasure in life, and no thought of anything save Pigott, whom they all devoutly belie.ve to be the 'Messiah.' "So far as I can gather, there are 200 or 300 women in his band, and the number is slowly increasing. There is a small colony of them at Stamford Hill. All the women who join absolutely forsake the idea of marriage. They take it in turns to stay at the 'Abode of Love,' so that the place is kept fairly full all the year round. There is not the slight- est doubt that he has got many of them under his power to such an extent that they really worship him." Tne Agapemonites are to be sued for tres- pass for picnicking on property without per- mission. It is not, however, regarded that Pigott will appear in person, as his followers wail do everything they can tf^shield him.
|NESTH-BRYNAMMAN tlIfE.
NESTH-BRYNAMMAN tlIfE. Commons Committee again Con- sider the Bill. (Specially telegraphed to the "Daily Post.") London, Wednesday.—The Committee of the House of Commons, etc., of which Mr. Lewis M'lvor is chairman, engaged in con- sidering this bill, sat again to-day. The object of the measure is to enable the Neath, Pontardawe and Brynamman Rail- way Company to improve their authorised railway by the construction of several small lines. The case for the bill being continued, :1:1'. T. P. Rose Richards, a colliery diiec- tor and coal exporter, Swansea, was inter- posed, and he spoke to instances in which the i-ieat.h company's line would shorten the. distance from pit to port as compared with the Great Western route. The creation of a competitive route to Swansea would be of great advantage. The cross-examination of ]\Ir Br^r^ton engineer (a partner of Sir J. Wolfe, Barry)' which was not concluded on Tuesday night, was resumed by Mr. Honoratus Lloyd, for the G.W.R. Company. Witness defended the proposed running powers over a SIr all piece of the Great Western system, saying he thought there were several precedents for such an arrangement. Cross-examined as to the working of the small lines running to the collieries in the Garnant district, witness explained how this would be accomplished, and added that the Great Western line would have to he doubled for half a mile at one point, but this would not cost the Dromoters much— about JE5,000 or £ 6,000. Mr. Lloyd 'This part of your line which we have been discussing is to cost £ 74,000. ~urs is to cost £ 31.000. Is not that so much the better? the better? witness: But you are not doing what we I Your line is purely to get rid of an incline, and take the traffic down in a rotter an present. Ours is to deal with a .liferent traffic from the north-westward, n respect to gradients also ours is the better system. In respect to gradients also ours is the better system. Re-examined, he said that his views had been confirmed by experts, though at the outset, he did not consult them. There would not be any physical difficulties at all m respect to the collieries in laying out the The Chairman put some questions to wit- ness as to the history of the schemes in the district and said that later the committee on like to have particulars of ne^otia- wl>|ls, iW1iL^ Great Western Company which had taken place in the past. In reply to the questions, witness said tnac no undertaking was given in the House of Lords involving an enhanced expense not provided for in the estimates. Sir Douglas Fox, engineer, described the promoters line as one of the best of short railways. The district was full of collieries and undeveloped coal. The Great Western ay 11 railway Co. having asked for power to give relief to the district, showed that it wanted more accommodation. The proposed short lInes were a completion of the schema, and would be a valuable feeder to the mam railway. With respect to the opposition of certain colliery owners it was his view that if these little! lines were sanctioned they would soon bel running their coal to Neath. In respect to the entrance into the Glanamman Station of the G.W.R., he said that a good many con- undrums of working had been put before the committee but they would be easy of solu- tion. There was BO ground for any appre- hension in regard to injury to works. The coal-owners, however, might be afraid of sup porting a railway until it really existed. Mr. Freeman: I suppose they would not wish to offend the Great Western? Witness I can understand that to be the case, but this line will find them another string to their bow. Council: The two schemes are not com- peting. Witness No I said we would not oppose the Great Western scheme excepting as a protection. Mr. Freeman And we are not doing so. Mr. Bushe, K.C. (for the anthracite col- liery owners) You propose to take to Neath the coal which at present goes to Swansea by another route? Witness \Ve do not interfere with that. Counsel But the coal now goes to Swan- sea, does it not? Witness As soon as the coal owners see the shorter route to Briton Ferry, Neath, and Port Talbot it will not be long before! Oil some of the coal is sent there. Counsel And that means to that ey--tent that they will abandon the present route to Swansea? Witness Not altogether. The additional facilities will tend to largely increase the traffic. Counsel The whole thing then will turn upon the colliery owners as to which way! they will send it? Witness Yes they can decide the ques- tion. I think they will be in a very power- ful position when they get the two lines. Counsel: They can say whether they want you or whether they will continue the pre- sent route? Witness: I am sure they will not be so unreasonable as not to want us. In reply to the chairman, witness said that people interested in the traffic of a dis- trict did not care as a rulj to support a corn- peting line. He had no reason to suppose that the Great Western had done anything to induce coalowners to oppose the present scheme. scheme. Mr. Edward Stocklcy Sinnott, engineer (of Messrs. c-innott and Shakely, Cardiff) spoke as to his firm preparing the Parliamen- tary plans for the line, and said that, they were, designed so as to give all possible facilities to other interests and to afford tlu best means of working the system. The population of Garnant was rapidly increasing, and it was very difficult to get from there to Neath and Swansea. The new line would give the facilities which the copulation re- quired. Tho objection to the proposed sidings could be met. Counsel: You have plenty of money to deal with any objections? Witness Yes. Mr. Balfour Browne, K.C. (for the G. W. R. Company): Who is proposing to make facilities at Neath? I Witness I do not know. Counsel But a great deal of monev will have to be spent on it before it is fit?' Witness: fes. I The Commit-tee then adjourned. EXPERT EVIDENCE FROM SWANSEA. The Neath, Pontardawe, and Brynamman Railway Bill came again to-day before the Private Bill Committee of the House of Commons, over which Sir Lewis Mclver pre- sides. The case for the promoters was con- tinued. Mr. Morgan W. Davies, civil and mining engineer, 01 Swansea, gave evidence in sup- port of the Bill. He said he was well ac- quainted with the Amman Valley, through which railways 4, 5, and 6 would run. He saw no difficulty in providing siding accom- modation for the collieries in this valley. In every case they could be worked by gravi- tation. There would be no engineering difficulty in constructing efficient siding. He did not agree that the construction of the I railway in a cutting would not diminish the siding accommodation at the collieries, or let the water down into the workings. He thought the railway would have the effect I of draining off the surface water and there- fore would be a benefit to the coU-er es. He was authorised to say that Colonel Man- sell, who was the owner of a considerabk mineral property in this district, was in fav- our of the Bill. In reply to Mr. Burke, K.C., the witness said that if this new line was opened, the collieries would have to construct the screens and sidings. Cross-examined by Mr. Honoratius Lloyd, K.C., witness admitted that it was pro- bable that one of the sidings and screem would be used for the two railways. would be used for the two railways. bable that one of the sidings and screem would be used for the two railways. Re-examined by Mr Freeman,K.C. Where the colberies chose to connect with th-1 rail- way they would make screens end bngs. If they did not choose to do so the Great Western Company would lose nothing. If the collieries did do so it would that I they desired a rival route and th;.¡.t \\<,u)d be in the public interest. Mr. Rhys, vice-president of the South Wales Institute of Engineers and lately a sub-inspector of mines, said the line of the proposed railway was laid in the proper. place, and it would be a very desirable ad- junct to the authorised line weat of Pontar- dawe. There was a large district which re- quired development, and it should have every facility for development. He saw no diffi- culty in laying out the line and saw noj ground for the allegations of the colliery 1 owners that they would suffer injury^ J Mr. Thomas Griffiths, mining engineer, gave samilar evidence. He said the traffic on the line wtniki be mainly mineral. If the colliery-owneis would not use the line the promoters would have to look for traffic elsewhere. Mr, Herbert, agent to Lord Dynevor, v. *"0 owns property through which this railway runs, said he was authorised to state that his lordship was agreeable to the construction of the railway. Cross-examined: The witness received in-' struction to support the Bill from Lord Dyne- vor's solicitors. Mr. Probert, member of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce, said the proposed line would be a considerable improvement in the junction of the Neath line wit-h the Great Western dne it would not only get rid of the objectionable back shunt at Bryn-1 amman, but v» >uld effect a saving of two' miles for the trpffic coming from Amman-j ford and the district. He put in tables to show that ine route proposed in this 15.11 would effect a considerable saving in mileage for traffic going to Swansea, Neath, or Port Talbot. That saving would be effected not only as compared with the existing Great- Western line. He believed that the £ 74,000 for -.he construction of this line would be a; profitable investment. Cross-examined by Mr. Balfour Browne, the witness :-a:d the saving of mileage to which he had referred was the result of the railway authorised last year. The pre,sentl Bill woufld only make a difference of 2g miles. He had calculated that this new railway giving the shorter route would take two- thirds of the (oal now going by the Great Western line to Swansea and one-third of: the coal going inland. He believed that the shorter route would also attract passen- j ger traffic from the Pantyffvnon district. He had not calculated- what quantity of goods, i apart from _*cal, would be carried from the district, but the goods traffic would be all t-o the good. He had no idea how much the Great Western Co. earned on this goods.1 traffic between Pantyffnon and Brynamman. 1 Me thought they would obtain the traffic be- i cause of the shorter route and the increased rates. Mr. Balfour Browne said the Great Wes- terii Company could also reduce the rates. Mr. Bushe cross-examined the witness to show that the collieries wore a,readv served with a railway fitted with sidings and screens. It was not likely that they would go to the new line and spend £ 40,000 in fit-J ting it with sidings and screens. Re-examined It was hardly to be sup- posed that the colliery-owners would refuse to take advantage of this alternative Rine giving them a shorter route and a cheaper one. Mr. Thompson, J.P., ex-High Sheriff of Glamorgan, one of the promoters, said the capital authorised by the Act was £ 684,000 and in the Bill of this year they were asking! for additional capital of £ 135,000. This | year as last year he was assisted with sev- eral gentlemen of strong financial position, and there was no doubt that at the proper moment the capital for the whole undertak-! ing would be raised. Certainly there would be no difficulty of raising the money if the Bill of this year passed because the proposed line would be so much to the utility of the whole scheme. The proceedings were then adjourned until Friday.
"METHODS OF BARBARISM."
"METHODS OF BARBARISM." Dutch Slaughrer Women and Children. Amsterdam, Tuesday.-A telegram from Batavia to the "Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant" states that the commander of the expedition to North Achin telegraphs that he attacked Likat on June 20, the enemy's losses being 432 killed, including 124 women and 88 children. On June 23 the troops attacked Langat- bars. The enemy's losses were 654 killed, including 186 women and 130 children.- Reuter.
/~I Swansea Police Court.
I Swansea Police Court. THURSDAY. Before Messrs. S. Goldberg and Joseph Rosser. THE WET LIST. Thos. Morgan, seaman, for being drunk and incaoable deposited 5s., or in default five days. John O'Niel, labourer, Newport, paid 7s. j 6d. or 7 days. Thos. Hopkins was fined 7s. 6d. or 7 days for being dr'mk and incapable. Ruth Jones, widow, was found drunk c.nd incapable in Golden-row, Foxhole. This being her first offence, she was cautioned and discharged. James Rees, Strand, rag and bone col- lector, was fined 10s. or 7 days. Rose Willis, Ann-street, and Ca-therine Griffin, for being drunk and disorderly in Carmarthen-road, paid 20s. or 14 days, and 10s. or 7 days respectively. Mary Thomas had a little drop of rum, which cost her 7s. 6d. or 5 days. John Morgan, Rhymney, a deaf and dumb man, was discharged with a caution on pro- k mising to go back to Rhymney. INDECENCY. Amelia Smallden and John John, steel- worker, Briton Ferry, were summoned for indecency near the North Dock. Smallden was fmed 40s. or a month; John 20s. or 14 cla\ s. Florence "V\ inston and Arthur Thomas, labourer, Llandiio, were similarly charged and fined. DISMISSED. Evan Williams, Killay was summoned for being at a distance from his horse and trap in Plymouth-street. Mr. Leyson defended. P.C. Francis (107) saw the horse and cart standing there without anyone in attendance. The case was dismissed for want of corro- boration. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Henry Edwards, Morriston, was ordered Henry Edwards, Morriston, was ordered to pay 7s. 6d., or in default five days, for being drunk and disorderly in Church- square, Morriston. "MILK 0!" I Mary Condon, 98, Pentre-terrace, was fined 5s. for selling milk by outcry on Sun- day. I
Neath v, Cardiff: Season's…
Neath v, Cardiff: Season's First I Match. The first match of the season between Neath and Cardiff was played on the Gnoll ground on Thursday afternoon, all die con- ditions being favourable to an enjoyable game. The Cardiff eleven were a long way below full strength, the only members of the recognised first team present being J. H. Cadogan and the two pros., Nash and Poole. Neither was Neath up to its full strength, for J. Downey, N. Moore and the two Moore- Gwynns were absent. They were, however, assisted by F. Nicholls and F. E. Humphreys, of Swansea, and Jones, the Bsiton Ferry pro. Cardiff went to t.he wickets fust, J. W. McKay and W. T. Perrin facing the bowling of Jones and W. Broskham. Rims came slowly, neither batsman taking any liberties with the bowling. When the score was at 18 Perrin was clean bowled I with a beauty from Broskham. CARDIFF. McKay, c Gamble, b Broskham. 11 W. T. Perrin, b Broskham 9 W. Gibson, c Gamble, b Broskham 10 Nash, b John ■•••• 7 Poole, c Nicholls, b Broskham 2 R. H. Johnson, b Broskham 4 Herman, c Walters, b John 4 J. R. Davies, b Johns 7 J. P. Cadogan, b Broskham 0 D. H. Creasy, not out 3 H. D. Cullimire, b John 0 Extras. 0 I Total 57 j
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f I At Neath Council on y, under the presidency of Alderman iS&»-:rd Davies, the following letter was read from Lady Stanley in reply to the Council's vote of condolence (and placed on the minutes) "Will you convey to Mr. Bevan, Mayor of Neath, and to Mr. Alderman Trick (whose reception of Sir Henry and myself in 1891 I shall never forget), and will you also convey to the Corporation of the borough of Neath my heartfelt thanks for their warm sym- pathy with me in my very great sorrow. I "My happy connection with Neath and the fact of my dear husband being Welah, gives a special value to the resolution which you send me. I will keep it sacred all my life.
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I > MORRISTON MEMS. The veraee composed by Alderman Dasc# Jenkins for trfm Morristor. on t;< Rtwal 20t<h are as follwb, being oa<itit*i "'God lUess our Qntteu ai\d Kirg' to the of ''God Bless uhc Prusra of V.I.f: Long may the sounds of weicoans re-<eota> far and wide, O'er Gwalia'is lofty mountains in one actvauo,, ing tide. Let Welshmen show their loyalty to Edwarq, now their King; Let harp and song be blended in one ha.1. monioufi ring. Refrain. All o'er the craggy mountains and valel let Welshmen sing, That ever-loyal churns, "God Bless oof Queen and King." To son(jr. ;0 maids of Cambria, add to you? records sheen; Give forth a hearty welcome to Britain^ noble Queen. The idol of the people, an ancient town dotk grace, Beloved Alexandra., the fairest of hec race. Our symbol of sincerity shall be the Leeks green leaf, To the eonblems of St. David, tJJ<e R.oae&ba.B give relief; The Shamrock and the Thistle, are welcome 'eotber side, Within this lovely bouquet ho foreign bloom shall hide. Now for a Council magnate we consider the above a. remarkably-talented output, There is evidently much talent lying dormant in our representatives. Presently, maybe, Councillor Howel Lewis will take up t'he per! and write a book of election reminiscen- ces ? According to one of the Swansea news- papers, we were promised a further potent exemplification of the many-sidedness of the busy councillor. It pro-raised a Welsh ver- sion of "Cod Save the King," translated by Councillor D. Niattl),ewo Pity it. didn't add "to music by Councillor Harris." If you want to be certain crf seeing tha Hovid visitors the week after next, and if you have ajiything like a. decent- voice, you would be well advised to join the local choir. A comport-able position, and. a geed long view are assured, and you are certain of re- ceiving Her Majesty's inoet bewitching smile —after the singing. Mr. Rowland's choir is going great guns. Last Sunday and Monday evenings, TaherJ nacie Schoolroom was simply packed. The only part requiring strengthening is the con- tralto—Mon-iston. somehow, is weak in con- traltos—and quite five hundred participated Mr. Rowlands lead in a most happy manner-^ Mr. Horace Samuel accompanied, and be- sides the National Anthem, lovely renderings were given of "Yr Haf," and the Hallelujah Chorus. It is a. great choir, anc! is sure to do Morriston full justice. The pity of it. is that there is no permanent choral society akin to it at Morriston—instead of half a doz. en indiapendent choirs. Libanus Sunday schc*.)! scholars were happy last- Saturday. They spent their annual tea- la-eeting at Glais. They were conveyed thither by the Midland train, and of oouree spent a pleasant time. We hope the Tabernacle clock will s-hare in the electric installation of the edifice. The "time" could be discerned from all partis of the town then. The Lnited quoiters added a further couple of poants to their account last Saturday. They defeated Vernon at home by the sub- stantial margin of 49 points. Only Tom Ayres and Dtii Charles lust their games, the latter only by one point. Iillm Llwyd oolla.pfed badly at the P<:rk last Saturday, and lOGt their second Junior League match, being worsted by Majtsei to the tune of 44 runs. In the first match, htough away, the locals won by a couple of runs, and their failure both in batting and bowling last Saturday was unaeco,twiable, and came as a surprise. ¡ You can't cat your cake and have it. Neither can our Tabernacle friends keep their c in liist-oLtuft repair and liquidate their debt. They are in an awkward puzzie over it. The. renovation committee is just rea.lisin.pr the object of their .ajxhioiis off; the great building Li b ing r-s-d.jjested. In their temporary trion.pli they seem drs'-rt- clined to sanction the holding of further eiisteddfodau in so uic? a building. But the eisteddfod is a rare medium for lowering the debt, and its discontinuance w;n be a great blow to the Church, as it will be to Morris- ton. But perhaps when the proper tirte comes the eisteddfod will be held as hereto- fore, for w<is not one held at Tabernacle in its first year?
Aberavon Councillor's Impressive…
Aberavon Councillor's Impressive Funeral. The funeral of the late Councillor John E. David took place at Aberavon Cemetery on Tuesday. Deceased was widely known, beink a man of genial and sterling qualities. He had served many years as engineer in the Navy, and afterwards in the P. and O. ser- vice, and had travelled in nearly every quar- ter of the globe. He afterwards became landlord of the Bird-in-Hand Hotel, from where he recently retired to a villa residence on Baglan-road-Kagosima Villa-so named in memory of a naval engagement deceased had taken part in many years ago in Japan. He had for several years been a member of the Town Council, and had been chairman of the Finance and Waterworks Committee, holding the latter position at the time of his death. The funeral cortege left deceased's re- sidence about 5.30, prior to which a service was conducted by Rev. W. Griffiths, Wern Chapel, at which deceased was a member. There was a number of floral tributes, in- cluding one from the Licensed Victuallers' Association, of which deceased was treasurer. The procession was an exceptionally largo one, and was headed by the county and bor- ough police, under Inspector Macdonald, and these were followed by the Mayor, aldermen, councillors, and officials of the Corporation, county and borough justices, and a large number of the general public. The Rev. D. H. Griffiths (vicar) performed the funeral ceremony. Deceased was 62 years of age. Mr. Stephen T. Rets was the undertaker.
Swansea. Detective's Warm…
Swansea. Detective's Warm Time, The deck of the Norwegian ship Balder, lying at South Dock, Swansea, was oil Wed- nesday morning the scene of a hand to hand conflict between Detective Roberts and two Russian Finns. Det. Roberts had in his possession a war- rant for the arrest of John Johnsen and P. Sorru, who had deserted the Swedish ship Lagorn, East Dock. The Finns were discovered on board the Balder. No sooner did they hear of the detective's business than they both attacked him, Johnsen with a clasp knife. For ten minutes a desperate struggle ensued, then the mate and one or two of the crew t-c-ok part, siding with the detective. For twenty. fiva m-cutes the struggle continued before, on the arrival of Sergt. Lloyd and P.C. Edgar, whom a friendly Englishman on boird had gone to fetch, the two Finns were se- cured, and conveyed to the Guildhall, where they were charged with desertion, and sent back to the Lagorn. The detective was not called, consequent- ly the above interesting facts were not made public in the Police Court.
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