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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1906. NOTES ON MEN & THINGS "There is an enormous amount of perjury committed by prisoners giving evidence on oath."—Justice Jelf. The Due Sorelle B, the 2,400 ton brigan- tine-a most remarkable size for this rig —cleared from Swansea docks on Friday. "We most have no more laughing in the streets of Llanelly, pleaee, as the police seriously object to it."—Uanelly paper. If any ardent free trader wants to hoe a tough furrow he should go to Llanelly just now to lecture upon the blessings of the free import system. A vessel .4 the Swansea Docks doesn't half pat itself. It rejoices in the name of "The Champion of the Seas." It carries 133 tons, and hails from Ireland. At a Swansea sa: on Tuesdav five resi- dences were sold for JS100. You can't ge. really good house for less than J320 a time. After the exceptionally heavy shipments the preceding week there was not unnatur- ally a considerable falling off during the week ending Saturday last. The total of exports and imports was 86,172 tons, as com- pared with 134,780 tons the previous week and 101,408 for the corresponding week of 1905. The figures illustrate the folly of comparisons embracing short arbitrary per- iods. Taken alone, they might seem to ;n- dicate unsatisfactory trade, whereas, fortu- nately, we know that the tendency is stead- ily upward, and that during the first six months of the year the increase as compared with the first half of 1905 was 445,000 tons. No doubt the figures of last week will be improved upon this week. Unfortunately, the returns relating to the tinplate trade continue to be depressing; some 67,787 boxes were shipped last week, and 71,675 boxes were received from the works, so that on the week's trade there was an increase of about 5,000 boxes in stock. When Mr. Lloyd-George in the course of the debate regarding the clauses in the Education Act which provide for the estab- lishment of a National Council for Wales, unexpectedly met certain adverse criticisms urged against the clauses by the announce- ment of an amendment by which a Minister of Education for Wales "was to be created, with a seat in the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour protested against the surprise being sprung upon the House as altogether un- constitutional. Party newspapers made light of this protest the following day; but now we have the Government itself tacitly acknowledging its reasonableness by for- mally withdrawing the proposal after it had been affirmed by a substantial major- ity. A series of new amendments are to be proposed, and the impression is yielded that the Cabinet is exceedingly anxious to meet, if possible, the objections to this part of the scheme. It is surmised that this conjil- iatory attitude does not arise from any de- sir- to please the friends of the voluntary schools in Wales, but to prevent, if possible, the whole section being thrown out by the House of Lords. All efforts, however, in that direction are likely to fail because the principal essential of a compromise is mu- tual confidence—which is entirely absent. Welsh marksmen attending the annual meeting of the National Kifle Association at Bisley did only indifferently well tihis year. Not a single first prize was brought to the Principality—but Major Bell only lost the "Daily Telegraph" cup in shooting off a tie-—and both teams and individual marks- men failed to reach the high standard fixed in earlier years. As if to complete the dis- appointing tale, we had a member of the Welsh Twenty disqualified, with the result that Major Bell, the captain, formally with- drew the latter after shooting at the 200 yards range. The cause of offence was very simple. Sergt. Sillery, of Wrexham, retir- ed from the force after 23 years 'service last year. This did not disqualify him from competing at Bisley as an individual, but it now appears that only an efficient volunteer is entitled to take part in the contest for the National Trophy. This is not set forth in the official book issued by the Associa- tion, and it was not known either to Sergt. Sillery or Major Bell. But apparently among the Welshmen in camp uiere was some jealous and vindictive individual with knowledge of the disqualification, who, in- stead of calling Major Bell's attention to :t, wrote two anonymous letters to the Council of the Association, who did not receive them in time to enable Major Bell to replace Sergt. Sillery with one of the reserves. Nat- urally this underhanded action of a volun- teer, no doubt instigated by jealous motives, was keenly resented by the Welshmen; but of course nothing could be done, as his identity, though conjectured, could not be satisfactorily established. It is difficult. to convince the average crowd that the umpires engaged in a cricket match are there to see that the rules of the game are complied with, and that so long as they do not interfere it may reasonably be presumed that the batsmen are well within their rights in the tactics they follow. On one occasion at St. Helen's, when Mr. Fred Rees, of Llanelly, was playing the ball, which was breaking badly, with .s pads 'n front of the wicket, there was an outcry for a declaration that he was out Ibw. 01 course the players realized that the veteran cricketer knew what he was about and was well within his rights. At Newport on Saturday the captain of the Monmouth team did not declare until within an hour and a half of the time for withdrawing stumps; consequently the Glamorgan men had not 'he slightest sporting chance of getting the runs required, the best that could be hoped -or was to make a draw of the game. In the circumstances run-getting was a matter of indifference, and Creber, who was one of the batsmen, made no attempt to score. These tactics were most indignantly resent- ed by a section of the crowd, and the popu- lar Swansea professional was "barracked" unmercifully. The only thing that can be urged in extenuation of such conduct is that the people responsible for it do not know any better; their offence originates in ig- norance of the rules governing the game of cricket. I There are two of the Morriston Hanneys (of 1st R.G.A.V. fame) in the 19t.h Hussars Band due at the Mumbles on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. W. H. Edwards, as sheriff, is as thor- ough in his hospitality as he was when Mayor. His luncheon on Tuesday at the Metropole was one of the best associated with the Shrievalty. Mrs. Gimblett's statement that she was ac- customed to "reprimand" her husband when he d-eserved it, gave many husbands a jar at thi Assize Court- on Tuesday. It called up painful memories of the:r own. Her -lajesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to acoept a copy of Mr. Glynn Vivian's new book of poems, entitled "E Tenebris Lux" ("Out of Darkness—Light"), just published. Regattas :n this district struck a snag on Saturday. Both ut the Mumbles a.nd Llanelly the competitors could ha.rdly be seen for the mist and the rain. And cricketers were among the unemployable. It hasn't taken long for the Wellington (New Zealand) folk to make Rev. Dr. Tudor Jones, formerly of Swansea, useful. His name comes first in a series of municipal lec- tures arranged for the winter season there. » « « Llanelly is becoming very progressive (observes the "Kelt"). Not satisfied with obliterating betting news from all news- papers in the Public Library, it now blackens out all stockbroking prices. A oomplaint leas been addressed to Mr. Lloyd-George in bis capacity of President of the Board of Trade, drawing attention to the racing which prevails in the Bristol Channel between passenger steamers. Com- plaints on this score have been lieard of at Swansea., but were speedily remedied by the owners who iftr-ed strong regulations ag&inst the practice, which seems to have had the desired effect. -+- Messrs. Weaver and Company represents to Swansea more than a pnvaite venture company. It not only provides occupation for some hundreds of men, but also is an important factor in the import trade of the harbour. Consequently a larger constitu- ency than the actual shareholders, is in- terested in the fact that the directors re- commend a dividend in respect of the ordin- ary shares of 10 per cent. and 2 per cent. bonus. This is an exceedingly satisfactory return upon the capital invested, and indi- cates that the n anagement is of the right kind. Swansea. Council at a special meeting held on Tuesday last decided to give notice to the Swansea Tramways Company of its de- cision to compulsorily acquire the section between Alexandra-road and Mount-street. It is to be hoped that the probable conse- quences of this action are being considered from every side, since previous efforts ir. the same direction have invariably resulted in disaster for the ratepayers. As the sec- tion, when acquired, must be re-leased to the company for a further period of Z1 years, it would seem that the purpose of the Council is to obtain control of as much as possible of the tramways, when the lease of the Corporation lines expires about 20 years hence. Mr. Justioe Jelf in his charge to the Grand Jury at the Glamorgan Assizes, which opened at Swansea, on Tuesday, d d not criticise the calender beyond observing that it was a heavy one. In truth it is, not merely in respect of the number of cases to be tried, but the grave character of some of the alleged offences. There are no fewer than three charges of murder. A year ago considerable satisfaction was • x- tracted from the belief that the religious re- vival had produced a sweeping change throughout the county, and that the effect was reflected in the calendar. Whether that be so or not, it is certain that either the fruits of the revival have passed away or the results attributed to it a year ago were due to other causes. At all events, no resident in the county can be satisfied with the calender of the Summer Assizes, how ever it is regarded. It is the general verdict at Swansea that as Gorseddau go, the one held on Thursday last was about the most successful ever ar- ranged. The weather was perfect; the people turned out by thousands and the ceremony went off in such a manner as to delight those who participated in it. It would be fatuous, however, to ignore the circumstance that the Gorseddic proceed irtg3 failed to impress large numbers of people, many of them Cymric in race and sympathy. Held at night, the bards in their flowing robes, might have passed muster as venerable and dignified, but in the searching light of a summer afternoon the element of grotesqueness was too con- spicuous to be overlooked, and the tone of criticism prevalent was ribald rather than respectful. It was naturally a day of days for the bards, but since the other sections of the eisteddfod, and probably the more important, had no place or part in the rites, it cannot be said that the sense of gratifi- cation was evenly distributed over the local cisteddfodwyr labouring to make a success of next year's gatherings. It is extraordinary what a number oi Swansea vessels and local traders received injury through collision or stranding in the dense fog which o\erhung the waters of the Bristol Channel and ths entrance of the English Channel during Sunday. The sink- ing of the Carnarvon ketch, with the drown- ing of her captain «ind a seaman, recalls the circumstance that only a couple of weeks ago another Carnarvon vessel of that type war. sunk off the Scarweather, her captain aJso perishing. A Jersey ketch, laden with potatoes for Port Talbot, had also at least three escapes from bring run down in the mist on the face of the waters. Against such a peril of the sea no human ski'l can prevail, and it will be recalled that there was a heavy fog prevailing when H.M.S. Montagu found the berth on: the rocks from wi ich so far no efforts have succeeded to extricate her. The fog most also be heid responsible for tllb failure of the attempt on Sunday 4o refloat the stranded battle- ship. The salvage operations at Lundy have been costly business altogether, and it is now repc*fcd that one of her consorts off the islan-a, the Duncan, lias also struck a subferged rock, doing some damage to her double bottom. Keeping warships in such dangerous vicinities is both risky to the vessels, and tedious to the crews, and there is a general consensus of opinion that the Admirably would be doing considerably bet- ter if the work had been handed over to such a firm as the Liverpool Salvage Asso- ciation to deal with frcm the first. While believing the principle of prisoners being allowed to give evidence, Mr. Justice Jelf, after the protracted hearing of a case on Tuesday, remarked that it did impose a considerable exercise of patience, when irrelevant matters to the caee were in- troduced. At the Swansea Metropole on Tuesday Mr. Ernest Looder mentioned that the late Mr Wm. Williams, of Maesygwemein, nev 3r allowed the cbaoce of buying a OOIT..eT house to slip by. That was how he pros- pered so. N.B.—Mr. LJeder was trying to sell a corner house. Mont Dore (Auvergne, Central France) waters are particularly good for throat ail- ments, and many famous singers take them to strengthen the vocal chords. At the present moment there is quite a galaxy ot stars and theatrical celebrities here, headed by Mme. Adelina Patti (Baroness Ceders- trom).—"The World." "Weary Willie" writep:—"The iak- smudger, I mean the gentleman that dis- figures the sporting intoiligenoe at the Swan- sea Public Library, omitted one well-known daily on Tuesday. This is serious neglect, because that very paper named the finst winner ('Examiner')—a six to one chance. Call a special meetihg of the ratepayers." A Swansea tradesman tok* rung up on the 'pboiic the other day and replied to tfcs inevitable query "Are you there!" "Sorry," said the voice from the OTher end, "but I've just bot a dollar that yoo. weren't :11, ajid we wore ringing yon up to ascertain. Good morning." Evidcnfy & new kind of report A preacher at the Swansea Sands on Sun- day evening told the story of a little girl who had become so disgusted with the un- mannerly and wicked ways of boys that she said it would be a good thing if there were no boys at all. Her daddy, she admitted, was all right, so much so that she thought he must have been a little girl when he was a little boy. They were palpably day-trippeer—father, mother, and four children—as they filed out of the Automatic Cafe in High-street when the rain was descending in torrents. Par- ents wore a worried look. Then piped up the eldest of the olive-branches in a plain- tive tone, "Mother, when are we going to the sands?" It was tragedy with a serio- comic note. Th3 chief feature of the Assize calendar which Justices Jelf and Sutton are trying at Swansea is, unfortunately, the predomin- ance of the most vicious form of crime. In 55 specified cases out of 59, tbaere are twelve of offences against morality, and three of murder, of which one at least is likely to be reduced to a charge of manslaughter. One novelty is the charge against certain officials of the Caradog Vale Colliery disaster, whose culpability or otherwise in connection with the recent flooding disaster at that pit will be enquired into. Probably it is the first case of its kind trifcd at Swansea. The improvement in the coal trade as indicated by the export returns for the Bristol Channel ports, is making its influ- ence felt upon the wage rate. At the next meeting of the Conciliation Board, the re- presentatives of the workmen will demand an advance equal to 3! per cent., and if, 3 seems probable, the present,, favourable con- ditions continue, thero is tittle doubt that this admnoe, or an advance little short of it, will have to be conceded. At the mom- ent every visible sign appears to point to a period of great activity, not to say pros- perity, in the Welsh coal trade. A distinguished list of musical celebrities has been recommended by the Musical Com- mittee as mus:eal adjudicators for the Swan- sea National Eistsddfod of 1907. Drs. Cowen and Turpirn, and Mr. Harry Evacs are household names Dr. Dan Protheroe, is a Ystradgynlais lad, who has emigrated to the States and found fame and future there; Mr. Rhys Thomas is now domiciled in the Dominion. It is a pity that death recently removed perhaps the most- eminent of WTellsh- American musicians—Ambrose Thomas, of Chicago, one of the greatest orchestral con- ductors of America, who occupied a position ther"3 akin to that of Henry Wood in Eng- land, or Richter, Mottl and Nikisch in Ger- maalY; otherwise he could well have been included in the list. BE QUIET THER.E,! Let dogs delight to bark aod bite For 'tis their nature 'to! Let bears and lions growl and fight Since heaven has made tSiem so! Bat neighbour towns should never let Their angry passions flare: Their hands were sorely never made To yank each other's hair! Lkmeily amd Oarmartben, please, Attend to Dr. Watts. And cease from one another's hides To keep OIl knocking spots! M. Ill-fortune continues to attend the more ambtious efforts of the Mumbles Railway Company to attract people to the Pier. On Saturday and Sunday 'ast, when one of the best bands in the British Army, that of the 19th Hussars, was providing most i'as | circa ting music for those who love it, it was raining nearly the whole time, and when the rain ceased it merely gave way to a (thick fog. Nevertheless, a fair number ol people attended on each day, though of course, the conditions did not permit of the engagement proving financially successful. It can only be hoped that when the same band pay a return visit this week-end, that they will be hickier in the matter of wea- ther. In August the bands of the Grena- dier Guardis and the Marine Light Infantry are to play on the Pier, so that for the sea- eon the local public will have been provided by the enterprising company with oppor- tunities of hearing the firmest military bands in the Empire. The accidental death of an aged gipsy, who was knocked down by a cyclist on trw Mumbles-road, on Friday evening last, calls attention to what is more or less a public nuisance. Gipsies are an interesting no- madic people, when contemplated at a dis- tance, but at dose quarters, and es- pecially in districts where they are disposed to remain as long as they possibly can, they are frequently '.ittle better than pests. The surprising thing i&, how they manage to evade the Jaw with regard to the education of the children. At the encampment on the Mumbles-road there are at least haM-a- dozen youngsters who ought to be attend- ing school, but they do not. Apparently, these restless gangs pass so qtnekiy from the jurisdiction of one local authority to another that the law cannot he enforced against them. Apart from this, which concerns the children mainly, it is by no means pleasant to have an encampment oi gipsies so near a popular thoroughfare ae this is.. «:. j> I Colonel Morgan has qualified as a humor- ist. At Swansea Hospital annual meeting it was reported that the Dog Show Com- mittee had been handicapped in its recent exhibition at the carnival, and had to draw upon the admission receipts, which it aad been hoped to hand intact to the hospital. Colonel Morgan's contribution was a regret that some of the money had gone to the dogsl Among the interested spectators of the Gotsedd ceremonial was Mr. Richard May, the Brynhyfryd philosopher, his long hair floating in the wind. Asked why he had not penetrated within the Gorseddic circle, he calmly replied, "I'm higher up than all that." Mr. May now aays that be is Moses, and that H.M. King Edward is Aaron, who is going to convey his messages to the peo- ple of this country. '$ Rev. Dr. Tudor Jones is having a busy time at his new home. Besides Sunday ser- vices he has a German class on Monday, a philosophy class on Tuesday, and a meta- physics class on Wednesday. On Wednes- i day there are also sewing classes, but we are not informed whether he conducts these or not. In fact, Saturday is the only night ofl. It is in.tereetingto notice that when Canon Edwards spoke in Welsh at the bardic Gor- sedd at St. Brieuc, in Brittany, he was per- fectly understood by the Bretons who listen- ed to him. The "Globe" says that "to compare the written languages is to be con- vinced that Breton and Welsh, though the same in origin, have drifted away far apart, yet the spoken tongue is almost i-entical. The fact seems to be that Breton is really Wrelsh, disguised under a French spelling; or, if it is preferred, that Welsh is really Breton in—with modifications as to certain letters—English spelling. One would like to know whether there are any instances of the old Cornish—no v long extinct—having been understood by Bretons." « • » • The lesson of Bisley for Wieishmen is the need for long ranges. These are obtainable at a dietanoe of 00 to 30 miles from the neighbourhood of the industrial osntres, and there should be no difficulty in finding, a site in the Swansea Valley to enable local men to practice with safety at the longest rarbges. But then arises the gueetiom of tihe conveyance of the men to the ranges for class-firing and practice. Increased grants will be required for the purchase of the and the train fare of the men to them. It is, in essentials, a question of money, which the public is unfortunately rekictant to provide, and the Secretary of War, Mr. Haldane, refuses to provide at all. There is the situation in a nutshell, and it is pre- judicial, not only to tOO success of a limited number of marksmen at Bisley, but to the general shooting efficiency of the Volunteers throughout Wales and in most parts of the United Kingdom. The fight for the county offices which is being waged between Llanelly and Car- marthen was bound to result in ^onsKkr- able bitterness of feeling, but it is aston- ishing to find that a veiled form of bribery is alleged to have been resortefi to by some urknown adherent of the tinplate town. Sir John Williams stated at a meeting at UandUo, wMch considered the question on Wednesday, that he had received a let- ter conveying an intimation that a vote for Llanelly would be a vote for the members own interests should he put up for election, for the aldermanic bench. A measure of this kind is calculated to do no good to the canse which it is intended to further, and and its instant repudiation would not avaii to remove the odium which such a sugges- tion would intur. A compromise was ef- fected whereby meetings are to be held in rotation at Carmarthen, Hazelly, and Llan. dilo, but such a concession is simply a pre lude to the inevitable transference of these public institutions to the chief centre of population and industry, however, sentiment and county influence may avail to defer it. One effect of the virtual amalgamation b^- tweten the Great Western Railway and the Rihondda and Swansea Bay Railway was the stirring up of perturbation amongst freight customers of the two lines, who ap- prehended no good to their interests from the cessation of competition in South-West Wales. A Swansea correspondent, signing himself "Justice," complained in one of the Cardiff papers this week that the G.W.R. rates for the. carriage of such articles as coal, iron ore, coke, limestone, etc., w*?re already higher than was justified by the pro- visions of a Railway Rates Act of 1891. 'Justice".called wpon colliery owners, 'r"mjiJfmi faefcurers, and Chambers of Commerce to request redress from tihe G.W.R.r-with some gTtarantee tha-t the Rhondda deaft should not prejudice their interests. Whatever the merits of his complaints, it is simply the best business policy not to impose detri- mental handicaps upon local industries, not to expect- too long a tale of golden eggs from the- goose, and the G.W.R. know this per- fectly well. Be it also remembered that in the States the experience has been that raiJ- way freight rates have been redraced to a minimum by amalgamations of the type of that between tihe Rhondda and the G.W.R., and "Justice" may comfort himself with the probability that- a similar consummation is equally possible for South Wales. There are such things as preferential rates to cer- tain privileged customers—as witness the Standard Oil Trust — but that is another story, and one peculiar to the States. The "TribuneV correspondent at St. St. Brieuc during the Breton fetes, at which a large number of Welsh Druids and Bards, including "Dyfed," the Archdruid, were pre- sent and officiated, said the bardic osremony was tihe first Gorsedd ever. held in France, though in Wales, as he pointed out, it had been observed from time immemorial. Brittany, tihe Atanorica of the Romans, is tihs home of the Celts on the Continent driven to tihe furthest extremity of sea and mountain by the pressure of invading alien nations, but the Celtic spirit is not, to judge by the reports of the St. Brieuc ceremonies, nearly so strong as in Wales, amd, indeed, nourished only in tihe breasts of a few enthusiasts. A good deal of the alleged "Pan-Celtic fraternisation" is to be attributed to the very modern spirit of "l'eirtefite cordial8." Brittany, though in contradistinction to Wele&4t is one of the worst educated provinces in France—baa gfinil provided an iUostrriooe roll of national heroes to France, and her sturdy population in good times or bad has always been the norsary of French seamen. With Gallic suspacion tiie French Government has fcdfeberto dasexwabanaaoed any encooragament of the Breton dialect, and the Breton has retaliated with a hearty conservative de- testation of ReptiHicaniem aod SBcularism, a.nd serious trouble was apprebeodfed at the time of the Law of Sepalrttioni of Cfoarch from State with this simple but dogged peofie, whose devotion to their faith is as teInaCione as that xA the Welsh to Nonoon- formity. Mr. George Deer jnst arrived in time to be sworn on the grand jury, but Mr. H. Ecdes arrived a. minute late. Better luck next time! Dr. Trafford Mitchell is requested to tremble. His allusion to Glais as "an ob- scure village" has elicited a red-hot, scath- ing letter from the rising township. 'If some person calling himself Dr. Mitchell did quarrel with Mr. Powell, no need lor him to ran Glais down. How many vil- lages in the Gower Division can boast of their D.D., M.A., B.A., A.C., G.T.S.C-, C.C., and C.M.1" Dr. Mitchell can't sleep comfortably after that. This is from the current "John Bull." Which small hamlet is it?—"A. J. A. (Madley) tells us that a children's i arty took place the other day in a small hamlet in the Swansea district. A request was made to the local police for a 'man or two," and they sent three mounted men, with swords. 'Mounted Police at a Ban Wrestle' makes a good headline, our cor- respondent thinks." Ticket-taker at the entrance to the Qor. sedd circle received strict injunctions to ad- mit no one without the bit of blue card- board. Faithfully carried them out. Swan- sea. magistrate and family windbotmd in consequence for some time — likewise res- pected Corporation official. Sir John and Lady Williams wore held up so long trying to explain themselves as to threaten eistedd- fod dignitaries at a distance with apoplexy. A copy of a letter, sent by the late Arch- deacon Griffith, of Neatli, to Mr. H. DaVies- Williams, secretary of the Pwllheli National Eisteddfod, 1875, has been sent to a Cardiff paper, and is as follows:—"I beg to thank the committee of the Pwllheli Eisteddfod for the cheque (£3 3s.) sent to me for my services as adjudicator. As it is the first money that I have ever received from the National Eisteddfod, it most not be put to ordinary uee&, and I am returning it to the vicar of Pwllheli to be distributed among the poor of the town. Financial success has not been the history of the Eisteddfod, the Chester Eisteddfod alone costing me lover a. hundred pounds." A correspondent, writing to the "South Wales Daily News," suggests that the freighters of the district might benefit by offering representations to the Board o1 Trade in opposition to the arrangement of the G.W. and R. and S. B. Company. The point is that at the present time the G.W. is charging a maximum rate of traffic bet- ween Gloucester and Milford which is lot justifiable, and that if the freighters were agreed among themselves and made a deter- mined fight of it, they would probably se- cure a substantial reduction. He quotes an eoctract from the evidenoe given before a special Parliamentary Committee by Sir Courtney Boyle which implied that the Board of Trade in the absence of oom- pladnte is apt to conclude that the arrange- ment is satisfactory to the freighters. The moral is that if improved conditions are de- sired, complaints must be made respecting the existing arrangements. Towards the end of last week a rumour was current in commercial circles that the G. W. Company was about to effect an ar- rangement with the Port Talbot Dock and Railway Company similar to that entered into with the R and S.B. Railway. Con- siderable credence was given to the report, which, however, was contradicted in the most positive terms by Col. Wright, vice- chairman of the Port Talbot Company. And even in the absence of so weighty a repudiation, it is difficult to see what ad- vantages the G.W. could obtain by practi- cally absorbing the smaller company. In the case of the R. and S.B. Company, the cir- cumstances were altogether different, for by means of the arrangement the G.W.R. can be carried across the Burrows to Court Sart, in that way bringing about a useful shortening of the main line between Port Talbot and Llanelly, no unimportant con- sideration when the G.W. Company is ap- plying all its energies to secure the bulk of the Irish traffic. This is irrespective of any further inducement which may be offered by reason of the alleged decision of Messrs. Cammell, Laird and Co., to establish branch works at Swansea. In the case of Port Talbot, however, no such obvious advant- ages suggest themselves, so that on its face the rumoured absorption does not seam a probable event. Distress at Llanelly consequent upon the irregular working in the tinplate trade, has reached such a pitch that a special Imeeting has been held to consider relief measures. It is not stated whether these are to include an optimistic speech by Mr. Llewelyn Williams, M.P, on the blessings of Free Trade. At Morriston, another tin- plate centre, there is also a good deal of distress, though not perhaps so acute. Lately the Russian market has shown, slight Lately the Russian market has shown, slight symptoms of revival, but the recrudescence of Russian internal troubles will speedily nip that in the bud. The prospects are no- where particularly encouraging, so no aJ- leviation may be expected from renewed prosperity of trade; and it behoves the public authorities of the districts concerned to set the machinery for pealing with un- employment into r^otion, and a Govern- ment grant of £ro),OOO. lias lately been forthcoming. There should be no difficulty in finding suitable public improvements to set on foot, so that the expenditure shall be to a certain extent reproductive. As compared with certain commercial and pro- fessional classes who have to live up to a higher social standard of housing accommo- dation, clothing and food the tinplater earns remarkably good wages; but his normal expenditure insensibly keeps pace with in- crease in pay end the recent high tide c; prosperity has perhaps deluded too many into the belief that block days had passed for ever, and that the necessity for thrift was no longer so urgent. IF. If happiness in life's our goal, A most effective pitan In outlined in the old saw—*Do A good turn when yon can." How aft we scheme or saraauMe fOr Some fleeting benefits, And slight OUT call to do that turn— A plague upon oar wits. Pterdhanoe they are bewitched tv Self, Am elf whose wily w-agre, WiJAr e'er his followers hegniUe, Wftfhin a. worldly maee His prizes aire detueive g)Mne, He starves OUT better part, And te&ves ns tooliated, with The shaidow of a heart When dry the risUs the river's lost, And trtdy this If happiness is of the heairt— Cam we think otherwise? Then if that goaJ to win "1\119 wish, Let's through life's little spem. Outwit that wily elf aad do A good turm wiien we can.
SWANSEA TRAMWAYS.
SWANSEA TRAMWAYS. At a special meeting of the Swansea Council, held on Tuesday, it was unanimous- ly decided to give notice to the Tramway Co. that it is the intention of the Corpora- tion to exercise its powers to compulsory acquire that section of the tramways extend- ing from Alexandra-road to Mount-street, which was constructed under the Tram-ways Act of 1682. The hope is being enter- tamed in some circles that this resolution will act as a starting point for negotiations designed to bring about such aja arrange- ment as will enable the municipality to acquire all the tramways after a fixed period at their constructed value, and so regain entire possesion of the streets and thorough- fares traversed by the lines. Before the Corporation embarked upon that unfortun- ate Parliamentary action for getting aside if possible the legal powers which the Company had been proved in the High Court to possess, the managing director of tlte Company had intimated his readiness to favourably consider a scheme by which the whole earnings of the Existing tramways— and and new—could be pooled and divided between Corporation and Company for a period of years—thirty-five was provision- any mentioned, at the expiration of which the Company would undertake to hand over their lines at the Corporation value. At that time members of the Corporation responsible for tha policy pursued in re- spect of the tramways, would not entertain the suggestion; they were of opinion that Parliament could bt induced to destroy the yœtoo interests created under the powers of an Act of Parliament, simply because it had been found that the conditions sanc- tioned were arbitray and prejudicial to the public. In the result Parliament, as was confidently predicted before hand, would not hear of such a proposal, and rejected the Bill, and thereby placed the Company in an unassailable position. According to the judgment of Mr. Justice Bucktey, which the legal advisers of the Corporation decided could not be upset by appeal, the Municipal Authority oould only acquire one section at a time, and was under compulsion after acquiring the same to give a lease for 21 years. During the continuance of that lease it is disabled from taking any action in regard to any on. of the remaining sec- tions. TMs means that the compulsory acquisition of the tramways would be a pro- cess extending over 90 years. Of course the judgment, though it places the Corporation in an appreciably worse position than had been anticipated, does not leave the latter quiltie helpless. By 1926 it will recover possession of the tramways constructed with public money and leased to the Comparer, and a year or two later it can, by meaMb of the action now determined upon, add to its tramway possessions the section be- twieen Alexandrar-road amd Mount-etreet. It will then be able to operate or lease two self-contained lines, the one ^ffcween Port Tennant and Biynmdll, and the other be- tween Sketty and the Docks, and also use the Alexandra-road and Mount-street sec- tion to collect and act as a feeder to both. Managed as independent lines, these would render practically valueless the Gower- street and St. Helen's section belonging to the Company, which would be left, how- ever with the Morriston and Cwmbwrla sections. Consequently the parties will not be unequally matched when the time comes to negotiate, in the ordinary course of things, a year or two before 1926. But a question of greater importance for the moment is whether a mutual satisfactory arrangement could not be made, from which the two interests would ;derive substantial ,benefits in the immediate future, and iiasten and facilitate tftg" trahsTcTof the Co>hlpariy's tram lines to the Corporation. In other words, is not the moment opportune for inviting the Company to say whether it is prepared to submit a scheme for oo-opera- tion on the lines of .tha.t suggested three years ago? No harm, and possibly much good, might result from a conference be- tween the representatives of the two in- terests. if only in ascertaining what the Corporation and Company each require, and what each is prepared to concede to the other If the parties entered upon the negotiations in ilieright spirit, it is con- ceivable that an agreement would be effected advantageous alike to all parties concerned.
ALARMING ACCIDENT AT SWANSEA.
ALARMING ACCIDENT AT SWANSEA. THREE FISHMONGER EMPLOYES PITCHED FROM A TRAP. Three delivery men employed by Mr. P. Molyneux, fish merchant, Swansea, were thrown out of a trap in High-street on Thursday morning and slightly injured. In turning sharply off the tramway just opposite the High-street Arcade to allow a tram to pass one wheel caught in a rail and the horse fell. All three men, named Hug- gkston (driver), C. Henry, and Bert Owen, were pitched bodily out, and in its straggles the animal kicked Owen in the side and in- jured Henry's foot. Huggleston was fortunate in sustaining only a cut on the hand, which bled a iittle. The men were attended to at the Adam and Eve Hotel, and they afterwards drove back to work. P.C. Easterbrook was also on the Ecene, and rendered every assistance. g.1".T!l. ■- U-JM
LIGHT IN THE CONSERVATORY.
LIGHT IN THE CONSERVATORY. ATTEMPT TO BURGLE NEATH FIN- ANCIER'S HOUSE. In the small hours of Thursday morning the residence of Mr. Edmund Law, financier, London-road, Neath, was broken into. About 2.15 Mns. Law rose to attend to the children, and was surprised to see a light in the conservatory below. Almost simultaneously with the discovery the light went out, and a short, sturdy man emerged from the conservatory and walked away. Mrs. T aw aroused her husband, who tele- phoned for the police. He found that an attempt had been made to force open the office safe with a pair of old tongs, the ends of which were found in the safe. Chief Constable and Sergeants Michael arrl Higgins have the case in hand, but no arrest has yet been effected.
CLAIM FOR THE LOSS^OT A LEG
CLAIM FOR THE LOSS^OT A LEG SEQUEL TO THE NEW ZEALAND MATCH AT SWANSEA. A sequel to the meroomahle New Zealand match at Swansea in the spring is to oome into the Assize Court; in the shape of an action for damages against the London and North Western Railway Company. Da.vid Evans, of 3, Mal-stfeet, Gowerton, is the plaintiff, and he claims for the lotas of a leg. He, with many others, had been to see the match ao Swansea, and was re- turning by the Nortli Western exiursiox At Gowerton, it is,alleged, the train top- ped and then restarted, though the Company deny this was so. However, plaintiff was either thrown or fell out of the train, and he received such injuries to the leg tnat it bad to be arapntaitea up to the thigh. A special jary is to try the action, and ft is said there are about 30 witnesses. Mr. S. T. Drams, K.C., M.P., and Mr. Villiers Meager (instructed by Mr. Edward Harris) will appear for plaintiff, and the raj *-av company will be represented by Mr. R Francis Williams, K.C., amd Mr. i3t. John Williams (instructed by Mr. de J. Andrews, London.) The case js^Mrct^bi the epecaai jjay feist.
WELSH MATRICULATION EXAMINATION.
WELSH MATRICULATION EXAMINATION. LIST OF LOCAL CANDIDATES WHO PASSED. The following is a list of the local candi- dates who have passed the Matricxdatkiai Examination for 1906 at the University of Wales. Those who passed the whole ex- amination were:— FIRST DIVISION. Margaret Brown, Swansea High School for GITIS. Sidney Thomas Bryant, Swansea Pupil Teachers'. Centre. Henry Richard Charles, Old College School, Carmarthen. Charles Aubrey Clark, Swftnsea Pupil Teach-eie Centre. David Evans, Pencader Grammar School. Aubrey Cyril Gibbs, Swansea Pupil TewherW Ceatre Edith Maude Griffiths, Swansea Pupil Teachers' Centre. William King, Swansea Pupil Teachers' Centre. Henry Lewis, Ystaiyfera County School. Henry Morris, Swansea National Higher Grade School for Boys, and Swansea Pupil Teachers' Centre. Robert Horace Peacock, Swansea Gram- mar School. Evan Osborne Samuel, Swansea. Pupil Teachers' Centre. Ad-t May West, Swansea. Pupil Teachers' Ceotre. SECOND DIVISION. William Christopher Barrett, Swansea Pn.pil Teachers' Centre. George Beynon, Swansea Pupil Teachers' Centre, and St. John's College, Ystrad- Meurig. Edit* Eva Griffith6, Port Talbot County School. Elizabeth Anne Hughes, LlaneUv Girls' County School. Benjamin John Jones, Old College School Carmarthen. Margaret Ann Jones, Swaoma Pupil Teaclieis' Centre. Oliver Stanley Jones, Glanamman Council School, a.nd Llandilo Pupil Teachers' Centre. Edward Roberts, The Old College School, Carmarthen. John Owen Walters, Swansea Pupil Teach- ers' Centre. List of candidates who, having been certi- fied by the Registrar as having passed in four subjects, have now passed in the re- maining subject, and thus completed .he Matriculation Examination. Willia,m Charles Beynon, Swansea Pupil Teachers' Centre. Idris Da vies. Old College School, Carmar- then, and University College, Cardiff. Benjamin Evans, Ystalyfera County School, and Gwynfryn Sohool, Ammanford. Gladys Gwynne Evans, Tenby County School. Taliesin Williams Fisher, Swansea Pupil Teachers' Centre and Private Study. William David Hill, Swansea Grammar School, and University College, Aberyst- wyth. John Powell James, Ystalyfera County School. William Richard John, Swansea. Pupil Teachers' Centre.' Elias Jones, Penygroes County bchool. Jane Mary Jones, Penygroes County School. Annie Lewis, Ystalyfera County School, and Swansea Technical College. David John Morris, Ystalyfera County School. Winifred Elizabeth Owen, Ystalyiera County School, and Swansea Technical Col- lege. Elia^beth Gertrude Thomas, Ystalyfera County School, and University College, Aberystwyth. Aberystwyth. Samuel Griffith Thomas, OM College School, Carmarthen, and University College, Cardiff. Ada Gertrude Williams, IJaoeUy C-irW County School. Henry Owen Williams, Penygroes County School. MATRICULATION EXAM. List of Candidates who have satisfied the Examiners in four subjects, and are gener- ally recommended by them as deserving v> be admitted t-o a subsequent examination ,a a fifth subject. Matilda Florence Ace, Swansea Pupil Teachers' CentTe. William Ewart Daniels, Old College School, Carmarthen, and Bala-Bangor Col- lege. Evan Frederick Griffiths, Pencader Gram- mar School. Frederick Cyril Jenkins, Tondiu Pupil Teachers' Centre, and Bridgend County School. Martha Jane John, Swansea Pupil Teach- ers' Centre. Thomas Jones, Swansea Pupil Teachers' Centre. Winnie Powell, Ystalyfera County School.
SWANSEA POSTMAN'S FALL.
SWANSEA POSTMAN'S FALL. JUSTICE JELF ON THE EVILS OF BETTING. At Glamorgan Assizes at Swansea on Thursday (before Mr. Justice Jelf), Tho6. Sparks (22), letter carrier, lately in the employ of the Swansea Poet Office, and who the previous day pleaded godly to thefts, was again placed in the dock. Mr. Bensoa: was for toe prosecution, and Mr. St. John Francis Williams for the defence. The case waS put back on Tuesday so that evidence might be called as to pre- vious character. Mr. St. John Francis Williams said the prisoner was only 22. He commenced in 1897 as a telegraph messenger, and was in 1901 appointed postman at 26s. a week. Up to the last twelve months he was living at home with his parents, but during the time mentioned it was necessary for him to leave home to be nearer bis work. Apparently after leaving home he got with undesirable companions, with the result he took to betting, and counsel understood it was to make up for losses sustained in this way that the offences were committed. Pri- soner was the son of most respectable par- ents. His father had been in the police force—3 years in the Cardiff Borough and 26 yea^s in the Glamorgan Constabulary, and now retired. The charge had been a grievance blow to him, and counsel appealed grievance blow to him, and counsel appealed for prisoner to be dealt with leniently. It was the first time prisoner had committed an offence, and if his Lordship dealt leni- ently with him, he would have no difficulty in finding employment. Counsel produced a letter from Mr. Philip Richard, colliery proprietor, in which it was stated that the writer intended to give the boy employment as soon as any decision was come to, so as to give him a fresh start in life. Mr. Richard added that he felt sure that would be his one and last offence. The Judge said 11.9 would accept every- thing about the respectability of the family. Such being the case, it was to have been hoped he would have followed the example of nis parents. Had the prisoner not a good character he would not have been admitted to the Post Office.. Rev. D. Roderick, Vicar of Cockett, gave the prisoner an excellent character. Mr. St. John Williams said he had otihsr witnesses to the same effect. Mr. Justice Jelf said if one wished to do what desired one would let the prisoner go back again into a free life to make a fresh start- in life. But if he did that in one case, be should have to do it in every case where parents were respectable. He could not take that course as it would not be right. The fact of aaving most respect- able parents was a reason why a young man. should behave honestly and well. Prisoner had got into betting ways—a curse almost as great as drink, and which produced almost as much crime. Prisoner had broken the trust reposed in him. Not only had he taken small sums of money—to what extent they did not know-but he had. taken some- one 8 watch. His Lordship saw no difference between entering a shop and stealing a watch off the counter and one belonging to another man lying on a tabit.. But there was a difference in taking one out of a letter, for in addition to the theft there was the actual opening of the letter. It was a very serious case. He (the judge) was very thankful that the gentleman who wrote the kind letter (Mr. P. Richard) would give t.) pri- soner a chance when he came out of prison. "People who do that do much to prevent people continuing in crime," added the Judge. Sentence of seven months' imprisonment with hard labour was then passed, the Judge stating that he sboald have made it eigfat or nine months if the prisoner had not been two months rv prison.