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Tox, tmiSTOL MARLSORt)! d HOUSE GIRLS' SCHOOL, .J.: BKiGRA >ttOAD, TYNDALL PARK. .staNished 1868 PHnr il—Mrs. E. E. HOBBS. INCLUSIVE ES for Board, English, French, Music..ony. Drawing, Book-keeping, and Shorthand, UINEAS fER ANNUM. Tupiis I spared for all Public Examinations. Tearly Average. Forty Certificates Next Term begins Tuesday, January 21st, 1908, for Boarders and Day Pupils. 1446 COUNTY GIP-T-9, SCHOOL, LLAN- c DOVERY. Head Mistress: MISS M. E. PRICE, B.A., London- Fees.— £ 1 10s. per Term (including Sta- I tionery), Reduction for Sisters. i Next Term begins WEDNESDAY, Janu-1 ary 15th, 1908. Boarders can be received at the School. For Terms, a-pply to the Head Mistretw. P. SAUNDEPS THOMAS, Clerk to the LooaJ Managers. Belmont Hmire. LIandovery. Dec. 24th, 1907. TENDERS are invited for the altera- T tions of a Cottage" and New FarTr f.uildings at Dol^am. Llwynv-Brain, Lia-ndovery. Plans and Specifications may b,' seen at the Offices of Mr. H. Alfred Thomas, Solicitor, Llandovery. Tenders to be in by 31st January, in- stant. "T- CJ \L' "»• SWANSEA HARBOUR O TRUST STOCK. The Trustees of the Ancieint Briton Fnendlv Societv, I have for dis- posal £ 500 4 per cent. Stock in the Swansea Harbour Trust (Redeemable 1904) Applications for same to be sent to the Secretary of too Society, Mr. Wyndham Paoa, Brecon. Villa., Llaaticwry. 1454 E A T H -J.- UNION. FOSTER MOTHER. Wanted, at the Cottage Homes, Bryn- coch, Neath, a Foster Mother, who must be Capable of taking charge of one of the Cottage Homes, containing about 16 Child- ren, and to be able to Cook, Sew and Wash, with the assistance of the elder children. Commencing salary RI;30 per annum, ris- uig by £2 annually to J326 per annum, sub- ject to deductions under the Poor Law Officers' Superannuation Act, 1896. Further particulars may be obtained from the Mat-rem, Mrs. N. Salr, Cottage Homes, Brynooch*, Neath. Applications (upon forms to be obtained from me), endorsed "Foster Mother," ac- companies of not more than three recent testiiftoriials, to be sent to me, the under- signed, not later than Monday, the 3rd February next. HOWEL CUTHBERTSON, Clerk to the Guardians. Union Offices, Neath, 20th January, 1908. 1453 To one of the Overgeers of the Poor of the Town of Swansea in the County Borough of Swansea. To the Superin- intendent of Police of the District. To the Clerk to i he Licensing Justices for the County Borough of Swansea, and to all whom it may concern. I THOMAS HOPKINS, now residing 1 at the Woodfiekl Temperance Hotel, Morriston, in Swansea aforesaid. Refresh- ment House Keeper, HEREBY GIVE YOU AND EACH OF YOU NOTICE that I intend to apply ;M ensuing General An- nuaJ Licensing .4"Ùng to be held for the said County iv-rough of Swansea, at the Town Hail, Swansea, on Tuesday, the 4th day of febriiary instant-, or at some adjournment thereof," for a grant of Certificate to authorise and empower me to keep a room on the ground floor in the Hall and premises called The Magnet ILlJ!. Woodfield Street, Morriston, in the said County Borough for public billiard leaving iindc- and by virtue of the Sta- tute 8 and 9 Vic. r. 109, and Acts extend- ing the same. AND I also give you no- tice that I am the Owner of the aforesaid 1') I'JThi F M. DATED this 15th riav of January, 1908. THOMAS HOPKINS. WHEELERS VIGITABLE SPECIALITIES Everyone desirous of growing THE BEST VEGETABLES Should give the fallowing varieties a triaJ. Ail are of the highest possible quality, and every year take promineait positions on the benofics of the variou* Flower Shows throughout the country. EVERY EXHIBITOR SHOULD GIVE THEM A TRIAL, AND NO LOVER OF GOOD VEGETABLES SHOULD BE WITHOUT THEM. Wheeler's Selected Largest Podded Peas, for early, mid-summer, and late shows, Is. pkt. Wheeler's Improved Green Long Pod Beans, Is. pkt. Wheeler's Exhibi- tion Long Pod Beans, 18. pkt. Wheeler's Extra Fine Beet, 6d. pkt. Wheeier's Se- •lected Autumn Broccoli, 6d. pkt. Whee- ler's -Extra Fine selected Brussels Sprouts, 6d. pkt. Wheeler's Pink Perfection Cel- ery, 6d p } Wheeler's Solid Head Cau- lifiower, Is. pkt. Wheeler's Ne Plus Ultra Carrot, 6d. pkt. Wheeler's Scarlet Perfection Carrot, 6d. pkt. Wheeler's Kingsholm Cos Lettuce, 6d. pkt. Wheel- er'e Selected WTiite Spanish Onion, Is. 6d. oz. Wheeler's Empress of India Cu- cumber, a. pkt. Wheeler's St. David's Leek, 6d. pkt. Wheeler's Selected Exhi- bition Parsnip, 6d. pkt. Wheeler's Matchless Tomato, 6d. pkt. Wheeier's Extra Fine Snowball Turnip, 4d. pkt. WE MAKE UP A COLLECTION OF ALL THE ABOVE, WITH THE ADDI TION OF 1 PACKET EACH OF THREE OF THE HANDSOMEST AND BEST HEAVY CROPPING MAUP0WF\T PEAS. AND SEND IT FREE TO \NY ADDRESS IN THE KINGDOM UPON RECEIPT OF 10b. 6d. With every order for this Collection, we will present free, an assortment of hand- some and showy Flower Seeds. J. C. WHEF LTR & SON. LTD. SEE! OttWERR. GLOUCESTER .e Telegrams—Whee!er, Gloucester. I Established 1753. SALE —10 Hearses and Washfrinfcton Cars, 8 Mourning Coaches, Brakes. Char-a-bancs, Landaus. 10 Hartsoms; low prices; some equal new —Catalogues Mars ton, 24, Bradford-street, Birmingham. 1440Cam.5-23 MATRIMONIAL. APrc-fes^anal Man, 45, tJaCbelor, desires a A Hon.1*keeper, who. having meaxis of her own. "vculd "Ike a light occupation. Letters only, confidential —T B., 3, Camden-roed, Lon- don. N.W. 7?dl-17 0 LET, with ;mmediate possession, ftris- wood House, Crymlyn Burrows, with field, Gardens, Grounds. Stabling, Coach- etc Rent £ 30 per annum. In perfect r^i ^7Apply A. T. Williams, Esq., Estate Office, Briton Ferry, IOCam.1-24
1-^he Cambrian.
1-- ^he Cambrian. FRIDAY, JAM. 24. 1908. NOTES ON MEN & THINGS It is a feature so constant as to be an almost immutable rule that the lady player of whist plays out every ace in her hand as soon as possible. What is the explana- tion of this sex trait? MM. Herrieu and Mcilac, two of the Bro- too visitors to the Swansea National. Eistedd- fod, are contemplating the production of a new Breton journal, to be called "Le Pays I Breton." As in Wa&«, our Breton kindred are too fond of unnecessarily multiplying publications. The official rainfall returns for 1907 have just been published. They show that the fail along the Welsh coast wae on the whole below, and in the interior above, the aver- age The rainfall at Llandudno was less than that recorded at LLuidIIo. A Swansea, man, accused of "looking at the beor when it was brown, because he steered a zig-zag course on Saturday, indig- nantly denied the imputation; if ha did not walk straight it was because the fog pre- vented him from seeing where he pianited each foot. Mr. S. T. Evans was a solicitor before he became a barrister, and should the choice of the Prime Minister fall upon him for the Solicitor-Generalship he will be the first Law Officer since the days of Sir Thomas Wilde who has practised in. beth. browhwi o £ tbe proftmiwv J A Llansamlet Leghorn ha? laid^an egg nine by six inches, weighing a. quarter of a. pound. The hen is doing well. There is a story that when Percy Bush scored at Bristol he took advantage of the fog to hide the ball under his Jersey Liberal indignation against what they term the "dearer bread"' fallacy is delicious to coutem.p.1a.te. The "little loaf" lie served them too wefl in its time to dese-rvs all the abuse that is being hurled at it. Just before Saturday's international com- menced, Bush gave å perplexing piece of ad- vice to the Welsh captain. If you win the toss," he whispered to Harding, "play with. the fog in the first half. It is a curious fact that the monev 001- lected by the various county and borough authorities for the registration of motor oars and motor cycles is not being put to any use for any particular purpoee, but is lying idle 0,1 one side. It is certainly a pity that the Act did not state what this money was to b) used for but perhaps some day the local authorities may be induced to spend seme of it in improving the roads.—(" The Motor Cycle.") We hear and read a lot about the gowns the Jadies wear at these fashionable func- tions, said the man with the mournful eye, "but you don't see much about the men. I should iike to see a paragraoh stating that Mr. Hopskotch entered the room tastefully attired in coat, vest and trousers wearing a delicate salmon-puce necktie, and a eleven and a quaver collar. His hair was parted a few points westward of his left ear, and hair-oil used was of th-j best possible description. He had boots on his feet, and was accompanied by Mrs. Hopskotch.' It was said that Baron Bramwell, when presiding over the circuit in Wales, was &sh.ed by Mr. Morgan Lloyd to be allowed to address the juiy in Welsh, as none oi them uixiersuxxi Enghbh. Baron Bramwell assented but had 11Cd1' him Oil the beoc^i some one who translated the speech as it WcM- denveieu. ihis wa»3 l _o,igan Lloyu s peroration in tavour of the pn&o^er -—"Vvnat 1 feij you is ti atli and ju&ucd. And, pointing to i>aiun t>iam,velj, "wnen that o»id rnaai iu a w.g ueils you anything to the contrary, VOJ. must bcueve me anu not believe him." Curiosity was whetted by the Rev. F. Gianvill at the Swansea bt. Jam«s' Hall meeting, but was not satistied. He was urging the importance U1 btlllg a thorough Christian, aall ielates tue ease oi an Araiy friend who was not whole-hearted in his religious work. One day a distinguished officer, whose name was on everybody's lips during the South African War, came along ana said to him i am not religious, but if I were I would do the thing properiv." It was the means ot utung tile young lilall into a more definite sphere, but Mr. G,an- vill did not, say who the distinguished offi- cer was. Captain Niles, the plJrt commandant at Giomltar, and the good friend of every Swanseaite visiting the ROCK," writes on the 15th January;—"Mr. J. Rees, Mr. W H. Edwards (Morriston) ajxl his two sons, Mr. Francis, Mr. Cortield, and Dr. Evans, arrived here yetteiday on the Mar- mora on their way to Egypt. During their stay in 'Gib.' they were shown all the places of interest. They all were in the pink of condition after a glorious outward passage. It is a pleasure to me to meet anybody from Abertawe." Mr. Lewis Lewis, High-street- akso ie.t for Egypt about a week ago so that Swansea is well represented in the land of the Pharaohs. Dr. J. Kynaston Couch, M.D., M.R.C.S., a Swansea boy, is winning considerable pro- fessional sucoese at Perth, West Australia. His registered telegraphic address by the way is "Abertawe. Writing to a friend at Swansea, under date December 19th. he observes :—" This is a lovely place, although it. is built on sand, and the climate is really delightful. Although we are within a week of Xmas, to-day is the second day that we have bad a shade temperature above 90, and to-day it is 97. WTe have two seasons, the wet from June to October and the dry from October to June. During this latter period we may have two showers of rain. What a contrast to the old town. The nights are delightfully cool, and some of my mends sleep out on their verandahs all tlie year round. A few weeks ago I had a week's fishing and shooting trip, when we "lept out in the bottom of the boat for a few nights. I read the old town papers regularly, and still take an interest in the progress of the old town, and I must congratulate all the Municipal Reformers on their victory lately. HE BLAMED THE FOG. The fog all day had spread its gloom O'er Swansea and the Wefet. The sky above, the distant hill, Were equally invisible; By hundreds it was bleet. A ffw- declared with mi?ht and main And mors enthusiasm, That it was plain, despite the mist, The weather clerk, they would in-ft. Had had another spaem. Yet though few could this fact dispute (It really did not matter), A ne-v e> ense- was made by one Bold mar, who had been drinking some Three X'e—with a hatter. He staggered home. this man who'd been To nee about a dog, And said. "Outside, it's much too thick To see," and straightway dropped a hie, Afd blamed the murky fog. Swan ea LALLEGRO. Patti's travelling ca.r in America has often been described, though it may be news to many people to know that it cost nearly £12.000 (says Mr. Levilly, a former member of Patti's operatic company in the old days in Amccioa)- It was a "jost luxurious coaoh, one of its features being a bath of solid sil- ver Many atfid various attempts were made by enterprising journalists to inspect this remarkable carriage, arid if few of them suc- ceeded it. was due to the fact that they d.'d not all possess the audacity of a certain re- porter w-ho asked Maplfeson (her manager) to allow him to interview the diva. This re- quest was refused. This was the regular or- der, because Patti could not see everybody. Then followed the usual "smoother" firom MgpleCJOn: "You can select any of these ready-made interviews they are all gcjd cop' and eacih one is ddfier,j;if." "That won't do," replied the journalist "I have boon sent these 200 miles to speak to Patti, aj^d if you don't arrange for it I shall con- clude she is ill, a.nd shall wire up to my obief to that effect." "Interview me instead," pleaded Mapleeon "1 c^n apeak on her be- half." "No, I woo't." replied the smart journalist. "It is Patti for me or perdition [for you. Taike your chaioe." And he saw Patti in her tamptnoo& car! Mr. Harry Williams, as "the polite letter-writer," does not satisfy all tastes. Some of the comments elicited if overheard by the author would produce scenes." by the author would produce "scenes." 1 n'.Ktwri years a.go Sir John Llewelyn de- feated Mr. Bumie In Swansea Borough by 411 majority, and Sir John Jones Jenkins (now Lord Glaaitawe/ defeated Major Jones in Carmarthen Boroughs by 52. rhe Vicar of Christ Church, Swansea, at the new Parish Hall opening, dweit humor- i-usly on the site. Some of them were stand- | i'.g on what had been a cabbage patch; I others on what bad been currant trees and (asparagus beds he said. Still, he looked quite phased over it. es. she was worthily called the Queen of Song. 1 recollect that on one occasion Mapleson issued a 'call' for a rehearsal, and the paper was signed, 'Par ordre de J. H. Mapleson.' Patti crossed out the 'par ordre le' and wrote at the side, 'I know no orders.' i have that slip of paper among my treasures."—Mr. C. P. Levilly, in the "Daily Chronicle." A little more understandmg between the Swansea clergy might have avoided the clash ing of various attractive events .)l1 Thursday. As it was, Christ Church had the prer-enoe of the Bishop; Lady Llewelyn was opening a bazaar r.t St. Matthew's and St. Ga<braei's folk were enjoying their annual tea—all at one and the same time. After lecturing on "Gvaa'r W aw £ at Trebanos, Pontardawe, Gwili, in propos- ing a vote of thanks to his chairman, said that Alfa, after all his successes, should be a chairman par excellence, and Ie- cited the. lo'lowing englvn — Alfa sydd yn ei elfen—coed arwr Yw n cadeirydd trylen; Derw'r bardd ai dyry'n bca Cadeirwydd y coed derwen. Mr. Harry Williams told the men on Mon- day morning that he had not time to tell them the history of his life, but he could inform them that he ran away from heme to sea when 12 years of age. Then he went to the West, and had a rough life, spend- ing tive years in the Arctic Ocean, and liv- ing in California in the old rough days. It Wa.s a lie when the "Western Mail" said he "funked," for it was not in hi.s cuaractei, as he was a born tighter At a meeting which had 3ame disagreeable sensations for him, Cou:K*ilior Morgan Hop- kia on Wednesday liad a.t least one blissful moment. Mr. TuttJn had interrupted him in a speech, and remained standing after the Mayor's nLling to that effect. The irnperu- tive command, "Sit down, sir." thiice rc- peat-ed by the Councillor, strong m t'le con- sciousneas that ho held the nguit end of the stick, was nvoet impressively iii-tered. On Saturday last a double power steam engine of 45 inches diameter was put in motion in the extensive veins of coal be- longing to Ralph Pemberton, Esq., at Llan- eilv, in Carmarthenshire, on which occasion a handsome entertainment was given to the workmen. It is but justice to Mr. Thomas Bratt, the engineer, to say that the action of this engine entities him to every tn- comium. "-("Cambrian," Jan. 15, 1808). Sir Edward Berkeley Mansel, who died j last week at Catton Hall, Norwich, was a son of the late Major Courtenay Mansel (nee Phillips), who was well known m Swansea thirty years ago. The major when in Swansea lived chiefly on his yacht, a large yawl usually moored in the South Dock Basin. The 'old gentleman would spend hours on Sunday afternoons on the steps of the Mackworth Hotel, in Wind-street, smoking his pipe. Entering into conversa- tion with some Swansea piiots one day on the capabilities of their crafts, he offered a prize if they wouid race. This was done, and the contest took place in the bay in a stiff breeze during the winter. "All that is necessary to indicate MT. Tut- ton's position," absolves ouir local con ten v porary, coarvrnenting on Wednesday's discus- sion respecting the letting of th<> did Post Office buildings "is a short, quotation from t, letter written by Mr. Howe>l3 Thosnas: 'I do not recollect any offer being made, either verbaliiT or othej-wii^e, during my period of otlke, until the negotiations with bir Geo. Newnes.' That is a definite, authorita- tive, and incontestable to the state- ments made by Mr. Tutton's opponents." Mr. Hoovoll Thomas did not enter the am- ploy of the Corporation until 1904; the ne- cot 131ions vn^h the Metropolitan Bank began in 1901 and ended in 1902. This plain state- ment of fa-ot makes uttor nonsense of our oantemipdrar 's argument. Writers who a^fnime to guide public opinion sbonikl a.t least try to ascertain the facts. The foot-ball match between Rugby teams represmntive of England and Wales was pilayod at Bristol on Saturday undeT most abrwM n.i I condiit-on-s. The fog wa& so thick that the spectators could not see beyond half-way across the field, with the result that for considerable periods the players were invisible to the majority ot the people, who had paid to see the match. Doubtless, the obscurity in which the battle was fought out chiefly contributed to the I high scores made by both vi:-tors and van- quashed. W ales won by 28 points to 1tl points. AU the newspaper critics seem agreed in saying that notwithstanding the serious disadvantages the, game was one of the most brilliant and exciting ever played in the internationail series. The steel works of We&t W ai]es are be- ginning to suffer from the lessened demand for bars, induced partly by the reduced consumption in the tinplate works, and partly by the importation of foreign bars. Furnaoes are being blown out, and seem- I ingly a period of stagnation is impending. So far, excepting parcels ordered months I. ago, the only foreign steel bars now being "dumped" at Swansea are Belgian. There was a report current last week that 100,000 tons of American steel bars were 1 or. sea destined for Swan.ea and Newport. I Wliether the quantity be 100,000 or not, titt is practically certain to go to Newport i and Bristol for consumption in gaiivanised sheet works. But one of the oortainties of the immediate future is the shipment to West Wales of large quantiftios of Amen- can steel bars which is sure to produce a most demoralising effect upon the works of the district. Mr. T. J. Wiilliaxns, who presided over a banquet at the Royal Hotel, Swansea, given to the members of the Morriston Male Voice Party, in the course of a t speech .emphasised a point which must j have occurred to many of the residents of j this important district. He dwelt upon t.he absence of unity which distinguishes j the efforts put forth at Morriston, and I urged the expediency of bringing aill c a^sos together in hearty co operation. The need of unity in Morriston is certainly I very manifest, for in recent years the dis- tinguishing characteristic of tbe place has been the persistency with which rival fac- tioae have warred against one another. Mr. Terra Williams, Llwynypia, says that Welsh supremacy in Rugby football has done more to bring faane to Wales than any- thing ei.o -+-- The N.U.T. w; understood to be contem- plating energetic action in regard to tUo salaries of the teachers in the voluntary schools of Swansea. A movement to cor- rect the manifest injustice has begun in Carnarvon, and promises to extend south- ward. It is a thousand pities that the Swansea L.E.A. should persist in perpetua- ting the only cause of strife that stifcl re- ma ins. It. woisid have been better if the rail- wayrnen of Swansea had considered the selection of a chairman foe the meeting which Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., is shortly to address in the town, beyond the hear- ing of the reporters. The proposition that the Mayor should be asked to preside j was assailed with statements hardly fair to his Worship, and scarcely calculated to promote the ends which the raBwayman have in view. One of the delegates had the sagacity to see this, and pleaded that the importance of public opinion required the ronci'tiation of public gentlemen, who^e sympathy might be found of great value in influencing the railway directors. The death of Sir John Lawoon WaJton, Attorney General, creates a vacancy in the ministry which wiil instantly apply a teci to the rumour persistently in circulation that Mir. S. T. Evans is marked out for speedy promotion. Political differences with the hon. member will not deter the Conservatives of Wales from wishing him success as a possible candidate for the position. He has certainly rendered longer 1 and more valuable service to his party than Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K C., who is de- fjcriibed as his most formidable rival. +- Northern Union football is making con- siderable headway in South Wales, quite enough indeed to justify serious disquietude on the part of the Webh Rugby Union. The latest development is the leafsing of a ground by a local syndicate, who are or- ganising a firwt-class team for next sea- son. It is a defect in the arrangements that the ground is not nearer Swamea than (jorseinon..still, if good matches are played at the latter place they are. bound to judicially affect the finances of the Club. Swansea Harbour Trust is showing con- siderable confidence arsd spirit in its ef- forts to develop the efficiency of the trade of the port. At the next meeting of the trustees, which is to be held on the 14ch tcbruary. a scheme wil'J be submitted, and no doubt approved, for taking over the Castle Co. 's Wharf, as weM as the Liver- pool Wharf, and making special exten- tions whirh will add substantially to the facilities offered to trawlers in Swansea Harbour. The contract for carrying out the ntces-sKry work is to be entrusted to Messrs. Topbam, Jones, and Railto' at a cost of ,i;15,OOO. At the present rate of progress the'"3 is ^vcry indication of Swan- sea developing into the Grimsby of Wales. Vs usual, the Scotch Rugby team chosen to turn out againot Wai.0S on Saturday week is being described as a combination of all the talents and some of the more know- ing tipsters are yielding to the old temp- tation of solmenly shaking their heads when consulted regarding the prospects of the Welshmen. Considering how seldom the Scotch havo been able to win victories 0:1 Welsh sod, once the Cymric players ?aane to the front, these dolorous antici- pations are somewhat- difficult to under- stand. We see no reason why the team which performed creditably against the English should not be equal to the task of defeating our friends from the North. +- +- The political sen.Hation of the week has been the startling re«*ult o<f the Mid-Devon Parliammtary election. This Division has I been consistently represented by Lite- rails since first created, and the majorities' since 1894 have been on an a&cendiing scale. At the General Election of 1906 the Liberal candidate headed the poll with a majority of 1-283 votes; the genera. and indeed the natural disposition therefore, was to regard the prospects of Captain Morrison BeE, the Tariff Reform and Unionist candidate as practically hope- less The most that was expected by him and his supporters was a reduction in the Liberal majority. But to the surprise of everybody, Captain Bell captured the scat with a substantial majority of 559 votes. Kvro t.hf Liberal nev/papers frankly con- fess that the Mid-Devon election dealt the Ministry the worst blow experienced since the general election. Of course, there may be local causes to account in part at leafJ- for t: g 1"J.t turn- over, but if the other bye-elections show the same tendency on the part of the electors to reverse their verdict of 1906 the por- tion of the Government will become very difficult. One suggest:on offered to cx- plain the transfer of so many votes to Capt. Bell, is that the moderate Liberals alarmed at the \irtual a- lance between the Government and the Socialists, are now passing over in considerable numbers to the Unionist side. There was an improvement in the ton- nage available at Swansea Harbour during the past week, and this factor, combined with better weather, induced consid- erable activity in the shipping trade. The total imports and exports amounted to 115,092 tons, as compared with 105,095 the corresponding week of last year, so that the record was better to the extent of 12,000 tons. The shipments of tinplates, however, were much below the average, the totall quantity andled being 37,395 boxes, whereas the receipts from the works reached 55.272 boxes. At Port Talbot trade still remains very quiiet, and orders are reported to be so scarce that severad boats steam and sail, have been laid up by their owners. The total shipments—' 33,672 tons, were 9,021 tons below those in the corresponding week of last year, At Llanelly it has become the chronic complaint that the bulk of the coal worked in the district is sent to Swansea for ship- ment. There are special reasons for this, all of which will not disappear even after the approaches to the New Dock are im- proved. The tendency of the modem ex- port trade is to concentrate in the Wge ports where colliery proprietors are •'as- sured of the quick return of empty trucks, and shipowners that there will 1 be a mini- mum of delay in loading their boats. The 1-otal quaptit-y of shipments handled at Llanelly was only 5,165 tons, of which ex- ports amounted to 3,781 tons. A serious difference in the two schemes prepared by experts for dealing with the channel diffi- eujty is causing delay in effecting the im provement, and a conference was held on Wednesday between representatives of the Harbour and th Bank of England to con- Aider the matter^ It is reported from I Llanelly that 10,000 tons of foreign steel bars are expected in Swansea and New- port dining the preaaat week. f An effort is being made to hasten the absolute completion of the Cray WTater Works so as to dispose with the numbei of men stnil being employed in giving uhat are described as "finishing touches" to the work. During the next few weeks an earnest attempt if¡ to be made to dis- pose of the plant and material still on the ground, and so facilitate the winding up of a so;veme which has been prolonged to painful lengths. Rev. J. Haarison succeeds at St. John's, Swiajrasea, the Rav. C. Lindsa.y, who has ac- cepted the living of Toeina. Quite a numiber of local clergymen were candidjates for St. John's, where a. great work lies before an active, vigorous incumibent. The living is a gift of the Vivian family, and is worth R500 a year. Llanelly Qhorai. Society. which a few weeks a.go enjoyed tihfe unique privilege of singing at Windsor Cast-lie before the King and Queen, the Kaiser and Kaiserm, and other Royalties, gave a concert at the AI- beit HajE, &wiamaea, on Monday evening. It is evident that local lovers of miusie regairded the visit as a musical event oi interest, foi the htrll was crowded. The popular verdict was a. very favouiuble one. the concerted singing of the choir being very fine indeed. -+- With tHre resignation of Mo*. George Bowen, who for veairs has represented Owamsea Club on the Welteh Union Cormnit- is a prospect of a rep'^isentative C^°9an !'71 a Position to more effective] v 6 nd the interests of the Swan-sea football- ers than Mr..Bow>cn could in recent years, by reason of t.he irregularity of his attend- a:raoos, doe to business exigencies. In all probability the new tr;em<ber wiil be Mi-. who ha.s for irtfi/ny been a lCnost keen follower oi the R¡ucgtby ga.me. .J. Llanelly Coroner pointed out on Mon- day that lasrt year there were 1,619 deaths of children from overlaying throughout the country; and he did not believe that the practice whoeh led to this kind of fa- tality so frequently would decrease until there was legislation making it a penal offence for parents to take their children to bed with them. There is no insuperable financial obstacles in the way of providing cots, even with the poorest of people and laws similar to that suggested already exist in some continental coumtries. Un- fortunately there ? the awkward fact tha.t the enforcement of such a law is extremely difficult in practice. The occur rence of a fatality would be good pioof of an infraction; but apart from render- ing at punishable, the law would serve no good purpose in the way of prevention—■ the sesence of good legislation. The provision of a Lunatic Asylum for Swansea Borough is now being taken up very earnestly by the Council. This is largely uue to the stimulus ;t-d by Mr. Living- ston, who talces a very keen interest in t.he matter. Mr. Hine, the architect, who has speciaifised the construction of buildings for asylums, is now preparing a report as to the site which to him appears most suita-bie, and the probable cost of buildings to aioooui- n;odate 400 or 500 in the fir-t instance, but eventually to house arout. 700 patients. But whilst this is being done several que^rtions of principle are at present undetermined. It has not been definitely decided whether the bor- ough will undertake to buri'lld either inde- pendently, or in conjuTKition with Merthyr, a nt>cw a.syiirni in preifeTenee to making a.n arrani^eriierii. with the ocromty authorities of Radnorshire and Bret.km.vck, or a joint occu- pation of t.h>2 Talga.rth Asylum. I^obajlly t-he memhers will oe in a better pctai.tion to judge between titoe nveirits of the respective sohepoes when pos-sesisied of definite informa- tion as to t.he profoable cost. Having re- GARD to tlhe fact that within two yea ITS at the oiut^set Bridigemd wilil no longer be ava.il- aiblc far Swansea'patients, it is desirable tlhaA a definite policy should be adojxfed without fuitlheff deflay. A question of great- public importance is raised by a decision in the Court, of Ap- peal tha.t a council has the right to ra- fuise burgesses admission to its meetings. Thifi arose from the suit by Mr, Mason, proprietor of the "Tenby Observer," against the Tenby Corporation, which ob- jected to his presence on the ground, not of a g-encTal objection to publicity, but, of his alleged incompetency to take accurate short-hand notes of its proceedings. The proceedings which ensued culminated in the above decision, which is very regret- table from many points of view. The real question at stake i.s the right of the press to attend and report such meetings, which is all that publicity amounts to, for the public never attend counÓlf meetings, save on more than a couple of occasions in the year, at the outside, unless pro- ceedings of a very rare character a,re an- ticipated. The general sentiment on pub- lic bodies is favourable to admission for the press on the whole, but there is a disposition to close the door. at times with many bodies, and one of the most valuable safeguards for the purity as well as the efficiency of administration, is the fullest and mofct general publicity. By this decision the right of the press to at- tend meetings rests on the suffierance of the council; and thought the latter are not likely to exercise this privilege often, the power is there all the same, and ava.il- aole for any reactionary member who de- sires to use it. It is most desirable that the law on this subject should be rapidly amended. "Truth" has been commenting upon the poorness of the stipends in Welsh country incumbencies, as the result of a couple of cases in which appeals for aid ha\e been issued from Welsh vicarages; and the question has been asked why Church pas- tors should require more than Nonconfor- mist mEsnisters. A more expensive sta-nd- point of living is expected in the first place; and cases are not unknown in which Nonconformist ministers add to their income—not always so exiguous a-s it is made out to be—-by agencies for books, watches, and the like. It is not uncom mon to invite them to accept appoint- mants for auch agencies. The whole country abounds with sianilaa- examples of poor livings, and there is no need to single out Welsh Church endowmente for special criticisms. In connection with the receuit appointment of th.e Bishop of SwaJi.sea to the living of Oantreff, in Bre- ccmshire, a protest is being offered on the grounds that the Ecclesiastical Commis- sioners are utilising j3700 out of £1,000 annually available from certain endow- ments for the purpose of augmenting the already remunerative living of Cantreff. It is suggested that the sum could be much beter applied to small but very wei- j come additions to the income of many poor vicarages and curacies. The other side of the case has not been presented, but the sum mentioned as apportioned for the augmentation of Cantreff living seems very large in proportion to the import- I aaaca of the appomtment-wbieh doos not cover veer w—tJoiis djeferiot. [ A London firm is saad to be contemplating f running motor car services on the Swansea- ciumbdes, Swansea-Bishopston, and Swan- sea-Parkmill-roads. Doubtless it knows its own business, but local opinion would be sceptical a-s to its success. The Mumbled route is adequately served, and except on holiday occasions., there would be next to no traffic available. There is certainly none worth speaking of to Bishopston, and no traffic available. Therois certainly none worth speaking of to Bishopston, and the possibilities as regards Parkmill are not very extensive. Save 011 holidays, nobody goes to the-.so places except on nobody goes to these places except on cycles. -+- I The chief point in connection with the railway dispute settlement was undoubt- edly the avoidance of a strike. The pub- Ik', in its relief at the removal of the prospect of such a calamity, naturally did ) not stop to si-rut.iiiiise the technical die- tails. Nor were the latter the concern of anybody outside the railway calling'- Fhe organisation of the conciliation boards formed under thp scheme of the Board of Trade, is Iteing attended with consider- able difficulty, however. The companies have offered to pay the men's delegates' expenrses; it is desirable that the latter i should be independent from a theoretical trades union standpoint, and the sugges- tion is being conveyed, or at any rate, imagined, that this reR>i^e)e.nts a d-astire for the judicious "packing" of the boards to suit the companies' bock. This after- math of the dispute and crisis was brought before the attention of the Swansea pub- Lie by the raciwaymen's meeting on Sun- day, which passed a. resolution protesting against surh an offer—made, perhaps after all—quite innocently, without a sugges- tion of the motives attributed to it. After an the dissatisfaction with their limited powers which the groups of school managers have been expressing through- out the country for a long period, there were only five groups represented at the comfexen' e which \va> held at Aber- 5.von last week, with a view to an attempt to remedy the disabilities under whieh ¡ they conduct their work at present. A lew;ution was pasted, hoping that pro- vision would be made. in the new Educa* tion Bill for the delegation to represen- tative bodies, of powers to maintain exist- ing and erect now schools to deal with j teachers in every capacity; to levy a j special rate f<ur -special focal pmposes. Decentralisation is certainly needed, but we cannot expect the G'^itiorgan County » Council for examnle to give much support 1 to these requests for virtual autonomy. That estimable body desires local control, and the more of it the merrier, for the. furtherance of jts own particular political policy. Independent local bodies which could afford to snap their lingers at it are the last thing in the world it would de- sire to witness being biought into exis- fence. So far as the so-cai<;ed "Education" Bill is concerned. it will be a considerable surprise to find a word in it dealing with an unquestionable grievance in the matter of educational administration. LegaJ decisions—apparently of the harshest and most objectionable character in their consequence. -frequently call a.t- tention to some glaring oversight in the law of the land, which otherwise would remain unremedied. The Appeal Court has hist decided tha.t assistant masters in secondary schools may be dismissed with- out notice or reason assigned. ihis is. of course, from every poi-nt of view, gross in- justice. But it summariseis the law on the subject as it s-tands at present. The in. evitable effect will be that rsvs.st.ant tea- chers in this branch of education will. in view of their insecurity of tenure, try to find some more reliable employment, and that men of a good character a.nd training wilil refuse to endeavour to obtain occupa- t-ion if so precarious a nature. A decline in the zÐal and efficiency of the teaching staff carries with it as a matter of course, roost serious detriment to naLonal educa- tion. Yet, if public opinion on the mat- ter is not s4- Ivi-rd to action, there is a fair probability of a grievance so dan- gerous in its possibilities, being left un- rectified. And public opinion does not. as a rule, care to interest itself in such relatively obscure matters, a.nd there, is no mechanism for bringing cffci tive pres- sure. to bear, when it refuses to concern itself with defects thc.-t urgently need re- medy and ar-e not particularly easy to repair -+- The dumped American baxs are flowing steadily through the open door at South Wales ports, and steelmakers are being hard hit already. Many are allied with tinplate works, and are to that extent im- mune^ others who have been Ions i'ortu- nate are suffering severely, and in the meantime the Midland trade, representing an annual turnover of £ 360,000 has been lost to South Wales. Tinplate makers have the comfort of knowing that their American confreres are protesting agy.:11st this supoly of semi-raw material to com- petitors jacrotis the Atlantic at so much cheaper rates than they have to pay, and they have also the benefit, such as it is, of "being able to purchase at ridiculously low rates if they choose. This is all rose j water a.nd rose loaves for the present; T j-body denies that dump'ng is, tonsid- ered from a very restricted and' short- sighted point of view, good for the tln- plate industry. The tro.ible is that the steel-making trade is every whit as much i deserving of consideration, and that it is; m a fair way of being ruined by these im- portations, which are not absolutely es- sential to the tinplate trade to-day. Mean- while furnaces at such works as the Cy- farthfa are being blown out, and hundreds of men have the prospect of idleness in the near future. Assuredly some things are decidedly for the worst in this indif- ferently manag-jd free trade world. A fog which for density and duration has not been equalled in Swansea within the memorv of the oldest inhabitant, began early on Saturday morning, a.nd confirmed without intermission for twenty-four hours. It practically disappeared dunng Sunday, but the tail-end of it appears to ( hare struck this district between mld- night and 6 o'clock on Sunday morning. It was the cause of ■•onsidera-bie discomfort and inconvenience. To it may be attri- buted a.t least one death, for a Norwegian saiilor in leaving his ship to seek the town, appears to have wailked into the South; Dock. The distribution of the fog (which w¡u; probably due to the warm currents ot air from the west and south passing over seas of a lower temperature), was most peculiar places in the Swan .sea Valley: were not affocted at all, although the sides of whole Bristol Channel for a few mikss Inward were be-fogged.. On the whole it woukl be substantially correct to say that the fog was confined 10 the ml- mediate amus abutting upon the sea or large rivcre. ProbabJy, not a few disas- ters were caused by it on aea, but the full extant of these will not be ascertained for segue tsiia getL. Mr. Josiaii Barter, M.I., of Messrs. Baldwins' Works, Landpre, read a paper on Saturday night before the Staffordshire Iron and Steel Institute, on the Manufac- ture of Concrete Bricks from blast fur- 1 na.ce and other slag. It appears that ex- ( periments carried out at Messrs. Baldwin's in 1904, led to the construction of a large plant on a German principle, which is cap- able of an output of 45,000 bricks daily. One of the most suggestive sigxi^ f>t the advance being made with the applied sciences is the growing practice of litfis- ing in various ways, what have in the past been regarded as the useless bye- products of large works. There is every) reason for believing that in the course of tijne nearly all the slag and otheT which do so much to disfigure the la.nd-} scape in Wales will be used up for con- crete and other purposes. Manufacturers are showing the right kind of wisdom in devoting special attention to these possibi- lities. he Local Government Board returns of the expenditure of various public bodies upon the relief of pauperism make doleful reading for the public. Either the poor ten years ago were being very insufficiently relieved, o-r their numbers have since in- creased enormously beyond all proportion to the growth of the population, assum- ing that the industries supporting the lat- ter have remained reasonably prosperous. Swansea .spent during the 1:I,,<;t financial year the nun of £44,203 against £26,000 in 1896. Yet the increase il1 the popula- tion during that period has been some- thing like ten to fifteen per cent. only. It is interesting to note that out of the tot-at t sum expended..632.000 went in relief, and £12..000 in salaries, buildings, loan charges, etc. In ot-hor "lords. out of every three- pence paid by the ratepayers for the re- lid of the poor, slightly less than two- pence reaches its destination. When the Government in China. or Russia makes a levy for the relief of sufferers from flood or famine, officials pocket a large percen- tage, but the balance does get distributed. Our administration in this country is more honest, but alarmingly costly; the net result is thus not so very different to the. sufferer. Cardiff spent £90,826 against £5.3,973 Neath £28,9.33--£18.066; Pon- tardawe £9,21)1-£6,417; Gower £ 3,286— £2,702; and Llanelly £15.786-£12,603. Llanelly and Gower, it will be noted, to judge by their returns, were ki the enjoy- ment of a high and well-sustained degree of prosperity during the decade, and the comparatively small growth suggests that in these districts at any rate the Guar- dians have contrived to perforin their duties with charity to the poor—which is common enough—and with justice to the ratepayers, which is flecidedly rare. The policy of the Guardians varies greatly, with reference to the question of outdoor' and indoor relief. Swansea spends rough v three pounds on outdoor to every one pound (.,11 indoor maintenance; Cardiff £2 to £1; Neath £9 to JBl; Pontardawe £9 to £1; Gower £5 to J31; and Llanelly £4 to £1. The figures are certainly very creditable to the two latter unions.
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A SWANSEA DANGER. At what seemed one of the early stages m the negotiations between the flour mill owners o! Swansea and their work- men. events took a sharp turn suddenly whtch precipitated 1 strike, fhotiTh h,oUr t sides had consi.-tently expTAcjed a desire to avoid it. The reason was that in con- sequence of some alterations to the prinoi- pal engine the, men had boon employed on a "day to day" work during the previ- ous two weeks, and advantage was teken od this by the Union of the men -to with- draw the latter at a few hours' notice, and so create a {>osi tion of extreme embttr- rassrnent for the employers. Happily in the course of the next few days it was 1.("11:1 [xissible to arrive at a compromise which en.abi.ed.vork to be resumed on Thmfday morning last. HaD the strike gone on, developments were probable which would have involved the whole business of the harbour, and this over a dispute which concerned only a compara- i tively small class of workmen. For one of the means which Mr. Harry WHliams, the men s leader deluded upon for sue- eeos waa his control over the various <las!icfc 01 dock workmen who were to be instructed to block by every possible means any vessel that might arrive with cargo for either of the two mills, and to render as difficult as possible the trans- portation of flour or other material from the mills for distribution. Had things reached t.his pass, one of the extreme prab- abilities of the situation was a general strike which would bring the business ot the port practically to a standstill. For one thing is virtually certain—the influ- ence of the Shipping Federation would hase been invoked'for the protection of the affected boats ,and a straggle of considerable proportions there.by be em- barked upon. The realization of this has brought home vividly to shippers and others the great danger to which the port is exposed in an arrangement by which a local industrial dis- pute, affecting low-ever few men, may start a general conflagration. Mi- Harry vVil- liamis anticipates such accessions of strength to his Union in the immediate future that the membership will run to 6,000 or 7,000, all presumably ready to "down tools" when- eye;, asked to do so, to enforce the demands of any section, however small their num- ber. This is a great danger to the port. It is not undesirable that the workmen around the. docks should be organised, for terms can more easily be made and maintained with lesis difficulty with an organised than with a number of disorganised units, but it is necessary all tive, same that the labour organisation should not be permitted to hold the field alone. Sooner or later the busi- nesses which employ the men will also or- ganise, and in the public interests it is ear- nestly to be hoped that organisation will not end at .this point. In the coal, iron, and tinplate trade Conciliation Boards have made peace the normal condition in Wales and averted many a strike. It should be pos- sible to prevent them in„Swangea by a Con- ciliation Board on which the two sides were represented, with, if possible, an impartial chairman from outside to deal with labour disputes promptly azkl effectively, and tnake unnecessary recourse being ha/1 to the bar- barism. of a strike. The' public interests de- UIIIH. liimnj -afaaaB V mwidBd if ou'f to mdtttejfss rie irreparable dajna^ being done to the port 8 dap maybe to some ■trrsfcehed dispute aif&eting only 3 small minority of the ( workmen, If i^enanee of pea^ is th* every- civilised eeunlry, jaiso h the maintenance ef neeee the feist | interest of every industry, and tbe merai of fche recent strike at Met*??.. Weare;^ a? we read it, is that there le en imperative need of oome competent trÜnmàJ <.« employee end employed to aJjYÆ!t their dil* I ferenwesi
fNEATH NOTES.
f NEATH NOTES. Football v. Fog. "Enjoy the ga>ne, BiM?" "Go to grass.' "What's the matter." I "Everything." "Bristol beer bad, eh? Head corre^ ponding, eh?" "1\0, head's allright." "Li ver!" Liver, be blowoo." "Why, what on earth's the matter"?" hy, I've told you—everything." "Well, shiver my timbers if I van un- derstand you." "You would if you'd been there." Well. tell us all about it." The above colloquy took place on the Neath Railway Hatfonn at about 5.30 on Sunday morning, when one of the be- lated ones arrived home from Bristol. Like many others he had got mixed up with the trains, and was in quite as dense a fog when he got to Neatll as he was when on the Bristol City ground. "I'm going to tell you nothing until we get to happy Cecil-street, the home of my fathers, and shan't tell you anything then if the missus hasn't got the beer in." At 6.30 he wrs in thie pxak, é1I1d he consented to give his experiences winch, however, I can but imperfectly cbescrtbe, the expletives being crowded out for want of space. "vVelI," began the Cecil-street racon- teur, "wa left Neath just before 10 o'clock. The sun was shining, and everyone was in fine spirits. We had sat up nil night, you know, Jack. discussing the great event." "Yes, I know." replied Jack, fondling his head. "We got to Bridgend." "Didn't keep you there?" "Look here, who's this taie, you or I?" "You." "WoIl then, hold hard a bit "After we passed Bridgend we got into the fog. MiJc after mile the fog in- creased, until we reached Cailiff." "vVere the refreshment roevrs open?" "Of course they were, it was -iot. tweive o'clock." "From Cardiff there was more fog, and the train went bu.t slowly. And we all be- gan to worry ourselves. Some of the Ixiys began to d'own their sorrow." "You didn't, of course?" "Look here, Jack, do you want to hear or not? Pass the jar," "To cut a long story short, we reached Ash ton Gate iust before two o'clock, and proceeded to the field, whrch was ''lose by." "Didn't you have a ca,]!?" "Oh. I forgot that. We called at an hotel near the field, but the b-tffcr was strong to us, and we didn't stay lone- Just ae I got on the field, the bunds played "God save the King., They were all looking at me, so I took off rrv hat n-nd bowed. It came out aft :hat v.- 'v* the Lord-Mayor they were t»!aying ai. c; that wn-s a mere detail. Th -re was a >• crowd of people, plenty o{_ err; 'wear r, leeks, while thousands of wc\ifiw& roses. n; of the fog the band was pi "We could hear it." "Presently there went up a great shout, and on came Harding with tlwgaUant Welsh lads at his heek. When they had di-s-aopea,rod in the fog, Mr. Birkett led his men on, and there wa-S another big fihout. Oh. I forgot to say we saw the hand leave the field just before that. "The men lined un. We could see iiaiii a dozen of 'em. Then the tun began. S'elp mv goodness, you never saw siich a thing. Why. you couldn't see it. There was a field. There was no doubt about that. There were 30 players and a ref- eree. We saw them going on And there were thousands of spectators. We could hear 'em shouting. I turned ro ind to Mack and I said. 'Mack, this ain't no blooming good. let's go outside.' 'WTait a. bit.' says Mack, .'it'll lift in a minute.' 'Lift, be h'owed.' said T, 'ii's getting thicker.' Now Mack was smart. Never thought he was before. Know what, he did? No. Thought not. 'Why he'pats his hand into his pocket and brings out a pair of night glasses. 'Fc* or no fog. says bf. 'we're allrtght. "So he fixes 'em up, a.nd gazes through them. Some minutes passed, during which j] pi^erlv waited for the result." "Teen a great shout went u-n. Some- thing had happened. 'What is it?' I asked of Mack." J "Hrvw the dickens do T know." "Thought YOU could see through the fO £ "He made no replv." "I went to ^11 gentleman and re- peated th" qyery." "Bush has DROWNED a gon-' he said. "How do vdn know?" I aeked. "Don't know," he replied, "only heard f-O. v "I went bs.ck to Mack. Mack had gone had sone. in sc-arch of the Bristol boun- der. But it was allright. Bush had scored and I sent un a cheer. And be- fore the echo had died away, a mighty shout went c. '/>. "What's happened?" said T to a man standing by." "Tetter go arid inquire," said he. "fco I went in to 'Hotsnur' and said, "Hotsn"r. what's the mn-tter out there "WTinfie.'{i's kicked a goal" fifcid he." "How do you know." said I." I "Second sight- said he "Thankee." "And I went to mv plaŒ "The foor was as thick as ever. I strained mv eyes, hut could only see a few ghosts flitting hither and thitijgJ. Up to now I had seen the ball twi'^ and a few of the men five or six times., ^T*was getting tired. And I savs to myself. 'THij^th's is no bloom- ing n-ood.' So I went to the pub, where the whiskev was homelv "if the beer was strange. Mack was there arguing with a strange. Mack was there. arguing with a man about air-gun shooting. There no range in the house. So he was fect-ly s.afe. He told the chn.ps that wn-s talking to that he had nut on 6* seeut-ive bulls at the P„ovai. One c fellows Sniid he was e^liar. and am- knocked him down. Then there yas a fio-ht which T icine-d. and we soon cleared the room. Then the rn" f'q clear ed us. "Just then I met a teletrranh boy and asked him how the crame was coing." "Forwa-rd," said he. ar|d I felt a. n't small. However, a ooHceman wn-s better mannered. Fro renficd "v..n". "HaUtiffiti" score. Wales 42 point. FncT-and ml." "Then we went back to the pub But thev wouldn't serve po. BI1,t we c-—-n t"1md another, and N1,i-ck and T. bel .d 011f- se!ves so well that they let us have eichr whiskies each and forsrot the z at the nnisn. I'm goine to t?. the oTd wo- man that they n-Te a n-esent from Bris- toOl." "We heard a jrreat deal of shorrti-rc. 3"d WnlP T.'aneMv hoys ënmp ruc tbe ) nub shoutinsc :>1 rrjrr" 1,.1''1< Th??i we knew it wa.s nllricht WaW had I won bv 28 points to IF- W^ a,Vo (.bought of that policempn." "And that'" IllY". the <rn»at i m:lteh, And we saw *>« .ch of :1. .)",t I people .1;1. 1 '~l~h 1 "-0n .il1 I nick the vame F,' Ar" ,n r' -4 w^rth his place. And if t^ey ,)1 ,1,. *>rr'n for another fog. we'll i>ea.t ^'i-itlard. t<» Drink up." 1 GBfiEKyHE.