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To Cap Colony, Nata.i, Dflagoa Bay, Beira, Etc., calling frequently at Madeira, Las Palmas, Teneriffe, Ascen- sion, an 1 St. Helena. Weekiv Saa-'ings, East Paas*ge. Superior A ecomniotiatson. Bet4 Routes For Rates of Passage money and all further irtormiiAion apply to the Managers, Donald Carrie ami Co., London. or local agents. 1. Nature's Perfect Remedy for all kindt of Worms. OEM LOZENGES. For over 30 years this highly Valuable Remedy has met with the greatest success. The effect upon Weak, Delicate Qiildrea (otte" given up as incurable) is like magic. Getting rid oi his tormenting pests by tak- ing these Lozenges, the thin, pale-faoed in- animate Chi-) becomes strong, healthy, and lively, the pride instead of the anxiety of his GUARDIANS. AUGUST 30th, 1872. Dear Bir,—My youegt-st daughter, Emma Aan, 13 years of age, got rid of a great num- ber of worms by taking only three or four of Williams' (Pontardawe) Worm Lozenges. I am glad to say that sbe has much improved in health, being previously lingering and Mitcate in bcaltb.-Yours very truly, MARTHA GRIFFITHS, Late of Ynispenllwch. SYMPTOMS. — Any of the following Symptoms indicate wormsVariable appe- tite, foetid breath, acid eructations, pains in the stomach and head, sickness, grinding of the teeth during sleep, dreams and rest. lessness, paleness of the coontentucce, ttitCttbS in the side, short dry cough, and emaciation of the body. often mistaken for decline, nervousness, slow fever, xnd irre- gular pulse faintness, sometimes convulsive fits, often causing sodden death; dizziness, •ore threat and inflammation of the bowei3. The above symptoms vary according to the kind of Worms. The Lozenges contain nothing detrimental to the constitution, and are (suitable for all ages. Williams' (Porrtardawe) Worm Lozenges are prepared from the Original Receipt by JOHN DAVIES. M.R.P.S., Chemist, 20, High-street, Swansea, and sold by most chemists at 9^d., 13 £ d., and 2s. 9d. per box by post 14 and 34 stamps. Protected by the Government ftamp on which are en- graved the ivords W illiazns Worm Los. engea." RATS NO MORE RATS KATS greedily eat RODINE I^AT POI- SON Kiils millions annually. Re- sults simply amazing. Certain death and absolute exterminator. A CHEMICAL vel. Prices, 6d., Is., 2s., 3s., 5S. P06* 2d.—Harley, chemist, Perth. Agents: E. Griffiths, Chemist, Herbert- street, Pontardawe; J. Nicholas, Drug Stores, Llandovety. 501D4-3 NEATH-UNIOK. TO TRADESMEN. AND OTHERS. The GUARDIANS of the NEATH UNION HEREBY INVITE TENDERS for the Supply of Meat. FRLOUR AM Butter, Groceries. COIXL. HOOTS Uotlung, Fish. Coffins. eff> Po1».toes. Porter s Lmform, Earthenware. CHEMIST 1^. Ironmongery, STR.-iw (Cottage HORM^- DRTILPER^R]NTLN8- Stationery AND W.k>J (for I; irew^xl for .he Workhouse), to be defivei'TFI AT HOUSE. NEATH, tnev-T, 5 HOMES. RUYNCobH. N £ A 1 H, | also for Coal Only to the RELIEF JA STATION". Water Street. Neath, arid tor the Accommodation of Vagrants (at per month) for Six Months, and Milk to the Workhouse FOR Twelve Months. Contractors ARE asked to tender accord IN £ to the Guardians' standard SAMPLES, which are kept at the Workhouse. AND may be seen on application to the Matron within reasonable hours during the week ending the 14th March. Stat.emonts as to the estimated quantity likely to 00 required and conditions of contract and forms of tender (in which FORMS "lone TENDERS will BE received) may bo had 0.1 application to the undersigned not later than Friday, the 13th day of March. 1908. Sep;U- T- TENDERS must bo delivered for the COT'AGE Homes. ALL TENDERS must be GEN LED artn EN DORS ED and EF^'IVERED al the Offices or the Clerk before 12 o'clock noon 4C)1 11 on Monday, the 16th DAY of Man h. 1903.: and no tender will be considered if not re- ceived bv the Clerk on or before that day and honr. The Guardians do not bind themselves to accept any tender and reserve power to ar-oe.pt any tender in its entirety or any portion of any tender. By Ctrder. HOXVET, Clerk to the Guardians. Water Street. Neath. 5th March, 1908. 6896 LLANDOVERY. WHIT-MONDAY, JUNE 8, 19U8. GRAND BRASS BAND, MALE VOICE AND SOLO CONTESTS, TIMBERING AND AMBL'EANCL: COM- PETITIONS, CARNIVAL AND BICYCLE GYMKHANA. Brass Band Contest, o CLafisc-ts. Maio Voice Content:—PIVZES.— 1st, £ 40; 2nd £10. IE^T PIECTC, "Ine Voice of the Torrent" (Pa-hiwdJ, AMI "Lovely Maiden" lPughe Evans). PrograIIHlhJS, with t'tiii particulars, may BE OBTAINED 01 the Hon. bee., M. 11. NICHOLS, Upton Jrlouae, Llandovery. G L A M O R G A N uTlCE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hext General Qumter Sessions oi the Peace for the County of Glamorgan will be hol- dun at the Town of Swansea, in and for the sc.J County, on Tuesday, the 7th day of April, 1908. at Eleven of the clock in the Forenoon of the tame day, when the Jus- tices then present wi.J proceed with t-he General BUTANES* RELATING to the Public Affairs of the County. 0 THE Grand and Petty Jurors and persons bound by subpoena or recognizance must attend at the above-mentioned day and hour. All aippe-als must be entered before the sitting of the Court-on the aJbove-mentioned I day. and the same will be heard alter the conclusion of the Criminal Business unless the Court shall otherwise orcier. Any costs: allowed 11111:1. be taxed during the same Sessions, unless by consent. Depositions and rrvr.gniz^incies atre to be de'iver^d to me by Tuesday, the dlst day of March. 1938. T. MANSEL FRANKLEN. Cick of the Peace. Card'if. 7th March. 1908. 1467 rj^'o T T':T. an.1 DweTllntj-houge. sutt«.hlo 1. fur Tailor nr Shoemaker.—Apply Mrs. Prythercb. Halfway, n««r Llandovery. I Cem.3-14 A well-known Seed and Nursery Firm is -a. riesi'rous of apix'inting suitable Agents ■'> .-ell on commission in districts where they ara not represented.—Write, luil particulars, to Seeds, "Cam brL'an." Swancr»t. 1466 TO LET. Thre^ Horse Shoes, Pontarlleche. I -t Apply to H. V. Watkins, Llandovery. 1463T.am.3-6 S. ALE -10 Hearses and Washhington Cars, a Mourning Coaches, Brakes. Char-a-bancs, Landaus. 10 Hansoms; low prices; some equal [ new —Catalogues Marston, 24. Bradford-street, R' rrp Ingham 1440Cam.5-23 be IvOt, Furni^'oed, tor waiter and sum- -•. mer months, ciiarmingly situated Resi- dence, facing due south, standing in own grouruAs. overlooking Langland Bay, tSiree ) Rcoeptlon Booins, large Entrance Hall, s«fv>en Bedrooms, etc. Laundry, Acetylene lighting, Stables and Oarage, leiephone 15 minutes' wttik from station.—Write Box 300. "D<uly Post," Swansea. 615g3-6 rpo Tinplaie Works, SpeKor Works, eibc.— -A Adverti-<er (young), a Metal Agent and Broker in London, w.th 20 years' experience of the Metal Markets, Tin plates, Black Plates, Minerals, Residues, and general trading, de- sires to take up Agencies. Good connection at home and abroad. I-ir^t-clafs references. In- terviews arranged.—Reply Metope, 167, Dea- con's, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C. 818g3-20 DEATH. mokPTCE—Mar^h 31oh. at. Dyiyevor Hotwe, Ox- ton. CheslHre, aged 87 veers, Andrew WebPteff Morrieet Funeral T a f«day, 10th inst. t Oh 4-13
'V'-" Ile Cambrian.
'V' Ile Cambrian. FRIDAY, MARCH 13. 1908. NOTES ON MEN & THINGS "English spoken here; American under- stood," is, according to Mr. Maiden, who lectured ill Swansea, one of the notices in a Norwegian town. "If there is one town in the United Kingdom which is a working town it is Blandly."—(Mr. G. S. Harries at SWANSEA Chamiver yf Oomraeroe -banquet.) It is reported that for next year's Cham- ber of Commerce dinner Lord Tredegar is to ho invited, and that he will lead off the speak- ing, so as to set a cheerful example. At Llansawel the population in 1811 was 1.000: in 1831 it was 1.024; in 1881, 944 and in 1907, 800. Which seems to suggest that Llansawel will have to wake up, other- wise it will find itself off the map. It has been remarked that Professor Hughes' lectures on Welsh history at Swan- soa, are thronged, whilst the corresponding lectures at Cardiff are very sparsely at- tended. Welsh nationalism has a hard 5tnggle in the capital. Master Tom Ellis, son of the late Mr. T. E. Ellis, M.P., took part in a com- petitive meeting the other day, and won second prize for reciting Ceiriog s "Nant y Mynydd," and also second prize for re- citing a Welsh hymn, open to competitors under ten years. The punishment for aggravated man- slaughter in early Welsh history was to send the wrong-doer to sea. He was placed in a coracle of wicker framework, which was covered with hide only one fold deep, and containing neither food, oar, nor rudder. Thus defenceless, he was committ-ed to the v, inds and waves. It is not on record that the rriisdeameanant ever committed a second offence The STATEMENT of the Roman Catholic] Bishop of Newport and Menevia, that the life of Father Fitzgerald was in all pro- bability shortened by his aaxiety to pre- serve St. Joseph's school, was justified in the fact that in the delirium induced by the fatal last fever HIS utterance.* bore chiefly on that SUBJECT, and the wanton unfairness of the Swansea Local Education Authority. j Lord Giant awe's joke regarding the knighting of the new Solicitor-General was praiseworthy a8 an effort to impart he II.^HT spirit into after-dinner oratory, but IT would hardly stand close analysis- In OIDEN days a Samuel made a King nowa- days we live under niore democratic con- ditions. and A King made a Sir Samuel. Now the dispensation of honours from the throne is in line with Pure monarchy; Samuel, a PIFBIAN. making a King, was more democratic proceeding. That was a good Irish story about a rebel I band told by .\1 r. E. A. Johns at Swansea tree Library. Their principles WOULD not allow them to play "God save the King," but they were willing to play. of Oak" as a compromise. They were en- gaged on the terms of being pa.id half the amount charged by another band engaged AT the SAI— ..NOUOC =*• -•■UL WERE rendeit.I other O.-RNL WO«-.D not charge for iau AND rebo. ? iot are still ENGAGED it OOPNIIAG HOV niiteil half of tba* «AU AWWEAT «?. ft is time such a. Commission as that pro- posed by Mr. LLEWEFYN Williams, M.P., took the ancaent mcaNunenfts of Wales in hand The present meane for their protection a.re wholly inadequate. Often a croirilecii is at, too mecay of, perhaps, an ignorant farmer. "An enterprising yoang seaman, 32 years of age, name*! Matthew Noei. sailed from Swansea far St. Ives on Friday last in the schooner Richard, with no roul out hiniseit on hoard, and reached his destination in safety on the following morning-an instance we believe unparalleled in coasting annais. —("Cambrian," March 11, 1808.) Thrift is the beginning of advancement in all these matters." said Colonel Wright at the Gwalia. Provident meeting, and turn- ing to Mr. Turpin, shipowner, he added that he and I have both got on because we saved our sixpences." Twopences, in mv case," put in Mr. Turpin. In the Prince of Wales Dry- Dock, Swan- sea, at present there are two steamers—THE Cheriton (of Swansea) and the Alice M. Craig, a frequent Swansea trader—both of which grounded abroad and are being re- paired whilsit another, the s.S. Cuba, s.trock aonie wreckage, and is in tbe same dock. I The "plans and particulars" of a Swansea property- announced for sale on Tuesday P'A A r';¡.1t witsr.)) A 15 miles' radius of the town there are "two hundred and forty col- lieries, thirty-one ironworks, thirty-one tin- works, four steelwoiks, six spelter works, nineteen copper works, and forty miscellan- eous works. A Swansea commercial traveller tails a story r., SECRET commissions. "I cannot taue a bribe,' remarked a customer. Replied THE traveller, "I know you LIKE a good cigar, and thought to PRESENT you with a box. "No, no, let me pay you a shilling for t^em, said the customer. But 1«oking ;n his pocket, he found he had no LESS than a I two shilling piece. Nor could the traveller give change. "Oh, rever mind," said the customer, "you may make :t two boxes A writer on the secret societies of Londo:1 describes Swansea as "the iaiesi acquisition of the Yiddish speaking Anarchist tedera- tdon of Great Britain and Ireland, which al- ready has eighteen branches in the United I Kingdom, and which is making steady pro- gress. A loyal town like Swansea does not SEEM a likely place lor an Anarchist propa- ganda. to take root (adds the "Mail unless the gentle alien has been encouraged by tlie wretched failure of Mr. McKenna to asocrt his authority. For Maoemie Patti. the admiration of Mr. WLiheLm GANR-, (who is celebrating h-is musi- cal diamond jubilee) is practically boundless. "She is the greatest singer I know, the un- OHALILESNGED t^ueen of Song of the age." he! declared. "And, like Jenny Lind. she IS gifted with a mo;T unarming and genero-us nature. Ten years ago she appeared at my jubilee concert, and PROMISED then tliat she would sing again a.t NIY diamond jubilee, j That time has now arrived, and next May, j at the Queen's Hall, the great diva wiiil take. part in the OA'JED.IRAT.ION of my sixtieth anni- versary AS a musician." What is tbe real truth about the Welsh I language? First it is in no sort of danger of dying out, and the number of persons wli, taJk Welsh by preference is certainly greater al- the present time than it has ever I been known to !*>. probably greater than it he." ever been. It is. of course, AN lntcrcst- inb survival, and, AS has been ,.¡;id, it is I very living survival, so that it does not stand in any need at all of tender treatment. If it should die out, the ioss would as- suredly not be without its compensations. Vol ales, in fact, suffers not a little from her In-ng-uage."—(Mr. Vincent in the Cornhill." I It is strange that in a county like Car-) manthen, with its rare and beautiful land- scape. castles, cromlechs, AND other anti- quitics, no really good historical guid? is in existence. The fact was deplored by Mr. Mervyn Feel at Llangadock this wtek. Later in the evening Mr. Morgan Henry Williams, Llansadwrn, a Iwother of Mr. W. Lleweivn Williams, M.P., revealed t-lie fact, that a quarter of a century aL;,o Alderman John Be van, Doifeinog, Llansao wrn, who i- an old schoolmaster., wrote a text-book o Carmarthenshire for children. That hov. from which he (Mr. Williams) La-rut prac-I ticallv all he knew about Carmarthen nire history, was now practically OUT of print. I' It will have been noticed (says the "South Wales Daily News") that the re- corder of a borough or city is entrusted with the duty of reading public address on civic occasions. THIS has always been the custom in Cardiff and Swan* the I town clerks readily yieiding that prece- dence. The custom has been the subject of keen discussion in Northampton and the Lord Chief Justice has been asKed tor his opinion. He as given IT as his un- T T.HE Welsh custom DOUBTED OPINION THAT T' QOU T>.„ MIES$!ON IS M ETFECT IS THE RIGHT ONE. THE Q OF GOVERNED BY SECTION THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.^ gives the recorder precedenc Mayor. Mayor. I THE STANZAS OF LIFE- MORNING. God newly male a little child. \nd plac d it in a home, And two FOND hearts upon it bTfllld Becou-e their light had come. j They gave it back to Him who gave, To jteep it pure and sweet. To :nak.e the light both bright and brave Against the storms 'twould meet. The dawning ot that mom was fair, I Faith looVd out from her eyes, And t,G fond hearts sent up a pray'r To God for this fair priz,e. NOON. Like all Cod t: things, she hourly grew. In purity and grace, And gently every wind that blew, 1-resa'd kisses on her face. Jjove fought. her in the noon .If Lie, 1'hL^ time when earth is heav n, And ickoci her could she be a wife, And .:<):.11 a "yes" be g-ven. T, hearts that lov d, 'neath noonday sun l,ook'd up with gladsome eyes, And thank'd God for the joy begun; For 1<)ve His sweetest prize. EVENING. The till-Ad-es of e ea crept gently round Each bent a.nd silvery head, The children's toys were on the ground. But the children were dead. Sweet faith and love and peace was there, Contentment and delight. God saw the shadows on the pair. And said "I JCt it be light r' Agp doth not dim the light that gleams I Prom out their holy eyes, FoT, after faith and love, it seems peace is God's greatest prize. I Children of the mortling. Children of the noon, Children of the erendng God is coming soon. Life with all its sunshine, with all its shade, Sluaii '«te. iu -■ | Oi iieiv,' tv newly ink, Trrr^« JUABCSZ MMrrSMKIt* Rumours have L*V.T1 persnsitently afloait for the PAST few weeks to tlie C-rection ot a. new theatre for Swansea, Alexandra-ioad being named AS a. likely aLte. With four places of entertainment open, and all do- ing reasonably wet!, there wouid not- ap- pear to be much likelihood of the project being realised unless t.he promoters have a grect deal of surplus money, no more original idea. of dirt;: paot;i ng it. Anticipations in several quarters that the new Army Scheme would be very tvn- favourably X^ECCIVED by the Voiunteers, HAS been agreeai'O-ly faleiifieid JN the case of the 1st G.V.A., CI.t Sw;ir.sea, who are to he converted ireto a heavy gun battery. Ninety-five per cent. of the men have agreed to re-engage in the territorial Army a.fter learning the terms. The authoritaes, by the way, have found THEMCSEIIVES under the necessity of withdrawing the origuvaJ SET of attestation papers and suLet-;tut*ag jor them documen-ta worded in a more ChestarfieldiaJi manneT. The first set is- sued were needlessly objectionable in the severity of their wording. The projected establishment of an asy- lum for Swansea upon Olyne Common or Fairwood Common overlooks one feature which is Mkeiy to be brought prominently before the attention of the public, should the ide«. ever materialise. And THS is the QUEFTIOT! of the leg;1.liiy of appropr.at- ing to this UISE common land. The landed cla-iscs have received —to a. great extent DESORVEVL'Y- considei-a,bl« a^nount of cri- ticism for t,hei.T gradual absorption of com- mons, and it will be roiretiiing to see a municipality condemned for a. simi'ar act of F^OIIA,T ON for a cha<nge. The (Jorruncms JND Footpaths Soc'ety has i.Ik- matter under consideration, a.nd has decided to oppowe any srte,ps which may be taken by SWAFFVSEA Council towards t.be ut-I'VI'.ION of com- mon land, for t.he purpose alluded to. RcughJy speaking. South Wales RAISES one ton of evorv five mined M the Lnited Kingdom. !• 'gur#« submitted TO the South WSJES Cofhiowners ASSOCI^ on at it. annual MEETING t.hif,. week show that 1 a.Jt, year t.he district prodtK-ed 49.978,196 tons, of which the associated cctllier <>: ac- counted for 38.031,918. C'a.RDIFF driisirict PRODUCES 26.230,.C00 tons Newport dis- trict 9.180,139 tons; and the Swansea dis- 4,169.132 tons..WKIIst, out of 940.618 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN the industry", I9O,260 W-^RE dom.:ciied in South Wa'es last year. At tbe moderate computation ea»*h indi- vidual representing, on an average, a household of three all tod—HUSNARY1. wife and one chi.\i't.here is in South Wales the IMPRESSIVE number of 470,000 PCRWIS d-c- F.<e.ndent for their cki..ly bread upon the produce of coal mining. If it WERE not for the lodger vote which :;5 a.pt to :LI ri n k or expand In proportion TO the amoumt of work put in by the re- GUSTRATION agents f<C the poiitw-AL parties, we would have in the okcLoral returns JUST Eiubimitted to Pariiajnent a fairly ac- cira.TE index to the rate of growth in VARIOUS divisions. Even .3,<; it it- the re- turn is rather in^iructive. In Swaaisea town the numbers CI rr'«>ctors has increased from 11,101 in 1907, to 12,149 In 1908, a gain of over 1,000. In Gower Division the respective numbers are 14 003 for 19)7. and 14,705 for 1938; in East Carmar- then 11,283 ard 11,426; in Swansea, dis- trict 12.187 and 12,280, and in Carmarthen Boroughs 6.433 and 6.521. From these 1 FWRO'R*; it won'd a.prv.W that the popula- tion is incroasirg more rapidly in Swan- sea. town than in any other pa.rt of West W'ales, aoid that the next to it in growth IS the Gower Division. At the adjourned Swansea County Li- censing S?&ftons great plav was made by the objectors to the rene-wals of certain licences on the MW3 that chapels in the vicinity had PASSED resolutions adverse to that STON. In one case if was stated that the number of 'FFIGN-ATCIRX* to a pe-titon I organised by the CLXTPE^S ra.n into five hun- dred. It is pretty plain that rf the signa- tories were a.t all hODest in their opinions thev would not draw th-a line at merelv ;ffixing their names- to a petition, but would also WITHDRAW their support from the public BOUFOS IN ciiiestion. In tha.t R'NT tlw LATTER would presumably CEAE>E to I eti-t S'"CE the chap;-l niembem-fiiip repre- sents a verv CRJV- proportion of the adult MALE POPU -TION of the d s>trct :n whir-h the public HOUSES serve. As the latter CONTRIVE to f',x;i.<:i. W*ver, and pay A work- ing profit, it IS perowsafcV to doubt whether t<hese chapel objec-fions AR^ worthy of serious attention. SEVEN? WEATHER. rendering the move- ment. light vesmeis difficult is held ac- CO'INTAI. for a VERY quiet week in Swan- sea Harbour trade. The imports we<re sat- inta-torv. and THERE weire good shipments of TIN.pln<OS. BUT the total tonnage handled *-AS LE.^ by 2;S/00 tons than in th« cor- re-ipond irig WE^K of lart yetr. About 82 570 boxes of T-INP'ATEE were placed ON bowd. a.nd 89.346 boxes were received from the works- In February. U>C total trade W.;JfIo 71.000 tons better than in the corresponding month of LA"4 y-ar, but of I ccurrse being leap year the month contained ONO more working day. So tar March HAS not yielded very encouraging returns PO*- aiMy AT, THE W cot HER improves an improve- ment will Not. in. There was a consider- able DECRETIVE al;»O at Port Tailbot amount- ing to 16,280 tont- <o=naa.red with the (or- I EXPENDING v/eok of 1937. Singu'arly enough tirade FLOWED a distinct IMNROVEMCIT at L'anelly. where the aggregate of 9 548 tons was easily the LARGEST YET recoideci during the PRESENT year. It is REPORT^ I tha.t the demand for Rtoam a.nd bitumin- ous coa.'s is "SAGGING-' badly, and the FTCCKS are CONSEFPI^NTLV rapid-iy IWREAKING• :ITHRA/I'te is in IX^'TEN* demand, but PRICES are on the decline. At Swansea Education Committee on Monday, Mr. ColwiH again .REPEATED hi6 AT.'ENIIPT to raise the fees for outsi.ie sch«'>- ;.iT<. attending the Swarwca Intermediate ^■HOOL- There :16 01 courw. good ground for OBJECTION being taken in the fact that Uiese children a.nd their parents enjoy advantages to which the latter have not contributed. IN PI-ycti-e the step would' prove financially prejudicial in a'F itikel:- hood. The num!x*r AF children who would prefer to torero THE education raither thian pay higher fees would hardly be to considerable AS to justify a corres- ponding reduction in the teaching st.aff. And whilst the CHILDREN'S fees would be LOFT with the stfttf rrv^rretained at ITS for- mer strength, the net result woutld be sim- I' pi" a dead 1()058. 1:1Ðl"e i.s no 1R',4UK°N for assuming that any Woigh c.hilaren have EV-er IVXN EXOLIKW in con«equen."e o» this influx FROM beyond the boundary; SO I there is no grievance inflicted in this lat- ter direction either. It wou'd of C<NIRSC be perfectly PERMISSIBLE to differentiate be- tween borough and outside children, even bv the methods SUG-GE&T-E*! by Mr. 001- wh of ra-ising the F-fvs wwe there any {NR PLWNES BETWEEN the two CIA<«« £ < S'-XJI a I not YET ..MtMC. Swansea fooCharfl team by this time ha*e thanoogihiy iouod tbeir game. The inclu- sion of Dr. Morgan and the reborn to form of R. Jones, give ttw) backs a oompdetemess and strength absent in the earliier part of the season. On Saturday the efti<icncv of the XV. was strikingly demonstrated by a really brilliant victory against- Llanelly, w ho were defeatod by 20 points to nothing. Both forwards and backs are now ap.par- t'.rstdy at tlic top of tlicir form. and locaJ enthusiasts are antioipaitang with plea«i.nt feelings the next encounter with Cardiff on the 21st March. I The funerat) of Father Fitageraild was one of the mmt remarkalxle ever seen at Swansea.; the processi on it; di wa. over haJf a. iniile long, and the streets were crowded with reepectf ul and reverent crowds. Tiw scene at Danygraig Cemetery was a moat impressive one. One indirect consequence of the public tribute of ree- p^-t paid to this good priest is that Pro- teetams ha.ve been given a more favour- able idea of their Roman Catholic neigh- bours, while the latter graibefully acknow- ledge the general respect displayed towards tooLr beloved priest. The annual banquet of the Swansea Charniber of Commerce held on Saturday evening kv-t was fairly well attended, and the speeches disclosed an improvement as to length, not one of the soeaikers fanning in this regard. Apparently the many hints offered sirwx the previous banquet have had I heir cftctt. In conpequence, the proceedings were aipprecdably brighter. The special gue^t of the evening was Sir S. T. Evans the new Soliritor-GeneraJ, who f«poke twiice. and in the course of his I'omjirks, ma.dP most encouraging references to the prospects of Swansea. It is note- worthy that among the best speeches of the evening w-u e t.hiOF<e made by t.he past- profddent- Mr. V» m Howell, and the prepi- dent-olect Mr S. Stepiiens. There Has been a remarkable number of deaths among weN-known peopb in Swan- sea and diatric^t during recent months. One of the Lttect victims has proved to be Mir. R. D. Burnie, at c time member of Par- JTament for tihe borough. Mr. Burnie s for many vears a member of the Council; and pa«-*xl through the chair; doing a oon- sld«ral>le ajnorint. of useful work in that c-cpaciiy. Upon succeeding the MT- ) ijil-luyn Pariiamentai-y rc.jw-e.cntatuve for Swvimsea. he roliiqij.^lvid pnuticaby all his pub-ic work locally, and d'o not ie- sume fit when in 18% he was dcteatod by Sr J. T. D. Llewelyn. His funeral, a j private one, took place on Tuotriav mom- ij-.g, and it is noteworthy that among tAie f, • w poop>ie who were at t l io Cockett Cemetery to see the actual burial was Sir Johci, who greatly ree^xvtod a. gentle- 1113,n who at one tune wa<s his political op- ponent. Sir Griiiith Thomas was on Monday elected for t-ho lltn time clwrman of t.he Swansea Farbour Trust, a pa.-r.ition to which he devotee much unfceltij-h ].I.hour.! In acknowledging *'hc coinpiinwnt he sub- mHted figures showing how r;:1,p: d and con tinuous had been Hloe progi-ess of the Port in r&CMJi. years. The aggregate trade in 1907 wr.s larger by 425,OK) tons than that I in 1906. which was be4ter tlwn the a.gg-re.;n.te for 1905 to the extent of ,0)0 0 tons, eo that in the ooiiine of two yea.s t.here had bofn an ;jrrr,asC/ of 1.125.0-0 tons. The revenue latft vor.r was S2.Z6 0 0. the kirses-t, on record (ten yaars ago it was £ 137,000).. and t-he surplus revenue to-day amounted to £151.571. The putiS'i^rtial proportions of the latter encourage the be- lief that fhe Swansea Contx>rat.oi will not be called upon to make good its under- taking to advance £15].000 to fcne TT1Jt,t I if required to balao' the ac.ount.s before j the New Dock becomes lenw.nn-ai.ve. Lasit j v( oar the aggrc.gT. to. a-: tx<-eedod 5.530,000, AMI STO »*rilrith EXPRE-SSM the confident, liellef that in 1908 tbe 6.01)0.000 ton mark would be reached and p«ssed. It to be hoped that this prelection w 11 be justified in the result, notwithstanding t-hat at t he present time the indications are by no means favourable. T"ne Givn Vivian Art G«T«ry proposal has received another re'r ufT. When Mr. Vivian re-opemcd the m-i-tt-or. and the Swa-n- gpa Counc a^x-ept-c-l 1. w'^h an »fecrk-y In strl.Vng coretTfs<t '.o pad l-'xiifference, it; was assumed aitorg.-1>r too premat rely, tha-t there was na.tura.l'y ".n end ot the pr-e'iminarics, and that in a short time we should have the s.-aifold'ng of tihe buildmg being eawted. A fresh demand, however, been made for a poM of t.he ratepayers; ■yyi it ie an open po;n< whether the ( oun- cj,l can dvsrfi^r.rd it or whether the town will be put to an exrense which is largely need-'e^- The sigiiatorles of the demand in- elude some of tbe mc'e pnv,minenl riti- 7(/»ps in the town it is hru;j, but th -ir jOft- t.10;1 if no jn^tificat-ion' for 1.0of' soundn< «s of their policy, which would plsxe t.he ma- tcr^of fx'onc-mic niot,,ves a»fc>ove the pleadings for the possession by the town of some of the praxes as "Ð1l as the mere ordinary eon vrMiivMv^cs of oivilit^it^on. The gallery offer provides a splendid opportunity of securing a little of the much-needed or- namental element a.t a co«t to tbe public. Many other towns wonid have distplayed such eagerness in receiving the proffered gift that tOO building would have been an aoooejplifdhod fact by this time. It is to be trusted that. if the Council can II f5ee its way clear it will disregard a demand which does not do credit to the culture of the community, and proneed to make the insi gnificant rate required for the main- tenance of t.he gallery. A singular arrangement of hours is in vo;rue at the Swansea High School for girls. Pup.| 1« attend at 9 in t.be morning, and remain -in the srhool until 1 or 1.30, when they leave eqnipped with home 1£6-1 c>onf? to which the ?..ftc-noon or the even- ing is devoted. This latter work is called "prfwtration," and it is done without the aid or wpervijrou of the teachers, who in consequence upend little more than 4 hours a day in the school. They are employed I only five days in the week, and besides ha.ve about throe months holidays every ye>ar. Obviously t.hey cannot be accnsed of working too hard, or of spending an ex- eeafave number of hours a-t their occupa- tion. Coun. ColwiH al, a meeting of the Education Committee on Monday offered a strong protest against ibis arrangement, which be declared rendered it practically impo6.-fi<ble few the daughters of working men to obtain the fidl benefit of second- ary education in the limited number of years available to t-hem. He wanted to "blocik" the rebuilding scheme until a re- form had been effected, hut evenfcualiiy waa prevailed upon to withdraw this proposi- tion and accept an amendment referring the matter to a small Cbmmittee of which he was a member. TheTe is too much reason to fear that, m ihe arrangeuaent of sw hoo: hours and holicSayw the interests 04 the children are made subordinate to the convenience and comfort of the teachers, and it is full tine that the matter was I invef<«> £ 'a<e«.1, h, <t *u- ■ i.1-.wJ.¡"d. R The Bishop of St. David's in an inter- view with a. newspaper refpeaiear on Satur- day criticised Mr. McKonna's ecJucation bill in the most caustic and effective terms. His Lordship saJd that the pro- posal to band over the church school buildings to the local authorities without any payment, was only equalled in its coolness by the plea that it carried out the trust deeds of the schools. He ex- posed one peril to the voluntary schools unnoticed by any of its previous critics- So far from each voluntary school becom- ing entitled to a grant of 47s. per bead, the latter amount was the maximum, and it might be confidently expected of t.he Board of Education to further harrass the voluntary schools by reducing this. "It is proposed, said the Bishop, "to expect the friends of the voluntary schools to aider prapoeacs like these, and I am confi- dent that the sense of justice and the desire for educational progress in the country is far too strong to ailiow them to become law." The Welsh Rugby XV. have only to defeat the Irish at Belfast on Saturday to establish a record of four victories in in- ternational matches during the same sea- son. If it were possible for Dr. Morgan to make the journey the combination would be fully representative of the best talent available to the Union Committee, so that if defeat were experienced it would have to be accepted rus proving tha.t the Irishmen playing at home are the more lormidabie lot. An element of uncer- tainty in the calculations is the kind of voyage that the playe-rs experienced in crossing the Irish Sea. Some of them awe notoriously bad sailors, undor the most favourable conditions, so that their state at tor a really rough crossing would ren- der them practically unfk to do them- soh'es ju«tiae in the match. However, we can only hope for the best, and that the trip«e crown won on a couple of oc- casions before will this year be improved upon with a quadruple crown. The Licensing B:-i' of the Government is exciting great indignation throughout the coun icy, and the more thoroughly it is analysed the more iniquitous the propos- als are found. Publicans, the d;¡$.<! chiefly attacked are holding meet- ings in every centre, and one which took place at Swansea last wee-k bad some hundreds present who adopted moat vig- orous roso'utlons condemnatory of the measure. There is really no justification for such a Bill having regard to the fact that the A."t of 19C4 without inflicting un- due ha.rd-fltip '« doing steadily and gra- dually the work which the Temperance Party dec'are to I" nooe>fisa.ry, that is to 1 say, reducing the number of Ii-I censed houses. I/att year no fewer than 1.724 licen.^s were extinguished in the United Kingdom. Swansea, and d-strict contributed 75. And meanwhrl'e sobriety is extending. Lart year over .£1.000 COO I sterling less was paid for intoxicants than in 1906—and the only danger of this move- ment being arretted Has in the possibility of a reaction resulting from excessive Je- pression and a disregard for individual rights. The Home Office's Blue Book upon the } operations of th" licemsing la-ws in 1907 states that there were at Swa^>»ea 357 li- censeil premises a.nd 767 convictions for drunkennessp —say .two per licence, which camnot be consider,'vl excessive. more es- pecially when we deduct from this tolal the 199 persons who have been previously convicted, and were more or leys hairituals. It is noteworthy that whilst out of the former tota.1 634 were mailes and 133 fe- males, only about a fifth of the moles but. no less tliian a half of the females had other convictions, and of those with convictions num->ering from six upwards, there are 4J foma.leni and only 28 inoias, The sad siK- nificance of thrs comparison between the sexos neec)6 M) comment. The proportions of drunkenness case? per 1,000 are given as fo'IowS 6.33, Neath 161.81, Aberavon 278.04. and Swansea 89.39. This tot all v ,n rompTehenis.i i>!«.? lowness of the Cardiff fi.gurr,s lias aroused surprise he- fore. It is utterly absurd to suggest it represents the truth or anythin.g like it. The police sy-stem of registry has led to such an absurdity in compayfon thai it would be well if it were altered to give aome idea. oi the truth. At present the Car-If poH.V }, f«aily ono of suppress on and wh. te washing. Aberavon oomes out vary badly from thf cQmpaTipon but it must be rct-t>He'rvted that it adjoins a col- liery region -from which Swan.-wa is fur- ther aloof--and has the dock*, to swell the number of ,-onv :ct;ons into the bargain. On the 10th March, the Board of gdn- cation wrote to the Svi-a.wce», L. E. A. ask- ing for prompt eonski-eration to be given the request tor a reiply to the statements of the School Managers regard- ing the treatment of their t/whers by the L.E.A. On the 4th March, a second letter was sent by the lk..¡¡;rorl intimating that no re.ply had b<v~n received to tlie ■ firwt. On t,1vc 9th Mnrvh. that is to say a month after the receipt, of the letter which required "prompt consideration," Mr. Martin attended a meeting of the Edu- cation Oomnii'ttee and submitted a l'eoply which he had preipaved for the Board. It was a document of considerable length, the sdguifir-ance of W'h.i<"h could hardi'v be mas- tered without considerable exp'anation, but all the consideration which the mem- bers of the committee gave to it consisted i<n rapidly conning over copies (some of the members, did net even do that), and then the actoTkion of the latter as the re- p'y of tbe Committee was moved, and would have been carried without comment- but. for opp^011 offerod by friends of the voluntary school* • The substance of this answer to the indn-oi,ment of the Man- agers was that there was no dispute in ex- istence in resi><y?t "which the Board oould exercise its powers as the a.ppeMa.<e authority; that the Managers had made no representations to the L.E.A. on the .ubje.-t and tha.t th^ latter was pnjing the teachers the palaries they used to re- ceive under the old arrangement. Of cout«0 this is a mere travesty M t!he real focts. but with such a. President at the head of the Board of Education as "Mr. McKenna, it may nevertheless serve its purpose. In- cidont^iHv the intimation is conveyed to the Board of Education that in the event, of a decision being given r^n^ the prac- tices of differentiating between Voluntary and Provided school teachers, an appeal is likely to be made to the Courts. As it is certain a decision to the contrary effect wiM h;:ve the .«me result k now seems practically aesccred that the point m dis- pute wiill become the subject of a litiga- tion. Sliould tbe initiative jn this respect lie with the L.E.A., the Swansea Munici- pality will be shown to the public as go- ing to the Courts in defence of the alleged right to persecute and penalise the teachers in the provided schools. Swaaisea has ail- ready incurred so much odium in connec- tion with the administration of the Edu- A.r Ib-'t mi~M ":r&\ h- mared Uiio atkiitional clfeecrwln j It appea-rs to be a very good thing for the district covered by Swansea Rural Council that it POSSESSES an isolation hos- pital at Gamgoch. Dunng 1907 there were no less than 117 case's of highly in- fections diseases—-soarlet fever, typhoid. and diphtheria—treated there. Only two died, but what- would have been the mor- tality, and the total aggregate of cases of infection did not this institution exist, can only be speculated wi;t.h the certainty that it would be very hi.gh. The sanitary condition of the district does not appear to be particularly good as matters are. The great unpaid occasionally ma.ke slips, even with the best of benches, and it would be well if there w- -re more Gov- ernment officials like the Governor of Swansea Goal, Mr. Gibson, who are not content with confining their duties to the ordinary routine of administration. An eleven year old lad. named GuMis was sen- tenced by the Aberavon Bench to a. month's imprisonment in the second division. He was alleged to have been found at Bryn Railway Station under suspicious circum- stances. but according to his story he was only looked in a room under circumstances that might occur to anybody. The aim of the justices in giving the sentence was to get the lad cured of erysipelas; they con- sidered he was not in a. fit state to be sent to a reformatory. So their motives were not DISCREDITABLE; the Aberavon Bench is, indeed, a very favourable specimen* of its ciass. BUT the certificate on the strength of which the action was ta.ken was eight weeks okf, and it appears certain that when tlie lad arrived at Swansea, to undergo his term he WA-S quite heaJthy. Then Mr. Gibson stepp<|d in, and the lad was re- Ieased after a. COUPLE of days. The story does not reflect so ^EVERTILY on the magis- trates, AS some othens which have occurred elsewhere, but the point of the objection to their procedure lies in the fact that a lad oi that age, and ^U< h an off me. siould never have ix-n -Cent 10 prison at all, for whatever PURPOSE- m-tdu-ai or punitive.
I SWANSEA AND THE EIGHT HOURS…
I SWANSEA AND THE EIGHT HOURS BILL. i?o long aA the Eight. Hours Bill had no practical dianee of being adopted and the discussions rogard ng it WERE oonsidered as merely aoademicaf in character, the sup- porters of the propojsal had matters all their own way. Now, however, that the Government HAP taken up the MEASURE and is appa-rentlv prejiarod to einpl°V ITS eror- mous majority in getting it through the Horse ot Commons, manufacturers AND others directly interested are F-cnipelled to corwlder how and to what, extent the re- E'triftion of hours will affect their par- ticular businesses.- The great sta-ple trades of this ocvtcntry have been establsi sh-ed and to a great exiont maintained by reason of an ample supply of cheap fuel. It is computed by competent men that orl? ine- vltable result of reducing the hours of la- 1/UR in cor.nines and consfouonliy of the' output, will be an moiease 01 not less than 1 Is. 6d. per ton in the price of coal ,a«d IO likely to be nearer 2-5. F>OR ton. Houf>e- j holders v.'ho h.TC Uen peying exorbitant pne-ee for their coal In recent years will liardiy ro.Í,<;h the proape« t 0:£ seeing coal SUH^tantial ly devuror by means of log s- latiion. But wlhibt it will pinch the small consumer, especial Y thoi-e oi the poorer classes the gravest consequences of such a ttMMtSuro will be felt by the great indue trios which consume enormous quantities of coal. At a special meeting of the mem- Ws of the Swansea Metal Exchange held on Tuesday afternoon, some most illu- minating inform ait/on was given as to how the increased cost of coat, wot; CL be l?l<eJy to OPERATE in thi* district. There was a large attendance between 150 and 160 members being present, and perfect unani- j rrrity prevailed as to the imperative ncccs- sity of utiiismg every jiossible MVMITOC to prevent the Eight Horrs Bill L<e<-oniirg law. 1 hire una,ri.m,t-Y W.I.S the MO"E re- mar--cable as the memlw>rs Included at LEPS'. T as many labera's as Consv-rvativ es. ( ol. Wlight. who presided, pointed out that an increase in the price of ooal by 2s. p~-r ton, wou'd inciraase the production of; steel by 6s. per ton, a,id tin plates 6d. PER box. The consumers of trinpla-tes in the home market, would HAVE to pav over .6127.000 a yoar more for the plates in; CYYN^V^QUENCE of the Bilii, AND consttmcrs aViroad tÁ) whom the plates were exported, would HA-E to pay £238,(0) MORE. Iron. steel, tin.piate and other works would be p'aeed at A serious disadva-ntage in com- prning with foreign rivals. And this would BE partlcu.'ar'v the case with spelter, EACH ton of which involves the consumption of about five tons, of cool. This virtual addi- tion of 10s. to tbe cost of production would ser;ously handicap) our spaJter producers in eompeting with the manufacturers of Belgium a.nd Germany. Mr. Charles Eden, anothor of the speakers, said he cal- culated thad even at Is. 6d. a ton increase in the price of coal the copp-er works with whidi he is associated, would have to pay something like JB9,000 to £10,00J A year more. SIK-h a permanent tax upon the manufactcrer.s of this country he contended would place them in a. more serious posi- tion than ever before in competing in the OF .en MARKEBI of the world. Lord Gian tawe. Mr Ernest Trubshaw, Mt. John Wil'liams (CSayton Works), and others all bore test.I.modj' to practically the same ef- tect, a.nd it IS certain that ii the Goven-n- ment pctrsosts with its intention of iON- ing this Bill tlwrough tha.t A deadly blow will be struck at the industrial supremacy of Great Britain. It is QUITE possibe that in order to ".save its face," the Govern- ment in spite of the overwhelming evi- dence against the measure will carry it through the Commons in the confident ex- pectation and hope that the W<FC will throw it out. Such conduct, however, is abso- lutely unworthy of a re8p<JDsi:ble Ministry, and the Lords would be justified in refusing I to act as a cat'F paw to enable the Liberals to "pudl the chestnuts out of the fire." Nothing oould more effectively bring home ¡ to the m.i.r.d6 of the Ministers fhe sense oi xesponsibility for TLWR ac-tions than to per- m.it thoir exude aad misohievoius legisla- tion to become operative, and thus bring UPON the LIBERALS responsible the retribu- tion from the? ELECTORS which they fully DESERVE.
NEATH NOTES.
NEATH NOTES. A Few Comments on the" T. T." Problem. This weak the executive of the W.F.U. receives tlie "Camoriaai L:aJ;.e' ior fining the Neath. F.C. £3 for a oifenoe which they never committed. Neath made Troherbert look very small on Saturday. Yet the visitors were big and lusty. But they were wanting 111 brains. "Is it true?" asks Melinite (don't be afraid, IT àm't aaa explosive this time), "that twelve out of the fifteen of the Neath regular firsts are teetotallers?" W oM "Melinite," I nevea- care to inquire into suoh mattersT but as this does not ne- cessitate inquiry, J CAN answer vou Ten are teetotaEers (not like same temperance advocates, side-door teetotallers, but genuine ones), and' the rest are strictly temperate men -Although. of COURSE there are occa- sions. There will be AN oocaeaon, I expect, to- morrow night if the All Blacks sliould pull it off against, Newport. And he'd be a hard IDan who would say that to some extent, AT any RATE, such occasions are not pardonable 8" The Northern Union are shaking hands with themselves over the Latest injustice of the W F.U. The W.F.U. is seeking trouble, AND go- J ing out of its way to find it. But it finds consolation in big dlubs, nO doubt. 0 But even the Swansea Cbib, probably to-day the FINES* organisation in the world, could not get justice without continued ion. They say that the W.F.U. takes no no- tice of the Press. Don T, you Iwiieve if. They do And they maY take it forgrnnted that Neath will not pay that fine, neither will they take a team to Penygraig. Poor Penv's in want of money. TVn why do not the W.F.U. help 'em. They've got plenty. They can better afford £.300 than Neath can afford JB5. for the fattefr a.re still '•onFiderably in debt, although they are ST-M^INCR heroicaJMy to get out. But the W.F.U. wa* never kind to Nea,th. We'-re used to it. j The necessary .rtaXutory retsolution has been PASTED, and preparations are fcr ward for the INTERECITING civic function on April 2nd. The tickets for the banquet which follows the presentation of the Freedom to Samuel are priced at 10s. 61., whereat liie.re is a. good deal of grumbling. I heard a stout-hearted Radical say on Wednes- day, "They ought to have had a luncheon a-nd charged two bob and that said stout- hearted Radical could easily afford to pay a. couple of guineas. Oh. my friends, yan mnst not. ton EH their pockets, especially if they- are teetotallers. The mort they give is talk- Talk is cheap. It IF; beneficial, tDO. EXCEPT to those who have to listen. It is beneficial HC^NFE g4 (-s the fpeaker a sen?<? of SSO-LF-IMPOTTANCE. j —-And '+ doesn't lighten the piv^e. After A'L, the price ITS not prohibitive. MOST (V1,nld it. WE do^'t oyvf- a kn:^ht every veaT. a^d we should all. irref-nective of "I-reed or party (as the stnmner SAV^). unite in hon- "T Sir Stamne). the brilliant son of Wales. I Talking of teetotaiism and meanness, re- muds me of an incident of the revival. In a certain works in the, vicinity a number of men became changed. Before thoir conversion they dipped frequently into the nut-brown aIle cup, were often in trou- V)le—often in the po'ice courts. Sunday was the day of repents noe. and NWL of them went to chapel. When they w ,r(' tx/rn A.gaen they renouneed the public house, went to prayer meetings, and still AFT-! Tiled cba.r>-> but more regularly than before. With what fincuuial result? They saved money, bnt they ga.ve less to the collections, which were substantially lower thnn in the days when they drank, not wi-selv, but too wet! I have this on the statement of an offic ial of one of the ehap- I els, which these men attended. And is an instance illustrative of many. If you want a financial favour never go to a. teetotaller, unless you are PREPARED w-'TH good security, and to nav interest. Of COURRV*. t.VRS c!o.e.<: not. rvplv in every W 75 per cent, would 00 a. generous eoniruit-AT-ion. "T went to a L?WY»R the other day, and he QI?'(> ADVEE for nothing." jt", I "Come here a.z;:¡.in when von GET rome." j WPS the rrilv. T THOUGHT VVE wer*» wtill a. LONE wav off the ml'L'enium,. The Melyn tinhoivunient t.hink a lot of Dr. ProilK'roe Thomas, who is as ab.e a« he .s GENUS I. So the otner nig-HI they foregathered, held a smoking coowert, mad.. effective, if iniperfeot SPEECHES, a-nd preisent-cd him him wit.» a valuable instrument for examin- ing the throat. Why the "throat?'' Meiyn T.hroa.TS ought to be excej>tiona'3y cloan and clear. -.o. The Neath man who was fined 20s. and I COSTS for crueiiy iil-treating 11. son, got olf very lightly.* j f it iiad oeen the case of a hungry ruan who .-rfoje food, he would not have fared so w-eil. Let us hope, however that the fine and the publicity given by the Press to the ca.OO will prove a salutory lesfon to the individual REFWRED to. "A nice morning." "Yos, nice and ureezy. 1 had a mlUO to come out wutiiout my hat, Not much is it, you say. There s a IOT if you only knew. _+ The geniad OffioiaJ Receiver ofticialed for the last time at the Neath BAINK- ruptcy Court on lue-sday. vVe are all worry he's leaving. MT. Thomas is the em- bodiment of courtesy. He has A great and kind heart, and never once iln my ex- perience of 14 years had I e\er heai-d him unduly severe with a debtor. Yet his ex- aminations were none the LESS searching for that. Like Father O'Flynn he had such a wonderful way wid him, a way that frequently elicited more information than would have resulted' from the eni- P'OVMENT of harsh methods. Of course. at times his dtrtv called for severity, but even then it was tempered with mercy. On Tueexlay. Mr .A. Ru-sseM Thomas and Mr. Reginald Charles, who deputised his farther, whose illness we regret, taid some nice things about MR. Thomas, brat they were not one whit nicer than he DC-WVED. May T join with others in wishing him many years of HEALT H in which to enjoy his I IVE-LL-eairned retirement. "Here's to you and yours, Mr. Thomas Thomas." 1t*-e- The Mission conducted by the Rev. F. B. Mever, B.A.. a.t Briton Ferry, Neath and Skewen wa-s very successful. The meetings were crowded, the biggest as- sembly being on Tuesday night, at the For- ward Movement Hall. The Rev. gentle- man, who is drawing on towards 70, has spent his life in doing good. H? IS not a great speaker, but he TREATS his subjects with originality. But better his efforts do not cease with sipeaking. He acts. A few weeks bonce he is going to South Africa, qn4 after he will be going to Canada- May H; 1 work in these countries- be productive o. much good. Chief Constable Hig-gins and his staff VIA ve been doing waTl'. for the Swa nse-A Polire. Thev have F»old nearly £ 30 worth of tickets for the matinee by which it is hoped to clear off the debt on the motor ambulance. Good old Neath RI OBSERVER. r NEATH ASSUR^iNCE OFFICIAL HONOURED. At the INVITATION of their euperint*«id- ent, Air. W. JOOES, the Neath district staff of the BRITAAIAIC Aasmunce Co., Ltd., met Iaot Friday FOR their first annual dm- ntr. 1 he after PROCEEDINGS were presided OY'ctl' by Mr. G. DAVIDS (tne actmg inspø: tor of the South Vv ales divaisionj. a, Mr. \Y. Jon-es (supt.), proposed "The Cociiiany and ITS JJurectc/s. The ehairman, in iv, ponding, said threa OF the directors had cambeu to their honourable positions lrom Agents, and that-, he t.Hought, shouid be A great oficoui-agement- to them in their work. All regretted that- they could not lhat night number Air. T. Ai. Morris A^UONG thuir dinectons, AS death bad TAK<MI hun away just upon his EIEVA,T.ion to tlie. diwe- torate. The chairman next propo&e<i SUCCESS to the Neat-h District," to wnich IMr. Jono. the superintend-.sit, res- ponded. Mfr. 1. Jones (the OLDEST agent IN the district], on BEHALF of the &a.tJ. ttieu Illooe a ptresentatiou of a masfidve GOLD -Vii- hert and' pendant .-nitably inscvibeii to Mr. W. Jones, the superintendent, and spoke very highly of the latter. They felt Vtat no ojie towld more deserve this !uono;KR TLI».II Mr. Jones, and he hoped Mr..JOU-5* would accept tliis prcse.nt as a v-ry .slighli 1/oke.N indeed of the great esteem ;:iid axfc-C- tion in which iie Wllii held by HIS staff. Agents T. Evans and W. William-; th*n recited versos. M. Jones, in ACKNOWLEDG- ing the gift, said this came as A SURPRISE to him, as he did not think he DESERVED t-lias recognition at theiT hands. He had, however, ende^ivoured to be just in has DUTIV;, and would continue to do so. Mr. • T- Davios propocsed the "AssnsLmt SU- perintc-nd,-n,t,s," and Assistants T. EVANS and A. \V. Jamets responded. 4'he Agenrt^. proposed by Mr. W. Jonos, wsi responded to by the agents. Songs AND re- oita tions weiv rendered bv Mesrrs. W. John, W. Williams. D. J. JONE9. D. L. Thomas and T ER^NS.
--LICENSING BILL
LICENSING BILL PROTEST BY A LIBEBAL DEPLORABLE BACKSLIDING. THE SACRIFICE OF LIBERTY. Mr. T. Dundas Pillans, High-street, Man- chester-square, London, W., w n, t-& Asquith's measure appears to have caused quite unreasonable surprise. It is the natural outcome of what passes í, these days for ".Liberal" principles. Mr. Balfom in a recent speech predicted the extinction of Liberalism, ground to powder between the upper and nether millstones of Socialism and "Cuionism." This prophecy is simply another proof of the truth of the STATEMENT formerly made by him that he "never reads the newspapers." Had he not adopted this attitude of lofty detachment he would bav& known that "Liberalism'' died many years ago, and that there is no more resemblance between the party which now impudently assumes the name of Liberal, and the trae Liberal party ot the past than thire is be- tween Bill Sikes and Peter the llennit. The basis of Liberalism was, ac- the name implies, liberty. During the great, days of the party-from the Reform Bill of 1832 to the early seventies—it based all its n)easures upon that great fundamental principle. Its whole energies were directed to enlarging the bounds of freedom. Hence it removed the shackles from commerce; it abolished the reetrictions imposed upon the UIXJURMF class with respect to trade combi-U-iiooifi; it established freedom of conscience by tlie re- movaJ of "tests" in the universities, -<*ID in all its measures sought to increase individual liberty; to place the rights of property on a sure and certain foundation, and j.) f-rtrier the functions of government wv'I".M T-HE narrowest jiossible limits. UNFO-UUIIAT^B' for some thirty-five yeai's past, the pt*- <y has been occupied in undoing piece by pMOe all these splendid achievements. The robust and saving oommou sense which character- ised its policy has been replaced by a sickly sentimeutalism. The belief tuat the pros- pe.rity of the community can only be SECURED by the free operation of individual energy and enterprise has been discarded in favour of State interference in all spheres of HONUIU activity. The Licensing Bill is only the last, and the worst, manifestation of this deplorable back- sliding. It contains in a concentrated form its most pernicious features. It. seeks to coerce the individual by Statp action in a matter which is one purely of personal 0011- cern; and if carried, it will, for the first time in English history, consecrate confisca- tion by legislative enactment. It is a re- markable fact that the party which has been mainly responsible for endowing with the Parliamentary franchise the maeses of the population, and so relegating to their decision the weightiest affairs of State, should em- l) body in this Bill the belief that those very m same voters are unfit to be trusted with the ordinary rights of free men in the indulgence in, or abstention from, the use of AJOOHOI.VJYJ beverages. In this it strikes at the very alP' FOUNDATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL „ LIBERTY. At the same time it destroys one Of C bases upon which, in this country 1 events, the rights of property rest. ) A prescription, which equally with till o- grossed on parchment, has been recc -R'-D as constituting an indefeasible n .n- deed, that great aald brilliant POLITICAL philosopher, Edmund B. tke, has ith truth stated that "if prescription be once shaken no species of property is sate." The licensed J trade in this country holds IT- property by prescription as much ;us by statute. This is recognised by the State itselt when it taxes the trade a.nd assesses it for succession duty. But when it is a question of ex- prop nation, prescription goes by the Ko-ird. WC and a stand is taken on the PETTIFO^INJ, technicalities of the statute law. Tbe fla- grant dishonesty of such a course is SE 'O in the dishonest arguments which are ad- vanced to justify it. In introducing his Bill, Mr. Asquith sought to establish a parallel, with the CASE of ail/ owner of a racehorse. He said that the value of that kind of property is taken, for purposes of taxation, upon the past pea formances of the horse and its future pros- pects. If the horse die, said this political casuist, the owner has no right to complain. Now, no one has ever maintained that if licensed premises diminish in value from na,tural causes, such as decline of population and so forth, the owner has any reason to complain. But in the case of this iniquitous Bill, the value of the license upon which the holder ha.s been assessed will be destroyed by the deliberate action of the assessors themselves: so that to establish an analogy between the two cases one would have to imagine the State destroying the racehorse say. by the administration of a dose of strychnia. It is difficult to imagine that such a disastrous measure, propped up by such dishonest and transparent sophisms, can find acceptance with the English people. I have no interest whatever, direct or in- direct, in the licensed t.rade. I write simply A LIBERAL WHO ADHERES TO THE OLD FAITH, "and who believes tha.t these attempts to meet an alleged moral evil by means of coercive legislation are not only diametric- ally OPP°EED U) Liberalism, experience and common sense, but. are doomed to disastrous failure in practice. To quote Burke again, "It. is in the principle of injustice that the danger lies, and not in the description of persons on whom it is first exercised." The licensed trade is the victim to-day; but, as Voltaire said, "it is only th- first step that counts," Once admit 36 a principle that prescriptive right is no bar to confiscation, and it will be applied, WHEN it suits th" purpose of unscrupulous politicians in search of votes, to other classes of property. There is, for instance, some talk of "na.tionalising" the railways. Let- the holders of t-hos securities look to themselves; and by defeat ing this iniquitous measuie avert the fat" which otherwise will surely overtake them