The Cambrian

Zlhc (Eambrian. FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1908. NOTES ON MEN & THINGS The smallest Welsh county could hold the whole population of the world at a push. Swansea received its municipal rights in I z, the thirteenth century. L iliucky cla-te, yet still we .stick to them Jt 1S ijixat^ed that t4ieie are fewer ca?1^ of di.sLre«8 in than in any other town of t-ho same size in the country. -4'- gultaJi of Turkey (to German Kaiser) -'Sp«<ikinfcr ais one oonetitutionalised monarch V; ai;ot[k-i—how is your Young German Pa rty —("Punch.") This time seventy years ago a church was opened at Gor?einon which had been erected by the Jate Mr. J. D. Llewelyn, of Penllev- gTLjr, at a cost of over £2,000. When facing the great overflow meeting at the Park hall, Cardiff, after addressing the gre^t gathering in the Drill Hall, Mr Balfour inquired which was the mass meet- ing. Are we to have another battle of the BiteB? Thire is talk of the establishment of a book- room in South Wales by the Wekh Calvinis- tic MethoduniS, and it is said that Cardiff, Pontypridd, Swansea, and Bridgend are al- ready asc-erting their respective cJaims to selection. It is understood tihaJ one oi the new sources of revenue v. hxh Mr. Lloyd-George Wl, i tap in the next Budget will be adver- ti £ emean> on hoard,ngs. on which he pro- poshes to levy a Lax. The present German Budget imposes taxes on in newspapers. Swansea is being honoured with visits of quite an array of eminent labour experts. But where, oh! where, is Mr. Stuart, the Paiii<"J<Pntar\ Labour candidate? It looks very much as if the idea has been not so much to get Mr. Stuart in as to keep some- body else out. The borough of Ixvjghor is one of the most ancient in Wales., and stiL retains its Town Hall, although the building itself is hardly larger than an ordinary residence. It seems a curious fact that building enter- prise is extremely slow at Loughor, while Gorseinon, the neighbouring piace, has, of late, developed to quite an a.ppre<iaMe de- gree. Years ago Loughor had its portreeve. it is inherent in human nature to try and get something for nothing. A Swansea auc- tioneer offered a house for sale, but could not get within £ 50 of the reserve price. In despair he descended from thE rostrum to talk the matter over with the last bid- der. but the latter would not bndge. The auctioneer then offered to give the purchaser a fire insurance policy free. A sale was ef- fected. Henceforth Carmarthen's honesty may be trusted. A Swansea visitor lost a gold locket in I)a.rkgate, one of the narrowest ar.d best-lighted streets in the town, and although hundreds must have passed thiough the thoroughfare during the even- in4, the young lady .a., delighted to find that h-m- locket, which had 1-ain for fully half-aji hour undea- the very nose of a group of unemployed at the corner of the street, hid not been disturbed. Incidents in Welsh Wales in connection with the official inquiries among apiplicants for 01<1 age pensions make interesting read- mg. yet sometimes instructive withal. FOT instance. Pension om<-pr inquiring "Have you any land?" Applicant "No, I have no land just now. but I expect to get a bit of freehold shortly." Pension officer (pricking up official ears) "Ah. and where will that be? Applicant: "In the parish chttrch- yard." It. the cour-e of a clever summary of Par- liamentary superlatives a writer in the Lon- don "Express observes thit "the two most distinctly musical voices in the House Commons come, of course from the land ;)1 Welsh male choir?. They are the bard Mabor» who sits for the Rhondda Valley, and Mr. William Jones, of the Arfon Divi- sion of 'Carnarvonshire. However bitter these men are against the opponents of spo- !ia.tion, their voices are music to the HousJ. There have been numerous complaints during the present year as to the poisoning of valuable Gower dogs, and a case is re- ported recently in which a farmer in the ptlniasula discovered three geese detid the same day, their necks being wrung. He was about to feat Iter one of them to place on his table when be fortunately observed the suspicious oolour of the skin, and then discovered that the three geese had been poisoned. His theory is that the poison was meant for bis dog, and this is borne out by neigh uring farmers who liave lost several va.uable animals through this agency. — r-—- Seventy years ago there lived at Lln.n dov.r a considerable body of Quak-rs. Nothing mnch is known about their early history. Their burial ground, surroundied bv a white vv?t.sl>ed wall, was situated near the railaay station. It was a well known landmark at the beginning of the eighteenth ciliary, as is evidenced by a.n old deed map. This guggest-s thai they had been at Llan- dovery many years prior to that. The brethren apparently left t-he town in a body, and they must have removed to some distant neighbourhood, for not Jong after their departure their burial ground (Quaker's Yard), was wholly neglected, and children used to play hide and seek among the broken tombstones. Surely there are a few aged folks in Llandcrveiy who could tell us something about the brethren. Where was their meeting house! How did tlxey earn their livelihood?

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Says the "Cymro a.'r Celt":—The new Labour candidate for Swansea is a Scot, named Stuart. It is scandalous to think that there is no Welshman good enough to come forward as Labour candidate for Abea*tawe. What with a Soot M.P. for Merthyr, and a &Vt, M.P. in Monmouth, and a probable Scot candidate in South Glamorgan, it looks as if the "Harry Lauders" are going to capture the southern portion of the Principality. It doe,, not fall to every preacher to make his reputation on ono sermon. This 16, however, lixer/ to be the experience of the young Oxiord graduate who minis'tei's to tne uttle Ba-ptist Church at Brocid l'.a\n— tue Rev. Gwilym Uavies, B.1. LniuusxasJii Hi. nigti that Mr. lJavies was iMJUidered .bnti ean.ou trough the town by the cro,vd, who aiternateiy clLocred and jung "For he's a jolly good fellow.' Caruiur^nenshire is now uj nave too services oi Mr. Gwiiym DiiVies, as he Has decided to accept the pastorate of the English Cliuroh at Car- marthen in succession to the Key. Andrew Fuller Alills. lie was schooled in CJarmjr- Lkciishirc, a..h1 beioiigs to the oounty. The Swansea Orpheus Society hae already done exoelient wod-R in Swansea, and laist evening it audtd to its a«cn.e\ enwsn'-s oy means of a concert of surpassing merit, ltie >peoial features were the perrinance of Bant-uck's "CtirisL in the Wilderness and Lhe Grail scene, iiom the hnule oi Wagr.er's "Pars.fal. Jt>oi,n i^e vocal and tiie orches- tral parts reached a very tugn s.a:idaird 01 merit, and Air. Duaakl Lott and his choir ha\e every reason to be proud of their aciue\ ernt irt. I he audieu<» pai ucularJy appreciated th& masterly interpretation by L-no orcfiest-ra of Tsctiaikowsky's wend and imtiessave T812 Uverture," The propor- tions and the enthusiasm of the audiences testmed to the widesp.ea>d public apprecia- tion given to the commendaole efforts of the (Jrpiieus Society to up lift music ia the town. It is reasonaL'iO to oonclude tlkat. the j meetings oi the JN atianal t onterence of tiie 1 nioii of Conservative Asr»,ciations, h^-ld in &jatn Waiee during t-hc j>a.-t wees, will have an appreciable effect upon put lie opinion m unis part of the country, jsoih- Illig was more venrarKiaole than the success of all the gainerings, whether hekl I in Caivlitf or in the otner principal oenties of South Wales. An outstanding featore was the meetmg of 8,000 or 9,COJ colliers I in the eisteddfod pavilion at Mountain Ash, and the patient and even ent«husdasiic liear- they gave to Atr. Bonar Law, M.P., as an exponent oi fiscal reionn. This event had profoundly impressed the (joibiic. eBpeciaily 11l the coal valleys. The whole of the con- ference pioceedings indicated tnat great aivanoos have been made by Tairff Reform during the past year or two, and that there is every prospect of a considerable turnover at lut; next election. "41"- At a meeting of the Swansea General 1 urpo^e. Com.riitUe heJd 0:1 i'rulay last, a vxene of consaderabie excitement was pro- duced by the utterance ot some of the Labour memoes, wno rt^eiited the opposi- tion offer da by Coun. Tr\õJmpron to a pro- posaJ to send Corporation representatives to the Right-to-Work Conference a.t Lon- don. But surely tins matter adnaiUed of a reasonable difference of opinion. The Con- ifc. e.ioe has been caalel oy tne Socialistic P rty, and the importance of the principal tbject discussed dues not in any degree a hoc i. the propriety or otnerwise 01 munici- pal repraaeiiua^on. ot. erw.sv. qurtu as cjge.,t.ly it might be argue<J tliat TOpresenta- UtUb shouid De sent to conferencvas ol the Conservative and Lioera.1 parties. No evid- once was adduced to snow what practical b-TKht- We unemployed of Swantea wvwu obtain from re>p«esentauon at tuie Confer- ence. And in any case, Coun. 'ihom^san, as a. member associated with a party setting 1 its face hrmly against avoidable expense, was quite witnin 111s rignt in oQering a pro- test, If it were not for the circumstance tliat the defeat of the Cardiff football team is almost in vaaiably followed by an outcry ;ig.iinst mugh play, the protests which ha.ve "-['t ^ai^ed in the press onliiiig for greater sevoiity on the part of refeurtvs w,.w.d com- i mand more sympcvtiietic consideration. Un- fortunately it is tho case that in l he more keenly cvuitested matches plavers are tempt- ed to adept tactics which were practically uriKnown in less strenuous da.)<i. Sight must not be lost of the fact that the claes ol piayer in Rugby football has completely 0 r c'langod. Exper^nce has taught that lor forward work especially, those accustomed 10 hanl physical ktbour pioduoe Letter reBolts than players recruiter from the higher walks of life. At the same time this does n ,-t relieve referees of their duty to asiiiat in putting down roughness and acts 01 in- tentioanl miscxxiduc.t. ihese otfences should be distinguished from an excessave nse of strength under the excitement of the inomen-t. The more fiequent applicatk>n of the power to order players off the field is o.Tuamiy desirable. The Swansea football team hmught off an astonishing victory at Caidiif 011 Ctaturday, in the presence 01 a huge crowd fstimate j at between 05.000 and 40,000 people. hat; niinde the surprise more complete was the tacx that whilst in the home team everyone oi "star piayert« was in t ie OO,d, b-ie visitors had to play three substitutes; of whom only one, Rapisey, the insiue-hall. couki oe pro- uouiicea a success. iue game was piaved w lUli ue»iBcimjoos energy 1 roiu scan 10 iin., ir, ai.v» up to Witnuii +0 nt^uuves 01 we ena no ( \In.e coukl say wiur wtuon tine vrcooiy cj»vaiif*ai men, a» n Lue_> naci 11cm a^ivei, ur nas».-ve, uea.i lnetoistioie ^asa, against wuicii n.e.i p.o\ da eKyrllKl lU^ 01 t.UC tOUfc Luajclu may LA; 6-igea ii-oni tne iau, tnat ..1 u, ^o^eiii umiuiAs ¡, ^waiisea roan sooiw a ur,,1"pw gv^ai tiaia uiii.ee tr'^xi. -'U Oarom of oouu^e tire loeung yi odsapr^ij1UuA;ill, "äo Most acute, a.w tne o,laaj ox -f,c\a> entinis- lasto WJJQ naa inaoe tne jvoijujy uom f sdi* weae oones^'ondnigiy erawxl. x-i, w. a; o^eat niattdii, ana oi*e 1M eastiiy tox- S-tten. Cp to the piesent time tiie Swansea Coun- cil, as the tensions Committee, has passed 280 claims uiKier the Odd Ag<o Pensions Act. ihe satisaaction of these invoivee an annuail payment or auoui aJld tnere are nuniXreds(of more claims to be considered. In fact, until about the 12th of December it will not be possible to ascertain the exact luimbeu". Already, however, it CêUO been made tolerably clear that tbe Chancellor of the Exohec^ueFs estimate of the probable outlay 1." very much below the mark. For it, ? a f.air presumption that the average number of aged people entitled to the pension willl be substantially the same in other areas. The details of each of the claims, as vouched far by the pension offi- cers, indicate that the measure is certain to prove most beneficial, especially when. after 1910 the aged folks now in receipt of parish relief become entitled to the pen- sinns, The relief derived by the poor rate from the inclusion among the pensioners of ;iersons who would otherwise be claimants of relief, will not in the early years be very appreciable, but as time goes on the nett effect of the Art will be to compif fcely relieve the poor rate of all person.? a!>ove the age limit. In this way the loc-i author- ities will indirectly obtain lingeriai aid to a, very sinhstainUaJ degree. Speaking at Neath County School prize distribution last week Sir John Llewelyn remarked that. Wales altogether possessed 95 secondary .schools with 12,500 scholars; Glamorgan l>os'ses.-uig 16 schools with an attendance of 3.500. Having regard to the proportion borne by t-iisj population of Glamorgan to that of Wales neither the number of schools nor that of the scholars 1 is satisfactory, ihe percentage of pupils who pass into the t»econdr.ry stages is very areditaDle to the rurail couivties, bi t in the biggest county it seems unfortunat»J.y as if they reproduced pretty muca the same conditions as prevail in corresponding English counties wliich are not cuessed with such a fin-z sysitem the Principality owns to-day. The Orpheus Choral Society intends tak- ing up nexX. week for production its next concert Bach's setting of t've Passion, a> cording to St. Matthew. It is a dive from the twentieth to the seventeenth century, but the work is with a couple of rivals, as Beethoven's Mass in D and Bach's own Mass in B minor, the greatest religious work ever composed, and tne composer is t..M greatest of all musicians. It is one of the mast weighty points in the indictment against- the stagnation which had prevailed in Welsh musical circles, that Bach, the supreme master of the choral art. should be practically unknown; but the reproach will now at last be redeemed as far as Swansea is concerned, and we shall have the privilege of hearing the first production in Waies of a work that sounds the deeps. The .society eouid choose no finer piece. It is evident that the contractors for the laying down of a double tramway track in H.g.i-street and for the wood paving ot the latter are realising that uhey must carry out the work ezpenkiougky it the penaiTiy clause is not to be invoked. TW Borough Surveyor stated on Tuesday that in his opinion the contract could not be carried out within the time stipulated, notwithstand- ing that the work \va*» now being pushed on with all possible vigour. Two or three members of the committee, with the mani- fest approval of fcheir colleagues, s-tated taat they wiil-1 insist upon the penalty clause being enforced by which the con- tractors wii, have to pay JS50 per week for any extension of time beyond tha,t fixed by the contract. In view of the serious loss of the tradesmen of High-street, and the great inconvenience to the public by the delay the Corporation could hardly do less than this. An election petition as a sequel to the recent municipal contest in Morriston is now apparently assured. The twenty-one days after the hrst of November during which the petition must be lodged expired Oil Monday last, and by trus time the peti- tion had been xxiged, and on Tuesday the writ was served upon Uoun, David Jenkins. The respondent had been ill, and had the writ not been served by November 28th, that is to say to-morrow, it would liave been necessary for the petitioners to apply to the OouTt for a fresn writ and obtained (OIlsent for a ;wl:eJtn.ratoa service. Any difficulty regarding the writ would not, however, in any degree affect the validity of the petition itself, in respect of which the sum of £ o67 has been paid into Court to comply with the requirements of the law. Tne inquiry when hxed will of course be held at S'wansea, by a Cominis sloner appointed by the iiign Couit, w.10 must be a barrister of at .east twelve years standing. It was stated at a meeting of the Swan. sea Streets Committee hejd on Tuesday tnat 4<:5 men had entered themselves in tae Corporation registers as unemployed. A proportion o: these, as past experience proves, are represented by ne'er-do-wells, who are more or ie.y> in a state of chronic unemployment. But after this undesirable element has been eliminated from tiie list j a sufficient number of genuine unemployed are left to warrant grave ;x»nsideratiOtu It somewhat simplifies tne situation that the overwhelming majority are labourers, and thai we have not the repetition of last year's experience when ao many names 01 masons and carpenters were amongst the dis- tressed. All the desirable public work, the Borough Surveyor was ^n Tuesday pre- pared to put in hand, would only provide occupation for about 40 days fqr 15 masons and 20 labourers. Various suggestions more or less practical were offered in the course of the meeting, and finally the lat- ter was adjourned until to-day for a more thorough consideration of the whole mat- ter. A conference on the taxation of land values was addressed at Swansea on Thursday in connection with an organisa- tion which appears to have a srigntly poli- ticai tinge. But the whole discussion upon this problem tends to have a political ccm- p.exion, and the taxation of land values is practically part of the Liberal pro gramme, though it couki and should be debated upon non-poi'itrual lines-. If it were dealit witii as a municipal, question that is; bet there is just at present, keen competition beween the national and mun- icipal exchequers, and should this new source of revenue be tapped, it is still un- certain whether the income should ulti- mately go to the re.ief of rates or taxes. Ttte State may cla^-n tne revenue upon the grounus tnat nireuga t. m-eaium 01 the Cwd-Age Penfuons ub iias reueved the poor rates; and that its education contributions should at.ao be ta,t;.en irKo account. But the chickens are being counted long before the eggs have hatahed, and tnere will be a strenuous struggle before land values have to carry a tax. Some months ago a joint committee re- presentative of the Swansea Corporation, Harbour Trust and Chamber of Commerce decided to point out the advantages offered to industries locally by means of advertise- ments in German, French and Belgium newspapers. So far as can be ascertained no practical result has accrued from the outlay,, and indeed the genecraJ impression throughout the country now is that the beneficial effects of the Patent Law have been much exaggerated. As the result ot another combination, which in this instance includes the principal landkxds of the dis- trict, an appeal! by means of a speciail ad vertisement is to be made to British in- vestors. A contract has been entered into with the proprietors of the "Daily Mail," and in consideration of the payment of 1 JS350 of whicli sum only JB75 is contributed by the Corporation, a fuii page of that widely circulated journal is to be devoted exclusively to Swansea. As a number of < local enterprisœ a.re also being advertised in the same iss'ue by indepeavlcnt frrme, the "Daily Mail" of this particular date will be practicably a Swansea edition. In experiments erf this kind it is hardily ever poesble to gauge the probable effect, and Ve can but hope that the amount to be expended will be the m-ans of inducing j aume new industries to come to Swansea. Arrangements are being pushed forward for the tioAduig of another grand regatta in Swa.n*»ea Bay. The date has been fixed for May 29th next, and the owners of the prin- cipal racing yachts have promised to taike put. Something, however, wi,U have to be done, not only by the Coqioratian and the Hairbour Trust—the latter on Monday last voted 100 guineas for the event—but also by the townspeople generally, because a substantial sum is uec^gary to make the regatta a success. Granted hne weather the latter will undoubtedly attract thousands of visitors into the town, and thus provide a beneficial return for the outlay of the public bodies and the ountributions of tne townspeople. A useful step which vill find simple if rough employment for Hany men was re- solved upon by the Streets Committee on Tuesday, which decided to call upon pro- perty owners to make the street improve- ments for which they were liable. At the same meeting it WatJ reported that against an estimate^ expenditure for the year of JE 19,874, all approximate sum of i, 18.841 had been actually expended, or JE966 in excess of the «pumate. Incidents of this character teed to take all the heart out of members who strive for economy and who manage to sftve a few score pounds here and there — generally after trouble greatly in excess of value of the sum saved—to learn thM at a blow such in- creases as those receded above have swept away all the fruits of their labours. Swarusea "docksmeO have star ted a move- ment petitioning the Council to lay a nine- hole golf links upon the Cockett Tunnel side of the Town Hiil Instate. It is thought that the links could be constructed ior £200, and that with every accessory the whole cost would be only ;t;600. The idea voom. daring, but the howling greens have tiourished so remarkiv^'y that tne Council is thereby encouraged to consider the idea favourably. Existing iaciiities do not ap- pear to satisfy a co.^iderable class, what with the fees demanded by present clubs and the distance of their links, and tne idea will certainly receive serious ej-amina- Lion. in Scotland on ?orae links it is not uncommon to see workiDg men enjoying re- laxation in a sport which is inexpensive. Swansea Hospital Bo0^ 011 Wednesday had a very pleasant see&i011 — Mr. R. G. Cawker forwarding a cheque for fifty guineas, a.nd the executors ot the'late Mr. J. L. Perrin, of Bristol. the South Wales representative of .\leesJ"s- Franklin and Davey, announcing that .£500 had been be- queathed by that gent.JeI11a.n. free of death duty, and that a further &um would be pay- able on the death of testate?" s widow. Tiie nospital, of course, like all sixnilar institu- tionis, is seldom for long in a thoroughly satisfactory financial posiU011—its conductors are never wholly free frofl1 financial anxiety for a long period, and the existence of most IvospitaJs is of a hand to mouth charac- ter, but the Swansea institution seems cer- tainly more lucky in the matter of little windfalls of this character than the bulk of provincial establishments. Carmarthenshire A&sue3, which opened on Tuefday and embraced the criminal cause liiste of Carrmarthenshn-e. Pembroke- shire and Cardiganshire, not have to deaJ with a heavy calendar though there were one or two uncommon charges oi sac- rilege. In connection with the Utter what was nothing snort of a judi-ci^1 scandal was disposed. Two men were charged with t.rfcft and sacrilege at Mydriru—the actual damage alleged to have been done in eitheT case having been trivial!, ^eiverthelejss, for offences of a cry -petty descT'ipc.on the d0- fendants had been detained since August 1st—-pracUcaJly hfteen weeks- The juuge took prompt steps to make amaends, one man being discharged outright, and the other having hi« sentence reduced by a term equivalent to that during which he nad been awaitirtg trial..But siu"t--y magistrates uealing witti tnese cases snOUld have a. lit- tie <ennnoii sent*; ahd reflect upon the in- terval of time elap^uig they oould be tried at the Atfoi68 to which they had been committed. Tm incKl€lltj on Tuesday which, in tiie Judge's words, ''almost hor- rified" him, reflects corisrclc-ra.bie discredit upon the magistrates responsible. -+- Mr. Runciman has at length produced the Fklucation Bill upon wh^h it is pro poc-ed to establish a compromise bringing enduring peace to the long and bitter strug- gle of tne creede. The Bill has on the whole been favourably received; despite tiie inevitabEe protests of the extreme High Churchman and l"on:xmfof'I11:ist-s. lhe one weak point seems to be u.e amount pro- vided in grants. Mr. McK««ina 8 Bill gave 47s. a head to tiie non-provided schools; a ridiculous sum, and absolutely inadequate for the efficient working of any in^t.tuuon. l'he new Bill gives the maxiniurn amount, which is nearjy £ 2 10s. to the weaker schools, very sensibly, but in the case of tae la-rgcst attended schools the grants are dangerouflly near the level of the McKenna Bitil. Tnere is. the r.ght of entry on cer- tain specified occasion*, for certain specific denomhi101 lal mslruction 011 the one side and abo-iuon or testes 011 the other. Two ougbears at any rate have Oé£'l1 got rid of, ana it remains to be seen w.ieiher trie "Moderates and those sick oi the school question will combine to vote down anv opposition against the me»^a'!re bent upon wrecking it rn toto. There would be nial- < on tents to a.ny measure; so long ae they are few and represent ootir sides, We may conclude that rough jusc.ee nas been done. Siir Grrifhth 1 honias hopeful aJitJcipat[on tiiat the of trade .1.t Swansea Har- bour during lyo8 would ieach the 6,000,000 tens mark is hardly likely to be rewisoJ, judging by the returns for the pa..<;j; Week. 1 he stoppage ot a number of kical collierieg and a limited supply of tonnage aj^ held acoountabde for an exceptionally heavy drop in the returns. Exports were oniy 71t9.M tons, imports 13,362 tons—» total of 84,58d tons, as coinparad with 133,757 tons the corresponding week of last year. In pallia- tion of this drop of nearly 50,003 tons it should be recollected, however, that the third week of November, 1907, produced, wit.h one exception, the best aggregate ever ¡' recorded for the Swansea docks. But as it is the total for last month was quite 20,000 ¡ tons below the average. There was a diminution also in the quantity of tinplates shipped, although the total of 79,299 boxaj is quite up to the normal standard. Prac- tically the same story has to be told of Pert Talbot where, although the trade was slightly better than during the preceding week there was a decrease of 7,145 tons in the aggregate as compared with thait of the corresponding week in 1907. The exports were 31,979 tons, the imports 5,862 tome, or a total of 37,861 tons. LJanelly trade aontinues in a disappointing condition. The total only amounted to 4,045 tons, made up of 2,428 tons of exports, and 1,800 tons 01 exports. There is no perceptible sagn of improvement in the coal trade, and a reduc- tion of wages is being suggested as the only Lilternative to the tempwaiy closing down cf a number of collieries. A more cheerfui toic. however, preva.ils ill the tinplafce trade. I A private company, of which the secTe- tary is Mr. W. NichoJl.% has acquired 31 acres of land on Town Hill, with the in- tention of there erecting what will praetio- ady be a small garden city of 35J hout-es. Ihis form of enterprise deserves ovary encour- mont, for apart from the beneficial effecte due to a relief in the present congestion of the population, it is highly desirable to have these settlements embracing the best fea- tùíres of modern building schemes. The meeting of the Swa-rusea General Purposes Committee lasi Friday produced quite a storm in a tea cup. It all arose through a member of the Municipal Re- form party opposing a proposal to send a dep- utation from Swansea to a Socialist right to work conference which, is to be held in London. It was a tasfi which called for a good deal of moral courage. Opposition to proposals of this kind invariably brings down upon the head of the opposer the innuendo that he is a skinflint economist., heedless of the sufferings of the poor. cal- lous, money grabbing and the rest of it. Whereas, as a matter of fact, such a con- ference is extremely- unlikely to do any- thing of the least practical importance or otter a single original suggestion for the mitigation of the evit or do anything in si/ior,, except pa»ss a resolution calling for Government grants—a t&upklly simple way oat of the difticmiity. Why therefore throw away money on the achieving of these poor results? But some members on tiie Coun- cil do not sec tilings in that light at all. They a.re pos«: )l of the idea that unJei. on any and every possible occasion sym- pathy for the unemployed is manifested, that kindly quality does not eult, and tnat it ? replaced in the person whose f-iortcomings they are assaying by .%any I hearted indiff&reritism. One of the mem- bers of the Council during the discussion hmted that a.t least two of those present ■were tlsiem«3lvc6 -unemployed. An empty slomach—or the experience of 6ne—may be no bad experience i^- a public man in it- seJIf; it has at least the merit of presenting many things in a light that is wholly strange but this rough schooling does not appear to have taugnt the member in question anything at ad sin:e he did not provide any suggestion for a remedy or pal- pation beyond expressing his beiiief in the humbuggery of a public conference, a body with mystical powers of solving every ques tion under the sun to everybody s perfect content. In tikis case therefore, practical acquaintance with unemployment does not I seem to have had the value one would otherwise have attributed to it. No, as- suredly it is full heads and not empty stomachs which are going to settle the un employment question. A meeting of a Guardians sub-committee last week did more practical work on the matter than the Council committee referred to accom- plished throughout its entire session. It dealt with the question of preparing Graig House for use as an auxiliary institution to the cottage homes and managed to find work for several unemployed men in trim- ming up the interior of the building and the grounds. Locally, by the way certain enterprises now carried out have done much educative work in impressing upon. the public the uncomfortable fact that a great deaJ of the rough street work, which is supposed to be within the capacity of every unemployed workman, demands certain physical qualifications of its own, and that there is a much smaller amount of such work av;iilal>le to everybody than is commonly imagined. Even mere shovel- ling of e..¡.:t,h exercises certain sets of mus- cles which hare been toughened by use.

THE NJW EDUCATION BILL. The political event of the past week has .been the withdrawal of Mr. McKenna's Edu- cation Bill and its substitution by another' measure on the part of Mr. Runciman, the President of the Board of Eduaation. This latter Bill represents up to a point a com- promise effected as tibo result oi negotiations between the Precedent of the Board of Edu- cation and the Archbishop of Canterbury, j It is necessary to make a retorvation as to the limited nature of the ooanpiramise be- cause the parties failed to agree with regard to some of the proposals, and the differences incidentally disclosed will have to be the subject of further corsfdd'aration. In any event, however, Mr. Runciman's effort stands for a distinct .advance towards a set- tlement. The measures associated with the names of Mr. Birrell and Mr. McKenna were confessedly and flagrantly productions which took heed merely of one side of the question, whereas t.he. distinctive characteristic of } r. Runciman's Bill is that an honest attempt is made to take into account the views which prevail among conflicting parties. From the standpoint of t'he Church people two most important principles for w'hach they have contended are conceded by the Bill. Those are* the right of entry into Gt*uncil Schools for the punposer- of giving definite redigions instruction within the school hours, and the right of parents to decide the nature of the religious instruction to be given to their children in all public elementary ec-hools. From the same stand win ts the chief defects are that in single school areas where the schools have been maintained by Ghirrch people definite religious instruction accept-, able to them will occupy a subordinate posl- tion as compared with Cowper-Teniiple teach- ing. which is acceptable to Nonconformists. So that the effect will be that the former wiU in the two classes of schnols be placed in a. position of inferiority. Whereas, in t-he lan- guage of the Bishop of Bristol, "the most abiding settlement would be one in which the two streams of opinion in this country I on the education system were recognised by ;he legislature and both were treated on equal terms." In the case of Wales an even more serious defect is the wide latitude given to Local Ed iecation Authorities, which are j granted powers that wouhd enabtle them bo ) take awav with one hand what the legislar tuire has granted with the other, if- a-s w' probably be the caee, the Act is not admin- istered in a spirit of compromise- Then, as I the result of recent experience with all anti- (Thurch Education Ministers, the faith and ocmfklonoe in the impartiality of the Board' of Education has been seriously shaken, so that rtie proposal to make the decisions of the Department final and to deprive the dis- satisfied1 of the right to appeaJl to the Jaw courts, is bound to be strenuously resisted. The Bill as dn-tfied, however,, appeams to afford an excellent working basis for further discussion, which, if carried on in the true spirit of oowpromi e, must a.ssur-;dly lead to) 11)3 clcA-ing of a controversy niort seriously Wrimonl al tc the educational inteie^ts of I this country.

NEATH NOTES. Neath Footballers' Splendid Acniovement. The Lighten Si-e of Mayor's S.n-ay. Since writing oil tne trainp quest.on huvh 1 11a ic Q.ciaj.icU a svgiu.ucailt la. \> .uch, i uiinttv, tiiiovvii a j^iaruig ug^it on tii j .:4lUal".Lr_l, ami W ..llUI, iAj.it e Vv>rtny O. ,«- i^iijeiautjii 01 tne Üua.rdl- ans, wno are i^ionsilde to tne ratepayers. And that iuct is mis: — "i\o lewer than ten (10) »ble-L)odrfcd men 1 ciu.xi Oile ingut to accept ^icKct»s tor tilt VvorKaoUiSe.' 'No, said tiiey in effect. "We don't want 'em. v\e want iouging bouse tickets. ut counee the reason is periect-iy obvious. Tiiey wanted to go in when mcy liked and to ue spared tne labour task tae fomowxrrg liiorriiiig. r uitiior than tnat 1 am niiornied that tld) cffcurnfatance is not a.togetner an un- usiutu one, alwiougii Wll retutars with added niipei tineiKt ie Wte niaximum number ior one Uignt. i'his naturally is another re £ lect.on upon the unemployable—not tue unvinpioyea. -'¥' It is not often that 1 am tempted to t-ay a lew words aùOLlt xSeaUi lootuair ill tins column, but 1 iecu bouna to au so on this occasion, because trie boys in biacK have been doing aucn great teiings recently, In their jëJ& uhree m.-tcnes they nave scorea 4o pts. to Iill, and nave defeated Pontypool, 1 ^iccste-r (a double event), and Aoera.on (another aoublej. Pontypool went down with a whoop, jueicester managed to keep tile scoring down, but Aberavou have ag»iu tne L'eat.n men to thank tor the 13 pts. scored against them. i'act is ),ea.CI was quite coatent to rest upon itc l..alf t^ne leac, and until tiie last ten minutes of the game took things very eii.ily indeed. This gave the impression that Aberavon coutu have aone better in tne first ..ad Ji. t.my had adopted Uie same aiiangemerit ana tv>e same taciioe. And to tiiiS view (which oy t'ile way is quite an erioueoui, out. 111 my opinion) was given {(/uuiij.i.iy by an .vueravon scribe. Hut .^catii we it always tHe better side, and had they extended tacirr.se.ves in tne second tialt" they couiu have easj.y scorei anottjer couple ol trrts. In sayirrg tiiiS 1 iIIm not KccKiing to duti-act from Aberavon. lne it.puiAiuutata\ts ot the latter puayod a pi*ucky game, but they were i.Ojjdecc.ly ouwiawsui,- pacticuiarly na.t, waere "bnon" Evans | aud Jack Brennan ..jovved cuiampionsnip | lorm. xveauy me ^Ncatn pa-r are qLt-te LIh; bttt- in Wanes to-dav. I suppose taat I. jiff's pet-—-Mr. Percy Bufcn— ill nol. uú u, (;1 ;{;'V'c! ui i-c* seicc- LOll loa- international nouours. ) Aeitner siioluu "&on r.\ans wiLh pro- Liiic scoring powers and its Keen knowledge ol the game. He d.A iiosh -wouild make an ideal pair, and suit tne v\ els.: game to a nicety. riui uitle "b..10U boioiigs to -Neath, and iSeati. nas neter recoi\e<a jusu, recognition from the gentlemen wno ruie the loose. 1 htreioce we s«.iatl probably tind the firit^i inside haii In uie couiury relegated to tne reserve Ust. 1 f..ia 1 ne f,urj>rtfved if it proves noL so. And agicea-j y Mirprised as well. The weather (hdnt favour us on Sunday. cithougn it fad^j to liamp t.te araour of • those v.aio nad asseffoled to honour t ,\e Miayor. It wac- a brave procession, but baoiy marshalled. In Winuco-r and LOn-, don-roads tneie must have ocen a ureak 01 nearly 100 yards, and that spoiled the ef- fect. The military marched. mcy shou-tt have walked. Tntii wouiu t-.ic eye-sore have been ab- sent. itie Church of b1. Davd's ws» crowded, and tiie seron 01 tae recto-r (the Kev. A. j lj. Evans, Af-A-j on the duties of citizen- ) snip wcv» aeliv-uied «wua iuny apprev^aLtd. At the civvvn Had uiter t-n.: ijine-iio.iii- ourtsd iu net.0,1 kok place, lire speakers were happy in tAlCJr remarks, althoug.i 1 must ;«iv 1 nau tic\ c^r i>ci>c hearu so many 'oul s' connr.itted in the space ot Iweray nnnuiLs ü{;fore. 1<1< tunii.e-o. was that given forth by the .ayor 01 owaiiea. w-io, in supporting tne \</tc .;t m an in- to the rector, sad "I have very gre^t pleasure 111 supporting this toa^t. "loast" was exceeding.y good. They must hace been iiaving irnrc-tions at Swan, sea of late. Well, t .,(: wortny alderman, is Mayor and most of us know that he kr.ows how to make tiuiiigs go. You do not know w.iatit is to have men on ooai\ls wno t.toioug.iiuy know uieir bus-j ill ess. -ind for tat snn-pke reason you have oteii returning men on your puouc bodies1 v/uo arc QOf essentially pract.cal..ti.d V.i-s. notwithstanding LIe tact Urat you ar<> ,i t, å).s «!yu-.ng l.\<Ju,h. tne neccs-| Ity 01 SLl<u .H 0" pUULL: u-jviitu. iJ..L v vu. tio .i.10 li.-i Ua*0 aii\l .j.m u, man ^o K;).iuni j ou wno pract.cal. i or exampnu,vo uaa in yoiu1 public ouiwce 101 .ig Unne an c.iti..t.iiuy prac- .cai ma,, ai cc |<crso,i 01 l! r.. o. iJhil- ps, vvii\j ua. maac ,m aicitiiinan. lou .an t ^uuu.u t.iat i.o wus esten- ..ally a ni^ i aidii t K..ow It .jrc.wii u.i xueA.ay aitcri.c^n wi^-n he 1-' 1. v Vt:Y..l l'ln.i L'1 i. vtriy wiat o.s. 1,)-1. wu.a ûOO -i.ucii .0 Fd." ivI a "crt.n. "i W(;t¡,JH t: i,.jjeci io -r. ù. sain n", Olit, 0"" oi. -) a USUI a. >'ur uoucauan txnr.n^.rtcc is p.n.icgtd to xiv.^1 wiui niatteis iia\c bio.cd uiat vlia. 1'nuL!);, lor- ■ cct because i a."KtXl my w:ic. ö.w tela me Uiat 4. od. was too much, ana tnat sae could ouy a ready gooa-j c.weepiiig brusLi tor os. 6d. So t nat aru-r ail -Aid. Phili-ips is not [ii-te as practical as tne lady rtferee. But tnen he is a mere man, and could not be expected to nave suen ciose oonnec- tions with brusnes ;v; the women have. However, he was orv.y a Al.ing out, "i d Ita \e great hopes oi inm. iion may i.od your heaa an-a wink your I e'e and fancy that lomecony is. pulling jciu- leg. Hut ne-it'c.ei- of t-heae elegant illustrations- applies, 1 can assure you. ihere are several .^schools under the juris- diction of the Neath Education Authority, and you can just imagine the fearful catas- trophe which would happen to the rate- ?>ayers if they all wanted a 6s. 6d. sweep lng brush. lIlg brush. No, 1 agree with Aid, Phillips, that 4s. 6d. is quite enough or rather for the sake of peace at home I agree with my better ¡ half that 3s. 6d. is the proper figure. For the instruction and edification of the uninterested, permit me to add that the Education Committee have to deal in sweep lug brushes, floor cloths, black lead, soap, etc. So you see the absolute necessity of hav- ing practical men to represent you on that body. ies, I'm reminded that they are also ■supposed to understand something about education. But that knowledge is generality confined to squabbling between the Provided and Non-Provided Schools. The people, strange to say, who under- stand the educational part, are the teachers. Neath long ago decided to have the chil- dren medkially examined under the pro- visions of the Act, but they have not yet fixed the salary of the medical officer. The committee will meet in a fortnight hence when they wild decide the point. Mean- time I venture a prediction that the re- muneration will be fixed for the first year at £100. Well, we have 3,000 odd children attending OUT schools, and I for one shall J not say that Dr. Morris is overpaid, if the Council decide upon this rf-muneration. 1 "OBSERVER."

r'-ettws Parish' Council has decided to call sr>f?ri! meeting of ratepayers to discuss i the Amman Valley iighting and sewerage.

Parliamentary Notices. In Parliament, Session 1909. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY [GENERAL POWEKS). Additional powers to Company with refer- ence to new railways aud widenings de- viations and alterations of existing ana au trior is i<i railways bridgee canals roads and otntr works in the Counties of tiucKs -Northampton Warwick Stafford Lilourester Monmouth Glamorgan (.Car- marthen London Cornwall Berks Wilts i)o\<Mi WoreûMr Hereford Middlesex Somerset Denbigh Dorset Oxford Merion- eth and Salop Powers to Company and Midland iuul way Company as to bridge widening and lands in the County of Gloucester Powers to Bala and Festiiiiog i-aitrway Company as to lands itl the County of Merioneth Powers to Wey- moutih and Portland Railway Company and to Oompany and London and Soutn Western Railway Company and to Cor- poration of Weymouth for construction 01 works in the Borough of Weymouth Borrowing powers for Corporation of W eymouth Abandonment of portion of Weymouth and Port- land Railway Company's rail- way Agreements between said Companies and Corporation Extension of time for completion of railways authorised by Great Western Railway lNew Railways) Act 1906 a.nd for completion of Windsor and Ascot Railways Extension of time for sale of superfluous lands Provisions relating to the Company of Proprietors of Uie Birmingham Canal Navigations as to Soho brancn of their Canal and agree- ments with reference thereto Powers to Company Cambrian Railway Company and Manchester and Milford Railway Company as to joint station at Aberyst- wiitih AdditionaJ capital and application of funds of Company Application of funds of London and South Western Railway Company Midland Railway Company and Baia aj>d FesUnrog Railway Com- pany Amendment of Acts). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ap- plication is intended to be made tc Parlia- ment in the enduing Session by tbe Great Western Railwa.y Company (hereinafter cailed "the Company") for an Act under the above name or abort title for ail or some of the following purposes (that is to say):— LIn this Notice the expression "Parish" means any place for whutn a separate Poor Rate is or can be made or for which a separate overseer is or can be appointed..) 1 o empower the Company to make and maintain the Railways and worsts herein- after ment-roned or some part or parts there- of together with all proper and oonvememt 6ta.tbOlJoS tM1:ings approa/ones roads works and conveniences connected therewith (that is to say —- A Railway (No. 8) about 5 furlongs in length wholly in the Parish of ISeath Coedfrank in the Rural District of Neath m the County of G Lainorgan commencing by a junction with Railway No. 2 author- ised by the Great Western Railway Act 1904 (now in course of constnwt-ion) at a point on the western side of Burrows Road 2- chain or thereabouts south of the southern torice as now existing of the said railway ;1,111 terminating by a junction with the ivhondda and Swansea bay Railway at or near tne western end of the swing bridge carrying that raiiway over the River Neath and in connection with the said intended j FLaiiway (No. 10) in the said Parish to alter wle leveiits of the Rhondda a.nd Swansea Bay Kaicway between points respectively about S-j chains south-west ajid 1^ chains east of the western end of the said swing bridge and to aeviate the Swansea and Neaillll Rail- way of the Company between points re- spectively about 24 chains soutn and 26 chains north-east of Cardonmel HaJt on that Rad way. A Railway (No. 9) about 2 furlongs in length wholly in the Parish of Briton Ferry Coedfrank iu the Rural District of Neath in the County of Glamorgan commencing by a junction with the Rhondda and Swan- sea Bay Railway at a point 10 chains or toreabouts north-east of Jersey Marine Station on that Railway and terminating by a junction with the Swansea and Neath Railway of the Company at a point 25 £ cnains or thereabouts north-east of Briton Ferry Road Station on that Railway. n, ompowut tne Company to make and < xeciite the works and acquire the lands (which expression in this notice includes houses buildings mines minerals and ease- mants in over and under lands) and to cxercose tAw powens fallowing (that is to :3Y) 1n the Parish of Coedfrank in the Rural District of Neatk u the County of Glam- organ— Tine wkiening HH tlle western side of the bridge which carries the Swansea and Neath ltrt.ilway of t'liie Compairiy over t!>e Tonnant (Janal at a point 32 chains or thereabouts north-east of Briton Ferry Road Station. A new bridge over the road which crosses over the said Swansea and Neath Railway at the south-western end of the said sta- tion extending from a point ;n that, road 1 ohain or thcrealoute north-west of the, said Railway to a point 4j chains or there- abouts north-west of the said Railway. In the Paris t of Gelligaer in the Urban District of G eligaer and in the Perish of Llanfatxxi in the Urban District of Caerphilly in the County of Glamorgan. To stop 110 and discontinue toO IDUCoh of the footpath which crosses the Taff Vale Extecjsion K^iilw^y of the Company on the level at a point 15 chains or thereabouts north-west of Llancaiach Station as lies "-f-tween its junction with Singrug Road and a point 1 £ chains or thereabouts north-east of the «acci crowing and in lieu thereof to make and maintain a new loot- path between the last mentioned point and a point in the said road 3 chains or there- abouts north of the bridge carrying that road over the said Railway. In the Parish of Llandytodwg in the Urban District of Ogmore and Garw and in the Pariah of Higher Coychurch in the Rural District of Penybont in the County of Glamorgan— An alteration of the levels of somuch 01 the road, leading from Ynys-y-bwt to Waun WTen as lies between points respec- tively about 1 chain north and 1 chain south of the bridge carrying that road over the Ogmore Valley Branch Railway of the Company about 48 chains east of Blackmill Station. In the Parish of Llangoinor in the Urbin District of Ogmore and Garw in the County of Glamorgan—- An alteration of the levels of so much of the road leading from Brynmemn to Bryn- cothin as lies between points respectively about 1 chain north-wept and 1 chain south-east of the bridge carrying that road over the Ogmore Valley Branch Railway of the Company at Abergarw. In the Parish and Urban District of Margam in the County of Glamorgan- To alter an.d divert so much of the foot- path leading from Margam Terra<e to Lower Court which cror-fes the South Wales Railway of the Company and the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway on the level as lies between the north-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned Railway and a point 2J, chains or thereabouts south- west of that boundary and to carry the same over those railways by means of a footbridge. In the Parish of Coedfrank in the Rural District of Neath in the County of Glamor- gan— To stop up and discontinue so much of the road known as Cwrt-y-claidy Road which crosses the South Wales Railway of the Company on the level as lies be tween the boundaries of the Company's property and m lieu thereof to make and maintain a new road between a point in Dynevor Road 9 chains or thereabouts west of its junction with Road and a point iu New Road 7 chains or thereabouts west of the junction of that road with Pictoii Road and to carry the same over the said railway by means of :t bridge. To alter and divert so much of the foot- poths which crosses the South Wales Rail- waY of the Company on the level and which cr<fwh:g is known as Springfieia. J^eveJ Ci'octffing as lies Let-ween the bound- aries of the Company's property and to

Parliamentary Notices. carry the same under the railway by means of a subway. in the Parish of LLansamlet in the RuraJ District of Swansea in the County of G.amorgan— To stop up and discontinue so much of the footpaths which intersect the holds or enclosures numbered respectively 991 and 992 on the 145-inch Ordnance Map (2na Fklition 1899) of the said parish as lies be- tween the southern boundary fence of Railways Nos. 1 2 and 3 authorised by the Great Western Railway Act 1004 (now in course of construction) and the occupation road leading to Pentwyn rarm and 111 1=:-U thereof to make and maintain a new foct- path between tiie point where the existing lootpath in the said IdokI numbered yyi as aforesiaid crosses the Crymlyn Brook and the .-skid occupation road at or near its junction with the road leading from Llan- aamlet to Neath. To alter and divert so much of the foot- path w hich CTOSPS the said Railway No. 1 at. a point 4 chains or thereabouts north-west of the bridge intended to carry- the said Kail way over the Mid-land Raiiway Com- pany's Swansea Vale Railway as ties be- tween the point where Uie "said footpath crosses the last-mentioned Raiiway and a point 13j chains or thereabouts south-west thereof. In the Parish of Llandilo Taly Borit in the Rural District of Swansea in the County of Glamorgan-— To alter and divert so much of the road leading from Gwenlais Fawr to Pont-lliw as lies between points respectively about 20 chains ard 25 chains west of the junc- tion near Pont-lliw with We road leading from Pontarduliais to Swansea. To alter and divert so much of the road leading from Gorseinon to Pontarduiais as lies between pouits respectively about 9 « chains and 16j chains south-west of the bridge carrying the same over the London and North-Western Railway near Wa.un- gran. To empower the Company in th- Parish of Coedfrank in the Rural District of Neath in the County of Glamorgan to sub- stitute an open cutting far the tunnel in which Railway No. 2 authorised the Great Western Raiiway Act 1904 is shown on t.he plaits relating tD that Railway as intended to be constructed and which plans were deposited in the month of November 1903 with the Clerk to the Par- ish Council of Ooedfrank and with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Glam- organ. 10 empower the Company to purchase by oompulskwi or agreement and to hold lands (which expression in this notice in- cludes houses buildings mines minerals and easements in over and under lands) in the parishes areas and places hereinbefore men- tioned for the purposes of the said in- tended railways alteration of railway bridges roads footpaths and other works and providing accommodation for persons belonging to the labouring classes who may be displaced under the powers of the in- tended Act or any other Act relating to the Company and for the general purposes of the Compa.ny and of their undertaking and works oouneoted therewith and for providing incre&^cd accommodation and also to acquire by compulsion or agreement and to hold for the purposes aforesaid or any of them the lands hereinafter de- scribed or referred to and to exercise the powers hereinafter mentioned (that is to say):—- in the County of Glamorgan— Certain lands in the Parish of Lianfabon in the Urban District of Caerphilly lying on and adjoining the south-western side of the Taff Vale Extension Railway of the Company and between points respectively about 8 chains and 17 chains north-west of Llancaiach Station. Certain ia-nde in the Parish of Llan- wonno in the Urban District of Mountain Aeh lying on and adjoining both sides of the Aberdare Extension Railway of the Company and between points respectively about 13 chains and 49 chains west of the crossing of that Railway by the George Lmdery Incline near Deep Duffryn Co; liery. Certaiu lands in the Parish and Borough of Neath lying on and adjoining the north- 's- ern side of the Souliii Wales Railway v the Company and lying between points re- spectively about 25 chains and 40 chains aouth-weat. of Neath Station. Certain lands in the Parish of Coed- frank in the Rural District, of Neath abut- ting on the southern side of the main road ieading from Swansea to Neath between points respectively about 30 chains and 36 chains WMst of Skowen Station on the South Wales Rail-way oi the Company. Certain other lands in too same Parish lying on and adjoining the north-western fide of the Swansea and Nocith Railway of the Company a.1JId extending from a point 85 chains or thereabouts south-west to a point 84 ah .pips or thereabouts north-east of Briton Ferry Road Station. AND NOTICE is hereby given that mar- plans and sections relating to the objects of the intended Act together with booka 01 reference to such plans and also a copy of the Notice of the intended application to Parliament as published in the London Gazette will be deposited on or before the 30th day of November in the present year as fallows (that is to say) — As regards the works and lands in the ( ountv of Glamorgan with the Clerk of the Peace for that County at his office at Cardiff. And that copies of so much of the said pl/vjus sections and books of reference as re- iates to <w.h of t-he several areas hc-rein- aftermentioned in or through wliieh t-he intended works are proposed to be made or lands are situate together with a copy of the said Notice as published in the Lon- don Gazette will on or before the said 30th day of November be deposited 7loS follows (that is to say) — As relates to any County or other Bor- ough with the Town Clerk of such Bor- ough at his office as relates to any Urban District not being a, 13crough or lo any Rural District with tne Clerk of the Dis- trict Council of such District at hi* office as relates to any Parish comprised m a RujmI Jjifrtrict wiik tmi Clerk of tht, Parish C'oun"il or if there be no Clerk with the Chairman of that Council such deposit will if made with the Clerk to the Parish Coun- cil be made at his office or if he ha.s no office at his residence and if made with the 1 "narrmjci of Parish Council be made at his residence. And notice is hereby also given that- on or before the 171 h day of De* ember next ormted copies of fie intended Act will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the ifouse of Commons. The foregoing !<= so much of the Notice of the intended application toO Parliament a<s relates rpecifical-ly to lands and works in the County of Glamorgan and the whole of the said Notice has been piiblis.iec! in full or sent for publication in ini, in the Londovi Gazette in the present month oi November. Dated the 12th day of November, 1908. R. R. NELSON, Paddington Station and 20, Abingdon Street, est minuter, SHERWOOD AND CO., 7, Great George Street, Westmin- ster, Parliamentary Agents.

DEAD ON THE KITCHEN r 100R CWMTVYRCH WIDOW FOUND DEAD WITH CLOTHES BURNED. Mrs. Gwen Parry, a widow, aged 71, of Crown-row, Cwmtwrch, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her house at haif-past eight o'clock on Monday morning by ;i..wel J. Rees, Deceased was last seen alive^ by ..etr daughter, Mary Ann Rees, at ten o'clock on Sunday evening, when 6Le >vas in her usual health. Some of the clothes of deceased were burned.

NEW SWA.xwSEA TRAVn.ilit AKB-J VES. Yet another, tiawiTr ;a., bJc:i te Swansea's strong by the arrival at the South Dock fish wharves of the new trawer Caswell, bclangint; to the Rhcndda Fishing Coi^pany. s>h» la d d a gocd catch from the Moroccan coast. Her first trip reaJ- ised £400, and her machinery, tackle, eiik« are of the most modern character.