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For Rates and Passage Money aa»d all farther information ap: !y to the Managers, Donaid Carrie and Co., London, or local agent*. agent& ],,1 WESTON-SUPER-MARE. A THELSTON SCHOOL FOR GERIS, A THF SHRUBBERY. Inclusive Fees for Board, Engfish, Frencii, Music, Harmony, Book-teeepsng and Drawings 2 GUINEAS PER ANNUM. Pupils prepared for all examinations. TV prospectus, apply "THE HEAD MIS- TRESS. N ert Term Begins Tuesday, Jan- Gary 18th, 1910. Rats Enjoy Rod ine. It's smell attracts them. It's tast« delights them. They die on the apoa, dry up, leave no smell; never fails. Ab- solute extermination assured. No mess. No trouble. A che*ical marvel. 6d., Is.. 2s., 36., 5e.; pest 2d,-Harley, j Cheque. Perth. House's Perfect Remedy Sac aQ kirrdw of Wormik •^ly OBN LOZENGES. Far over 30 years this highly Valuable Remedy ba& met with the greatest success. Th" effect upon Weak, Defecate Children I given op aa incurable) is like magic. Getting rid of his tan»snting pesta by tak- ing those Lozeeges, the thin, pale-faced in- animate Child becomes strong, healthy, and lively, the pride instead ai the anxiety of few goaardiaBS. Axxgust 30th, 1898. Dear Six,—My ycmngest daughter, Emma Ann, 13 years of ago, got rid of a great somber of worms by taking only three or toor of Wtfhama' (Poatardawe) Worn Ixwesgea. I am giad to say that afc* haa JDuch improved in health, being previously lingering aDd defecate in health.—YOUJS sen tral3f> MARTHA (7RTFTTTH3, late of Fnispecihrdi. SYMPTOMS —Airy of the following OTmptoats indicate worms :—Variable appe- late, foetid breath, acid eru-rt&tions, paias. in the stomach and head, sickness, grinding j of the teeth daring sleep. dreams and rest- i lesgnets. paleoess of the cocntenaace, •titch?^ in the side, sfeart dry covgh, and emaciatioc of the body, rften mdstak^ far decline, nervousness, slow fever, and irrs- decline, nervousness, slow fever, and irrs- gnlar poke, faintzieas, sometimes omvuisiva lfí8.. often causing srndden death; di-adoesa, snre throat and inflammation of the bovrele. The above symptoms vary according to ths kind of Worms. The Losenges contain nofhing detrimental to the ccmUaUifcitm, and asre suitable for aN »i§es. Williswns (Pontarda'we) Worm Losenge* we prepared from the Original Receipt by J'OHN DAVIES, M.B.P.S., Cbemiafc, go. Htch-street., Swansea, and soll b-, most chemists at 9 £ d-, 13^d., and 2s. 3d. per box; by pcet 14 jrrd 34 stamps.Protected by the fjovermnerrt Stamp on which are ear graved tÀle words "WILLIAMS^ WORiJ LOSENGBSr" WAMTKP. exp^rlenrtel Person as Genesretl, oapebfce of «»!! <«nt>ti-es; private eoimtry hoc Hamily twn; wmforrabie home. in k ,t, i-ettar, ae^, escpeTienoo, wa^ee, leng-fi ..r enee, to atrn. Shaw, Gornos, r Otant 26Bg3-18 Am rLrt, with imnxxilat p.'sp <ttir«XBgb defdii of prevkyos Tenant' Large Gardeoa •pl^ndivily sltnated, wtt>> Gr^enbonses, etc., Two Fields, Stables, Co*ho*is'-s. PiggleYies. aad Cbp<if%. gst Cadoxton Lodire, N«ntb, adjacent to "¡oa ond popular ifaa-^T. R.qr. £ AQ. 8a»ca«ii Batato, Oftoe, n LLANDOVERY BRASS BAND CONTESTS, CHORAL, TIMBERING, AND QUOIT COMPETITIONS. AND CARNIVAL. WHIT-MGNLA Y, MAY 16th, 1910- Brass Band Oonteste—Three Claeeee. MaJa Voice Party Coirapetition, "Crossing the Plain" 1st prize, £ 25; 2nd prize, £ 6 Mixed Choirs, "Y Blodewyn lothaf, Prize, £ 10 Children's Choral G>mqoetafckm, "The Stream and tie Flower" Prize, 2.5 Programmes, with full partacrrieas, may be obtained of the Boa. Secretary, M. R. NICHOU5, Old Bank Honee, Ldandovery. EATH & WEST & SOUTHERN COUNTIES SOCIETY. Patron—His Majesty the King. President. 1910- The Right. Hon. the Earl of Darnley. GREAT SHOW AT ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM, MAY 24, 25, 26, Z7 and 28, 1910. ENTRIES CLOSE as follows Horses, Caitle, Sheep, Pigs, Wool, Cheese, Batter, Cider, Butter Making, MiL'iag, Slxieing, e-tc., March 24-; or, at Don.We Fees, March 51. Poultry, April 28 Jumping and Driving, May 5. THOS. F. PLOWMAN, Secretary. 3, Pierrepont Street, Bath. HJ I D L A N D RAILWAY. ELiSTEE HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS. THURSDAY, MARCH 34th. for 5, 6. 8 or 15 Days, and SATURDAY, MARCH 26th, for 3. 6, 8, or 15 days, TO BIRMINGHAM, DERBY. LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM, BUXTON. STOCK- PORT, WARRINGTON, LIVERPOOL (Central), MANCHESTER (Oentral), >SOvTl £ FORTT (Ixjrd Stroest), SidEi'- FIELD. LEEiDS, BRADFORD (via. Brecon and Worcester), leaving Swansea (Midland) at 4.5 p.m., and to station marked at 11.5 a.m. W. GUY GRANET, Derby. General Manager. 0 L A M 0 R G A N. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the next General Quarter Session of tbe Peace for the Goranty of Glamorgan will be holden at the Town of Swansea in and for tine said County, oil TUEiSDAYj the 5th day of APRIL, 1910, at Eleven of the clock in the Forenoon of the same day, when the Jus- tices then present will proceed with the General Business relating to the Public af- fairs of the county. The Grand and Patty Jurors and persons bound by subpeena or recognizance must at- tend at, the above-mentioned dav and hour. All appeals must be enterel before the s-ittuig of the Court on the above-mentioned day, and the same will be heard after the conclusion of the Crimirtal Business unless the Court shall otherwise order. Any Costs allowed must be taxed during the sairse Sessions, unless by consent. Depositions and recognizances are to be delivered to me by Tuesday, the 29th day of of March. 1910. T. MANSEL FRANKLIN, Clerk of the F-aaec. Cardiff. March 10th. 1910. 78 A-R N I y CONTRACT S. .l-l.. TENDERS for the SUPPLY of BREAD, MEAT, and FORAGE, to the MILITARY CAMP at PORTHCAWL, comraeracung in May next, wilj b« received at the Head- ^lart-ers, South Wales Mounted Brigade Transport and Supply Column, 7, R<utiamd Street, Swansea, by 12 noon, April 4th 1910. P Forms of Tender can be obtained on ap- plication to the Assistant Director of Sup- plies. Western Command, Watergate House, Chester. IV -ç¡. Canaries, Bgirids and firiiisb Birds i 10 Cage and aviary. By John Rebsan and other Leading: Experts. Edited by S. He LEWER. CoiU^nts iwhtde.—Be«in«, Tending, Show Hinta Hiatory of the Canary, A Practical Gaida for every Bird Lover. In 18 Monthly Parts. Part I. 7d. net READY. Specimen Copy. 9d. post free frem CASSELL & Co., Ltd., La Belle Sauvagre, London, E.C. 1 DEATH. NEWMAN —On March 3rd, at Corlannao, Grove Park-road, Weston-Super-Mare, Th mas James N>«"H}an (TaiSe of Port Taiboi and Swansea) aged 66 years. 6336x13-18
NOTES ON MEN & THINGS
NOTES ON MEN & THINGS The fate of some chapels is pathetic. Two oar three in Swansea have been con- verted into hotels, one in Cardiff hae be- come a Masonic Temple, and one m Wrex- ham was on Friday sold to be converted into shops and a non-pouticaj cfarb. Mr. Evam Rees, one of the candidates for the Lkmelly Guardians' election, declared at a meeting on Friday that the madicaJ officer to the LJaaeily Guardians received about £ 800 per annum in fees on account of public offices in oonnectlon with the Poor Law. The French landing at Fishguard in 1797 -fn ic came Uiroogaont Wales, the news travelling -with astonishing rapidity. Mounted heralds carried the awesome mes- sage to every village, and one of these passed the Indepeouient Chapel at Rhydy- jbocfc, Cardiganshire. Someone shouted out the news, "The French have landed! The j service stopped iimtediaieiy. Had a tbun- derbolt stnaok the ohtiroh tie panic couid not have been greater. Then it was that toe sweet voice of Naacy Jones recited the hymn, Duw, 08 wyt am ddibennu'r byd. Her courage revived the congregation, who jomed in with fervour. Faith grew more j <<■> > and ?trong.- and the dread of Na- ] pcieon seeded to pass xwx,, t- Three Welch Internatdonal matches :¡n two days is a bit of a record. Sir S. T. Evans is the first NocconformLit to occupy the position of Preeideert of the Divorce Court. Mr. C. P. Alron, M.P., is the old Wefeh Rugby interaatiionai who played for the Principality against England ajid Scotland in 1884. In 1814 there were living in one boase in the pariah of LIanom, Carmarthenshire, two husbands, two wives, and two sisters (six in all) ot the united age of 554 years. It is not sufficiently wideiy known that Undeb y Ddraig Goch, whose foundrees is y Foneaig Mailt Williams, awards annuaiiy a prize to the boy and girl who stacds highest at the Central Welsh Board's examinations in Welsh. The first recipient is Mr. Emrys Evans, County School, Ystalyfera, aan of Rev, Vaieotme Evans, Qydach. "The Go vennnent's poKiiksn on the Budget is a difficult one. It is no use shutting one's eyes to the fact that they have not a ma- jority of votes in the House of Commans in favour of the Budget."—(Mr. P. Soowdon, M.P., in "Christian Commonw€salth-")—And "Free Trade is no longer secure," says Mr. Mond. Things are aitogeiher in a bad way. J By special request Mr. Herbert Lloyd signed a cheque of RM 19&- lOd. on Thurs- day, which represents the last instalment of the repayment of the loan granted in 1880 for the building of the Pontardawe Work- house. Mr. Iioyd, too, as chairman of the Board of Guardians, signed the first cheque thirty years ago. .1". MT. B. Francis-Williams's pleasantries en- livened the proceedings in the famous "book- sefiiiig" case at the Glamorgan Assizes. He was cares-examining a witness as to his knowledge of literat/ure. "Do you know any- thing about Welsh books?" asked couneel, and witness replied, n--To; but, of course, anyone could know a Welsh Bible." Mr. FrancB-Wiliams; 'Tm afraid a good niajiy don't." Mr. CSssries Maybery, a native of Ltan- clJy. who is eulogised iI. the "Cycle and Mo- tor Trade," is a nephew of Mi. Joseph May- bery, J.P., formerly managing director of tho Old Castle Tmpiate Company, LLamiW, and, after leaving Lianelly, was appointed £ £ sistant manager to Messrs- Horsf&ll and Bickbam, makers of th* Horbick car, subse- quently becoming manager of the Fiat busi- ness in DecmBgate, Manchester. In an old volume dealing with the castles and manors of England and Wales t-oere is an article on 'itemn and Meiiin's Grove whieth inctudes the following passage:— "There is still at the dastcnce of about three miles from Carmairtben a pleasaot family I residence called Mciim's Grove. The came, however, propeiiy belongs to a thick wood of no great extent which rises abruptly from the turnpike road a short distance behind the house which still bears the name. Within the mvsterious and once dreaded depths of this wood or grove a mighty magiesan is said to have dwoH—when he was at home. At r the upper extremity of the grove, in the cor- rer of the field belonging to Merlin's Grove Farm, a spot ie shown as the supposed place of his interment, and a natural aperture m a i rock towards the middle of the wood is stat- ed to have been the scene of his mcantar ttions." Spenser quoted as an authority for the etatement that dreadful sounds are heard in the neighbourhood, caused by the fact that fiends laboured at the 'brazen walls which Merlin, ordered them to make for Car- marthm, and on which they still labour be- cause Jrforiin was carried off by the Lady of the Lake before he could countermand his order. Few aspects of the admiiVjstratiGQ. of Swansea have a. closer concern with the pub ie than the work of the Streets Committee, and few are more criticised. That there is the practicability at He<1St of remedying the d-2- pókrnble condition in which -very many of o-ur streets are discovered even after the slightest. showier of rain is welcome news, but the boT- ough sur'/eyor -js confident that by the us? o± t&r macadam and like substances a gre^t imorovemcnt can be brought -ubout at a cost, o." Is 6d. per square ya-rd treated. Expen-j ments in Henrietta-street have yielded tÙe best of resuks, and the surveyor asks for a f! grant of £ 500 in the estimates of the Streets Committee for the express puirpcse of bring- ing about this improvement. This sum, he I caioulatefi, will enable half a mile of roadway 22ft. or so in breadth being dealt wn.th dur- ira the vear. Part of the -expense, however, will be recouped by the lesser maintenance. watering, and scavenging which would be TiOcesrsarv. The surveyor points out in 1:18 statement to the Streets Lomnntteo :i:w,t. long and important sections of tho town a thoroughfares will not require his treatmeot,! jn view of theii* already being satisfactorily; dealt with by wood paving, etc. At ih0 in- itial rate of progress suggested something like a century would elapse before the whole of the streets cocrid be dealt with, bvrt ail de- pends upon the amount which the Strteets Committee as prepared to vote. And that in its turn depends upon circumstances which reed not be allrded to, bat which will prob-, ably ciicumscribo very materiaJly the sum of money which is ava ilable. The question of reforming the Poor Law has beer, shelved pretty effectually for iie j present, firstly by its lelegation to a Rovai i Commisaion, i-hi--h gives such matters a State funerall; and secondly by a political ] crisis which has loaded -up tho programmes of both narties to such an extent that it is; doubtful if either could, aid it possess the wiM, take in hand the gigantic task of recon- .-tructing the Poor Law with adequate at- tention. Swansea was visited on Saturday night by two propagators (though widely diverse in tiheir methods) of Socialism, who diverse in tiheir methods) of Socialism, who urge the claims of the minority report of the Poor Law Commission, vhioo is Socialir-tic in many of its proposals. Mr. Keir Hardie | preaches Socialism at tfe street corner, and j MT. Sidney Webb in the Council Chamber: but the insidious, intellectual ■mfluerice of Mr. Sidney Webb is a good deal the more formidable. The proposals of both reports agree in' urging the abolition of the Guard-1 iuns; but though they possess the merit of disguising the operation of relief work and ,i and mumcroal charitv bv dividing ,i and mumcroal charitv bv dividing I to the machinery amongst a dozen diverse bodies, there are sundry serious obstacles in trie way whcfUy unoonnected with the quaJi. ties of the proposals themselves. The Guard- ians fail to see why they should be thee ex- tingnished. The other bodies are already loud in their complaints that they have quite I as much work as the*- c-an administer. The devolution of too muda work upon the shoul- ders of the unpaid administrator cam ornlv have the effect of restricting the number of that cIia«R to those who possess an excep- tional amount of leisure, or giving an excess- ive o,mount of power to permanent officials. Tbero are limits to the capacity of the great j unpaid; when that limit is transgressed the whole fabric of democratic administration I falib to the ground. Pontardawe Guardians have decided to take proceedings against a man who owes them no less than £1&1 19s., through allow- ing ius family t-õ become chargeable to the Union. The Rev. Dr. Gomer Lewis, Swansea, who some time ago was compelled to give up his ministerial work temporarily through indis- position, has suificientiy recovered to resume work. He hae spent thirty-two years as the pastor of "Cajpel Gomer." A marriage will shortly take place at St. Woolos, Newport, between Muss May Davis- Williams Stewart (eldest daughter of Mr. J. Vau^ian Stewart, C.B., Alexandra Docks and Railway Company) and Mr. Hy. Wm. Sjiowart, clerk to lianelly Urban Cooncoi. Mid -Glamorgan will now have to eesk for a soitable member to succeed Sir S. T. Evans. Let us hope that a trao Welsh Nationalist wili bo found."—("London Kelt,") Well, the splendid odd Welsh of Hartshorn, Chkxzza Money, and Norman are being men- tioaed. Cymry am byth "Too much < ommerciaaifjri" was the ban3 of Wblah music, a-cxwding to Dr. David tha yoong Swansea musician, who ex]>r<^sed that op»nn n m the <x«rse of a lee- ture at Swansea on Satui-day. There s a great deaJ too much dr*13ar- :iiasing abcwii I'.uflic in Vt ales p:ngrally; but it s doubtful whether it is the whole of tho evil or ^ven the worst of many evils. A narrow mussoti culture is the chief of tbeee; and at present a WeLsii oompossr of real taleni who sought to gam a hearing for any of IHs composi- tions beyond choral work wouid have to shake the duet. of Wake (or of most English provinces for that matter) from las shoos and betake hameeEf toO Locdoa. Sir Griffith Thomajs has høœ so frequently re-elected chadrman of tthie Swansea Harbour Taxast that his eleventh ie-electaiO!n on Men day last does net cadi for any comment he- i yond aai erpreeskxn of satisfaction that in accepting the posation th& chctirman gave no hirst to justify OUilTimt rumour that he is contemplating retirement from public life, ¿G he has already done from business, in order to enjoy relaxation and abroad The public have substantial reasons to be pleased with this, and is; no cxiise is the sense of gratifkattion more pronoixnoed "]1arl amonOTt the Trustee?, who realise how pleas- ■ antiy and expeditiousily the harbour work is done, chiefiy owing to his tact aiid ni'banity. The last of the Welsh Intemaitionals on Saturday vindicated Welsh superiority in the mcei. striking fashion. Ths Iriah for- wardi played with tremendcuis vigour and mastered the game., but the Welsh seirsed ■ eveTy openizig in the most brilliant fashion, and demonstrated how powerless is mere dasb and fire against mature skill by scar- ing 19 points to three. The meeting must have resemlbktl a conflict "between two swordsmen'—one youthful acd ardent, all furious precipitancy and elan; the ether slower, soberer, yet of a deadly skill, whose thrusts pierce like lightning through the slightest and briefest opening which pre- sent itself. The Irish match again enforces moral that mere muscular vigour is powerless against science. Football has an odd way of faithfully mirroring the charac- teristics of graver contests in more f-^ricus spheres of life. The estimates of the Swansea. Corporation for the year beginning with the 1st of April next show a.n mere is >d expenditure toO the extent or £10,000. But for the circnimstance of tibe re-asses&ment of ratable property hav- ing enhanced the 1 latter hy £40,000, a sub- it antral advance in thv rates would have been Lne\-itable. As it is, the benefits accru- ing from the increased ratable valne do not serve +0 do more than enable the raLes to be kept a.t the same point, as last year. In otbar words, tbe expenditure has destroyed whatever hopes of relief that may have bc"n entertained as dne to the beneficial' effect of the growth in the ratable value. Perhaps this is as much as the ratepayers could hope for, having } e.?.ro to the fact that the Streets Committee and Waters and Sewers Committee each require £2,000 more than during the year now ending:, and the Watch Gomn.'ittee £1,600, whilst the interest pay- able on capital has advanced by £5,300. Hence, although it is expected tha-t the water rents will amount to £4.000 more, and that £800 will be obtainable from the hous- ing scheme, the geaueral district rate for the iiest year will T-ema-Tn at the present rate, namely, 4s. 6d. in the JB1. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Swa<L':ea Harbour Trust en Monday. Sá GriTith Thomaei eummaa-ised the of the ptel's iM.-rea«e», in a fashion that llhn trated forcibly the tendency they disclose of the acceleration in the rate of progress Ln. re- cent years. He remarked that it took Swansea twenty yea." to increasi its trade Îl"ml1 ono to tw" million tt ns; siTv'fritrH'n yaRJs, from two to throe million tons; seven years, from three to four U'ilii-m towsj: four years front four to five millions •. and in the last three years they had nearly ind'eased from five to six million tons. Only a stoppage in the Sout.'i Wales coalfield vould, ho thought, prevent the six million tons total being reached this year. Unfortunately, the fig- ures so far do not hldd *xit much hope of the fulfilment of the pirophecy nnlers thero is a very marked reviv.-il in trade, whilst .a coal stoppage would ruin the hope beyond re- de m.pt on In January and February tilers has been am export of 713,000 tons, winch is 9,00) tons less than in 1939; tho exports were 143.000 tons, an tncreaise of 8,000 tons-, wjhach LEAVES UF just 1,000 tons to the bad. Nevertheless, 1900 did not faR (-0 far short of the six rrcilliion tons total as to place its at- tainm«nt this yesir beyond the reich of practicabilit y. The perils to which modern industry ex- poses the South Wales coalfield were tragic- ally illustrated at dydach VaJe, in the Rhon- dd&, on Tuesday afternoon last when a mass of water which had aiocmnulated in an a.ban- doned colliery ievel suddenly burst forth in a tomeint whose force and volume ravaged the district, rent huge gaps in roadways and bants, inundated a school, and drowned a woman and five children, some of whoea hodies were washed for hundreds of yards. In this case preventative Lad actu- aMy been set on foot and measures -weae be- ing taken to release the contents of this re- servoir into a brook. But, unfortunately, toe late. The Tareni disaster, in the Swan- &p<t Valley, last autumn was due to an iden- tioal cause-the breaking out. of the Wetter which had coi!ect»d in <>'<1 ooMi«n-y woekinas. Unfortunately, safeguards:«ve vandared diffi- coot by the ignorance which generally pre- vail* as to the prx^is". Ittcolity of abandoned levtis. The Clydach Valo dis;i t :j-. how- ever, enforces the necessity for a periodical | examination of those which are known to exist in the neigh fxxirhooc; of a community. [ South Wales has, however, not got to the same uegree as the salt districts in Cheshire, where whole areiiA In towns have to be aban- 'I doned through the collapse of tNeir founda- tions by the draining away of the Hibterrtin- .ean bane for salt manufacture. Three hundred and fifty-two years ago. Swansea was created a borough, with mayor. Forty-seven years ago the Albert HaSl foundation-stone was laid. Sir S. T. Evjras constitutes an addition to the not very extensive Imt of judges wbo commcnosd their legal career in the lower branch of the profession. Among others to whom the sains applies the moet notable Ill- stance was, perhaps, that of the late Lord Russell of Killowen, the first Roman Catholic Lord Chief Justice of England since the Revolution, who, before his call to the Eng- lish Bar, was a solicitor practising in Bel. fast, while an earlier inetance was that of Lord ChanceHor Truro. The latest addition to the Carraartheiisbire Antiquarian Society's Museum in Carmar- then is a weli-preserved fen. ale mask in plas- ter, which was discovered by caretakers under a heap of mbbish in the vault of Prince Edward's Chapel, which was erected in the fourteenth century on the ground now occupied by St. David's Diocesan Registry, Carmarthen. A carved representation of Calvary, let into- the wall, still marks the site of Our Lady's Chapel, ia the rear of which ase many vaulted rooms and passages. 8 At the anmsafl. meeting of the Swansea Ksrboor Trust bedd en, Monday the cliairman offered what must appear to most reasonable people as an effective defemoe of the action taken in paying ibe contractors a bonus Ot £ 30,000 for completing the new dock by 23rd NovenAer test. He stated that in via' tue of the bargain made the completion was accelerated to the extent of quite eighteen months, because additional worts: put on ?he cooitractois woulM have retarded the end for at least so m-tny months, in ,1.dditm to the twelve provided for so far as the origin*^ contract was concemod. In other words, the Trn3tj.es had paid practically a thousand pounds a month to hasten the undertaking- the caipataS ouulay in which represents a | standing- dharge in interest of aimcst £7,00J per month. He said that within six months the doskjfisLly equipped,wo<u2d be in cqjnplefte working order, so that for a year at least it would be earning revenue instead of still 1..em: in the course of construction and in tho hands of the contractors. The carmB stanoos, be strongly urged, provided justificaticn for the corj&e adopted by the Tru&tees. The re-assassmenfit of ratable property in 1 Swansea has resulted In an increase in value amounting 'to not less tlhan £40,000. Ac every ina eace in the aggregate has a oonvtj-. ponding effect upon the yield of the penny rate, the community generally stands to gain by it, There are exceptions of course in the case of property owners or of ptit> perty, the re-assessment of "which has con- tributed to the increase. Among these it is stated that ocrneiderabde feeling prevail as rorne of the valuations, it ia a>rgTied, aro ( preposterously bigli. That may be so or not, btit the parties concerned have, cf course, a. ohartce of rectifying sny mistake made by appealing to th^ £ sess.inent Cononittee, Gr, if necf-ssaary, to t lw Quarter Sessions. t t'b, same time, everyone must recognise tÍ1i1t the continued ¡r:6e 'n the rates concurrently with the increase of the rata-bfe valno of the borough is depressing It mdicates that rhd £2,000 a year of extra'ratcB collected is being completely mvallo'wed up by an expenditure outpafing the revenue and oat of proportion t) the growth in the aggregate of ratable property in the borough. The appointment of Sir S. T. Evans as President of the Court of Admiralty and Di- vorce, and consequent retirement from pcili- tics, has caused, of course, a bye ejection :n Mid-Gllamorgan. The Labour party, with their candidate already nominated in Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, were quickly in the field to secure th,8 advantages of a start. We are assured that the leading- Liberals Tin the con- stituency are very keen to contest the esat, for the reason that the Labour nominee is lukewarm regarding W'fJlsh N a-tionalism a.nd Dises-ta VJislnaicnt. Tlrcaa.- seneitivenees in rerard to thft?c- esssntiiaJs is romewha;t diffi- cult to reconcile with the readiness disclosed hv their fellow-Liberals in neighbouring oon- stitusncies to accept candidates who, unlike Mr. Hartshorn, were not evem born in the Principality. The probability is that if he I bad not been, first, a Labour mm, and, "ü-' ondiy. one unlikely to have wealth to .ii&- pense, .:e--ry little woul l have beon heard of tbese alleged important qualifications. | the contiact undertaken by Messrs. Dixon and Co for the construction of a gawer be- tween Union-street and Scmerset-plaae ha..<: had most unfortunate results, both for the ccTiti-aotor and the public. By reason of dif- ficulties experienced with water the work 's not yet competed, although five months have elipeed since the date fixed for ists oonwcc- tion. In the meanwhile an essential part of the rcherne for preventing 1,be periodical flooding of the 'lower parts of the town. has teen delayed, ard the business people and ethers using Fisher-street and the adjoining strae>3 haW) been put to t-erious inconveni- ence by reason of the pile of debris, etc., col- Ificted ir. some of the thoroughfares. In this instance there is a difficulty in enforcing the penalty clause in thf: fact that tho contractor has already lost heavily over the contract, and the delay is attributable chiefly to ele- ments for which no provision could have been made. Now, however, tlxat we ara eD. joying a spell of fine, dry weather, every means of despatch should be employed. By utilising to the uttsrtTtOst the prercnt- oppor- tunity the contractors can strengthen their appeal for individuail treatment in tihe mat- I ter of tJM penalty dauso. I The trade of SwajifOa port Jast weak was' very satisfactory, the improvement of the. jTevious week having been fully maintaine.l. Exports, reached 99,906 tons, made up of 75,539 tons of .coal,- 10,085 tons of pateait fuel, and 9,282 tons of tinr»!ates and general. o goods. Impci-ts were 18,364 tone. fhueS there was an aggregate tirade of 118,870 tons, or about 15,000 tons more than in the CO.TCS- j ponding week of last year. There was an abnormally large quantity of tinplates ship- j ped. no fewer than 183,393 boxes, or nearly double the.number received from the works, and hence an appreciable reduction in the quantity stored in the warehouses and vans. Trade was also fairly good -it Port Talbot, the aggregate showing an inorease of 2.197 tons over that of the corresponding week of; 1909. Exports, principally cool and patent: fiuel! were 34,276 tone; :md inw:«arts 5,619 ^ton^; or a toUil of 39,895 tons. An eqaaJly oncoaraging report comes from Lianelly,! where a substantial cvjusignment of pig iron 'helped to swel'l the totel. Exports, 4,109 t<.JÍ.a, practically balanced the importa, which were 4,407 tons of which 3,206 toice stood for pig-iron. The coal trade Is very quiot.. and.moo in the oaso of anthracite the de- mand is not equaJ to the output. The tki- plate iad'aetry. however, is enjoying an ac- cess of prosperity, there bemg a considerable demand from the United States, partly due probably to the prolonged strike, which keeps at a standstill a considerable proper- j tion of the works operated by the American I Mr. Percy Player, Chxfech, the new sheriff of Glamorgan, is an enthusia«tic naturalist. Ths cosnpceihensive Wild Bird Order which is in foroe in tbe oounty is largely due to his personal interest. In the reign of Henry IV. a law wa.5 passed to prohibit a Welshman from marry- ing an Englishwoman. Rev. Griffith Thomas, the Church Defence lecturer, humorously suggests that it is a pity that low is now obsolete! I Figures submitted to the Harbour Trast meeting, and indirectly ti_» the pub I i 3, rcgard- ing the trade records of Swansea- are calcu- lated to modify pessimistic reflections in seme quarters respecting the immediate fu ture of the port, as indicated by the disap- pointing returns for 1909. Financially, uhe Trust aire- in a. strong position with a. reserve fund of £277,613, represented by accumulat ed profits, pilus the £&Q,<J(») which the Cor- porat-ion is to pay for the redemption of th'J bridge tolls. This has to be drawn upon to the last penny before, if a 'right to bor- row £150,000 from the Corporation is exeff cisc-d. Already it has OOCll encroached upon to tli-3 extent- of £8,643., this being the deficit in the accounts for January and February. As tbets.i deficits become less with the growth of revenue due to increased ti-ade attracted by the new dock, the stram upon the reserve will of course be eased, and in all iikelih-xid tiho harbom" as a trading conccrn wiM have regiained its position as a profit;-earning concern long before the reserve jr; exhausted, In a.ny event, the appeal to the Corporation it a.t any time necessary, will be defeirred for several years to come. ilainSy tlxrough the efforts of Mr. J. R. Stephens, the football critic, the annual encounter between Wailes and Eng- land in Association football) was played at Cardiff this year. Thais an opportunity was afforded the public of witnessing a first-class exposition of the dribbling code, and the spectators, the great proportion of whom were accustomed to the sister code, were manifestly delighted with the game. It was the general concensus of opinion at the end that Rugby compares unfavourably with As- sooiation on account of the inclisputaJblo fact that the termer has .much that is redundant in it. The iarfter is devoid of a dull moment, and the l-ctpidity with which play is transferred frcim one end of the field to the other is al- most incredible to one used to the alterna- tive game. Another palpable reason for its popularity is that the ball is continually kept in the view of the spectators, and the various movements of the game can be clear- 1y defined. It it evident that were euitable grounds obtained in Wales and good Sac- cea-" taame organised, with fixtures with the better-known Engtaah dlubs, the hold Rugby ae<>^and has posseascd far some con- siderabiie time on the public would be oon- iiderably loosened, and a somewhat interest- ing duel between toe t,wo rival codes developed. A suggestion thrown out in the local press that on Palm Sunday, 01 Flowering Sunday, the Victoria Park monument to the soldiers who feil in the Boer War should be clecorat- ed with wreaths, and a drum-head mernori il service hold by the United Service Brigade and the Territorial unite around it, has boon very fa.vcurably received 'by the public at large. It is very generally thought that in t.iking as a precedent tLe custom of the ladies of South Africa to deck the graves of soldiers with floral offerings, we should be enly afcknowledging to some extent the detp debt of gratitude we (Wo to our soais, who voluntarily sacrificed their lives in order to uphold the prestige of the country abroad. It. is a. debt that we unfortunately arc in the habit of neglecting to repay, and as the gla- mour of the victories fades with age, so does our sense of gratitude to those who were :n- strumenlal in oausmsr them, diminish. An annua! memorial service, participated ;n by ai-'i local Territorials md old soldiei-s, won i serve to keep fresh m _.ur minds tne recoilec- tion of the devotion end self Gacrifice of the men who died in defences of our interests, and perhaps instil into the minds of the younger generation a sense of its obligations to the Empire Whilst the idea of 0. memorial ser- vice comes too late to be acted upon, it is probable that soma nowers will bo deposited 011 the monument. j ■»- • —<t~ J By the defeat of the English schoolboys by t-hoso of the Principality at Cardiff last Sat- urday the claim—which had by the English victory at Twickenham become questioned—-j that Wales is -still the foremost of R-ugby- playing countries, was materially strength- ened. Two distinctive- styles of play were- witnessed, the Welsh boys relying upon their superior cleverness and combination amongst tihe bracks, whilst thedr opponents were seemingly content to depend upon their weight, dash, antd individual prowess. Con-: seqnently the win for the boys of Cambria I was a deononstration that the styite of play, which has become recognised as almost indi- genuous to Wales, has no equal, and that until the other countries have succeeded in adapting themselves to the Welsh methods they cannot succeed in relegating the Princi- pality to a secondaay position, which, as the country with the least resources, she should lightly occupy. The game, though perhaps not up to the standard anticipated, was a good one, and a pretty and clean exhibition of football was witnessed. Evidence was afforded that W ales has a superabundance of promising young players, who in a few years to come will be able to fill up the va- cancies in the senior national side caused by the necessary retirement through age of the men who aire a.t present in their prime. 1. Unquestionably the game of bowls has ob- I tained a firm hold in Swansea and district during the past year or two, but whether the action of the Corporation in sanctioning the further expenditure of £850 in providing bowls" houses, shelter, etc., for four of the Swansea parks, will be generally endorsed, is another 1:1.1a.tter, It is contended ,by that section of the public who have not as yet vidded to the fascination of the ancient pas- time that in already spending £1,525 upon the greens arid B459 in maintenance -ilio I Council have fostered the game sufficiently, I and that the additional expenditure is un- ¡ justifiable. On the other hand, it is argued that the fact that the revenue derived from ¡ thegbowling greens more than covers the up- ke^>, is a sufficient reason for further out- lay, wbieh will to some extent be recovered by means of the rents of the refresh men t- rooms, in addition to the charge for .playing. It is pointed out, too, that everything pos- sible should be done to assist an enterprise which possesses tibia almost unique ditinction ) in local public affairs of being a paying con- j cern, and that tlie unquestionable popularity of the game in the district calls for improved facilities. Undoubtedly bowling greens have added to the paries a very attractive feature I and have forced upon the public the realisa- tion of the primary object of parks and open I spaces—to reproduce to some extent the j beauty and beneficial effects of Nature, irn- I touched by modern civiljiatiom and itc at- tendant evils. The action of the Council, therefore, in submitting to the demands of a largo- End growing section of the community ia commendable, always providing that it is coincident with no reckless or imprudent ex- penditure. Sir S. T. Evans will give shorthand writers something to do in the Divorce Court. He is a rapid speaker. Apropos of the coastguard reduction scandal it may be stated that since 1906 no fewer than 135 coastguard stations have been suppreseed, a.nd the coastguard has been r&- duoed from 4,150 to 3,252. There was a record circulation of books at the Lianelly Free Library in January. The borrowers' cards issued number 2,086. Leav- ing out children, about one person in every ten makes use of this section. In view of the statement recently made in public that quite half of the water enter Ing Swansea borough for household coru-imipti m rutis to waste because of defects in tlie Mains j and service, pipes, an attempt was made at a. recent meeting of the Waters and Sanitary Committee to Ö ascertain to what extent ttiis was true. It cannot correctly be said that the effort was particularly successful1, inas- I mufb as neither the borough engineer noi' "Dyone of his subordinates appeared to be in a position to give any definite estimate of the amcunt of wastage going on. The explana- tion of Ulis consists in the ftict that •• ►illy a sicctior'. of the town, w;t.h a population of twenty to thirty thousand, was provided, with the necessary meters for gauging the consumption, and that uiit.il tOO systematic investigation now proceeding ie oom.p<leted— an event not expected for some years—i £ would be impossible to foim any tmst worthy estimate regarding the amount of water lost. All that could be said with any degree of certainty was that since the nam- ber of inspectors had beem incretiiaad by four in the summer of last year, it was computed that, as the result of their labours, some oOCjCOO gallons per day were now being saved. Wat-h that the public, for the present at least, must remain content. During per iods of drought the estimated saving would ba of incailculabib value; but now that. tlie second lino of pipes- is in course of bein.; i-aad, thus providing Swansea with a.n ample reserve supply for years to ccme, most peo- pie wilii be disposed to ooasider tho extra out- lay upon inspection as avoidable expendi- ture. In view, however, of the fact that, the improvements now being effected must lie! cairiea out sooner or later, it does not seem! a prudent proceeding to dispense with tha. services of the extra. inspectors. —-| One of the worst public scan da-is, and about tlie most flagrant example afforded for many years locally, of tbe law's fearful do lay, ari-se:; from tho re-acsessmenft of the j Swansea HarbouT property, wlhieh took pilace some seven years ago. The new valuation carried cut by Messrs. Eve and S6ns raised points of law of a novel character. Up to this time the assessment had invariably beeu fixed by friendly negotiations between tho! assessment Committee and the Trustees. But the difference between the eleven tlic-usand pounds previously agreed to and the valua- tion of over £2Q,OOO apparently p-rc cludcd | the possibility of a; friendly arrangement. It was deemed necessary. therefore to submit the points of Jaw to tho High Court. The1 two parties concerned wore in accord in tnedi de-tire to make the action as ineTipen- sive. as pcfsibie and to this end it was agreed k dispense with witnesses by s"b- mptting to the court on behalf of both sides a statement of fact. At that time the Im-: dti'standing was tliat the first action was to end the matter. But what took place in- stead ? The points in dispute werecaa-ried from court to court lintil they were eventur f ally hrcught bof:>re the supreme- tribunal,! t-bo Hou^-e of Lords, where the law was de- j finitely determined. But this did not by anv means end the dispute. When, the- vailu^rs were asked to apply the law to the facts they I disagreed considerably, and hence the de cision to virtually re <-pen litigation by re- ferring the valuation to a referee, as pro- vided by statute. The Lords' decision was given nearly two years ago, but the prelimin- a,ry 1 egofcationc regarding the arbitration have moved so terddy that only recently lyis the date been fixed-April ISth—.he! fiist sitting. A suggestion that the costs' sliould be kept down to the minimum by emp.oymg only one junior counsel on ca. n side, and by calling only the officials ae wit- neasies, was ait first sympafheti-ca-lly received, but in the result the arbitration is to be fought out with learned counsel at full war strength, and without any restriction upon either side in the matter of employing cxpart witnesses. Thousands of pounds have al-: rerudy been spent upon this unfortunate lifci- gation, which has occupied seven years to; bring to its climex. It would be difficult to discover a parrtllel to it in point of time and money wasted in tbe annals of litigation between public and ostensibly friendly bodies.
SKETTY BARONETS DAUGHTER
SKETTY BARONETS DAUGHTER ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL HER. CASE TO BE HEARD IN A FORTNIGHT. At Swansea Police Court on Wednesday,; Wm. Slingsby, Sketty, was summoned for endeavouring to obtain money by means of menace from Miss Dnleie Morris, daughter of Sir Robt. Morris, Sketty. Mr W. P. Smith appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hy. i Thompson for the defence. Mr. Smith said that, subject to the ap- proval of the Bench, the police agreed to take the case that day fortnight. It is alleged that defendant wrote a black- mailing ietter, demandmg money, and we, understand that Mr. Guerin, the celebrated! handwriting expert, wiil give evidence for! the prosecution. lThe above appeared in our second green. edition on Wednesday.] Mr. H. Sweet, Wind-streot, Swansea, writes :—"With regard to the case of alleged blackmail reported in your yesterday's issue, I beg t.. inform you that you were in error in stating that the defendant was not pre- sent. Kindly correct this."
POSTAL CONCERT AT SWANSEA
POSTAL CONCERT AT SWANSEA FOR -.OWLAND HilL BENEVOLENT FUND. In aid of the Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund, whioh by the effort will benefit to the extent of about £30, an excellent "PœL Office" concert was held aJ:, the Central HaJI, Swansea, on Tuesday evening, The hall was well filled, and the pro- gramme proved a delightful one. The first part was devoted to limelight views, de- scriptive of the Potst Office at home and abroad, and these enabled those present to ga/ugo the great advances made in this colossal business that deals annuaiiy with thousands and millions in letters, and money. It is a wonder, as the reader, Dr. Horatio Rawlings observed, that the errors were so few. The old Norwich coach, carrying the mails at seven miles an hour, was thrown on the screen in contrast to the Irish mail, travelling at the rate of 70 miles an hour. The wonders of the instrument room at the G.P.O., wheire a little army of clerks are employed, were depicted, and the Post Office from the romantic, pathetic a.nd humorous sides, were recorded in an in- teresting manner. The second part of the programme was a musical one, and was con- trihUlted, to by Mr. D. E. Rees, Mis. Maurice Clark, Miss A. Chegwidden, Mr. Tom Jones, Mr. T. C. Pound (violin solo), and the Postal Band, under Conductor Bartlett. Tlie various items v. "ire splendidiy rendered, the band especially coming in for general praise, and the arrangements, carried out by Mi. D. J. Nicholas, well contrived.
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SWANSEA'S BURDIN OF DEBT. A. new valuation having screwed the tax- able capacity of Swansea up to the highest point yet attainable, the Corporation hae been placed in po&session of an income which has increased from JB1,668 to £ 1,773 in re- spect of each penny levied under a general district rate. As might have been antici- pated, however, no benefit of any kind ac- crues in the direction of reduced rates. The net benefit is the averting of an increase, which would otherwise inevitably have been enforced. For half a dozen committees are demanding heavy increases in in-come to meet their outlays. The Streets Committee aski for £2,839 more, of which the bulk is ac- counted for by lighting and road improve- ment by tar treatment; the Water and Sew- ers Committoois spending £1.569 more, of which £1,365 is accounted for by increased rates for Cray parish-a stroke of luck which must inspire sardonic smiles in assess- ment headquarteis at Brecon and the Fin- anoe Committee claims another £8,000 in re- spsct of charges in connection with the var- ious capital outlays in recent years. In aW, £12,557 is swallowed u'p by the in- creases, and the one crumb of comfort which fell from the tables during the discussion wa.s the estimate of the borough accountant that a. reduction of 2d. in the £ in the poor rate is possible. Relief of some kind must ensue eventually from tihe intention of 'he Government to remove the pauper disqualifi- cation. This, it is true, will only touch a very limited class, and the experiences aI- ready of the Act have been most disappoint- ing. Its effects upon the poor rates have been nil. The discussion in general con- firms the impression that for very many years to come Swansea must struggle along as best it can under an oppressive burden of debt. Standing charges in respect- of the municipal debt account for seven-ninths of the expenditroe, and the £180,OCO asylum scheme amongst other projects., 1n- dirates clearly that the period is yet to come when large additions to the capital outlay will cease, Meanwhile souicee which had been looked to for some modicum of relief recede like the mirage. The period of repayment of the Cray loan remains unchanged the money due from the county authority for the edu- cation of county children lias apparently no existence at all in the eyes of the law; and the friendly argument between the Hart»our Trust and the Assessment Committee, com- Trust and the Assessment Committee, com- menced seven years ago in the most amiable I oi spirit and with the loudest professions of the desire to avoid any possible expense, still rages, prodigal of time and money to a pre- posterous degree, a glaring example of the Oriental procrastination of British law. So the outlook is depressing in the extreme, and the prosperity of the town-the exceptional prcsperity. taking an average of years—must not blind us to the fact that the burden borne with few outward signs of distress—though how heavily it presses can only be recounted .by struggling tradesmen and houeehoideTc- is capable of exercising a. crushing and tragic influence should a. long period of depression ) set in and debilitate resources which are superficially buoyant and ample enough to- day.
TROUBLE IN ANTHRACITE TRADE.
TROUBLE IN ANTHRACITE TRADE. EXCISEMEN'S GRIEVANCE: POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF WORK. An Lmirartant matter will be discussed at the anthracite miners meeting- at fcwaxuaa on Saturday next, whetti cngjnemen and) stokers of the anthracite coalfielJ will seek the co-operation aind support of the miners in their proposal to teodea.- notices on the let of nest month. The engine men and stoker; seek better conditions and higher wages' and if they decide to go cu strike it will have the effect ot' placing the whole of the anthracite coal- tfewd in a serious position and work wiil have to be i-uspendei.
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BETTER ROADS FOR SWANSEA BOROUGH SURVEYOR'S SCHEME. GRANT OF £500 ASKED FOR. A scheme for the improvement of the roadways at Swansea is projected by the Swansea Borough Surveyor, who proposes gradually to convert year by year the pre- sent water-bound macadam surfaces of the carriageways in many of the most important thoroughfares into surfaces impervious to water, and which would present in aimcet all states of the weather a. hard clean con- dition. Tar maioadam has yielded most gratifying results in Henriettc^treet, formerly a water-bound limestone road. Extra expense would be entailed, but it is stated the amount now spent per mile on road maintenance does not permit of a sufficiently high standard being kept up, much less to provide a .margin for such pur- poses as that indicated. Whilst traffic in Swansea has grown very much the coat per mile hat, actually decreased. The Surveyor asks for £500 to be in- eluded in the estimates for the forthcoming year for the express purpose of the pro- jectod impervious macadam roads. This sum, at Is. 6d. per square yard treated, would deal with an area of 6,700 square yards in a year on an j-miie of roadway 7! yards wide. The extra expense would be partially recouped by a saving in scavenging and watering.
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BRITON FERRY LIBERALS ANGRY DETERMINED TO FIGHT DESPITE WT RE -P ULLING." Liberals of Briton berry are seemingly very sore over the action of those in auth- ority at the Liberal headquarters in London in bringing persuasion to bear upon the several gentlemen mentioned as likely can- didates for the Mid-Glamorgan bye-election not to take part in the fight against the Labour nominee. At a meeting held on Tuesday evening the Chairman, Aid. Hill, said there had evidently been some wire-pulling, but they were determined to bring out a candidate, deispite what was being done in I.,andon. The constituency had been liberal for. years, and they did not intend turning their backs on it after holding it so long, and give the seat to practically a stranger. It was agreed that the names of the fol- lowing gentlemen, who, is was understood, will fight if selected, despite what the Liberal Whip may do, should be submitted to t,h" Executive Liberal Council at Aber- avon on Wednesday :— Prof. Levi. Mr. John Hinds, London. Mr. F. W. Gibbins, J.P., ex-High Sheriff, Neath. Mr. J. H. Morgan, M.A., London, late of I Aberdare.
BATH AND WEST AND SOUTHERNI…
BATH AND WEST AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES SOCIETY. We would remind intending exhibitors that entries of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Wooi, Cheese., Butter and Cider, and for the Butter-ipalcing, Milking and Shoeing Com- petitions in connection with the Society's; Exhibition, to be held this yea.r at Roches-) ter and Chatham, should reach the Secre- tary on or before March 24. Further par-' ticulars will be found in our advertising col- umns. t
,. ;NEATH NOTES.
NEATH NOTES. Neath Neaping: the Championship Another famiiiir figure has p:tS. d away in the pei^on of Mr. Godfrey Scale, for many years a resnroetoo licensed victualler of the tewn. Mr. Scale was only 07 years ot aae at the time of his da-ith, which took place on Sundiy 1..st. ihc end was soma'viiat sud- den, for ne bad <-niy been confrmd to his bed a week but he had been in ill-health a long time, and somo yea is ag.^ he v.vnt 10 South Africa for the benefit of his health. Tho trip did him a great deal of good, but fell consumption noE,\ er really released its grip, and that disease was the cause of his death. Mr. Scale leaves a wife and two young ooil ) dren, <1L aged mother, and a large circle of friends throughout South Wales to mourn his dcx.tli He was the founder of Buffalo- ism in Neath, and it was Lut fitting tha.t he should be given a funeral of ths impressive type of the Order. This was so. Scores of Buffs from different Sotvth Wales centres m full regalia w'eri present at lh.5 obsequies which took place on Thursday afternoon, and a targe number of relatives and sympathising friends as we,1. -»— The Neath Guardians on Tuesday did a just tl nig 111 passing a cordial vote of con- gratulation with Mrs. Mills, the worthy ma- tron of the Neath Workhor.«e, who had just oc nip-leied iiei 35 years' service under tho Board. Mrs. Mills has had to conduct h-ar aictuous duties under very depressing condi- tions, for the building has always been to. tally unfit for the purposes it was had to I seme. It is an ancient structure, of forbid- ding aspect—a structure the internal ar- rangements of which -'ire such as to melee the v.ork of administration the reverse of pleas- ant. Yet Mrs. Mills has done consistently well, and I heartily endorse the kind and vell-deserv ed expressions which fell from the lips of the Guardian; on Tuesday. The Neath Club has determined to run no risks in connection with their match against the London V\ elsh HI the Metropolis on Sat- urday. That narrow squeak ot Pontyp<x>l has evidently taught them a- lesson, and the strongest possible side v.'ill be taken to Lon- don on Friday afternoon. The London Welsh, although not such consistent per- formers as the All Bracks, are a good side, and it may be noted in passing that they drew with Blackhcath a week ago. Yet I do not fancy their chances against Neath. They will never be able to stand against th* terrific rshos of the Neath forwards, and, further, the backs will be quite ae good, It net better, than the London Welshmen. The All Blacks will certainly receive a cordial welcome, and if they prove successful, as I think they will, they have nothing to fear this season but Gloucester and Newport. And in connection with both these matches they hold a strong winning chance. The Labour Yards at Neath and Abetavon are affording unmistakable proof that there is still a great deal of real' distress in the country. During the last month nearly 890 men at different periods were employed at the Aberavou Labour Yard. and at Neath often as many as fifty men ask for work each night. Theie must lie quite a large number of men who want work, but the figures given are sufficient to show that there is much genuine distress about. -+-- I suppose there will: be the usual juggling over the District Council elections whicu take place presently. And there will eer- tcijnly be many cnanges when the newLy. constituted Councils ar.d Boards of Guard. ran. meet. Mr. J. E. Hopkins, of Glrn- Neath, who is a capable Guardian, has been on tho v, a] path some time, and a little time ago he was credited «*ith serious thoughts tyrant the County Council. But tliese thought? did not materialise. Anyhow, ha ;s keen on the approaching contests, and he caused quite a ripple of laughter on Tuesday when he called for a list of attendances of n.enters during the past three years. "I expect you have attended well," remarked a brother Guardian. Yes, Mr. Hopkins has, and, moreover, he has proved himself an ex- ceedingly useful member." No d< ubt there wiliI be a good many unopposed returns, but there will be several contests which will stjr up local interest and produce beneficial re- sults. "OBSERVER."
SWANSEA SCHOOLS' CASE.
SWANSEA SCHOOLS' CASE. DATE OF APPEAL POSTPONED. A telegram was received ia Swansea on Tuesday stating tliat- on account of the in- disposition of the Attorney General the hear- ing of the Government appeal de- cision of the High Court in respect cf tho Swansea. S.hools' dispute had been postponed till early after Easter. REASON FOR ADJOURNMENT. ATTORNEY- (tENKHI'-VL'S ILLNESS 'Special! to the "Daily Post.") The Master of the Rolls announced in the Court of Appeal on Tuesday afternoon t bat owing to the illness of the Attorney-Gen- e-vil the appeal of the respondent-- 'I jthe Swansea appeal case of the King and the Boaird of Education, would not be taken uutti next sittinsra.
FREEMASONRY AT NEATH.
FREEMASONRY AT NEATH. CAMBRIAN LODGE ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Cambrian Lodge (Neath) of Freemasons was held on Tuesday, when Bro. A. J. Jeffreys was in- stalled as Worshipful Master by the retir- ing member, Bro. Edwin Curtis, in the pre- sence of a. large number of the brethren. The new master appointed his officers as follows: Senior Warden, Bro. H. P. Charles, P.M.; P.S.G.W. Junior Warden, Bro. Geo. Williams; treasurer, Bro. M. Whittington secretary, Bio. G. T. Hutchins assistant secretary, Bro. J, W. Nash senior deacon, Bro. C. Palmer; junior deacon, Bro. Harry Whu-tingLon director of ceremonies, Bro. Eynon; organist, Bro. J. S. Church; assis- tant organist, Bro. E. J. Griffiths; inner guard. Bro. Mansel Hunter; stewards, Bros. J. M. Morris, Davies, and Richardson; tyler, Bro. W. J. Griffiths. The lodge ap- pointed Bros. E. C. Curtis and Thomas Phil- lips as past masters to serve on Prov. Grand Lodge Committee, and Bro. Curtis as char- ity steward. Bro. Curtis was presented with a past master's jewel for his services during his year of office. The. usual banquet was held at the Castle Hotel.
TRUCK WENT OVER HIS LEG.
TRUCK WENT OVER HIS LEG. ENGINEER LOSES A LIMB AT SWANSEA. A most unfortunate accident occurred at. the Prince' of Wales Dock, Swansea., late on Wednesday evening, tne second engineer on the s.s. Liege, named Joseph Vanthienen, being knocked down by a coal-truck and run over. Vanthienen,, who was in company with the cook on the same steamer, was pro- ceeding to the Liege, which was loading coal at No. 5 G.W.R. coal-tip, and whilst crossing the railway near the west weigh- bridge he was knocked down by a truck at- tached to No. 4 engine, belonging to Mr. Rowlands, harbour contra.ctor, and driven by Thomas Barrow. The truck was being shunted towards the siding, and the shunter, John .Yorke, seeing Vanthienen on the ground, signalled to the driver to stop the engine. This was promptly done, but not before one of the wheels of a loaded truck had gone over his right leg below the knee. First aid was rendered by J. Yorke, and others, and the ambulance immediately sent for. The injured man was conveyed to the Hospital —arriving there at midnight—suf- fering from a compound fracture. of the limb, and it was found necessary to ampu- tate his leg below the knee.
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The Swancea District of the Independent Order of Oddfellows have presented P.P.G.M. Evan Williams with an enlarged photograph, 01 himself and his wife.