The South Wales Daily Post

SWANSEA TIDE TABLE. TIME. HEIGHT ON SILLS. Prince ofWules North South Dock. Dock. Dock. MAT A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. il. M. P.M. H.M. H.M. F. I. P. I. F. I. F. I. 16— Tb. 10 59 11 35 23 4 24 3 18 8 17 2 17-F, 0 11 23 1 171 157 18—S. 0 47 1 24 24 6 25 10 17 lo 16 4 19—NU.151 2 18 25 5 a-, 0 19 0 17 6 20—M. 2 42 3 4 2S 11 2G 8 20 8 19 2 21—T. 3 25 6 4D 27 11 28 1 52 1 20 7 22—W. 9 8 4 32 w 28 6 29 2 23 2 21 8 23-Th. 4 56 5 22 29 5 30 4 24 4 12 10

THE "POST" DIARY. THE EITPIKB two performances each Djght-7 and 9. May 16.—Social gathering at St. MotWiew's Church. May 16. Organ Violoncello Kecital at Holy Trinity, Swansea, at 8 P. May 17. ot leasehold property by Mr. David Roberts at Koyai Hotel, Swansea, at 3 p.in. May 20. -Sale of Stock at Llangennech Park, .r Que 3. Mountain Ash Athletic Club sports. June 3.- Third spring open sports at County Cycling Ground, Llanelly. J-sjie 3.—OddioUovfs' Fete omd Gala mt Victoria Park, jlvwww,

I The SUBSCIPTION LIST CLOSES 70- DAY (THURSDAY) for LONDON, and on FRIDAY for the COUNTRY. Professor NICHOLAS, of Melbome *nd Ballarat, in hisreeent book "The C'cOiga"di« Gold Field," published in Melbourne, mikes very extended and special reference to Bardoc and The Bank of England Mine, and states that the Main Reet is quite 3- £ feet in wdth —carries Gold from bangiag to foot wall and that the ironstone in it il pheoomeuaHv rl:h m gold. The Financial, News of the 1st May, 1895 (quoting from the Coolyardie Miner), says: —"A parcel of specimens brought u The Bank of England Mine at Bardoc, taken from a rich shoet recently struck, shows lumps of pure goid 4 OZi. and 5 ozs, in weight, which I came out of the lode. One specime* shows gold in cubes of crystals, a very rare occur- rence. The last shot put m blew ouc magni- ficent specimens containing pieces of pure gold ranging from loz. to 1 lb. in weiclit.' THE BARDOC GOLD MINES, LIMITED, JL East Coolgardie, Western Australia. CAPITAL, £100,00) in £1 Shares. ISSUE OF 35.000 Sri ARES AT PAR, payable 2s. 6d. on Application, 48. on Allot- ment, and the balance it: calls of not more than 480 6d. per share at rstervals of not less than one month, of whici £25,900 wit! De available for working capital. DIRECTORS. RICHAKD CORY, Esq., J.P., Colliery Propne- tor, of Cory Brothers and Co., Limited, i London and Cardiff. I F. CeRY YEO, Esq., J.P., Sketty Hall, near Swansea. GJWiWK LKWIS, Es'i., Irlas, Cookham Deane, Berks. WILLIAM Lk>tEST VfiMvaysr, Esq., Wood- house, Huddftrsfeld, Johi^ McDonald Esq., Director Brilliant house, Huddftrsfeld, JOHN McDonald Esq., Director Brilliant Biock (iold Mkiing Co., Ld., 43, Thread- needle-street, EC. *Wiil join tùe Board after allotment. II Backers.—THE C.LYDES DALV Basic.LIMIXED 30, Lombard Street. London, E.C., BANK of AUSTRALASIA, 4, Threadneedle Street, Lon- don, E,C.. and Coolgardie. BROKERS.—Messrs. BLLLEIT, CAMPBELL and CxRENFELL, 26, Austin Friars, E.C. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Hi.NRV D. KIMBER I and COMPANY, 79, Lombard Street, London, E.C. ACDITORa. — Messrf. CURTIS THOMSON. LUCEY, HICKS & Co., Chartered Accoun- tants, 15, George Street, Mansion House, London, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tern).—A. B. BEtSTON. OFFICES,—43, Threadneedie Street, London. E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Compaay has been formed to acquire the lease of the mine known as the Bank of England and of the adjoining property to the south, situate at Bardoc, ten miles north of Broad Arrow on the East Coolgardie Cold I Field, and containing together an area of 27 acres or thereabouts. Before agreeing to introduce The Bank of England Mine oa the English Market, Mr. R. Ogloby Davies had it inspected on his own behalf by Professor Nicholas, F.G.S., London, Lecturer on Mining to the Melbourne Univer- sity and Ballarat School of Mines, who is I admittedly one of the leading authorities on mining in Australia, and before agreeing to buy the property, Mr. John McDonald, the Promoter and Vendor to the Company, had the j Mine inspected and reported on ac his own expense by Mr. G. R. Fearby, M, E,, whose experience and reliability are well known in London. The following are extracts from the Reports:— I MAIN REEF.—Prof. Nicholas says:—There is a length of 1,050 feet. At about 150 feet from the north boundary is the principal sbaft, sunk eu the underlie, which is at an angle to the hori.;ontiil of 80 degrees. The strike is north aud south. GeLD VALUE.—Prof. Nicholas says:—In many plaees in the reef in the shaft gold was showing right down to the bottom. The quartz contains galena, zinc blende and iron pyrites, all of which will, undoubtedly, increase in quantity below water level. These sulphides I have found to be rich in gold nght throughout the gold- lield, and more particularly the iron pyrites. The ironstone which, in the reef is so phenomenally rich in gold, is derived from the decomposition of the iron pyrites. The formation or channel of country rock, en- closing the reel, is over 4 feet in thickness, and I think it will probably be found that the whole of this width (that is the 3 feet reef and the 4 feet formation) will pay to put through the battery. Mr. Fearby says:—Tbero is a drive or level 20 feet in from the shaft to the south on the line of reef. The walls are well deilned in this drive, and the stone is 4 feet wide. I think this a continuation of tbe rich chute of gold 30 feet up the shaft. At 54 feet level in the north end, samples taken all across this reef. 2 lbs of stone gave a return of 4 ozs. 13 dvvts. to the ton from 4 feet wide of stone. At 60 feet level I toot a sample I in the south end of the sha: t, from which I got 2 ozs, 6 dwts. to the ton from 2 lbs. of stone. 40 it. to the south of the main shaft the cap of the reef has been opened 10 feet in length and 5 feet deep. Here the stone will give 5 oxs. tothe ton. This, 1 think, is the cap of another rich chute of gold, dip- ping tothe south, and there is not the least duubt but that there wiil he other rich chutes found as tbe reef is developed injdepth. OTHER HEEFS, — Prof. Nicholas refers favourably to three other reefs on the property, the first of which he advises should be immediately prospected, and the second of which he mentions as having an out-crop visible for 90 feer. I CONCLUSION, — Prof. Nicholas gays:—I feel convince that The Bank of England Gold Mine will justify it being piaced before the public a genuine Gold Mine, and that in ail probability it will prove to be one of the manv^rich Mines of theso Ciold Fields. Mr. Fearby sayf :—I think this Mine when developed will give some wonderful returns. Since Prof. Nicholas II visit, the Manager report" tbe opening of the first of these three other reefs, and the unearthing of some very rich BLone impregnatea with gold, the reef being fully five feet wide. Mr. Fearby confirms this, The Australian Mail of the 28th February. 1825, gives the following as the rate of the dividends which have been paid during 1894 by various West Australian Mining Companies— Tile Day Dawn Gold Mining Association, Limited iCoc.lgardie aud Murchison). 65 per cea** The Centra! Gold Mining Company vö The Hayley's Heward Claim Gold Mining CompiRv, Limited' £ 0 The Star III the East Cold Mining Com- pany bO Titntv.u Gold Milling Company 40 „ The statements in this Prospectus are based upon the foregoing reports of experien- I ced and reliable experts, and from the fact that the greater portion of the purchase price i:, to be taken in shares of the Company, the I Directors have no hesitation in recommen- ding this undertaking as a genuine mining investment. I lie Directors propose at the earliest possible moment to order the necessary haul- ing and crushing machinery. The purchase price has been fixed by the Vender to the Company at £75,000, pajable as to £65,000 in fully paid-up shares at par, and as to the balance in c This v.iil leave i.2S,COO cash foe workin_ ital. The following contract ve been entered into. viz.:—(1) dated 2nd .-v, 1895, between Joseph George Walsh ai.u Ralph Ugleby Davies Of the one part and John McDonald of the other part. (2; dated 11th May, 1895, I aud made between the said John McDonald I of the one part and T. F. Thorne as Trustee on behalf of the Company of the other part for the re-sale of the properties acquired under Contract (1) above«de^cribedat a profit. I All charges and expends in connection with the formation of the Company up to date of allotment will be paid by the Vendor to the Company. Agreements or arrangements have been juiado with third parties lor guaranteeing tbe I subscription of the Capital and with reference to the promotion of tbe Company. Appli- cants for Shares will be deemed to have had I sufficient notice of their nature aad contents, and to have waived their right (if any) to any partic ulars, whether under Section 38 of the I Companies Act, 1867, or otherwise as to such agreements orarrangemettts. I The Memorandum and Articles of Associa- tion, Contracts, and the originals of the j Reports can be inspected by intending Subs- cribers at the Offices of the Solicitors to the I Company, Applications for Shares must be made on, or writteu out according to the forra accom- ¡ panying the Prospectus, and sent to the I Bankers of the Company, or to the Secretary, together with a deposit of 2s. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses may be obtained from the I Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors, and at the (Company's omocS. 3046 AFTER THE INFLUENZA. All patients who have suffered from the Influenza agree in st". ng that the aftereffects are more disagreeable than the malady itself. The feelings of depression, lew spirits, help* lessnoss, and want of "go3 are almost un- bearable. Tbe best treatment for this is generous diet anc-i pleasant tonics. The best tonic yet prepared, and one peculiarly suit- able for this malady is- GWlLYM EVAN8' QUININE BITTERS, THE VEGETABLE TONIC. SPECIMEN OF TESTIMONIAL. IN KLUlSNZA. Berkeley-road, Bristol, June 18th. Gentlemen,-I have been very ill with Influenza, followed by Conges- tion of the Lungs. Three weeks ago my condition was critical, and when INFLUENZA, the danger passed I was very low and weak. About a fortnight ago the INFLUENZA, doctor said that I should take a good tonic. 1 suggested G wily in hvaiu tonic. I suggested" Gwilyu, hvaiu INFLUENZA. Quinine Bitters." "The very thing, ¡ be said, take it three times a day.' JNPLUBNZA. Since then I have taken it regularly j *iid feel wonderfully benefited. 1, has restored -trfngth to my limbs I and given tone to my whole system Yours sincerely, B. P. CHICK. GWILYM EVANS* QUININE BITTERS I THE VEGETABLE TONIC. Sold in 2e. 9d. and 4s. 6d. bottles. Samples Is. lid. size JP^"See the name "GwiJym Evans" on stamp, label, and bottle. This is important as there are numerous imitations. Proprietors; QUININE BITTERS MANUFAC- TURING Co., LTD., LLANELLY, SOUTH WALES, [2527 hi O THE 10-MINUTE Breakfast Food Is not partly cooked ROLLED OATS" or OAT- MEAL. It is twice cooked, once by steam, then drying for three hours with super- heated air. This process neutralizes the starchy elements, and removes those parts which, in ordinary oat- meal and rolled oats, are so irritating and indigestible. AGENTS FOR SWANSEA k MUMBLES* TAYLOR & CO. (LIMITED). 2683

THURSDAY, MAY 16: 1895. NOTES & COMMENTS The report of yesterday's proceedings in respeot of the rebate at the monthly meeting of the Swansea County Council furnishes painful reading for the intelli- gent ratepayer who clings to the faith that aldermen and councillors consider that they owe their first duty to the public. Mr. Viner Leeder bad, in any event, a case which should have com- manded the earnest consideration of the members of the Council. Regarded in the least favourable light it presented issues that no alderman or councillor, jealous of the interests of his constituents, could rightly ignore. But lie had to make bis fight single-handed without a word of en- couragement from his colleagues, and from first to last his position was that of an advocate pleading in a hostile court. It I was as if the aldermen and councillors of Swansea ha 1 made up their minds to con- vince the ratepayers that Councillor Leeder alone of the forty has the courage and the will to represent the interests of the people on the Council. Whether for i weal or for woe they are creating for him the highest place in the popular affection, Judging by remarks passed after the meeting was over, some of the members had, in the coolness of the evening, the grace to be heartily ashamed of the humiliating spectacle presented by the council; of the eagerness manifested to catch Councillor Leeder tripping, and of I the inglorious muteness maintained during a debate which, whatever may bo the merits or the demerits of the contentions submitted, was concerned with matters of vital importance to the community. In their treatment of this question the mem- bers of the Corporation have justified every adverse criticism offered respecting them, and done more to spread distrust of the Council than twantynewapapera could. At election times the friends of the electors gather in highways and byways and are seen of all men. But they were invisible and silent yesterday. We do not challenge the judgment of individual members nor the correctness of their views en -'r\y given point. Their deficiency yesterday was not in this respect, out in the palpable failure to approach an important matter in a judicial spirit and in their readiness to welcome any and every suggestion tending to stilie a dis- cussion calculated to give the public a genuine insight into the financial affairs of thw Corporation. We protest against the notion that the issues raised were personal in character and against the narrowing down of the question into one I of confidence in ihe Town-clerk. This is not a personal but a public question in every sense of the word, and it is mocking the intelligence of the ratepayers to talk as it a system of dealing with the monies of the borough cannot be scrutinised with- out implying want of confidence in the chief executive officer of the burgesses. I To understand the drift of the discus- sion it is necessary to re-call the elemen- tary facts connected with it. By a resolution adopted more than five years ago the salary of the Town-clerk was increased on an undertaking being given that all fees, costs ard charges and other monies r3ceived by him from every source, including allowance in respect of London agents' charge? should be diverted into the public purse. Assuming that the ordinary allowance was made, the rebate I due from the London agents in respect of work done during the last three years for the Corporation would amount to a sum estimated by the Borough Treasurer at £ 963, and by Mr. Viner Leeder at :£11195. At a recent meeting the Borough I J Treasurer stated—and he repeated the statement yesterday—that he had received no money on account of tho rebate. Surely, in the face of the latter statement, the matter called for investigation, and, as sorely, no system of account keeping could be satisfactory which rendered such a statement possible. It was from this standpoint that we approached the matter, and no one could have been warranted in suggesting that personal feeling had the slightest influence on the action taken by the Pod. It is easy to understand now the conflict in the explanations offered by the members of the council, who have attempted to recon- cile the statements f the Borough Treasurer with the resolution adopted in February of 1890. In point of fact some members left the council chamber yesterday with very hazy notions as to the substance of the official explanation which it was claimed had effectively la, d the alleged bogey. We have no more sympathy with the heckling of public officials than has the Mayor or Mr. E. Rice Daniel, and it would be infinitely more agreeable to us to be living in peace and good fellowship I with the Town clerk who has never been less than kind to press- men. But public matters are best treated in the impersonal spirit else th$broader interests of the cony inunity are apt to suffer. No legard for the sn a 1 triumphs of journalism would ave been permitted to interfere with a frank and cordial reception by us of an explanation complete and satisfactory in all respects, especially if it had shown that the absence of the rebate from the accounts of the Borough Treasurer was due to some oversight, and was not attributable to per- manent defects in the financial system of the borough. W7e have endeavoured to master ex- planation if only for the purpose of pre- senting it in an intelligible form to the b ordinary reader. It is given with every regard for fairness, aud if it be defective in any respect, the defect is not intentionally introduced since we seek the truth and the I truth only. It will have been seen that if the usual rebate had been allowed the Corporation would have been entitled to a sum which may be roughly placed at £1,000. This hypothetical amount is accounted for in three ways namely (1) rebate passed indirectly into the Borough accounts by the: eduction of the sums owing by the Corporation to the London agents (2) by a sum not yet claimed from the London agents, and (3) by the with- holding of the rebate in the Yerburgh litigation, with the consent of the sub- committee in charge of the business. With regard to No. 1, a copy of a statement of accounts was submitted showing that a sort of running account had been kept between the London agents and Mr. Thomas, and that JM46 16a. 4d., avowed as rebate, was set off by certain general costs amounting to £ j-62 14s. 8d., for which no bills had been rendered to the Corporation. The only comment we feel called upon to offer in regard to this is that the plan was unfair to the Town- clerk and unsatisfactory to the public. since it did not provide for the rebate ap- pearing in the borough accounts as a specific payment made by the London agents. No. II. does not appear in the report of Mr. Cawker, nor in the accounts submitted, and it ia not clear from the reference made to it by Mr. Thomas that the sum really enters into tho present controversy. That which Mr. Thomas is reported to have said is although in connection with the pro- motion of the Swansea Corporation Act, 1889, there was a sum of £;üO due to him from his London agents he had never applied for the money, nor had he received it." If the Town-clerk is to be understood to mean that the f300 is covered by the arrangement constituting all rebates the property of the Corporation a strong point is established against the present way of dealing with the rebate. If the JE300 be public money, means should have been adopted long ago to ensure it passing into the Corporation coffers. Our main conten- tion throughout has been that it was part of nobody's duty to that the rebate was applied for and paid into the borough accounts. Part III. of the explanation is the one which will provoke the most comment. It is to the effect that in the Baldry litigation the London agents applied for leave to disallow the rebate, and that the sub- committee consented to the arrangement. In other words, a small committee made a present of some hundreds of pounds to Messrs. Sharpe and Co. The reason for this strange generosity is not disclosed, and it is not stated that the sanction of the Council was obtained for it. What right had a sub-committee to do this? What could justify even the council in thus dealing with public money ? Messrs. Sharpe and Co. have in truth good reasons for being Droud of clients who not only relinquish hundreds of pounds which in the ordinary course of things would have come to them, but aho pay the- bill without striking off a penny or even asking that it should be passed under the notice of a taxing master. Is there a single member of the corporation who conducts his own business on these lines ? Taken all in all this constitutes a de- pressing chapter in the municipal history of Swansea. The most saddening feature of it all is that the Mayor, as the spokes- man of the majority of the members, con- ceives of no more adequate or satisfactory method of dealing with the business than of proposing a vote of confidence in the Town-clerk. This is whittling it down to a fine point. Such a vote will be super- fluous, for the reason that there is no occasion for it. The personal side of the matter is the least important. More necessary than an expression of confidence on the part of aldermen and councillors in their chief officer — which goes without the saying—is conduct on the part of the council which shali inspire public confidence in their capacity to provide the borough with the means that will render unnecessary another such agitation as this in the future. ^Tn the month that must elapse ere the matter I again comes under survey, we hope to see a public opinion formed which will ensure I' for it a more cornprehenesive and business- like treatment than it received at yester- day's meeting.

HEALTH, STRENGTH, ENERGY. PEPPER'S QUININE AND IRON TONIC is bracing, vivifying, sustaining, dispels depres- sion, cures Indigestion, Neuralgia, and all actie:i and pains. Pepper's the only real tonic Shilling Bottles. Another of the men injured in the railway accident near Daventry on Monday died ¡ on Wednesday. i

SENTENCE OF DEATH, MURDERER IDENTIFIED BY A BOY. The trial of William Miller for the murder of Edward Moyse, bookseller, of Liverpool, contended at Liverpool Assizes on Wed- nesday, when the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to death. It will be remem- bered that Moyse was attacked with a hatchet whilst in bed and that a boy, named Need- ham, who slept on the premises, was also attacked and left for dead, but eventually recovered and was able to identify Miller at the trial

A SPORTING MAN AT FOURTEEN, HE BACKED VICTOR WILD. DRANK PORT WINE. SHOT HIMSELF. A London coroner's jury found that George Mumferd, aged 14, shot himself while tem- porarily insane, lie had robbed his father and was given to betting. He left a note saying his father would have to draw 24s. from a bookmaker, as he had" put a shilling each way on Vic-o; Wild." A companion stated that deceabi.. Jrunk port wire, and when he :hot h.i.lubtd c ouUl scarcelv stand.

LOCAL ARBITRATION CASE. THE AWARD. Mr. Ralph Clutton. K.S. of 9. Whitehall- place, S.W., has published his award in the case ot The Vstle oi Glamorgan Railway Company v. M'Guui. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway having gone in for a deviation of the lino as originally passed, desired to withdraw j their notices to treat for the land on the old route near Bridgend and, although their Bill bad passed the first reading in the Upper House, the negotiations failed, and the caso was sub- mitted to the umpire:— ¡ Original claim £ 3,000 0 0 Valuations by witness for the claimant :— Mr. M'Gaul (claimant) 6,740 15 3 Mr. Lambert, architect, Bridgend b,301 5 0 Mr. Geoige Thomas. F.S.I., Cardiff, over 5,000 0 0 Company's witness.es — Company's witness.es — Mr. W. J. Kees, P.S.I,, Swansea 745 0 0 Mr. O. Sneppard, F.S.I., Neath 819 11 7 Mr. K Forrest, l'.S.l., St. Pagan's n7g 10 0 Mr. H. Vigers. F S.I., London 7u!l 10 0 The award was £ 1,225.

LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. PARLIAMENT. THE NEW NEATH AND PONTAR- I DAWE RAILW AY. HUUSE OF LottDs. Wednesday, The Bill promoted for the incorporation of a company, to construct a line between Neath and Brynaman, having junctions with the Midland and Great Western Railwav systems came on for final settlement before a select committee of the Mouse of Lords pre- j sided over bv Lord Harris. Tne preamble I of the Bill had bten passed on the previous day, but the committee insisted on having a clause specially drawn up making provision for the exchange of land in lieu ot that taken from certain com- mons for the purposes of the new railway. The promoters now ftubmitted a clause taking power to acquire land by agreement in lieu of any land taken in reference to which common rights existed. The clause, it was explained, would satis- factorily protect the rights of the commoners 1\ affected by the Bill, The committee accepted the elalllie and passed the Bill.

SECTS IN IRELAND. THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' I SCHOOLS. The Irish Independent states that at Tuesday's meeting of the National Educa- tional Commissioners, Mr. Moriev's reply to the rules iorwarded to him by the board for dealing with the case of the Christian I Brothers wis read. The reply was a refusal to place the rules suggested by the board I before tbe Lord-Lieutenant, for his sanction, or to submit them to Parliament. The support ot the Protestant Archbishop had been obtained to the proposed I change, of course, on the ground that the denominational schools under his own charge would be placed on the same footing as the schools of the Christian Brothers. No definite decision was come to regarding the Chief Secretary's letter, and all roiion is postponed.

A LIVELY CUSTOMER, CHAT WITH MR. T. E. DUNY1LLE. Many big favourites have appeared at the Empire in its time-people who rank at the I very top of their profession—but it would be quite safe to say that. in Mr. T. E, Dunville we have at present with us an artiste who will hold his own in the best of company. His style is thoroughly amusing, he is here, there, and everywhere almost in one moment,and he may be considered most aptly described a* "the embodied joke." It was with a view te getting seme copy out of him that a representative of the Po, sought and found him in the interval between the two shows. Mr. Dunville was perspiring pro- fusely, and in fact, looked as though be had just emerged from a shower bath. A sugges- tion was made that he should get wet inside as well as out, and an adjournment was accordingly made downstairs. u What is yours ? Scotch? Mine's a hop bitters." You don't go in for your namesake's V.R. then P No, I am D.T. Don't run away with the idea that it means deliriuvi tremens. It idea that it means deliriuvi tremens. It simply stands for I- Don t touch." Well, now, how long have you been at this ga«e of making people laugh and grow fat ?' Oh, some years now. i went in lor this style of thing on my return from America six years ago. and after a year in the pro- vinces I went to London, where 1 have principally been ever since." You have not been here before, I think ?" "No, but some years ago I was in panto- mime at Cardiff." Do you go in for pantomime now ?'' "No, I can t spare the time. I am booked up at the halls for the next three years," I How did you like our reception here ?' Very well. I think 1 shall be a success." tl Your songs are good ones, though perhaps some of the attraction is in the way they are sunt. Your style is such a contrast to the ordinary run." 1 Perhaps the most successful song I have I yet had is Bunii-a-doodle-i-do," which still goes well." Further conversation with Mr. Dunville revealed the fact that he is, to all intents aud purposes, on Ins honeymoon trip, fcr it is ou iy a mouth since he was married to a charming young lady, Miss Millie Lindon, who succeeded Miss Cissie Loftus in London with impersonations of fellow artistes,

A UNIVERSAL NEED. The exceptionally long and severe winter we have passed through has proved disas- trous to many aged and delicate persons, and has been very trying to the strongest, and now that spring has arrived with its genial weather, and balmy breezes, it is wel- comed and appreciated by all; but we should still guard against the evil effects of the treacherous east winds, which still occa- sionally prevail. In addition to the severe winter (as if that were not sufficient) we have been visited by the scourge of Influenza, and between the two, there are many now in our country struggling to recover lost health and strength. Unquestionably, one of the chief aids to attain this object is a change of air, scenery, and company, &c., but, unfortunately there are many sufferers who cannot afford to a leave home to procure tliis change, and even to those who can get it there is something more wanting, viz., a good tonic medicine.) There can be no question that one of the best j Tonics yet discovered is that known as GWILYM EVANS' QUININE BITTERS.

TO DARKEN GttEY HAIR. L CKYNR'S SULPHUR HAIR RESTOREK effectually dees this in a few days. 3010 ——W———w———fc SVTCRK CURED. All who wished to get rid of Rupture and Trusses should send to S. J. Shormaa, Hernia Specialist, 64, Chancery-lane, London, aaii t>. King-street, Manchester, !or hi# book. Post iree, d

¡ THE POST BAb- | ,i d"- Alderman Tutton has been duibt champion hair-splitter!" — ———— A councillor sported a white walsteo the Swansea Town Council meeting yester A W They are very busy at the Swanse pita! just now. Spring cleaning is iiI rage there. Colonel Pike Dever routed the ene0,Jp<>il Colonel Pike Dever routed the ene0,Jp<>il couP I completely as he did at yesterday iI meeting when he went out. and broke quorum, so that besisess had to be aba.ndoØ clOg" Considering all things it ",as arnU t hear Mr. Skidaare playing the pjjei one councillor termed the de ^y's of the Watch Committee" at meeting of the Council. q gofM Said a member of the Council at yesterday's meeting «-1 a 's&oo' say, sir, what is goose-I mean what58 u for the gauce—that is gauce for the .an Oh, thunder! ■ 1,11 151 tell you gentletuen, said a. ^t( chairman yesterday wo must look at. #)» things than meat and vegetables.' Aye' lets get at the steaks and chips! j; ts" i We cannot rush on to small pom1* the remark of one of Swansea's i. yesterday. Oh yes you can, but it wiser to let the other fellows do it. y#tf j "And judging by your torn were worsted in the fray was the e0 of a solicitor to a witness at the polic oq Monday. The yents in the indicated that he was fraved iu the M ot i A Briton Ferry gentleman, complalP the shrillness of the engine Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railwaj't Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railwaj't s.Y:djØ¡; the sound is like that produced by tre I on a big uog. QI1s" This is how a young Morriston b keeper Made her first cake:— ail; She measured out the butter with a very The milk and sugar also, and she took the bit > To count the eggs correctly and to add a W ntir& 0 C>i baking powder which, you know, beg omit. Then she stirred it alltogether And she baked it for «u hour ji But ;he never quite forgave herse'1 I Fot. missing out the tlour, «»y t Mr. Gwilvui Morgan was trying 10 j» the Council meeting yesterday that b'rd. o Ie I goose for the sauce is ditto for the mIL. (8, but Mr. Tutton pulled him up with minder tha.t the argument was uasetso i1 —- g Councillor Mayne ventilated a «ri* ve8terday'8 council meeting. He that there was not too sell, at the best of times. Ah, but 0tli6f plenty of bad whisky," whispered a bro councilman, s« "You don't mean to say that tfio sures will hold a pint'-1" was the qucS *■ last to a witness at the Police-court You drink three of tbem and see J was the prompt reply, and the who I unconsciously smacked its lips. — rlv tb'# Our sleepy man wanted to get up morning. He got downstairs just he o'clock, and on being chaffed about it, eM ed Ie turn J was awake at six 0 dock, when l'e 001& over in bed. Then be went on, 0\le& turn deserves another, you know, so 1 over once more, and went to sleep LAST WUfTEK. Friendless, hel¡¡less, scai-ce to eat, Lonely all the way along, Lonely in the crowded street. Hunger ruidst tbe favoured throng. Suffering from the bitter eold, Having ucither fu d nor firs, All for liirest II was sold, Bread to buy which ail require. Hard has theiold winter been, Keen aud piercing was the cold. I, e ami snow a'pr all wa. seen. Causing pain to yonng and uld; La be or there was none to get, Hundreds bad no work at all, 0:- employment all regret The demand ior work so small. But 'tis pieasaat to look back. For poor ones wno suffered most. I AmI so many things did lack, „ To the "South Wales Daily Post. t Let us hope as summer comes. And the year advances fast, And the bee midst flowers hums. Fain through want wiil e'er be past. Work in plenty may there All have comforts which they need, The privations no one see, Cause of suffering great indeed. Which it was tlieir lot to know, I During winter's dreary time. May each c up w ith joy o ertlow, And the spirit upward climb. May the year of '95. As it forward speeds along, I Blessing bring, and all folk thrive, I Witness tut II cheerful song. When removed from earth away, And is left for others'" place. Be commencpd .t.el naI clay, Happiness be ne'er effaced. HESRY A. W Swansea, May 13th, 1895, x —— Ji* Billy Samuels and our fighting e<t°gjfeCt a wrangle this morning concerning of and the method of carrying out the, d øt grip —a peculiar hug, that is anti-chancery embrace. They wan bY illustrate their various CODteDt,^<) *v'»s demonstrations on cur sub-editor fWrest8 not prepared to go that far in the io e science. at the One of the rankest of the jokes tile Empire this week is the assertion t e itS Derby race resembles a chicken becat1\"I,d next week (neck's weak; It is °^aj; o" duty to point out that the ioke is account of premature birth. The not neck s week," but next week it Wi neck's wee's. See ,rv ^0°e Billv Samuels says he has had in the human body through his 1S vears' practice at putting them toge ^ye Tut, tut! how we have been b«e° were under the conviction that 13i!ly a0def- practising putting human bones You see, in these days one never kno ones ignorance mav sprout out. afair Llangenneth Fair was not an a redibtf create excitement this week. We are informed that there wpre 31 ^EI,I'ERI^GTIVET one lad present and that six ot were butchers, and all the others IOCof foe the lady were sellers. in the woC s^j ^$0^ poet Snooks: "Businesa done was sm ^rt there was no call at ail; for dealerb and tall." .„ Members of our staff frequently: to L>« what they guilelessly suppose or cia. 'file jokes, headed P,B." (Lost 8¡¡g). s fre' custom, alas, of the sub. is alm°s quently to prefix a W. (making it waste paper basket). One of the 1 jllCti" authors found his latest pr .pJ floundering in the bjsket this morn wanted to knew Y the W was there. h»' A notorious Morriston punster paid for one of his atrocities. At bIZ; ;er 's heart's home he asked, What jp' that ?" A lilae," replied blS th#t tended. Well, I lie b« aboat your feet darling," S'^et," »bC '• You have no lies to say about my dy0 said, and before he had time to eX. t^0 t engagement was "off," and he was o Kerbstone. d by C The pleasure steamer purchase eillor James Jones in place of the "„ a for is expected to arrive in Swanse 1 e-pltØe night or three weeks. She is to the Alexandra, after her Prejef fae ef} She has previously been owned ^et* g Western Railway Compauy, and r Apdvt*p Weymouth and the Channel Islan^s recognised as one of the finest the Channe!