The South Wales Daily Post

THE "POST" DIARY. THE KM PI RE Two Performances every evening; 7 and a o'clock. Feb. 15.—Dr. Allinson at Die Public HaU, Treboeth. Feb. 15.-Annual niesting of Swansea Abstinence Society, at Ragged School, at 6 p. 111. Feb. 1G.—Services at Walter-road Congregational Chuck. 11 a.m. and 6,3up.m. Feb. 1(, Animal banquet of Swansea and District Licensed VICtupllers Association at Jioy.il Hotel Sw spsea. Feb. 13.-AaEii.il Soi-ea St. Gabriel's Church tea 6.30p.m., and concert 3 p.m. Feb. 20.—Sale of the Theatre Royal, Swansea, at Alackwcrth Hotd. by Mr. W. H. Keea. Feb. 20 and 21.-Grand Bazaar at Canaan Congrega- tional Church, }.xho1e. Feb. 28. —Sa.V of ground rent. and prvpe: i? at Royal Hotel, by Mr. W. J. Keen.

SWANSEA TIDE TABLE. XIMIS. HEIGHT ON SILLS. Prince of Wales .North So-.ii.h Dock. Dock. Dock. FEB..A.M. P.M\ A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. H. M. H. M F. I. K. I. i. P. I. 1&-<?. 715 7.;u 3D 3 29 7 23 7 22 1 16-Su. 7 42 7 53 31 3 30 6 24 6 i'3 0 17—M. 87 8 20 31 6 30 0 24 0 22 G 18-Tu. 3 22 8 46 30 1; 29 4 23 4 21 10 19—W. 9 1 9 15 30 1 28 4 22 4 20 10 I 2C-T. 9 30 9 4a 28 6 25 11 20 11 19 6 121—F. 10 4 10 29 26 X 25 0 19 0 17 5 22—S. 11 5 11 45 26 2 23 9 17 3 IS 3

REMOVAL OF BUSINESS. GEN UINE SALE. •3- SWEEPING REDUCTIONISTS IN MEN'S YOUTHS & BOYS OVERCOATS & SUITS, GENTS' MERCERY, &c. < T A 1: T ) ll' i D. JONES & COMPANY Have decided to CLEAR ALL THEIR PRESENT STOCK before removing to larger and more onveDient Premises, and to effect this, ALL (xOODS have been RE-MARKED at phenomenally LOW PRICES. WATERPROOF COATS, HATS & CAPS, TO BE CLEARED AT A SACRIFICE. D. J. & Co. refrain from giving any prices, but would ask the Public to come and see for them-elves the BARGAINS OFFERED. i SALE TO CONTINUE UNTIL STOCK IS ENTIRELY CLEARED. NOTE THE ADDRESS- D. JONES & CO., OUTFITTERS, &c.. COLLEGE STREET (NEXT TO BORO' STORES), SWANSEA. r

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 189a I NQTES&TcoaiMENTS The negotiations of the Swansea Cor- poration with the Tra.mv.ay Company have produced a perfect tangle. As the un- ravelling must be done by Monday next— unless the Corporation are prepared to pay the Parliamentary fees on the off chanc e of subsequently disposing of the difficulties— it is reasonable-to conclude that the Tram- way Bill is as good as throttled. Air. Martin's narrative of the events j leading up to the present situation brings one point very clearly into view. For] some reason or another a change came over the Tramway Company niter the pr'<"c of the electric power to be supplied aacl been fixed on the 11th December. From that date on, the conduct of the company is that of a body which had become indifferent to the arrangement made or was designedly prolonging the period of negotiation so as to exact com- promises from the Corporation by playing at the eleventh hour upon the evident anxiety cf the members to push tiirough the scheme. uo j other explanation suggests itself, which accounts for the singular silence of the company during the month of January, when communication after communication was left unanswered, and for the nature I of the demands made when i.h?. time available for negotiation had become one ¡ of hours merely. The fuller information made public yesterday tends to deepen the impres- .-ion originally formed respecting the j conduct of the tramway directors. Con- cessions a'ready yielded to them at. the ( point of the bayonet, as it were, may nut represent anything like the alarmist figures of Mr. Richard Watkins. but however favourably diagnosed, it is certain that the amended agreement is a much less favour- '=' able one for the ratepayers than that with which the promoters faced the burgesses at the statutory and other meetings. The desire manifested by the members of the council to save the Bill from wreckage is natural enough, having regard to the work already done and the expense incurred in bringing matters into the final stage. it II is to be hoped, however, that no further concessions will be made to the demands of the tramway directors. In truth, it Im.s already become an arguable question whether, assuming the company accept the Corporation proposals in their present form, the borough interests would not be better served by throwing the whole scheme into the melting-pot. The hint that the running powers over J the Mumbles Railway should be made the subject of a distinct and separate agree- ment is ominous m view of the question- able procedure adopted by the company. Without these running powers—which represent a gross income of over £ -i,000 a Without these running powers—which represent a gross income of over £ -i,000 a year, while involving comparatively little expensG-the tramway would be an infi- nitely less remunerative concern than it is. for a serious inroad would be made on the I two per cent. paid to the ordinary share- holders. It behoves the Corporation to secure a definite understanding capable of standing legal test as to the disposal of these running powers before acquiring property, the market value oi which is largely influenced by them. I Taking all circumstances into account I we comess to a lurking hope that a settlement will not be effected with the Tramway Company, but that the Bill will be abandoned. It would seem as if the Corporation had already been led, step by step, beyond the point originally regarded :>,Q, safe. No other conclusion can be reconciled with the statements made by I the promoters of the scheme when it was submitted to the ratepayers. No provision was made in the estimates of Mr Manville for the purchase of accumulators and transformers, and it was therefore inferred that the Lain way would have to pay for these. Furthermore, the bargain struck with the company for the supply of electric energy was criticised on the understanding that the price fixed was for the article as produced at the central station. Contro- versy raged around the moot point whether electric power could be produced at "i £ d. per unit. Had it been imagined that the price was not for the electri • energy as produced, but a3 supplied ready for use at various depots, the case of the opposition would have been almost unassailable. For it is indisputable that electricity loses practically half its efficiency when trans- formed and stored in the accumulators, so that the Corporation would have to pro- duce for the 1-jd. or 2d., as the ca-e might be, not one but practically two units. The general impr.;>wion left up m the mind after reading the statement of Mr. Martin is that the Tramway Company feels or affects indifference as to the carrying out of the scheme. To what extent the Cor- poration members are. open to ct-usure for their treatment of the n atter hinpen on the degree of binding force possessed by the conditional agreement. If the hitter be good in Jaw, so that it is only necessary to have the clauses interpreted by a judge and jury, they « a-inot be blamed for acting and talking as if they had made a bargain, the terms of which could not bo materially altered. But thev must surfer in prestige if it should be discovered that while talking of an agree> .<• it, no such docu- j 1 t l' ment existed as understood in law. i II Should the abandonment of the Tram-) way Bill become necessary, a* seems likely, it is to be hoped that no hasty decision will be arrived at in respect of the other parts of the triple scheme. Breathing time should bo taken. Hypothetical time should bo taken. Hypothetical II demands for electric energy from the I Mumbles Juilway or the Harbour Trust should not induce a leap to be taken in the dark. In any event, the Mumbles Ratiway would not be a large consumer, and special reasons exist which render it improbable I that terms advantageous to the railway company and the public could be arranged. If tin; Tramway Bid collapses, the lesson thereby enforced will be that it is the duty of the Corporation to g") slow and on well-defined bas^s. —

PARSONS' Prize Vogetubla Seeds, Pura^rou Onion, Exhibition Le«k, w'ecteii Hem Carrol, Chrmpion Cabbage, Perfection Ton.at". Hundreds of testimonials from leri'Iinpr Growers, aiid Exhibitors. Winners ia the Pt-inoipal rfbo-.vs j of Great Brit«iv., 6-1. picket, set of fiv« packet* 2s. 3<3.f free.-—Ao'i'i.'> P.srsw.s, Sewtisraau, Swacaea. Parsons'Prize Parasou Oni ->n, 4530 Parsons* P«tra :on txl. packet 4380 Persons' Paraxon Onion, Is. 4d, per oz. Fiutuk SeedUiaau, Swansea.

THE POST HAG. -+- Au alderman, asked his opinion of the present development of the electric business, exolaiiued "Its as clear as mud. The least interested man in the welfare of the triple scheme, judging by his languor at the cocne.il meeiinga, is Air .Morgan Hopkins. Passa^es-at-arm between the Brethren Tulloeh and feeder are always amusing. The town council were ecterlaineci with one or two of these niceties yesterday. Undertakers are candid rceopie. A gentie- mau called at a local establishment last wteic and ordered an outfit far a tunera!. Dr. Blank sent me here," he said. 011 yes," said ;hc undertaker, ''Dr. Blank sends us ai! bis work," The only representative of the general public who was present at the Swansea Tov.n Councit meeting on Friday was Ivlr H. L Jones, and he was an attentive listener throughout the whole of the exhaustive deliberations. Some of the news-boys are smart—very smart. On Saturday night ene oi them was going round selling the Fast, arul as an in- duoemenl to people to buy, he was shouting '• Sad dealli oi the Sospan i acii'—Inquest j on tre l»o<i. botneotie will :CL hhot in the Western Mai-, offices directly, and the miscreant will be a policeman. That paragraph about Swauseu police officials being unable to v. a Ik tour miles an hour har. raised Cain In the force, which it will taiie a iot of grace to s.et under. There was a suggestion once during the negotiations between Lo Swansea Corpora- t on and Tramway Company that tho roarer Tor the time being should bo a tramway j director, judge of ihe effect when one ot j the councillors referred to the oiiice imposed upon the mayor as that of "conductor." An old &ent from rtov.r^GU came into town yesterday and visited a. furniture shop lor the purcose of buying a b-d and mattress. "Would you like a spring bud end spring) mattress ? asked the deaier. No I want the kind that can be useu ail the year round, answered Hie oid man. A good crowd avail themselves every Friday morning of the (gratuitous) entertain- ment provided by the Swansea police going through their" eddy drill in the yard of the Central Po.ice-station. It in such a pleasant change to have the usual conditions rev^r-ied ass it were—to see bluecoat minus his pompous diguhiecl air, and under eiders. You mentioned in your issue o: Thurs- day," writes a correspondent, "that Mr Preeee once sent a message to the Cape and gat. a reply within 24 hour* I know some- thing to beat that. It once took only three hours for a telegram to reach Swansea from Ffornstfach!Let us hope the local telegraphic system survived the shock Colonel .Morga.n conducted the hospital meeting on Thursday with one eye on the hoard r-id the other on the mporLcrg. Jit- ters explained themselves wlieu during a deal of argument the chairman exclaimed, .1 N,.¡w, gentlemen, oue at a time, p18u."c, or else we'll have the press on vis again," Which goes 10 show that the gallant colonel raaJs this column. After the usual weekly drill of "coppers" was over on Friday cne ot them was heard humming a. frivolous little ditty. A Font mau; who was listening to the music, asked, What makes vou sin" like that, old boy?" "Oh, it's my turn, next," ho said, pointing to the man who was doling out the weekly waue to every member inthetcrce. A naTvy, having accidentally broken a pane ef class in a window in St. Helen s-road the -other night, was making the best of his way out sf sight, but lite proprietor stole a march on him, and hating fceized Illm by the üollar, exclaimed, "Yon broke my window, l'cil»w> did von not?'' h To bo sure 1 did," said the n?..T7v; ond didn't yeu see me running home for money to pay for it." A young lady was cro>8-e-\amining her class of Sunday scholars at Neath not long since. She sought to impress upon her! youthful audience the importance of main- j taiuing through life a goocl name, ana re- minded them that So! ) nou had declared a good name to be better than riches. "Now, boys, toil me what lOll would rather have when you grow up to be men. And please i think before you answer." Up went several j hands, but the first one called stopped any further inquiry. Please, miss," shouted Lhu little urchin, I'd rather have whiskers." A local gentleman who was in J«onn'oi) the other day relates a rather good yarn, and one which has a local interest, concerning a dialc :ue he heard in the Strand between an irate cabby and a tantalizing coster. TlJe I latter, with his iitlie donkey-cart, obstructed the U'&l'iie, and the cabman shouted om to him, "Now, Jeremiah, get cut of tlio road.' i aitd, II) it, joskins," was tbe (-o"lel"1; -mart retort. "Now, no nonsense," cried the cabby, furiously, begone with you," trying to rrach hi:n with his whip. tut the lad was <">e too miioy for him and turning the moke down a by-ftlrcc'. put in as a fiuale, Lie down, lie down, you u:ly brute; you are the ciiap as knows something about the stolsn silver." Sospan fIlch" is spreading. Itisno.vthe rago at Aberystwyth College, and serves to choer and inspire the Siudants OueoT them wnles to the (hiardian: The song has be< n whistled during lectures, hummed at intervals, e>ing with great ttmlo Cll the foot- 0.1 lioid, howled during the rirsl part of I meetings before proceeding: have bryv.n. A; j the last meeting ot the Litemry and DsLvit- ing Society, wnenever there WHS Impatience, ''hiospan I'aeh satisfied UK. In fact, at Hie Celt;.?- soiree of last Tuesday, aflar the first part of the programme, the song was taken up with vigour, and it was only the stern look of the piir.cip: thai quelled it. lhave bceo told ou good authority that- the "lady students enjov it immensely, and ma:.y of theui have desired translations-, but we prefer to let it reign in all the glory of myslery." Some hidden genius has produced a con- vulsiou HD1:)ng ihe juvelltile3 of Swansea, By unaccountable mean* lie convinced 'he j majerifcyof the school children and a fair! proportion of tl eir mothers that vaccination was about to be performed with unexampled I horrors throughout the schools. The result has been a panic. The average j b«-v is not over fond of il:o school with iia customary trimmings, i but when added to these he foresaw it taking on the sanguinary features of the hospital his resolution to boL bccame irresistible. Regarding one school the story was spread broadcast that every l^hildwajj to be chloroformed to prepare it for the vaccine, and anxious mothers swept impetuously to the rescue. The imagination cnpalde of this flight e-Uls for recognition. If | loc-ated the owner will prob.ably Lava to study standing for came time to came.

FOOTBALL GOSSIP. ————.———— Swansea Villa refused te plav St Paul's* Why ? Swansea Junior League will next season go over iu a body tc the Senior League. St Helen's play the Swansea Reserves next Saturday before the Llanelly match. Previous matches between Glamorganshire and Lancashire have always been close. Sir William Hareourt has contributed twenty shillings to theliouldtestimonial fund. It Ins beau suggested that medals be given to the second winning team in the Junior League, W. J. Bancroft is p,oiu<: strongly just now. He changed and trained three times on Wednesday. J. H. WMhams, the Swansea new county forward, stiould get his International cap next year, One of the Swansea team informed me they are going to have new cap?. Not before tbey are wiuilec. W by not start a hor-key team in connection Wii,b the Swansea Club ? it is grand training With the Swansea Club ? it is grand training lor football! Bol:tho, of St. Jude's, has a. gathered toe. Hip, hip, hip, hooray! It's a nice article te drop a doaJ with. A. 2iI..](:nkm put in some good training on W ednesday, he played ai the liockev match against Bridgend, A lew genLlemeu at Neath, wh :> have given tu one uv two local piayers, arc goiisglo aiinih'daleo, fit. Helen s play the Reserves next Satur- day. Lot us hope the laiter Avill have a better teum limn tney had last lime, 1 am assured that tbw Brothers James will sure to bo selected as representative* of Glamorganshire for the Yorkshire match. CI¡¡ylo" Treboeth, and Ammanford are well in the running for the "SunJi«ht" cup, and second position ju the l.,eaaue. Play up, lads, Some Abemvonites are wondering how Lune.viles managed to toil the potatoes tor I StiuUiiy a dinner, -the saucepan is almost, in atoms. iu has been decided to bestow "cape on viie members o! the winning team in the Swansea i^iblrict League tins season instead of the usmd medals. Both pauncey pnd Sehvyn Biggs will be anscnt troio the struggle at Newport, ta-day. Llewelyn Tiiomas Lakes the piaee oi the clover leit winger. 1 am informed that Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress of the Aleiiucrythan Theatre, is willing Lo give a benelit perionaanco iu aid ct 'n at llioniaB s teritsmonial tund, A TuiLaeii man backed Evan Jones to drop a goal, and W. Rees to score a. try. Both came ofi, and the successful team drank the winner's health with musical honours. It is amusing wher one thinks of tho predictions ot some scribes over Saturday's matcii Uu Aboravon. Llanelly were jjoim; to win trom 3 points up to 14. Piopheeios.like dreams, are iutcij.irol.cd bv contraries. It s a good idea to have a Reserve match before big games at 1st Helen's on Saturdays. The spectators are enabled to while awav the time w.tii interest, and that encourages them to come earlier, which means that a crush at the gates towards thren o'clock is minitsaiged. The biggest bally iool outside of the Swan- sea (corporation was tue man v/iio travelled I 25 miles Lu witness the Swansea and Gloater game, and left the ground after Brvnmill and the Reserves had finished the preliminary I match. He fiau taken ic for the big evenL The following, which is some;hir>g iike I having u. tooth drawn, if: supposed to have re- ference to a. match to be played in the British liianos to-day ;— THE Ql'iLSTIl'V. i iiev vanquished the thiu Htcl Scarlet, tine; Kmv, w hai 'ft ihey do wir.n us ? D'yer think they'll oaiut our recoid black. And wiLb tiy after try make IT WUSJ ? REplY, Go bog ycr head, yrr wild-headed moke Don't, -.pout iii a siuinlgiu^ an.l lie-k, YVhe*5* the whistle suali lJl!)w, and Uamewnrd wo iro, We'll have knocked that fatly lot sick —— Here's a fact unknown to the vulgar crowd. The (jlaiuoiv.au Committett did nut select the Jaiuese» to play at iiali. because they received a request from the Swansea Club not to do so. The Glamor "au-Laneashhe match is to be played at Manchester. Sec? It is nothing but reconi-bieaiiiug these day8. Last Saturday, Aberavon had its biggest afc, £ 47 being realised. Tins is nearly JiAO higher than any previous gate. The'ccec- loittee anticipate even a bigger ameunt to-day when the All Whitis pay tU-m a visiU Ttie Scarlots looked a htile sleepy as they s;ot out at the tin-plate piatforai Iltl.er tin: Aberavon mai.eh- 'l'jte people on the platform who, under victorious circumstances, would have crowded loond the boys, looked as if they had trot dipiomalte engagements at Tuuhuctoo. this from Pegawu?, of ("cursc — Mr (iiivin Henry was very unfair and ilJ- discreet when he remarked on Saturday that lAoeravou wont in for a bashing game, cstcseibly to knock out'' a ccuplo ot the j.lauelly ptayer. Aberavon Lids norer adopt practices .-o contempUblfi, and even .\í t' Lesn-v tias no right to suggest it. Next iSaluroay Swansea and Llanelly meet at St. Helen's. What changes have happened ghsce the last encounter there? The Juamses liavo como hue;; to the Lddu; of the All W'luto, while the bcurlcts have beer, dctriora- liaed by the less of Badger and the record. Still if o'jgiit to furuisij a gra.id exhibitieii. The interest centred in football by youlh.s is remurKabie. Fancy a yonnu un making the toiiowmg remark on Sunday :—" There was a preacher in our chapel from Llunolly (his morning, but ho oidu't say anything about Ilw raatch. Tile llJemorÜnl of the pre- sous dav's encounter were ever vivid :n the boy s mind. Members of the <Jh:.y ion club are highly amused at the tunny ways cf some ef tbe players wi)o have lot. their ranks. They now [ j-o BOoiit cxpx-essing their indignation at illd Chnlon officials lor reb ate: ing them in the League when Lho said ceil), !,<iiiants camn to a general meeting to a- k ihem io register, register. j liie Cun;n;it(»*e have decidcd [0 again ofl'er the "Chalieuge Cup" tor coin-j petition. '1¿[ season the .Meiyn i';irioqm::b » won :l. Tiie coaipeiiiion is confined to ciutis within a radius oi ten milcv Applications for particulars, rules, &0., should be sent to Mr. jj. J. lieeb, secretary or the Neatu Club. Seo adVorLisemOisf., There's a. going practise on the part of the All Whites' tbreequnrler lino that's pcr.ectly i reprehen :bl<r. i'uasing within your own! twentv-t'.va should not teecountenanccd under any circumstance's. It's bad tactics, its dangerous—very oltca disastrous, and this j kind of piay was conspicuous both against | Gloucester and Cardiff. The Elafod team, after an uninterrupted sea en's success, arc earning thtiir rev/aid, tor urr tcey arc pritclically the possessors of tho cluilStuj;e shield. The splendid stand thev have made ygainst such sterling! opponents as Clayton, 'J rtboefh, Ammaiiford, ftiiu similar combinations, entitle theut to be considered among the for most junior loams of the district. 'J'i'.eir record is all the moie praise v. or 1 !iv inabiuuch as ssveral of their best players have been draittd to positions in the riwiiuye i Uecoodn :'I1d. 1 :c¡;rvo". Tho | challenge shield was mop last year by thoj once famous Clayton teau after a hard and grueliing game. To have )e;;t.ed Clayton was 1 a grand thing to dtt, j r-St Jude's Association lias ceased to exist. The Sospan fach" has become painful even at Llanelly, We ought to rca good half-back play at Aberavoa if the forwards are fairly balanced. Tom Jones, in spite of his injury last Saturday, dons Itie jersey against Aberavon today. A question agitating the Blinds of Llanebyites is how will the Lianelly halves shape against the Jameses, Dr. iieid, who played a hard game of hocuev for Swansea on Wednesday, was for I t ..o years captain of the Swansea A team. Jarman, lbe little wonder" of the Cardiff team some years age, luna a I; !mblic" at Canton—Canton, Cardiff, not Canton, China. Llanelly have several of their best men absent to day again, including Badger and Ciiff Bowes, and one or two of the forwards. Not all of Bancrofts tricks came off on Saturday. That long pass to Cordon in his own tweniy-live, with no one near him, for instance. D. Smith, the Swansea Seconds custodian, bus achànce against Aberavon to-day, Bancroft replacing Richards ia the three- quarter line. Mr \V. Williams, the contractor for the St, d tide's Church extension, is an old footballer. ae was a mernter of the Swansea First in .Woweu's time. The second team of the Pontardawe Association Club would he glad to arrange matches. Write to Stephen Davies, Maes- iago, Pen tarda we. Ir tbe following tour lince of doubtful merit is hiddKu a pretty compiiinont to the Swansea front line ;— There was once a spick span referee, Of uudoufiied impartiality, { h<> {,'ot inlu the «i-y f fiii- White forvvardi i lay— liie r^nlict was fr-'o •'< -«•: Bob Tiicnias is i: ov.ng. it v.-iil bo re- membered that he broke his collar bone against Cardiff, and an injury of this kind takes a little time to heal. Reserves have been selected for the Gla- morgan Couutv team, but tor ^ome reason or another tlie committee consider it inadvisable to publish their names. The ever-handy Every receives his reward at last. Henceforward lie is a fixture in the Litineily team and a "general utility" man used for stopping gaps. The wear and ttar of tho season as shown in the absentees irorathe Scarlets ia inducing anxious loons io bo cast upon the Reserves, ..ho &o far have been carefully neglected. The Reserves have an off day this afternoon, Perkius consenting to cancel their fixture with the White fctars, Lianelly, to enaale the League match to be played. W:here did Bert Solomon learn hoekev ? He referced in the Bridgend match, but was decidedly opii tsays a correspsndeut) as regards his knowledge of the gamo. Richards is unable to play for Swansea to- day, iu consequence of un injury he sustained to one of his little lingers against Gloucester. However, he hopes to turn oul against the bcarietts, Three goals five tries. That was a slaughter. Tne wretched weather with its attendant effect upon the turi renders the rapid scoring of the All Whites on Saturday all the more creditable. Sam Davies, of Neath, has made vast strides this season. It he progresses at the same rate as during the past lew months, he will prove one ot the best forwards Wales has eirerj turned out. The Jameses have two or three brothers. One of them shapes very well at centre three- quarter or half-back. The Swiiusea Club eoald do very well with a few more of the Jameses family. Spring poets, like spring chickens, are waUiiig up. Here's the first, verse of an Eastern bard's effusion, which he terms* — 'nil: Y,lR.i oi THE ilU;TElJ ¡"AKh, Here is an "eastern poet, Strumming a one-stringed lyre, Hp's 11 hit, CUll", so ye know it When the fat talis in he tire, When the grease drops in the blaze. dear boys, As it did onc Saturday; W 1110'11 the" sospan fad!" broke in a hali, Ami the record raft away. The question of filling the vacancy caused by Mr Ivhvs Barry resigning his position as secretary of the Llanelly Club, is to bo con- sidered at the next meeting oi the committee, to be held on Monday night. B. Perkins wai instrumental in securing a lucky try last Saturday. He had put in a kick, tha ball bit the posts, and bounding; Lack inlo thefiatd one of the Reserves half- back caught it, and scored an easy fry. Glamorgan might do the trick at Salford next Saturday. Lancashire have suffered vrosn many of their big clubs seceding to the Northern Union, and this fact alone should ranGer the task of the WeLhmen manageable. The sickest man on St Helen's Field on Saturday was a (.lo ster zealot, who invited the crowd around turn to "lust wait until our team gets the win«i, tnat'a all," The wind brought three goals with it, but they nil come to the wrong team—for hioi. After the Momstou match- Neath gentle- man to grundson: "Read the score again, •johnny." "Neath, one goal, two trios, six uinioir. to nil." Go to the printer's, Johnny, jtnd have a slip priuled in large, type and send it to the Bird-in-iiaud with my compliments." j'Tuho, w hat's this ? On tha s*une day that the BroLbers James reappeared .H the Swan- sea team, tho Brothers Joaes disappeared from the Bridgend team. Cnu Mr Stead let It;; know whether the Jameses are the donblos of the Joneses ? What a sensation it would make for the next number of Borderland ? A Swausea man who pays periodical visits to her Alaj'/aty s establishment on the Mumbics-road, says that oakum-picking ana mill-climbing are nothing Hl comparison wittt having to listen to the cheers of footleail spectators oil the Vetch Tiekl on Saturday I afternoon without the ghost of a cuai.ue or" breaking out to witness the game. I One fact Hint M5(iiu,i 1,1) have been over- looked is that Swansea played practically only seven forwards during almost the whole of the ,^ame against Gloucester. Tori Jone-, after he h id made the virst try, bad to retire owing to a nasty cut on the scatp, and wns unable to return. Jtisju*.t as w«li lie didn't for the sake 01 the double Glos'ter. The asodest fushion in which the Rugby Union was esl.ibhshed eiiii ua gleaned from the firut balance sheet. The income amounted to £ 7 for the year, and the amounted to £ 7 for the year, and the expenses reached oL5. The membership comprised 03 clubs. What a chant*t ha6 taken place since that time! There are cow j about 460ciubs on tho subscription t.at, and although the Union disburses some hundreds of pounds per year n» chanty, a tmbttiani.ial | sum has been invested in Consols. One or i.ho seven wonders of the world almost came into notoriety on Saturday. A t'om' reporter was receiving a i'oot ball message through the telephone from jNVa'.h, and aiferwarus wrote about a player lo the effect that the only fault about liina that he '• did not take his basse- Befoio we had printed a million copies however, it suddenly <Jawn*jd upon the office intelligence that the man who called oul tÜe message inigL. 1:e had a cold iu the nose, and that he meant j '• passe* And au the libel was stifled. Sisil'Lor (Aiorriato!) Its n pieasuro tc I spend an afternoon deciphering your horrid 8t;r&t.oh, my sncet cherub. Hope you enjoyed' the tish which had evidently been wrapped uo in the note paper yon use. Qllit" right i uc man j who tui*na out those columns never slumbers nor steep?. Wo keep un overseer on t'.ie j premises who wanders about like a rearing lion seeking Uo,,¡.:ip" copy for our demon eoiups to devour. Yea, tbera's an editor too. Don't, use anv mere ot that pencil, next timo you write. J think you would like a pen better. AGIOS 1 J J. ¡- Wtoos for Aberavon to-day? Both companies sue running excursions, and the | fare's a fccb ana a quarter. Many people would hi e to see Gordon figuring >n an international game. He's in rare good form just now, Day, the Hafod custodian, who broke his nrm while playing for Clayton a fortnight ago, will not don the jersey again this season. The match at Swausea next Saturday will have additional interest to LianeHyites, as they want to see hew the Jameses wiil bhape. The "small, still voice of tho 100-ton gun," to borrow Colonel .Sutler's happy phrase, is beicj,' heard at Llanelly „in denunciation of football. A nics little storm in a tea-kettle took place at a meeting of tha committee of the .Neath Club on Thursday night. There were nigh jinks. Mr Rhys Harry has tendered his resigna- tion as secretary er the Llanelly Football Club, ]No one will regret this more than tne players themselves. The pack of Swansea forwards that play Aberavon to-day consists of the same lot that played such havoc with the Gloucester iront line last Saturday. 1_ Quite a flutter of excitement was caused at N-ath by the rumour that Jee Davies was ieating home to work at Lianelly. Davies denies thai; there's any truth in the report. The supreme sit'.mess of Sospan faeh" as a song did notuftect. its popularity. Why should it ? Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay was idiotic, but it was tho rage of two continents for a season, I am informed that .joe Davies, tne Neath custouiau, and Alec Cross are permanently employed al Llanelly, and, further, that Joe Davies will apply tor his transfer Irom tbe JSeatli Club. c. Brynmill the Swansea Iteserves. and l iafod Rangers are auxious io arrange fixtures with the Llanelly team," if another man writes we tike this again, he'll get passed over to Gavin Henry. Mitchell, the Hatod forward, piaved for Swausea Seconds on Saturday latst. lie justified his selection. Keep an open eye on him, i-iafod, or else he'll mane another in the list of emigrant,#. I am very much surprised." writes a Naafcia man, "to see that Sam Davies, the crack Neath forward, has uos had a place in the county team, as he is undoubtedly cue of the finest forwards in South Wales i" A committee has been formed at the Neath Working Men's Club to advanee the testimonial to be presented to Mr Wat Thomas, whose foelball days are done. Councillor W. Trick is chairman of the com- mittee. The Neatu committee have selected a fairly-representative team to do duty against Lianelly to-day. if the Neath pack turn out as cliusen tuere should be no question as te Neath's superiority 10 that department ft any rdc. The MeGurgier's mysterious mood this ncorning is explained by tho following fragmentlound on his desk: Let weak-kneed and effeminate DecI-Y the noble game that < played Uh btradey's hanka and Tnwe's mead No; life is too short for this kind of tbing, so the remainder cannot be inserted. Blank verse tha McGurgler calls iij. Blaukety biaas verse is a better term, I should say. Morgans and Parry, of the Hafod team, have developed consiserably this season. A littie bird whispers me that more than one club are casting a greedy glance at them. There is room, howevsr, for improvement ia tUeir defeusive piay. To-day will decide whether the Scarlett are gOin- to pull themselves together for the- rental theses-sen. Defeat will meau thittth-n string so long kept at concert pitca has snapped altogether, and not mereiy slackened. In Association matehes the ball is usually changed at half-time in wet weather. Tha same practice might be introduced with advantage into our liugby games. On Satur- day last a dry ball might have given the home temn a couple more tries. Fitzgerald, the eld Cardiff and Welsh international centre three quarter, haa ls;t Leigh, aud last Saturday appeared in the Batley team. By the >'«uy, ene of the latest recruits to the Batley ranks is Dicny Lock- wood. whom we know. Fond mother (as her Ion starts for the football held.) Now Willie, promise me net to get hurt to-day." Willie: ,t Why, mother, whatfeoiish fears, of course I will not. This is only a practice game and there wiil be no spectators, If the Swansea fur wards get whopped at Aberavon, don't be unprepared for tha ver- diet that the Jameses have tob. all their old skill. This kind of criticism is the baek- bone Ot the stuff sent to English weekly papers by cocksure critics of the penny-a- liner" type. Cliff Bowen scarcely ever gets a scratch is matches, so he atones for it by knocking 1Jp against things wiion training. Twice he has been tieus disabioci. and once this season be alighted from his horse on lus Knee where the kerbstone bad an edge like a knife. Considerable amusement bus been caused at Neath respecting the recent selection the Glamorgan county team. One local sport has described the fifteen as a "botcii- poLch composed of £ eod, bad, and indifferent players, the bad aud indifferent pLa. psr.derating," The Wassail Crusaders would iike to arrange matches for the following dates. March 7, 14, 21. Secretary, J. Cawbery, 4, Wassail-street, Swansea,—The Llaugeoneeb F.C. would he glad to arrange matches with good junior teams. Address, Secretary, Citation-road, Hangunceeh. Scene: Billiard-room, Neath. Old speri, addressing a member of tho Giamorgau County Football Club t, WeiJ, sir, you have selected a splendid team. Its a pity that footbaii is R"¡' played 30 a-side, for in that event you would have been able to choose a player l'rom almost every ciub in the l'rinei- pality." "Hotspur" thinks that if Neath makes the game :t forward one to-day Llanelly will again suffer defeat. In the event of the Nrath forwards turning out as selected they'll undoubtedly hold the "ppe," hand. There's no truth in the statement that nttie G. D. Trick, ye anmente skipper of the Neath teah:, will do duty for the Black Brigade to-day. Sergt. Bird, the enterprising instructor of tile Shat tesbury Gymca BHim, who 18 ajwA_,¡¿ to the lore in getting appliances for the develop- ment of bone and muscle, ha-i just purchased a rowing machine WJt;, sliding seat and out" rigcers, 1 puiied o Hi." the championship course on it a lew nights ago and should re- commend all who wisa to develop their wu.ele" to join the gynmasintU an. pull for ha'f-nn-liour every night, Y/rites a correspondent :—When the Greenluil L'nacents and the Jockey-street Lambs ware playing a football match on Tanner's Field, Swansea, it v'as a bctt £ «-' fight than un international match. inoidecitsj like the following would occur Ik* captain of tho Innocents, to Mike M urpuY, who had a slight grip of the shirt of a La* sailing i'or tbe goal line: "Owl! him, Lilli come lip." "I cart." '• Weii t-ue sburrt then," Then when tho Lambs were lakini: the ball out to kick for goal, Lbe Innocents captain, addressing his men, saidj Now look here lads, Tm diseusted wid Here's three blessed thries scbored aginst u# and we haven't, got as much as a piece «'»• short to show for um. Ley if knock u ail bui/.es wid the gciia to-Hi^ht.

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