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Such 880rifiee Nym neTur bafore attempted, and they intend breafctn* the monopoly maintained by house furnishcis, and are eiD to supply customers direet from their Factory at Wholesale Prices, instead of with Illig profits. They will also, by simply asking, give away Furniture for Credit en their well- known little-by-little Sytitem, wherebv a heuse or a single article oc Furniture can be obtained. Illustrated Catalogues Gratis. Free Delivery. ONLY ADDRESS AT SWANSEA— 34, HIGH-STREET. SWANSEA. jf B. Customers' fares over £2 rofunded within 25 miles of Swansea. 5023 HOPKINSON'S JAMS ARE THE BEST. I HOPlvINSONS JAMS AND MARMALADE ARE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST- 4009 TELEPHONE 142. I INCANDESCENT BURNERSI AT LATEST REDUCED PRICES. I J. H. NOTT, I tT. .A1\D rA Y -l-'AHADE, SWAIN;SKA. 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All tieers of "PKKFKdtON" SOAP ara ofieied a. POLlCY oy LIFlt ASSI KA-NCE, wiili nmiodiate benefit, for OSf YEAR, in the British WorUinan'ts and General Assurance Company. Atranueiiieiits will bo iiia-'Je to continuu the Polic/ year bv year. The Policies may be taken out for all ages to 65, and vary from £ 2 Zs to Ell !Os. according lo age. Policies will be i:?s«ed as soon as 112 vOutsidey Wrappers are saved and sent ILJ. Last day. Juue 30th, next year, For lull particulars see bills. H S'erS'eoJiosE f'.oijgj is muiiufactured FULL POUND WEIGHT FLOUR M A R K E T S CONTINUE TO DROOP. We are thenororo enabled to quote Per Score. Per Sack. FINES Is, 6d 206. LEATHER TIlI Is, Sd. 22*. 6d. EXTRAS Is. 10d. 25s. TAYLOR & COMPY. (LIMITED), 6, CASTLE SQUARE, SWANSEA, yO, OXFOKD STREET, SWANSEA. :3, WALTER ROAD, SWANSEA. 100, BRYN Y MOR ROAD, ST HELEN S, SWANSEA 2683 2683
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THE ■•POST" DIAK* Tin KMPIUK; TWO I'erl'oriaaucea every eveuing; 'i iiiiJ 9 t,. Kviiny DAY. IitigLlon" to IIfracon:be and O!,ti, coast. J uly 21,—iiaic oi Leaaeiiold pro pe rl rat ITle Cameron J ul: 21 to 31.1'H..de, Food, Laundry, and Cookery Exiijbitioti at Albi-rt Ilali. Aims Hotel, by Messrs .Lowes, Sons, and Watkin?, July<a and 23.— Uovcrnuient inquiry at Guildhall into Swansea Charities. July 23. —Excursion to iirecoa per Midland Itaiiway, leaving .Swansea J:t2 p.in. j Juiy 25tU.—Lifeboat brttuid:iy at Swansea. J July 28.— Sale ol properties at lioyal Hoiel, by Mr F j E. Tuntirid^e July 30.—Sale of freehold farms and lerids at Llangy- j felach, at the Koyai Hotel, by Me^i>. iieyuou j auii Meagher. August i.—Athletic sport; an.} fife band competition I at Neath. Aiifiust 3. —Al h'eiic sports by Treorky. Au^o^t 3.—Athletic Spjrla and Br^ssBaud Contest at Llaiulilo. t August 6.—Siile if Keiidential Estat, "Westfa," at Sitp»v.*j- Arms Hotel. Llaneliy, by Mr. S. N. Powell, August. Zti & 27.—Swansea Hori-e Show. Beptuuibcr ¿ "11<1 3- Bazaar and Sale-ot-Work at I'Cll ileqae!
MONDAY, JULY 20 1 395, j
MONDAY, JULY 20 1 395, NOTES & COMMENTS) If there "bo truth in the report that :l j Libuuil ("intlidate ha-s been jiructically I sec lived for the Stranaea Borot:olis, those PIJglJoering the affair inav promise tliem-j selves vvaria quaiter of a a hour when the t ime eoiue3 to uitroditeo liita to the party, j The secret has been so excellently nre- :t;l"cd that S<iIlJI oi the nll):¡t ac:Li\'t and |U'u:i:ieut of Swansea Liberals—:nen who thisik ought to bww d tH'l'j r.lll\!g done in the liaiiie of the party—iL-uiaie with suggestive emphasis that whatever step has beert taken was without tLer knowledge or sanction, and pretty plain hints arc being thrown out that busyhodies will i.avo to tiisclose ilieir authority for j ■JisTioa.ngot' the parly t.omination. The friom.3 of L.trrue arc annoyju with the very i-iea of a candidate being | sought far and wide while the tx-iuember j is slid available. Tnis eagerness t) replace hitr, say they, proves the insincerity of j to on Air. Ihii'iiio when, moMiber, hul at tijo ■' if ho we.-o the most inddlWttit ki«ia oi j narliuriitntary representative, it is usual i i'or ii nail}' t*.i oiier re-nominationt o ai candidate is 1)114, ti a to him. Hut this couiphiiient wr.-i siot raiti I C<> ISI r. Bur mo. and the chief difficulty oi the deputation ;:si;ed to wa.t upon him wis • lo maintain an appe nance of cordiality 111 view of the fact that, while their mission j was to ciltract from him a refusal to stand, ..is rca liness and desire to fight the stat w4;lre uiiwistakeable. ¡ The truth of the matter is, the wealthier members of the party never cared very much for Mr. Burnie, who incurred their resentment by the same means as he won the regard of the rank-and-file. In shelving him, the former attain an end long desired. However much walth may be derided from Liberal platfonm, as all influence in politics, the power of the purse is as great within the caucus as without. in the present succors of the "edion bent on keeping Mr. Dunne in the back- ground we have an example of the truth that in politics, as in commerce and e\erything oise, power largely rests on the "almighty dollar. If the Liberals of Swansea could be poiied on the point Mr. Lurnie would unquestionably secure all overwhelming majority of the votes. The great mass of the rank and fiie are still loyal to him. But in the inner councils of the party the dominating voice belongs I to the professional and capitalist class hence little real difficulty has been encountered in rendering his nomination virtually impossible. Frain first to last the leaders of the parly have bent their energies to induce lum tu staud aside voluntarily; the fact that no renunciation of candidature has j come from Mr. Puirnie, but, on the Cull- trary, a statement 111 which he holds him- so l ready to take the fieid under certain j conditions clearly indicates how far apart lie the hopes of the dominating faction and the hopts enterta nod by Mr. Burnie. It is rather a reflection on Swansea Liberalism that there fhouid be any hunt far a-iield for a candidate. During the election uf July last one of tiie chief of the anti-Burnieites was constantly reproaching the Unionists because they had to go to Penllergaer—a few miles outside the borough boundaries—for a candidate, even though the latler had largo interests in Swansea and was in every essential respnet a Swansea nan. Later on he may be expected to reconcile the intensity and narrowm.sj of his iocal patriotism in 189o with Ib5 cosmopolitanism in lSHi, when any stranger will do in preference to Mr. Burnie. When local Conservatives were in the wilderness they were mercilessly twitted for inducing outsiders to engage m hopeless fights. Time works wonders, for the relative position.} are now exactly reversed. As to the identity of the mysterious dark horse many conjectures are being hazarded, interesting but unprofitable, as we have reason for believing that the alleged overtures have not gone beyond a question on the one side, and an evasive reply on the other. Of Welsh Liberals the members unseated at the last election Mr. Frank Edwards and Mr. Arthur Williams, would both meet the requirements of the controlling section. The chief of these is ¡ understood to be the possession of wealth. MrFrank Edwards, however, is indisposed I to solicit the franchise in a big town, least of all Swansea and Mr. Arthur Williams' ambitions have ceased to be centred in Westminster. Fie intimated somewhat Westminster. He intimated somewhat ¡ clearly on one occasion two or three years ago that lie held on to South Glamorgan chiefly for the benefit of his eldest son, who was, in g jod time, to succeed him, of course. Lord Edmund Filzmaurice, doubt- less, might be secured at a pinch; he angled long and laboriously for the party uoaiination at CardifF. The Mail" gives Mr. Arnold Morley as the gentleman approached, and there is much to give colour to the sugges- tion. But, as already intimated, the matter has not yet gone beyond the feeling'' stage, and Mr. Arnold Morley must be sorely put to it to even listen to overtures from a town so foreign to him as Swansea. A sub-committee of the National Society has been appointed to consider the means of reconciling the divergent views of the friends of the voluntary schools on the education question. The voluntary schools have all irresistible case, and both the Government and Parliament are in hearty I sympathy with them, but the experience of the present session has shown how the strongest position may be lost by divided counsels among its defenders. In the months that preceded the meeting of Parliament the National Society took every possible step to secure union. The I whole question was thoroughly threshed out by a special committee containing advocates of each of the plans of relief which have found any favour with Church- men, and the Archbishop of Canterbury based upon the r findings a series of I recommendations which v/ere practically adopted in the Government Bill. No sooner, however, was the Bill printed than Churchmen, instead of laying aside their individual prejudices in regard to details, seemed bent upon showing Parlia- mellt tlat, agreed though they are upon principles, they are hopeiy divided upon methods. The collapse of the Bill was the inevitable sequel, and should teach the Unionists tho lesson, which ihey have all been too slow to learn, that united action is the only means of victory. The important step just. taken by the National Society affords them another opportunity of turning this lesson to account. Let it be clearly under- stood that all diA'eruucos are to be con- sidered by the special sub-committee, but when it has arrived at a decision, v parts of the country arc to close their ranks and give it a loyal and united support. We are glad to H t; indications, both in the North and in the South, of a real desire for unanimity. The encouraging speech of the Archbishop of York, which may be taken to represent the views of the advocates of iate-aid in the Northern province, has received its proper answer ni the recent speech of 010 Bishop of London, one of the strongest opponents of rate-aid, to the Southern Convocation. The Bishop slates that while his objections to the proposal are as nt ong as over, lie regards it as one of the controverted points to be discussed in a conference, and is prepared for some eomproinis- ft ought not to bo diftbult for Churchmen, woo think as one man upon the vita: ptinciples at stake, to us one man in sin p-i.rt of whichever scheme may be commended to the Government, further c-ivetul deliberation, by the ruhr.-i (if the Church.
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-u- THE COCHSE OF TRUE LOVE.. Ruth ChatDeld died at Eastbourne on Satur- day from scstained by a fall of 9.jft. from a eh If at Holywell on Tuesday. -J->! girl left houie, leaving a note for her sweet- heart, whom her parents objected to. was afterwards found lying at the foot of the j diif hi iui unconscious condition.
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ATHLETIC NOTES. [BY »FREELANCE- ] SHOOTING. Alas poor \\7"cdes! Her representatives at Bisley have made a sad beginning. To lose the National Trophy after leading at two ranges out of three is, indeed, mortifying but to lose it simply because of their own break- down, and not "because of the excellence of the victors, is worse than all. The selection of the team may or may not have had much to do with the result. We cannot tell, because the form of the men is not known. A few weeks ago I directed attention to the lame manner in which the affairs of the Welsh Twenty Club are managed. Two competitions have taken place to enable Lieutenant-colonel TJ1ek, the captain of the club, to make an efficient selection. The re- sult of the first shoot was published in this column three weeks after it too!: place. There was HO reason for the delay, other than that the secretary did not make up the scores soouet. The second shoot was completed on July 11, and the result has not yet been made known, though there are the destinations ot certain medals dependent upon it. The men went to Bisley not knowing who were entitled to be included in the "Twcnty." I the team selected may have been composed of those best qualified; but who can tell except the captain? And. seemg that they utterly collapsed at the 600 yards range, who can be satisfied ?It is an unsatisfactory state of affairs, which ought to be amended. Wales averaged 30 points per man at 200 n yards, and nearly 28 per man at 500 yalds. That's no great shakes, but the conditions cc may have been bad. Any how, it left the team with a clear lead of four points over Ireland, and of thirteen over Scotland. But at 60b yards, where Wales always fails, her twenty men could average only 25 points each. 'I fiat is the weak spot, and that is why the scores made in the preparatory shoots at home would be the best guide in letting us know whether the proper men did duty. I am utterly at a loss to account for some of the collapses. Private Mabbett, of Swansea, with 88, was one of the top scorers, and Ser- j geant W. T. Davies did fairly well with 87 out we expect better things of Colour-sergeant Harris and Sergeant Tucker Williams than 80 l.nd 79: while Private D. J. Morris, at die bottom of the list, is something which "no fellah can understand," as Lord Dundreary says. The smallness of the scoring all round is probably due to the fact that tor most of the men; t was the first shoot they had at Bisk-y this year. The national trophy is usually shot for after the principal competitions of the meeting; but an innovation was made this year to the disadvantage of the Principality. We send so few men to "Bisiey, compared with the other pa.rts of the kingdom, that we must have our best "Twenty" competing, or we have no chincc. On Satuiday sever:d of Wales' best men had not arrived. Major Lang- don and Staff-sergeant Raggatt are two of tiie best shots at 600 yards which the Princi- pality possesses; but neither hud reached the i amp. Their average scores at 600 yards would have secured the trophy for Wales. To me, it seems most annoying, almost wicked, that for the sake of so little so much shoidd be lost. None of the Welshmen were selected for the Motner Countrys team lor the Kolapore Cup, though Sergeant W. T. Davies and Private F. Jones (of rexham) had been nominated, i he Llaneliy man was made the 1st reser ve. On their form this summmer both might well have been included in the British Eight. The 2nd V.B.W.R. shot a match against the 1st G.V.A. on Saturday at Swansea, the latter I using tneir carbines. Of course, the Artillery men didn't win, but I trust they will not be disheartened. One side must lose, and their turn will assuredly come if they stick to their guns. It is suggested that in the return match the sides shall exchange weapons. Now that would be interesting, and not at all out of place. By the time these notes are in print the men at Bisley will be competing for the Queen's prize. Let us hope their luck and their abilities will be at Al point; and that during the week I may have the privilege of con- gratulating them on securing a few of the plums of the Bisiey Meeting of 1896. In order to obtain practice in shooting at longer ranges than those at which they usually fire, and so as to be better qualified I to compete successfully in the memorial prize competition at Margam, and also in certain of the events at Bisiey, several mem- bers of the Merthyr detachment of the 3rd Y.B. Welsh Regiment have formed them- selves into a long range club. the chief pro- moter being Lance-Corporal W. M..Lua> donald, who acts as secretary. If someone will make a similar movement at Swansea and Llaneliy it would be possible to practise through the winter months and to hold matches. Why should shooting always be a line weather art ? Sometimes campaigns are undertaken in the winter, and it is for the great campaign that is coming that all this shooting should be a preparation.
CRICKET.
CRICKET. A Neath correspondent writes -On Thurs- day evening Ynisygerwn followed up their suc- cess the previous Saturday against Resolvcn bv defeating the Neath Y.M.C.A. by 33 run;. Scores: Ynisygerwn, 43 for nine wickets; Neath Y.M.C.A., 10. The feature of the match was the deadly bowling of Hairy Walters and fcShankoT Griffiths, the former taking six wickets for 8 runs and Griffiths three for 2. Bartholomew and Stacey for the Y.M.C.A. bowled well. but J. Daymond seemed to have conrpleteiy mastered it when he was given out after scoring a very useful 20. It is also interesting to note that although only 20 minutes remained to the call of time. that the whole of the Y.M.C.A. cricketers were disposed of withm that time, and great praise is due to Mr. Price, the captain of the latter team for the prompt manner in which his men got ready to get tc the wickets, only, alas, to stay so short a time. "It was a hard-won victory." The Australians proved equal to themselves in the great match which came to a close at Old Trali'ord on Saturday, and defeated I'ing- hmd by three wickets. I am reminded by this victory of what I wrote on Saturday, and I am rather proud of my correct estimation oi the abilities of the Colonial team. Though the Mother Country lost there was one great source of satisfaction in the match, and that was the brilliant performance of Ranjitsiuhji, the popular Indian Prince. Everybody will re- member what a tremendous cry of disapproval l was raised throughout the land when "Ranjt" was left out of the English team in the last test match, and there is now great rejoicing that he has so thoioughly justified his salec- tion. On this season's form "Uanji" is un- doijbtedly the most accomplished batsman in England. The result of Saturday' match at Newport I proved pretty clearly that the fears of the Llanellyites were not altogether unreasonable. Ths Llaneliy team collapsed woefully, their best1 batsmen failing completely to stand up to the bowling of Steeples, the Newport professional, G. P. Lewis, the veteran Llaneliy cricketer, was the only man who could do anything with the bat-, and the pity of it is that his score j fell just one tun short of the ha!f century. t L Newport were favoured with a lot of luck. there being one instance in particular. Silver- lock, the champion Newport batsman, only just missed being caught and bowled by Fred Uees before he had made 20 runs. He did not give another chance until he had made So ru.i- and in that way Newport won very (Ointortibly.
RUNNING.
RUNNING. F. \V. Cooper, the old Newport three- cuarter, was in good form on Saturday at Bradford, winning the 440 yards hurdle race, azid running second in the ;¿¿O yards scratch (open to playing members of Rugby and Northern Union), .1. W. Bradley third. Harry Cullum, the one milf champion of Wales, and the 1.000 yurds Welsh reeord- < holder, took second place m the half-mile I handicap at, the Salford Hariers' Sports at I Belle Vue. Manchester, on Saturday, beinc beaten by four yards, the winner receiving 30 yards start. There were 26 competitor; Later in the afternoon Cullum ttuned out for the 1,000 yards scratch race, and running grandly, won a splendid race by two yards. 2miu. 20 6-5sec.
THE POST BAG.
THE POST BAG. Here's an instance of luck for you. A well- known broker left town a iortaight ago for Egypt. He misses the whole of the tripla scheme controversy. Sermons were preached at lSO churchy different pans of the country on Sunday ui. behalf of the Incorporated Free and Upeu. Church Association. The Swansea police will make a present to Councillor iSkidmore when he retires from the Watch Committee. They are impatient for the chance to subscribe. The most envied of men is the fellow in town who can say "Cinematographe" without splut- tering and with faultless pronunciation. He can command his own drinks. Alderman Viner Leeder says be and Dr. Rawlings are the only members of the Corpora- tion who didn't want a free lunch, conse- quently they didn't go to Cray. Can you speak Welsh was asked of a' tramp by a West-end resident on Thursday e,i-citing. waq the gentle reply, but 1 can eat and drink all the same." A well-known High-street merchant says he hopes Alderman Bradford will grace the mayoral chair next year as well as this. In the words of the day, "He's one of the best." Mr. David Williams, of the Waun Wen School, and leader of the entre Chapel Choir, ■wgfs successful at the Tonic Sol-fa College Examination held in June, gaining his A.C. Heard outside the Imqerial Institute, Lon- don. Stout party from Sketty. South Wal'is "I say. does'nt this building remind you of Bea Evans' and a policeman near by choked twice. The choicest thing a young Swansea lady heard in London was the horrified remon- strance of a Cardiff swell to a stolid Padding- ton porter who did not know where Shebeen- town was. A Cardiff man who spent two hours bragging of the size of the unhappy town he hailed from, occupied another two in finding High-street Station to travel home. He strayed up Neath- road by accident. A sailor who had just come from a mast- head in the North Dock said that the roar of traffic from the town by Thursday's breeze brought vividly to his mind the hum of busy London from the Thames wharves. A visitor who attended one of the school treats on Thursday, speaks slightingly of the tea supplied. It was too weak to crawl out of the teapot," he says. "The strongest thing on the ground was the butter." There are 15.000 sheep and lambs on the hills wheh form the watershed for the Cray Reservoir, so that if the water should carry- a flavour of mint sauce down to Swansea we- shall know bow far the chops are away. They take a short cut to peace down the Sandfields. A lodger, who has been spread- ing ear-ache by means of a flute was the other afternoon invited out to tea while a couple of neighbours filled the instrument with glue, The Swansea Liberals are not so bad a lot of fellows after all. They celebrated the anniver- sary of Sir John's return by playing streamers of flags across the main thoroughfare and by holding a very enjoyable outing. Good health to everybody. "Exhibition for Swansea?" exclaimed thd man with the white waistcoat. "No fear I We haven't the time for it here. Now. in a. place like Cardiff where they've nothing else to do it's different. Exhibition be hanged! They're played out now." A correspondent wants us to state that tha, old gag that the people of Landore, wheat they find a grass blade, put a fence round ill and call the spot a park, doesn't hold dnringv the drought. People have ceased to looid for even the blade. Lieut. Navsmith was the author of th^ i remark that the volunteers would not bey sent abroad unless this country were invaded- In its way this is nearly equal to Chaunceyf Depew's famous toast to the Volunteersw "Invincible in peace; invisi-ble in war." The water at Cray, which strikes the gur- rounding hills in cloud-form, in, to run uirect into tne reservoir, thence into the pipes, ani straight into the kettle, so that if a Swansea) householder should happen to find a boiled eel at the bottom of his teacup he'll knoTT whence it came. "By Jingo!" he spluttered, "these clerks;' they'll drive me crazy. What with unposted letters and carelessness in general; now, if I had done such a thing in my"-and just here he found in his )ocket a letter his wife had given him to post a fortnight ago in St. Helen's-road. A nobby young yachtsman of docks fame managed to tumble out of his skiff the other day, and after a desperate struggle in the wake of the yacht grasped a drifting sail and gasped and wriggled himself on board without any aid. His unmoved companion lit another cigarette and remarked approvingly. "Do it again, old man On the return trip there was but one occupant. Mr. Morgan Hopkin is keenly critical of bargains made by the Town Council. He discovered at Cray that to Messrs. McTu-k are reserved the fishing, shooting and boating rights over the new reservoir, and he grumbled forthwith. "Ah. you're apt to overlook small mattters like that when larger interests are at stake," said Mr. Martin, in a soothing tone. But Morgan didn't half likd it. Mr. Tom Howell Evans, son of Mr. Wm. Fva'is, of Bryn Awel. Swansea, the South Wales manager for the Bristol Unded Brewe- ries. having just come home from a voyage to Australia, sat for his exam, at- Oa'-diff last week, and passed as first engineer. Air. Evans is well known and popular in Swansea and news of his highly satisfactory success will be heard with uiuoh pleasure by his numerous friends. He has been serving with Messrs. J. Woodsid* and Co of Belfast. The rage for new tints, with the most faubd- tic names, has struck the young ladies of Swan- sea. who are going to show some woudeiful combinations of colours over the re;,atla. One of them. asserting her intention of having something out of the common, and despairing such things as "crushed strawberry" and "dun- der-grey russet."says she is coming out in < garment of dirimp pink and elephant'# breath. This ought to stir the ozone about ? little. At the recent Pont-Neath-Vaughan Eistedd- fod the bassos of the Glyn-Neath Choir had among them a knight of the thimble who has seen his 73rd year. He is as nimble und aS ruddy as any man of 50, and as resourceful a they make '>ro. He did all the carpentering work of two houses recently built for him is a past master in the making of fishing rods, and an angler to boot, and in his own craft will take some beating Tin ice wedded, he until recently delighted in taking an occasional walk to and from Brecon, a distance of about 40 miles, altogether a very noteworthy character, with a well preserved voice. At Glyn-Neath the temptation is strong to ex- hibit him as living evidence of the healthiness of the district.. 4