The South Wales Daily Post

OUR SHOUT STORY A DESERT ROMANCE. Christopher Morgan sat upon a box in the kwl e, of some large boulders and within whip- reach of the circular path about the arastra, and at eail rota-fcou of the nuile stimulate' him by a touch of tha whip-lash. It was a drowsy occupation. TIe was about falling into a still d'iep^r doze when ho was made alert in a mo- ment at the sound of voices fro-ni a little rnesa above the camp Presently. riding down tiie steep aiyi almost obliterated trail. came first a. lank, eldeliy moa in f-v,"ed overall)? and a. flan- nel shart, arid niter him a. girl d:e.s.\ed in ccars.e blue denim asd a. sun-bonnet of the same material, ridrng astride on a m-an's saddle. She had a light. givilsh figure, and her face was to Morgan a revelation of loveliness. The e'deriy man hailed. Morgan in a loud ) voice, which woke t 'te echoes all about: "GGGd Bttoming eompan-a How goes it '?" Morgan acknowledged the vociferous greeting, and went to meet his visitors as they rode up toward the arastra. "My name's Bas- oora," said the man, "and this here's my daughter 'Boly,' shoit for Bolivyer. A man passing along the road, night before last. said as how you'd bought in this here Bekhaz>;ar property, and Boly and mc 'lowe,, it'd be the square thing to came over a.nd get acqua-.ated." "You done well when you bought this here property," continued Baseom. "I've known the ledge this ten years, and if you go slow, you 11 come out ahead of the game. Then there fellers, the creditors, shut down on and busted up all natural enough, as I seen tiiey would when 1 first aet eyes on 'em. Bull Horn 3 all right." Miss Boly said nothing, but fixed her grey eyes on Morgan, and sat silently regard- ing him in a. frank and interested way, which somewhat embarrassed him. Mr. Bascom was not only curious as to the past, present, a.nd I future of his host, but was loudly overflowing I with information as to himself. "My place is jwt ;>vsr t'other fdt; of this here ridge in the other canon." he explained. "I took up land there ten yaws ago, never thinkin' I'd stay there this time. And I wouldn't if it hain't been for a thievin' pardner of mine." "How that ?" "W'"ny. this a-way. I'd made a stake before I ever I'd cone in here, iandin' arms for Boli- vyun insurgent* and this pardner, this 'ere I' tsriftin' feeler Meeks, was in with We had fifteen thousand dollars proStE between us, mostly is lwi-r. yellow twenties and he oomes up to my place liere sayin' as he'd help develop I toe claims back over the ri-lge or which we Lad located together. We was gain to put that coin all in to devvlopin', bu-t one mornin' I wakes up to find him dean gone, along with his share 01 the money, and mine teo. I tracked him out on to the desert down Mud Springs way, aad then lost his trail altogetlier, and 1 n-^ver seen hide nor hair of him or beard 'where he werlt to. Since then Fve lied to rustle for a livin'. Boly, here. she helps out faerdin' a few cows I've got. on th'e bunck-grasa fats (;fi t'other side the ridge." Boly blushed, laughed, and cast down her eyes at this lauda- itory and pointed personal reference. When hL guests had remounts! and slowly elimbad the trail again, Morgan watched them fell they were out of sight, with an unaccount- able mixed feeling of wild joy and deep 'repres- sion in his heart to which he had hi'.herto been ft stranger, and it was with an impulse to sing, which (sided with a sigh, that he flickered up hia mule and recalled his attention to the re- •Sjuirements of the arastra. During the next few days the image of Bolv grew more and mure deeply impressed on his hitherto imsus- eeptible heart. This state of mind was pro- .fjres*»*e; and when, on the third day after Boly's visit, lie had made a. most satisfoetory test, clean-up, it was in the hu<t of crpi rits that Ibe dftermicbud to knock otf from work ai.d Hr- tam Bascorn's visit. On his way ovt-r the ridge he diverged from his route to Bascorn's tnwai-d a iittie thai., where he saw three or four cows feeding and a pony near by. which, even at a distance, he recognise! as Boly's. A few yard.. away, seated in the shadow of a. great tock, he recognised the blue-clad of Boly herself. I "I allowed be oyer before long," she said, with a jruiie; "I kind of expected you J be in yesterday eveuin." Morgan's courtship progressed wit-h ra.pid strides. Withia a fcrtr. 'ht after his visit- he fcad ben over to see Boly several times, and she, after an interval of a week when he did not come, knowing him to be tied down by his Vork at the Befehazzar csjtijj. with a, natural disregard lor empty crrnvtution. had herself gone over to chai witt). h m at, the arastra. It was on the occasion of this visit that Morgan dtciared himself. Tlie ara.-tra was .stopped. The mule, still discreetly blindtd, roettl in the twg-path, aitd Morgan, in beatitude, sr.t with his arm around what for the time being was the only waist in t- world. ""Th'-re's one thing I ought to tell yen, continued Morgan. before evei" you says yes or uo. You see, M'Jh?n I &rst Dot the a.ki man he kind of jumped at the idee that I was the owner of t-b s here prcp)rty. 1 didn't isav so, but sohe took it that a- wav, I die n't see no Cit..0. to underceive nhn But I ion i no owner. I'm jusA up he~e, workin' br B4g^. an p-»'. pard cf mine, -.ci wages, and I simply uwo nc-tb'.n" "That don't iaake »i,v difference to me, Chris, s.d Boly, wiUh a »\«ii; "but I rediun it. will with Por about ('I'nsentin'. He f9et^ ^uch aheap on a man's ber. "ell hred." Tliere WaI) silenc*: for a moioect, and then Boly con- HHued "I've been thinkin' this a-way. Why don't you bnvn«h out for yourself and git gome property of your ovm ? Then you'd be ei'gible." "That's easy to say a-yvut branckm' out and gettin' property," resp-^Jed Obris. despon- dently, "but hove'/efm L to do it? 1 d see no opanin' "You'll never sse no r>penin' «it«*ng arotuvd ifljts avasnra bclougin' to another man," rt- ,toI-tal Boly, with WIlle fpUTt. ;'IlI tefl you what I'd do if I to a man, and wanted to make a stake- fd quit here too qciek. iind go right away ever into tliis here new Mud Eprmga deestreciA that they're -aQ runoin' to,. oud stake -"xit. bome olaros h»r myself. That ■would nu-ice it all right with Por. Ht'd ?ay your bein' a man with jast wages is aae things iMn. you hein' a. man wiUi some pramisia: claims is another." "But, said Morgan, inspirited by the pkva but yet awrre oi obstaoleii, "what'd I sav to I • J>igg" if he should come back hore ;.od find I',l quit workin' the arasira arvl pulled uut with has mule. H»- done a heap for me, and f couldn't 70 back on him." "Fve got a plan about that, too," said Boly, contemplatively drawing Jines in the tailing' dust with heat riding-switch. "You 'jtot right iu and .Jean up this here run and theii go and get rock down from tlie drifts, and I'll come owr CV?ry mornin' arid run the .M'"<I.'icr¿ wiiile you're gone, with Gyp' (lodioaitiing her nony). "He's amail for the work, bat he'll do, and f you tako the mule and sl.ut off for the. new |"tMnd Springs range. I'il hard the cows into La Jifetic rincoa that I know of, where the, fetsd's £ good and they won't kst/e tali I ocine for 'cm. f For is repiirmg the rrnd c-verv day now, and he'll never su^>ici-on what' up." Ttius it was that-, on the third !norn>n^ ^ftar this conversatkin. Morgan was on yp&y on the trail to Hud Spii-ngs district, with a fixed determination to find somtrthing rich I end becorno "el'gible" or die in the .'itteTOT>t. He wasted no time in entering actively on his vrork. He rode her* aiid there over the I cojr.tirr, working up dry gu'ehes in search of l pl- c r i and diml1Í11g rocky buttes aud ridges m the hope ot finding vwne rich ledge. Pro- ir*;sing thsaoverie^ were bemg consoantiy made y ufihers, but his omt. lock W'a6 af the wo^si. lie had laboured hard :crd paAienth- day after '.la_>, and was witiKKi« his reward. 1 :e month .>• time which he iNtd allowed himself "ft as already drawimg to oi ose, and he seem e l 0,3 i:ar from his goal as ever and it was in a ^•ate of cieep despondency and (li.=c ^uragcaient lh..t h3 .starteu upon his last trip iinto the adjacent itMunraaDK. He fonc-wed for several hour; an old, deeply-worn Indian trail t^dia* towards the Colorado. The trail had evidently ben-n but bttle travelled for years, for hi many "lace"; it was q n tte blocked with boulders wfiir-h ha 1 roiled down the hillside, and Gnatly came co a .poaisfc where it had been completely burled r,- in en.)niK,)j<. slide of loose rock. Here he dianotHited, and Ued his mule to a stunted pinon. He was anxious to proceed in the direction he ted been going, for, not more than a mils ahead., there was in plain view a reeky bluff, curiously >arksd and mottled Ül dnil reds and faded yellows, that sruggested strong mineral -oossibilities. °° :1 Morgan had clambered half-way acrsss the rough and difficult barrier, still followim^ the general line of the trail, when, as he pansed tor a moment to take breath, be saw with some surprise a few yards above him on the hillside a high, narrow opening in the rocks. It was partially blocked by a few fragments of broken boulders, arc1 war, evidently the mouth of one of those nv -nntain caverns not infrequently found near the summit of time desert mountains. With but little difficulty he pushed away a few of the larger stones that blocked the way, and found room to enter. He had with him a small supplv of matches. and, as he lighted one after another, he saw that he was in a faixlv good-sised chamber, seven or eight feet in height, and perhaps thirty feet in k-ngth, and half as broad. He advanced to the centre of the rave, and by the dim match-light saw that there were clear evidences of former habitation. AL one side on the floor were two broken ollas and other fragments oi pottery. Juafc some dd Indian hiding-placr-, thought Morgan, and, lacking antiquarian tastes, he was about abandoning further px- ploration, when his attention was attracted to certain dark bundle-like objects at the car of the cave. He approaclieJ them with a mingled feeling of curiosiy nd distrust. He i was not impressionable, but when his first near view assured him that one was a tumbled roll ot blankets and the rrther a partially- clothed skeleton of a man. the damp chill of the cave seemetl to penetrate to his very marrow. Stung by the flame of the match which, unnoticed in his excitement, had burned to his linger tips, he dropped it and was left in darknea. It was but a. second be- fore he lighted another, and then for the first time he noticed that ckse to the blankets lay a. pair of leathern saddle-ba#s. He stooped to lift them, and was surprised at tiieir great weight. They were unstrapped, and his curiosity now overmastering all other feelings, he thtrw back the fta-p of one and, holding a freshly lighted match do»? to the opening, was specciiless with amazement at. what he saw. The bag was half filled with coiaed gold. For the second time, in his -excitement, he had nearly allowed his niaton to burn out. His stock v-iu; now reduced to four; and, realising that he must make haste to. leave the cave, he seized the ieath r neck connecting the two bags and dragged ih. in to the opening. In another moment he was again standing in the yjalight Mid threw th remainsd hi" last match among the rocks outside. It waa all so strange and passed so qu'ckiy that it seesned to him almost hat ho, ,a,ad b.on dreaming and Ku)i dreamed. On he iirje of each d the icavy oa/fskin bags, in sprawling, pen-printed letters, was j th nan-#a "H. Meelci*' iU:i a. date soma tw&lc*} years back. "That's t':o name of th: fHow tha.t robbed old man Baacom, and it was «<> ,vn in this Mud Spring country that the old man k«t the trail. As he neared the camp his spirits sank for the moment, as he recognised the load voice oi ok1 Bascom raised to eytii a. higher pitch tnan ONuai. He hurried his animcj and m ano^ter moment was in camp. Boer's po.\y, '3"P- "was in harness in tiie a^aetra. iJhti her- self was sitting despondently on a flat rock rear by, with tier face buried in her hends, and s-'bbmg at short mtervak, ^hile oid Bascom was vociferously apbraidang hta- for the in- fatuai-ion which had led her to deceive her hnner and clancestine?y operate the arastra in cer penniless lover': absinoe. The t si -ti however, was soon changed to one of vhd txatement and friendly .g^eting and con- gratulation when Mvrgan a^p&red, and bnetiy recounting his I theni with the sign-t of the coin in the saddle- "And all this cobks," said Morgan later 07: f°i, V' giad m{irc»ssivener-s. "0f mv inst fdlenn yo^ advice, and ruatlin' round Ll gettin ■ el gible. m ■tdil IXTEI.LIGEKC'i-J.

j FOREIGN -ARRIyIITaNT) MOVEMENTS L<JiJAL v LUS. IVjfio s H;tt Antwerp 14 Tiutern Abbey arrived Calais 14 Paui s arr'.wd Ny.ntes 13 Moniaire s arrived Bayoisne 15 Rive de Oier s arrived Bayoane l"1 iiour-au s arrived Bayonnc Actif s arrival Bergen 10 I Rogaland s arrived Gothenbu™ 11 Ja-son s left Cronstadt iL Oakviiie i left Bolderaa 10 Oiiy of Cadiz s left, Hamburg from -Swansea 13 I, y ot Ocrtrnund s left Hamburg 15 Minerva s arrived Ymnicten 14 i ry of Maiaga s arrived Rotterdam from bwansea 13 Ti tiro s aiTiveil Flushing 14 BIythswood s arrived Antwerp 15 Dresden s arrived Antwerp 13 Garry s arrived Antwerp 13 Egret s arrived Antwerp 14 CLEARED FOR SEA. Ootober 15. Vixen 44. Iro'is, iSaw^-iay, coal 72, North's Na^-igatioii Co. Aipha s 55, Luxoe, Higbbnd^je, coal 110, South Wales AnChraciie Co.. Elv Riie s 735. Daviea, lk»rcleaux, ceci .i..D);, r. P. R RicJiaris -au i Co; bunkers 70, Høweli ;k-ad Jones Aotif s 426, Philiippe. Caen, coal 900, bunkers 40, J. and C. Harrison, Ltd, Jerae s 242. Mnrphy, PJyraoutii, cxwi 600. bunkers 20, 1Hodg rss Piooecr s 276, Itodcs't.t-, Rouen, gen., bunkers 10, M. Jones iko coal ''iB, E. W. Oo-jx and Co coal /0, He-J ley's CDilieT-V Co Maid:in s 1,218, Martin, PhiJadetphia, bun- uers 550, F" T. Agnn ballast. 100, Swan- sea Haatbour Trust Cadwgan 61, Ab«rayrcai, floor, ctc., 199 sacks, W ;aw and Ov tinnberr, Gregor Bros; -^as.1 /6, H Goldberg and Go HanuonSa 2?4, 01sen, Ohrisbiaaia, coal 370, CrWaun Ceui (iurwci Vol an a s 13a, Gaiey, Llanc-iiv, nil CrWaun Ceui (iurwci Vol an a s 13a, Gaiey, Llanc-iiv, nil Honor 42, Deere, Abe.rtiiaw, nil \igilarafc s' 251,. Wade, Liverpool, general, bunkers 10, J. Biaoeii, Ltd. Princess Mary s 169, Mjr-Niool, Aberdeen, cscc., I general, Tucker and Co. ENTERED INWARDS. October 15. Pioneer s 276, Manchester, geaeral, not to be landed I Mervinia 96. Pu?choster, c«nenit 190, Isher- wood Bros. R. W. T. 40, J)ev.M-M, arsenic 50, Burgess and Do ° riamiori^ 244. Bridmrafer, nil Alplia s ;,5, Ilighbridge, nil. Actif s 426, Lkmn, nil Carnoo s 144, Gaicton, gas coal 3S0, Swansea Gas Co VolwLi 6 155. Birkenhead, ocamer ore 250, C'I Lambert and Co JcrDO h 242, Plymotiiih, nil Princess Maiy s 199, Newcastle and Hull via Brtstx>l, gcu-esraL, Tucker and Go I Mauritius s 325, Bordeoax, pttwood 676, ainc ?;-htJS 20, zinc 25, order Lily 76, Bridgwater, wheat aad beans 100, Weaver and Co barley 9, J. Dyer Vigilant s 251, Uvcrpool, general,. J..Bacon, Lt/i. City of Belfast a 556, Dublin, ail

ATHLETIC NOTES, "Hotspur" writæ-l v»5is told at Ponty- pridd on Saturday that. the. Newport Club does not intend to make fixtures with Uanelly next seasor. My authority 'or the report is Mr. Martin, a member of the Xewporfc Ciub com- mittee who refer»id in the N each-Pontypridd match. The St. Helm's game on Saturday was scarcely a. pleasant one t; I witness. There was a great fioal Uw tauth feeling invested in it !ii-n^ lay-outs were a trifle too frequent. As I AberaN.-f).n fought hard to keep niat- -Vx' as level as possible. An element of luck u">kd them to w't off so well aM they did. |j.T. an James's rsiire-uient not only robbed the All bitea of play, but disorganized the wliole | combination. A man had1 to b,) taken out of the scram to go back, and Bancroft joined LkL Jam.s at half-back. This meant a rearrange- ment in three divisions—forward, half-back, and full-bu-rk. Alieravon's try should live for ever. Of all the decic-ions of referteing I ever came araruss tliat takes the cake. To the credit or AtxTavon people be it said, they admitted aiter the match that it was no try. The referee also admitted his error, and toH one of the Swansea officials that ii an appeal were made to tiie Welsh Union he woukl be bound to report in Swansea's favour. A splenmd featore of Swansea's djsplay- was I the masterly way in wliieh the seven forwards deait with the Aberavon eight. They were al- most as fresh at the iinish as they were at the start- This was a very satisfactory and en- couraging thing for Swansea's supporter to grapple with. A doubt has been expressed that our forwards have net appeared) to pos- sess the weight and tri-ckitifws they did la-yfc reason. This impreaiion was falsified unims- reason. This impreaiion was falsified unims- takeably on Saturday. We more thac held our own in front. After Saturday's match I see no prospc t. of Aberuvon defeating the AU Whiter even on Aberavo-n ground, this season. Evan James has received an injury to the I shoulder, which I am afraid will prevent him pkying on Soturda-y against Uanelly. This I means weakness in a department where we can ill aiford to do with it, in view of Ben Davies' retorn to activity. I presume the committee will replace James with Bevan. It will be known to-night whether Parker will be able to turn uot. If not, tiie eight elected to meet Aoora.von will ag-tm be picked. i With regard to the try awarded, to Aber- avoIl, the referee when I saw hint after the match was most frank in admitting he had made a. mistake. "I did not see Jones even at-iempt to touch the ball, but I am convinced now that he did touch it. The thing must have happened while be was shut out from my view by someone running between us. I wad asked what I should report i the. 6 wan sea club appealed against the trv. and said that, of course, I would say it was due entirely to a mistake on my part. In view, however, of the fact that the try did not affccfc the result, I was given to understand that an appeal was unlikely to be made. I am very sorry t-he rm.-ttake happened. I can't recall a single instance in which anything oi the kind occurred before in my refrreeing." The best of us make mistakes occasionally, and this manly statement by Mr. b°it Taylor showo his readincfc-a to make ail the honourable amends. No one could do more. In this connection I have received the fol- lowing letter from a Swansea gentleman, who is a consistent supporter of the "All Whites." It is interesting as showing how opinions will differ respecting the moit simple of events. He writes :—"In view of your statement fchat the referee admitted ht made a mistalce iu awarding the try to Aberavon on Saturday, I ttic-k :t bnt due to him tc write that more than one Swanseaite considered the try was Tandy won, entirely through the care- it^isnea» of the Swan-sea back. I and a. friend wwe in a position where we had „ :i umnter- rupted view of the tltree players. I con- j idere-.L that it was a fair, though slovenly, I toacn do .vn by Artnui" Jones. I am, however, xAvher sliort-sighted, but my friend, who was using a field glass, said it was undoubtedly a fair try; that Jones, though be may have ;n- tended to touch down, and he had plenty of I time, did not do so. but took the ball when it wu-, off the ground and simply let it fall, and that the tAL-wr-avon man touched down before Jones had time to recover. Ii", therefore, two I Swanseaites differed as to what ieally took place (the ofte having special advantages Ja. ouring Aberavon) it cannot be wondered at that the referee, who probably had several men between him and the piayers in question, may have ruled incorrectly ill absolute good faith. However, the real fact may b the moral is that the Swansea men snolJhl not do what they are very apt to do, viz., imagine that their adversaries either cannot- or will T.ot make a special effort. If Jones had played properly 1 promptly, and not tried to emulate. "BankyV gallery play, he could have touched I do-cn vdi Lie • the two AberavQn play era were yards o3. I should have thought the home match with Newport iast year would have cured the team of these tricks. 1 have often contrasted the Swansea team and their oppon- ents when there is any doubtful play. 'Hie ^wanvia men, if they appeal, atop play and wait for the whistle; their opponents play < n until they hear the whistle with the result I that the latter have often stolen an unmerited try. The moral I draw from Saturday's de- cision iø: However dead a "can- you have, I play the game, and don't throw away a chance. "TheKelt" writes:—The PcnarJi fixture did not create much of a stir in tlie football crimp at Llatteiiy, and, as was stated in the which appeared on Saturday night, the only disappointing feature of the match was the smallneCT of the score. It was only for about & quarter of an hour that the Scarlets seemed to be in real earnest, and then they scored a few tries. The whole of the Llan- olly toomplayed with excellent combination, with the :xwntioo of Ned Jenkins, who put the machinery ùtlt of geaa- several times by the clumsy way in wbtcb he faiied to take his passes. He must improve by next Saturday or I am afraid that ti^c Scarlet jeraey will know him no more. In my opinion itwoul l be worth vrhile> grvmg Ayres, the new wing man, a. triaJ in the centre. He has ptenty of da,mh, and showed on Saturday that he knows haw to give a pass. Of curse-, I do not incic that, he, should be tried against Swansea, but in the next "soft match" at Strader. Griff William*" is bacommcr a moie valuable man every Saturday, and I consider that the Llanelly Club (have bat-M fortunate in securing the sorvices of such a good man. Even if he fails occasionally to bring off what is expec- ted ni a centre, his sturdy defence can always be refaed upon. Of Morgan Williams I fan only say agam that I lia-ve never SM-n. a three- qtw.r«>r stetiring a clearer course tor his pi.tce j in Uhe international t«aru, and if co plav f.u one's country M a rcwairl for many years «/ j conasbenfciy "briliiarit j»!ay, then Morgan Wii-i Lams richly desei's'e-' that reward, and I liup-, I lse'll get it. Of the forwards in bhe' I^kuioHy t«sm, Dan Walters is the cleverest, and rf lie keeps up his footbull and adds a sronc or two tl) his weight, th^n his dahn wiM, pwhspB, have to be considered. lYic Pemriii team is a very poor comhunation, indeed, and I ant not quite ?wre tii«t one or two of the Lhneily League teams wouldn't make it very hot for ;,41em. I Oval wrifeas: Alas! .il-orri-ston had agam j to undergo ckieat; this time at tlbe bands oi Pe-nygraig, to the tune of 16 point-s t, o. Tiie only expose I (-an offer for 111- d-.f-.a-t is that the visitors put on «lie i Id a fifteen very much inferior to the Hill men lot. and that if thy had only looked around before leaving !home for the Rhondua, tiie Tinpl-aters could have selected a more satisfactory team. There is no doubt that .)r. the day's for in Penygcaig were the better team in t.v ry civ- partm'tkl. The fwwards were heavier bban the Morriston eight, and got the lean her out 1; t-hvir backi- mor« frequently. After tiie: hard training of the Tinpiaters during the week, I was not altogether pie;ifced with their performance, although there is som: consolation in the faot that, the try which Morriston scored WM a. rial beauty. Tne .birilston skipper picked up in his own 25, ami earned to the home 25, where. he trans- ferred to D. G. Frauds, who scored in tie comer. Will Joseph's kick at goat, althougn. futile, was a grand ttffr.-rt, and called for loud cheers from the spectators. I may further re- mark that the disc Jay of the Rhonddaites on Saturday would have given any Welsh, club a bit of trouble. With the exception of the one scored by Bush, ail the tr-p-c, for Peny- graig were scored by forward rushes La-it week I attributed Morriircon's defeat as being due to the partial manner of the referee, but this wseek I have no complaint v."hatever to make in this direction, a»s. Mr. Evans, of Cardiff, acted with every sauslao- tlOn. "Hot-spur'" writes: — I hare st)' n the smothering game played before, but never so effectively as ou last Saturday. The Ponty- pridd men we" detei-mtined that Neath should not win, iand hOW titey weu-e able to carry that ueternunation into effect may easily be ex- phmoo. 'I'heir hah as, Roberta and Chick. I C.vl nothiing but Vt"3.t.<>h Powoll and Hopkins, j the former, of course, being th:? principal object of attention. When the visiting for- wiards secured the ball which they did Hve times out of every sue, Rofo?rt« and Clhi -1: oaaiiod arornid the acmm, knocked Pow^U! ,:if/raiding before he brd. touched hbe ball. If they did this cnce they did it twenty times during the game -And, singular ItA) £ -ay, Mr. Martin; the ref'sree, al-k<weii them t-o du so. I think 1 am right in roYUtg tinat he did not penalise thorn more r-han once during the whole uf the game. Mr. Ack. Lleweiyn was a. spectator of the match, and his opinion as a Pontypridd man .and a member of t-he Welsh Rugby Union may, for obvious rea&ora, be wortii trore to tlio general i>i;b!ic than mine. W'\tab did he say after she matcii ? Why this "The referee was very lax iu regard to the off-side rule, and Neath suffered CToatly there- by," But my tele is not vet ended. 1\ic Poniv- ptidl f-ofwarfis. notably Dai Evans and Rees, we-re constantly putting theer legs out on tlie nids of the scrum and tripping Powell up when he was getting away. Wuh the adop bon of such [smothering tai-tics- and the brtKid tadding, cuar^nig and fouling of t-he Poivty]«dd men, it could not be expected that the game an interacting one. For my part, I was disgusted. I hope I shall nevor sec anoi'-aer bim1.e like it. However, it i is vu the tapis now that Nea.t.h may cancel j tlie iixturo for next season. After Saturday, the cxjiiimittee would be quite justified in so i doing. Indeed, 1 think ulx-y ought to do t. Now I have only generalised. Suppose I give you a few instances o.f what did take place. Tune (after time the iewth men wen: oharg^l "1).(1 laircfccd sprawling after thev b-ajJ partial with the lxp'i, and after the wbi.rde I had blown Afore thaai. tliis, ia- a Nestth nian j held the ball and 1-ihe whistle had blown two cr three of the lionitstors wouid lav hold of him, sometimes by the legs, and drag him | varrls along the grousad. Cliarlie M inis was taken up by the legs, on ono occasion, and I dashed to the ground, wiiile it was a contman thing in the line-out to see a Neat h mail, V Jv> was preparing to take the ball, knocked ) down before the ball reached fain. Mock Raynoldss, on one occasion, was knocked I sprawling. The PontypL-Kid ;nen plavod an unneces- sarily roiigh game, and they were oheerwi on bv a crowd of spectators, the "bulk of which are a disgrace to <sviiisaAh>n. To mv mind it is marvellous that none of th? Noath men were seriously hurt. Alr.tost tsrory mail 111 the iteam is bruised, and bears other "ref?. of th,) cacrninier. I ha.ve seen hundreds of games, but aeve* one st* rou:ti1 as this, Evel: labouring under such disadvantage tiie ytHi- tors were imquesti.vnafcly the Ijettcr tenu. Ponftj^>ridd were bsa-ten tvervw;i«.re, and if they lrad been compelled to play accordin: to the rules, they would have been severely defeated The grime did not- start until about 4.35, and 23 minutes w piayetl in the frst half, aila just 20 minutes in the second. The Pontypi'Kld backs had no idea of pass- ing, and when fluey hsul 1..he Itall they did not knrrsy what fA) do wide it. Their forwards wore no mr.tch for the Neath *»ight, although the lactw -were much lighter. Rolfarte aenj Chick were penaii«}ed but onoe, and thnr' tiwaao? to a vt--y gra^i, extent spoiled our back! play. There's :-ome .talk of Roberts going to Newport. Wall, all I can say is Newport will have no (atci>. IW-.

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WHAT O-S BOY DID. ;I,d e A biind aaii iu Madras was ablo to repeat tha fir"t few cha))ters of St. John's Gospel. V\ h.-n liow he had been able to hum them, he tllat it lad who iiad been taught in a nd.aio.i- Bcuool had been working in that village, and had brought with him a pair of the New Testament He had so often read this .oud that; the blind man had learned it by heart, and although the boy had since left the village, not a word of tha precious had been forgotten. HIS GROANS WERE DISTRESSING. Liuley, a famous Englisli player on the violon- eedo, wno Uouricshed in the elghtccr, th century, H-asouce travelling era the Ureat North Koad "he" the coach was upset. The j.as.sengers were til evicted but. Linley's first care was not for tuniseir but for his instrument. As soon its ho Id, he passed the Loiv over the smugs ot the celio to see that i:, was quite safe aud SOuud. in the meautuno attention was being paid to the person" that had been so rudely kJurlctÎ to the ijrouud. "Ah, never mind me," said one, "but ?o to I hat unhappy uiau who is gr.inning >-0 tor- ■r\ P01111- °f fact, the gcoans were tiie brst-fruita of Linley's tei-der trial of las much ioved cello. A BAliY HIPPO. The steamer Calabar, from West Africa, re- scatty brought into Liverpool a b&bv iiippopota- uiu«, ibe ammal is about, three ur four ieet high ind lour or live ieet long, and is three mouths old! he capture of tne luj popotamus was brought ..bout ill ail ingenious maimer. It seems that it oorn m the upper readies of the Oambia aver, e^t Africa. It is customary for (he ujaJa to eat the young; and to prevent tins beine: djme the mother usually secreie* her oltspriuy.' The piesent infant was laced by the mcther in a bole dug on the banks of the river, being afterwards covered by weeds and grass. This operation waa t: watrhei by the natives of the village adjacent, and when the mother went to the opposite side ot the nver to feed, they pouneed 011 and secured their youthfus prize. '1 his was done by covering the oaby with a net and security it with ropes, iiiey brought their capture with all possible speed to tiie village aud i-oid it to a trader, who waa a passenger in the Calabar. WISE BEN. i hough he w»s a d-.»g he knew as much as some human being,, and was kinder hearted thdu.ome. lie at -,t One very toid day towards night, it was dis..overed that tlie hens had (ht COlliC howe. ihe snow was very deep and Uicre was nobody at the farm who could go ia the ctid ..nd hunt for hens. At least it was sup- posed thcie was nobody. iiether they had lor^otten ad about Ben or thought him notcapable ui doing, the article from which 1 am ta^m;- this account does not state, tlowever, Ben did not wait to have his duty pointed out. to lam. He presently pawed at toe kitchen door, and it being opened, brought in, 111 h.s mouth, anu droppcl iu a i.m'ortat.-le pl-u-a cetoro the fire a j>a.it-fr*«eu hen; then rushed tway and sneedily returned with another. ^01 did he pive up his humane efforts until Lvery hen was yirig ou the hearth getting thawed :)ut. 1 am giad to ted you that, thanks to ilen, tue heuss all ;ejcvere<I, titou^h a few miuutes more in the tcyait- would have mushed their live". The juestion is, who tuld Leu they were tree/dug and fught to be rescued A TREE IN TROUBLE. In going along :t !(,d this morning I Raw a Sight \vme!i was lull ot iiist-ruetion. A tree woid: 1 had passed uiany times and which useit to opitttid lie hue brauchcs right o\er the pathway was«o ch«;.gPd t'tiat 1 hardy knew it. nearly all tne branches had been cut away, md theie it stood, a mere skeleton oi what it hud x-eti. Bad an enemy done this ? No, it was the j gardener the very man who had cared for and tenued it for years, aud who eared for add tended it still. Hut why, theu, h2ct he duns Utis! Why t.,Jt off aii ihese branches and iuake it Jess able to bear Iruit than it had been before'( Listen, and i will tell you. i.u examlniug tliat i tree bo saw that it was not firmly rooted and that ir left as it was the next .norm that blew mi-ht oesiroy it. He cutaway most of tha branches to tave the tree. itas uot Ood otteii to «ieaI with m»n as the gardener dealt witii tlifct. tree Mas he not often 10 eut away their branches—to take away their p-mie^es, to decree their blessings— m order tLltL ttiay Uiuj be L-av^ci 1 miii tuiii Ai The parrot that belonged to O'tieeie, the acior, was, saysa wnter, one of the most remarkable c^er known m Eugmnd. Among other accomplish meius it woum mag "God oavc the king" tin out,n, without musing a single word or t i t1" U°,'a~ 'l would uisu mauner° 't0 £ U ">Ul* '0 «idc ili a pericct HHiUlIer. This bird could never be induced sing on Sunaay. ari. us trick* were played it. to ciiect this purpose it was kept m conhnemeot, placed !°V'r ali devi.-es failed. Jtwaa ,c. j-ll0WU to smg 021 the Lord's day. King Ueolbe ill. heard of the fame of this panet, and its proficiency in singing the national anthem, ami rcolv.d to witnL its f>e. l,o) mance is person. Time way arranged, but not a note woum the b:rd utter in tlie presm-e oi ttie Jtmg L'tsCoiicertt-d and disappointed, the "'i^. tu'?uf ,0ut."» sooner had his Majesty icacned the thrcslma,, ttiau the p«rrot, I peculiarly sweet tenor Vi,„.e, commenced 'jGod save the ivmg.' His M^-sty turned, and with hami raided to Keep among the atlendants, I.steaed m rap atte.u.oo to the bird's song, which is said to have l>eeii ptriect. Ho otiefed °'K^ie ;i l'ge .sum of money for t ne parrot, nuo it ret use, 11 ;8 ^hen tins bird died its skill was purchased bv tne trustees ot the fSrmdi Mu.-eum, while thr ^kcietou trustees of the fSrmdi Mu.-eum, while thr ^kcietou is preserved iu the museum at Oxford I NOTHING VULGAR IN POVERTY Many of the great! «t and most powerful' men were born into poverty. George Peabj-iy wh.- gave half a mdbon of pounds to the poor ,,f London, besiues all his other enormous charitie- beganine as apprentice to a grocer. Thomas Cariyie was the sou ot a small tteoukdi farmer The great V1'. Saciuel Johnson had to go It, 1 emuroke College, Oxford, us a servitor, and even .hen vvascompelled by his bitiei- poverty to leave ^he C nivetHity witliout tak.ug l»i» degree. Edward Irving sTas,he son of y fcai m r. Gcojge .Stephen^ mi was a pit, boy Hugh Miliera m:.«on. One eouM ,AaSe'\VV,tU "a,ue8 ol' the '^«U-ioos and wealthy who were not ashamed to remem^r th it they were one* poor aud despised aud without education or culture. One ciJuld (\ (:;<) ment ioo not a few men of note, like and J.obert Dick, the baker and geologist, whi reumiueJ poor an then- days and weie not aba-ed. And because tiiey valued other things morehiKhiv than riches, and were not ashamed of their humble origin or poverty, the rich and powerful were not ashamed to be associated wi^b t hem hen our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of men »»,.«. a,„ H« ,ho,o to b, b„r„siot„Thi humble family of working people, a:dfc, remain a poor mau ali ms uays. And this He did, nob omy uiiat He might be able to understand tha )'v- tbe p00' ull<J,ao hc!P them to endure their t, r I^Lul atho fiat Ho un«ht siiow to i»( world ton -citut u man may become iu spited,f h:« C"v,,r;v, nd how independent a true man may I li bii rrhtre ia uvthiu. puvcrty

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-¥- iOUR" FOOTBALL competitions. FIVE GUINEAS FOli A TIP. SPECIAL PKiilEti. The proprietors of the "Daily Post"' have resolved to continuu the yeriea of football prizes which have been so successful in past beasons; ana for thhs purpose a coupon is given beiov, which should be tilled up in ae- cordaace with the mstruetiouis attached, and delivered at the ofiiceis of tne a Poot," in High-street, Swansea, npt later than 2 p.m. on Baturdav. Five matches will be eefocted each week. A correct fore-cast of all the results (in number cf With' the sum cf FIVE OLjf>iEA&, For Four Correct Results Thr ?e Uumeas will be given. For Tfiree CoiTect Hesulte Two C-uineas. i? or Iy<x> Co iteel the suuu. ol One Guinea. here two or more competitors are equal the prize will be divided. A correct result! must gi re the ecorae oi both team.- a correct score 01 one team only Wit, yov c^uni. PiUZi'j LIRf. In anditkin to these money prises we ars enabled by the kindness of a/number of local tradesmen to offer the foliowiri" special pnzea: — f I oif'ir 00 {given by Messrs. Giles, lfnliips auu exi., Kiddtery warehouse, Castie- sfereet). 2.-Iiôndsome bound copy of "Tbe Songs of W-aes, edited by the iate Mr. Brinley Ricbai-Js (presented by Messrs. J. Brader ajad ocHiif, music warehouse. Wind-street). 3.-Hat or Cmbrella (presented by Mr. Cai- lard, outfitter, C3.stle-sefre.3t). ^lie Cake, with ynonogratn of winner worned m coioureci icing (ts-esentcd bv Mesfsrs. U. Jones. I>ickiri>jon and Co, Oiiord-streetJ. 6-~r^o Half-pound Packet* of tne wed- h 'd'obacfo ({>ru(.-ented by Messrs. "Ones a,nd Co., A.beravoTjl. CiJ>- Pound Tm 01 Franklyn's SnT>er £ ifie cihag (presented by Messrss. Eraukiyi, Davey, ana Co.. Bristol). Cnforeseen difficulties have arises m connection with the distribution of the Alb. tin of Archer's Returns, which prize we are. -n t onseouence, impelled to forego. Mr. C. A. .•ancier, oi "Tit-Bits' Sliop,"has, hewaver, • onsentea to replace it with the prize of ,lalf a pound of any tobacco preferred by the Wlll- DU. B.-A Handsome guaranteed) Pipe (pre- ü. A. f^ndsr, tobacconist, of o "Tit-Bits" Shop, Castle-sru*eet). Two Tickets- ior otalis at the Gran^ rheatre (presented by Mr. Boyco, t ie resident iiianager). •4 Y/nen the i:izcuiivAturfC6y r-cuirc Werfc" 'f B°a"nd CoPies v,i Shakespeare's LADIES PRIZES. A handsome enlarged Photograph (18¡n. by 14in.) of the dinner (preserted by Mr. H. A. Cbapinan, 235, High-?treet, HwaMea). Pretty Workbox (printed by Mes-srs. Maggs Bros., fanciers' universal providera, Wind-street, Swansea).

RUGBY C0t'P0N.N™4. Hayed on tne ground of the first-name:] team Seora in pointd. SWANSEA LLANELLY BRIDGEND NEATH j MORRISTON TREORKY CARDIFF NEWPORT j PORTH SWANSEA (Association.) Name Addiees Envelopes containing coupons should I* marked "Competition," and must contain nothing except coupons. t Competitors for the ladies' prizes jBiast murk tneir coupons idrs. cr ".yIiub" in the space provided for the purpose. and couooms zo marked will compete for the Ladies' Prizes omy. Competitors may encicse these coupons with others in one envelope; but if marked "Mrs." or "Miss," they wili not be eligible to count for any. of the other r>ri5w\ The award will fie pub!'shed on the follow-! fug Wednesday, ana complaints respecting it must reach the "Daily Post"' office not later than Friday in the foUovring week, 50- companied. by Is. in stamps, vr 'rich \iii be returned if the complaint be found to be justified. FOOTBALL SWEEPSTAKE. No. 2. ] In addition to the above competition, there will be a football sweepstaAce on new hues. Below we give a coupon whir-h may be filled J') a A' eca.t of any iv>ateh in which any ii-i oÏ the premier teams of (Swansea, Morris- in, LLmedy, Neatii, or Abeiavon Rugby vdtibs may be engaged. Space is provided for miii-a-daaeii tips on the same coupon, but for cacti Cp the bdl11 01 Ajie penny in halfpenny stamps (if posted) tkum- be remitted. The a 'he competitor may confine himseli' to one forecast, in which event ho wdi enclose 3 penny, aad the like sum for each subsequent telecast. T..e> pennies, wiie^her thev* amount to a small.sum or a large one, in addition to guinea contributed by us. will be awarded to the competitor giving a correct forecast, or' in the cflsc of Tnore than ond, Tiriii bf CI^TZQXIV divided among the successtul competitors. If no correct^ forecast be ssnt iu, the pence re- cpiyed will be p1' into the sweeps bake the Tollowiat? week.

SWEEPSTAKE COVVO^ j Winning Tea For. G. T. M. 6- 1 (1) Ist h.-Alf 2nd .t | (2) 1st half II v -nd „ (3) 1st naif j 2nd" I (i) 1st half j 2nd I | (5) 1st half — 5 r < l (0) 1st haif —— I ,:ud nø # In tius competition minor j* counted, ana the scores must be j goaia and tu&s. Droppee. oi peOS" will be marked "D. or "P." CONSOLATION PMZ £ t The unsuccessful competitor the largest number of "tips" during weeks will be awarded ,T. rr($ A HANDSOME SILVER WAj (presented by Messrs. EreeOinan College-street, ^wau^ea). To awarding of this prize, each coujK^1 numbered from 1 upwarcts. 1"°,j t& should be in a separate eny elope jog C:\A however, bo encdoscd in that pons for Competition No. 1)., aB outside "Sweepstake.' BALLS FOR JUNIOR TEAM0, (No. 3.) pcf • Once a monUi a firnt-class foot0* or Association (presented by Messrs* son, Cov, and Co., Castle-; dreet and Ielo street. Swansea), will be awarded to.. |lteS u< bev of any junior club who cont1"1, .gj promptest reports oi matches ^3^' junior teams or supphes tiie in Giv- V°\la notes of football gossip to the Blank forms for reports can be ^bto* cfP application. Every contribution on the back he name of tlie t fJ

NEW FOOT BA\jh COMPETITION •_ SUBSTANTIAL Tha system lirst introduced by whereby local tradesmen pviz'js, having been adopted by °y a;, '^e\, have arranged to go one better, ap^.eJc our readers well aLead. After this shall give in every Saturday's ber of ponus scomi for and" agai»sC Morriston, Llanediy, Neath, and teams. A coupon will b'e inserted &$%■ £ may be filled up with a forecast oi r1^. aa they actually v.ali be on a date the mc*!t accurate forwast there tril. D úi f Est Pi,.ize,a hftivasome silver W-at value of 50s.. s 2nd prize—a guinea.. oi a', °rd prize—a pvtir of any kirrl of value or half a guinea (given by Wada.-e. High-street). „r The above pru v. will bo given uio° £ Tne person who sends in the ber of correct forecasts during the pt}"' pd. j. in April next, Ix; awe vied a unit11, iltst-srs. Jacobs and Co., of Port-lA^ria*^ uigs, Gower-streot, have hin¿ly llD u 1 to ceinpleteiy iumi-h for hi 11: or ing, oimng. or b-edroo.n with "1;-111 < articles? of not less a value than £ 20. j & Fot t!ie person whe- sends jot 01 lorecAsts, the Defiance. ,^f o&a will rp.x-ially consiniot to his or a tr one oi their famous bicycles, whic" „<ppe g";arantec to be tjiiai to the best the m;urkef, hsited at £ V?0. l^Jt Tlio p-ieon who sends m the 3rd D- forecast. ~,viJ1 be presented py^is (c-overing ail the costs) fer a trip to fhe iSw:u!s;»a team, it one of Cook s trips during the summer. MONTHLY COUPON.—1 feer' (Available up to Saturday, 22nd S'sca | M'ton Ll'n'lly N^th j L —T" i-oints Vof I 1" Points Envelopes should be marked "Monthly." For the guidance of cur read«r^. the record up to date. Ir. the n' f)ctvhe[ by tibe cinbs up till Saturday la^' „ 0$ the points scored were as i'ollo«"s ^0^ 8 tsea M'ton 1;1 n'lly e jl Pts. for 131 30 <57 1 y Pte. agst-. 3 27 I4 x < We want competitors to forccas j | next fortnight liow the points the matches Have been pbi)'1* C[ 5tu Nov. or a month hence. ''ie s not Aaf' the first competition must reach 1• than 12 o'clock on the morning o the 29th Oct., and the above ro^r,tioI)' «. replaced by that for the 2nd comp6 ^0^ i Saturday, the 22nd Oct. l ] Printed and Published for ';ie ^S2jc0 • 1 DAVll) DAVIES, at tb';lI,0 Hafih'5 "South Wales Daily Post, 2E1> Swansea. i

THE DISTRESS AT CWMBWRLA. APPEAL FOR A "DAiLY POilT" RELIEF LUST. On Twdav, August Ibwi, Dr. Gomer A<evyis, iwev. J. H. Hughes, Owxnbwrla: R«v (BabeU), and Messrs. D. Griffiths', 7 ,'n VVuiiasna- ,<acob Knight, J. Haauhiya, «.nri A^red Riclianls acting as » deputation from tae ovmovula xieiiel Oomuiittts1, called at th°> tehef list might be opened in the paper! R was stated that the distnbuuon had reached S^k>as ™ the liady Post odices, S-ransea, to tuk th-vt a small weekly dole liitherto given having be- come impossible because of the exhaustion of L.& nipe.a available. The Editor ox tb& "Daily Post exoresseu his reaaincss to do all tb<1ê he could ia assisting to prevent- mm en is- h tne district. Unfortunately, so manv ordis had in recent times been bade upon the nhil- wixihropie that the prospect of any «ubstaiifcbl response being stcored to an appei] was n eojood an it might. Ite. Still, that should new prevent b"q effort bemg pu; forth to get breal for the peopia affected. A. 1^, wouid be opened forthwith in the '•']&»,1F y03t « ,1 taa _hot» 'tha-t .t would be the n-oms of in- ducing the enaatahie uctengst U readers to ence more participate in a noble iv erk." As tiie immediate need was described to Le ffreas; commi,">tee liave no money hanrt' the rrtittor undertook to provide the telial for tiie first two weeks out of the ".Daily Post' Re bed Fund, thus g-ving the commit,time to make arrangements for a canvass or the dhs- p^ict. Conwiuutions are earnestly rolicited for the *»«-*«*» CWMBWRLA RELiEF HJVn l>ajiy i'ost rehei FuiUi n. <\ J. Bonw "Q o 2 w. a. Messrs Jatnes Jones and "on. i ? o. Mr. Witiiam Rosser, 4, Pkr-€traet," Swansea a „ W. S. Chapman, i6i, Gorss-' r* H. Broughton, jeweller, iilgh-sc! Q "o a ^wansea baited Brewer: j 3 ilecs of Jurors at Swansea GarT aotb. 0 12 a ./• Williams, uastie-gtree Swaaensa ,a hx. Cnai-es Da vies, Swansea 0 ~S 0 Mr- P G. lies 9, ? A L. o. k °Q .5 g' beiule and Son, pawEbcoJ^s Ej^h" street Mrs. Lewis Rath dan 19j Vineyatu jtiaih v4ttd donation) q § The following contributions to the above fond nave r**n received sinne Aug. 31st. M Doi or unknown (per the Mayor). zo 0 0 M Ben DaviiSj the Welsh tenor (per the Rev. D. Jones 5 0 0 Mr. u 'Uiaffis, A'ac^yg- .ernen 2 0 C Mr Moses Davies, Grove Place 1 1 6 Eastman's Ltd. (per Mr. Lawsou, 1 1 0 idi. E..fc-vap.s, High-street, vaiue. I 1 0 Employees Messrs. J. Glasbrook. 1 6 0 Messrs. Loawig and Co £ j q itiiss 2»{ Jones, Cwmbwrlfc Girls' bchcci r Mmm AHaopps (p^"Mr." ,TR'?r"*™tmg Officer's Hotel j 0 Id 6 tT' p&r?7 0 10 0 J-tcs. JJavies o -sa r, £ ■ ^6srtla™ o 10 o 4lr. W. bevan q j, q Hodges and Son 0 5 0 (jWjJym AlrrgaQ n F> T ^Je. Joan Griffiths 0 5 f] xirL,' ^ith, second donation 0 b 0 V i\,U;uk1i^S ^i&rict nutnager, -i. J- ana Uiasgow Iic-enince OOClfci^ Q jq Ca'r ra art h e n ro a d cJongTegat-ionai Church g g Q Stre-et Collection pcr Cwmbwiia Bi-ass Baiid 2 8 1) Haiod Ishaf Workmen, per Mr. Jetc. Jenkins 1 C Mr. Joseph Owen 0 5 V. G>llect-ed by Mr. F. J. Da vies 0 17 0 Maypole Dairy Co., 1,000 "yu^rter pound packets of margarine. Airs, xarr, 6s; donors of 2s. 6d., Me.s.vec W F. Samuel, J. Bees, E. Evans, G. Aucld'an-V E Nicholas, Jas. Jones, J. E. Johm, >J{' Fiaris, P.S. Morris (second donation) ''tV, are also donors of 2-s. and Is. bUin 0f 7. ha.; been collected by contributions of un j la. JtlAYOIiilruND. The following scms have been r&ie"x She above fund:— Mr. Jonah Lev>ds' S. Strd««v1 Capel Gomer ™ .„ r. o Jir. John Griffiths, Pentro Estyii"* K Mr. John Davies, Ma]sterarArms' Cwmbwria V/. G.. and M lj Iflr. J. C. Fowler Mm E, Daniell, Esses Villat Mm E. Daniell, Esses Villat i) Collection at Brynmiii Park dtu'r^ performance of the Band of the St. Gabvici's Church Lida' Brigade r> St. • Gabvici's Church Ll4s' Brigade r> Hr. Chas. Davies ?, Br. J. G. EaB Y 0 Mr. Jul"'us Smith a ^9 £ Mr. P. G. cawker ? n Bev. jas. Owen 1 a t'r. W. Walters!, Penlaa o X X jK«v. F. Samael T, v. A. J ohn Q 'L Proceeds of (Vncert at the Temper- ance Hall •}■« ~ir J. J. Jenkins, M.P., (2nd dona- t,ion, Z, 30 5V. Gciasr Lewfebegg to thank tift.-vto^inr ^ntieiasn for their .contiibu'wioiJ^ thti •winbwrla l ebet I'una:— Messrs. B. and Co., Lhmte».l ?eer Mr..t. White r r Mr. E. •ienluBs, Glanrhyd. v o i 2«Ir. Kni^b't, vraper V 1 <•»: Mr, .»ooe, Hall 1 2ur..VU'/r -chards 1 n n: Mr. O es. D« la Beche-street ti ni a _>oJ \wZ'