The South Wales Daily Post

NOTES AND COMMENTS. TUB^AY7^VECH~29~1SIS PiOrspde crjnnot reason&Lly oompi?*in of the "weatlreT during the Easter liolidrys. On Friday it was paeiaKg faiar, most, gernai and auxw-hiny on Saturday, more than tolerable Sunday, and ii Monday began in sombre fashion, it :niiprovod so much after noon as pot to interfere with the comfo:"t of 1 lie fi-eatuir. et'ekejs. Indeed, the morning raau, by jaying the dust, rendered lias un- pieaeant the roads for the people using; thsm. wbother in vchdcil'es or on foot. Having re- gard to the fact that Eastertide fell a fcrt- I night eaffec than in 1909—when Monday was spoiled for the no! i day makers by heavy and persistent rain-the weatixear was better than we had a right to csipect. And it would appear that the holiday passed off und;sfig- ured by any om cf t'-ooe great disasters in- whincr the lost, of Ef-e and p-rcperty on a large scale whioh are so apt to occur. Th9 outstanding fortune afforded by tha publiic in their period of relaxation and plea- sure was the marked improvement ill con- dud. This becomes mare ooaspi«uoun year by year. It has been suggested that the greater 'frequency of holidays in modern times bao lairgoly contri'but.oo to ward a other jz'.fi'jtxjix* at work tending to make more general a eeneibile and moderate use of th :m. Th-ore is less iDttducemont far foolish efforts to crr.m wilhjn a few htxirs pleasurco apt to assume exiravajajat form-, because of the forcing. Whatever the cause or causes re- sponsible, it :1.) indisputable thfit the :,in- prov.en-.e,ot is Ten.1 and extensive m itL; ranee. Drunkesmefs bias not altogether disappeared, but has diminT'ehcd to a substantial degree. Unquestionab-iy Captain Colquhoun ie right in attributing this chiefly to the better dlaas of amosfineaitfi provided aad the more ample aooMiimocLUion offea*ed. On Monday, for example, two theatres, the Empire Music Kali, and four buildings devoted to biosco^io pictures were ca-owded, as weSl as the Albert Hall, engaged for the oocaakitn by a local I vaudeville company. Besides, two ekating rinka "witiin the borough, not to meiiticai that at the Mumbles, which abtmcl..si large numbers sffl day from feHvaaasea, wera økJ- ly suppsji-t-ed. A cop^ea-vatave estuviiate would «-reWit these various establishments with drawing 16,000 to 18,000 pateeiS'—chiefly aduluj—<>n Monday, no inconsiderable protpcaiion of t.he people living in or near the town. And in the aft-eraoon there vore 20,000 to 26,000 spectators wiwtohmg the football match at St. Helen a, with ma.ny mor4 at g-amec of iess importamce The iraoro aemeible use of holidays is a ra-oat cccouragiaiig sign of the times. A ger tieroan who visited the Mam- tics oai Good Friday after an interval -of years declared that the ohajnge vieibfe there was quite rc-niorkabl-.i. Public-howic bare more or Jess empty drunken persons not to be seen oi the ftreets; but a. demand for tea.s overtaxing the supply. In one hotei scores waiting for a meal, A'/itii oniiy a few call-ing I for drinks. With memories of what a holi- day uaod to mean at too Mumbles, he was more thrun asUmiehed. The change [g, runl to the good.

The general public who dread a edmik-e-in the Welsh ooalfieid, whilst not direcUy oom- oerned edthar as colliery proprietors or colliers with the pointe in dispute, are pre- occupied with thoughts regarding the recaption of the provisional terms of settle- ment by the Execative Coroimittae of the Miners' Federation on Tuesday in London, and the result of the subsequent vote by ballot to be given by the workmen. Cora- seqneatly another possibility ie being over- looked, namely, that notwithlftaniding the recent vote of confidence in MT. Heppefl and kic colleagues, passed, by the Associafcd Colliery proprietors, and the pLemry poweens entruafcsd to the former, there may be a revolt against the oomcesoiorifl yidkied a)t Saturday's meeting. For it is oea-tain that the prospect of having to work their pita jqxax the Jwes of the provisional agreemema has filled with disquietude the owners of pits who already experieince seiiouis difficultiee in gettia" l ends to meat. Where favourable leases have been obtained, tlie seaiiM re.gt!ilar and the quality of the ooal good, ouostlbr-tiod profits may, under tha proposed rtew aon- ditkxns, be obtained. But with many collieries it is feared they mean chronic loss. Hence the disposition to resent the con- ) cessions offered, moxe especially as the | imprassion prevails that the iaan are not in a position to enforce their dieman-ds. And at botu>in—making mL'Jc-hiaf—is the convio I ticn tha.t since a tidal of ert/recngth in the ¡ old barbaric way is inevitable the sooner it I is faced the better. In t.hi.s connection it might be obaearved I i-hat the alleged skaaer pioportior!«i of the colldera' strike fund constitute a factor 01 comparatively little importance since it hias been repeaitedly proved that determined i-nen on sitirilce without any union funds whaiten-ex can hold out from ten to twelve weeks, the ¡ pisricd required to exhaust their credit aad their resetve as rcpnesented by goods and. chattels and sums in aid furnished by sym- pathetic warkiroen, who continue to draw wages, and the public;. And the havoc tliat might be wrought jn that time is in-cal- oulahle. It took Caixiitf sijc aroov.en yeaJs to ronover from the effects of the hauiiere' strike; a. gmciral stoppage affoctinig in equal degtree aii the coal -export,i ng towns from Newport to Lianelly would have appl111.ling consequences. So th&t it seems the righi and erpedieint thing to hope forvmtly for a (settlement upon any te-rme, whethea- it signifies merely an unsatisfactory truce or a genuine peaoe, capable of erbduadng far years. ^■ i ■■ ■■■

The nenr development in the wmmercial relations between Canada and the United States deserves the very serious attention, i of. all Tariff Reformers. Canada's treaty with France lim boon followed by an ax- raagement with Germany, both of which considerably reduce the preference formerly. enjoyed by British goods in Canadian nizx- I kets. The treaty with France has led to I complications with the States under the operation of the clause in the new American tariff which proposes to penaJise any coun- try which differentiates against United States products. The urgency of the ques- tion of Imperial Preference was never more clearly shown than in the events which are now tal-i tig place in Canada and the United States. Commissioners from Washington have been to Ottawa to confer with Can-1 adian statesmen on the subject, and the ne- gotiations, at first unsuccessful, have now tnde/1 in a tacit agreement. The cause of the present difference" bet-wen Canada. and I the States is the fact that American states- men consider that the recently concluded treaty between Canada and France involvOtd unfair discctmiiiaiion against the United States. If that had been so Cain.a.da would, in all probability, be placed under the maximum American tariff rates. If such actaon had been taken Canada, could have re- plied by putting a sur-t&s of 334 per cent. on American goods and the prohibition of the export of puip-wood and wood pulp. Conrplicpjtions snch as these ha.ve long been foresoeai as the almost oertain result of delay in adopting the polioy of JllIIJtual Lnpenal Preference. The bjaane for them must rost upon those who have opposed that policy. As Mr. Chamberlain told us long ago:nie Colonies will never want for suitors, a.nd if you do not pay your court to them while still they are willing to re- ceive your addresses you will find that In the time to come they will have made other arrangements, ajui you will no longer be welcomed in the house of those who are now your greatest friends." Only the ira- mediate introduction of Imperial Preference can do atiythi-Tg to sa.ve the situation, and it is hopeless to expect such a measure from the pieserut Government. As was said the other day by Mr. William Mackenaie, the President of the Canadian Northern Rail- I way, who is at present in I^ondon: U Pre- ference is not so essential to the Colonies is it is to the Empire as a whole. The question is. in fact, whether we are to be an Empire or not." This, and no low, is the problem with which we now stand face to fanjr

I ——They teaoh so many useless things in our schools that time might, be found—very little is required—for imparting knowledge which would be of practical value to the taught for the rest of their lives. Axe you thinking of civility? -I'm not. What's in my mind are the rales of the road. If these were explained occasionally to the children there would be appreciably fewer street accidente. -—Do you imagine that any great num- ber of the children become drivers of ve- hicles. --Nothing of the kind, though maaiy as cyclists should know the rules of the road, but don't. aad in oousequeooe imperil them- selves and others. As it is the children rim behind tramway-oars and other ve- hicles without a notion of the side from whioh danger may be expected, and are a source of parsistent anxiety to motorists. The rules are so simple, and the knowledge of so much practical value, that an oc- casional lesson, occupying a few minutes only, would be extremely valuable. ThAt offer on behalf of Earl Jersey to change leaseholds for freeholds at thirty years' purchase takes the wind out of the sails of any Leasehold Enfranchisement Bill. ——In a sense Yes in another sense "No." So far as working men are con- cerned, who have built houses on sites held by lease, the difficulty is that they cannot, in the ma-jority of oasm, command the ca.pi- tal required to pnrchase the freehold. The terms are based upctn the presumption the purchaser can get the money, if not already in his possession, at 3 I)er cent., whereas he is required to pay 4 per cent., if not more. -You don't suggest that the offer is not a good one? -—No, but for those leaseholders unable to buy the freehold with their own money or to borrow upon advantageous terms, there might be given the alternative of taking up leases in perpetuity at the present rentals. These Would be nearly M good as freeholds.. # --Am amused at the aidveense criticism offered over the opening of the now King's Dook before the appliances are ready. Well, is it not a strange proceeding? Grra-r.lod it might have been better had the tips been in place aoad in working ondetr, but to aug^jast tint the Harbour Trustees are losing money over the dock because of the payment of the £ .90,000 bonuiB to the contractors is a little of the truth. Already a good tonnage is pass- ing in aawi out of the dock—moaritrsig reveaine.. Aad it may not be generally known that. the rent paid in respect of the Luoania, which its sow* being broken up in the dock, is just about sufficient in itself to pay the interest, on the ,£2#),000 botmis for the time the ex-Gunaaxier is there, > -knd ocean greyhooiada lifce the Lucania are not broken up in a week. 1 &ee you realise my point. ThB fact is the Trustoes did a go-c-d stroke of business in having the dock completed arxl out 01 h&nd. Beeidcs, it takes time for docks to become known, and I suggest that tSis pre- sent period of waiting for the tips is being quietly and usefully employed even in tbi<i ree-pect. O-Rixiitf papers, appalled by the haroo woTigbt in the mnk" of th BIlue and Blacks by the Ba-Ba's, discovered that tihe latter, under the inspired gui dance of their captain., Stoop, or the London Harlequins, had de- veloped a bracid new idea in Rugby foothail. It was tc attack always and under every condition. __—Beautiful idut that. But oomehow it did not seem to 'nmvh" at Swansea. Made me think of the etory told by the late Max 0;R.3!J, wio, intemewing the drivna: of an Irish jaunting car, was assured that hun- dreds of thousands of Irish, woU! drilled and armed, were nvidy to rise in revolt against Eugknei ''V lxy. theai, don't they tj eeked the Frenchman, a,ni Paddy rep-lied, "tSihure, the police let 'em." Well, on Monday fcho wonderfui London Harlequin ccn.bination and iha Stoop touch of ganius viere T^eithec of thera effective. Simply be- cause Trew and his mFtry men wouldn't let len-L. ——To he frank, f never saw traces of either. When the Barbarian backs got the ball they invariably made a ha.ah of matters., If the great fes-ture of the Harlequin game is to attack whilst defending, then there was the fuuieet. scop3 provided for it. The Bar- barians were defeaidia^ their goad from start to finish. They did try to pass. Beyond doubt. But thov were not a suoctess ki trying. It seesncd tc me 1 hat the team of ail the talents gathered from Ei%g- land, Scotland and Ireland could not get going. Other ride most unreasonably would not let, them. K«pi»-:y struck me as a tireless worker who cc uld in good coin;xury develop a & st-clae^cr; XHck Jonce played with his head throughout nd, iiaxt t-o Trew, Brinlisy Lewis shaped as a real good un. Twice lie ahoan gloriously, and with ordin- ary luck would have c-oored. Jack Bancrolt \818 o real pillar of strength to his side. jidle an the agony. Please think oi Cardiff ending the seas»>n with a draw and two decisive defeats. It is terrible when you think of it. Ju&t imagine the task impc-sad upon tho football critics of the Cardiff nowe- I papecB of XVVLCilin., the overwhelming de- feat of the Caraiffians by the Ba-Ba's and I the fact. tifat the Jatter had not even a look-in at Swansea. ——When it comas to self-sacrifice the working man is more loyal to his class than any other. Is that f tag from a Socialist platform speech? -Not at all. It's rock bottom truth. I'm reminded of it by something that came to my knowledge to-day. Poor fellow—one of the best—employed at the Graigola. Pa- tent Fuel Work*, developes consumption cf the rapid kind which kills him in no time. Leaves widow and two or three children helpless when the breadwinner is withdrawn behind the veil. What happens? --IEs fellow worknien turn up at the funeral and provide a wreath. They ma.y have dome that,. for a.ught I know, but I've something more practical in my mind. They collect about £ 10 for the stricken home. More, they arrange for a football match between teams represent- ing th<> Graigola and the Pacific Works. The play may have been illdiff e"nf-I didn't aeoít, and can't &,lv-but I could. have chewed the thirty players—and the specta- tors—all the same. Because I happesn to know that the playing and the looking un were only a makfvbeliev-,5 of the best possible sort—that in the minds of all the upper- most thought was' how much monev would be raised for the widow of a good mate and the little ones. So tickets at threepence a time went off like, hot cakes, and when Councillor Torn MerreM^—straight as a gun bo,rrel--dernomtr,it,ed alike his goodwill and inexperience by kicking off about £ 25 was as good as banked for the oamse." Splendid- By the way, do you know what the fine action of the patent fuel workers suggests to me? T1 we should recognise and emu- late their loyalty to a comrade. —-Possibly h.ui something else as well. Wbv shouldn't tbo Swansea and Neath C3ubs sink pride and prejudice and play before the season's over a match for the benefit of the poor in the two towns. I know a gentdeniait prepared to give .fJl00 for tile gate money beforehand, and take the risks of bad weather. He's out for" bunce." Why, there would be twice if not thrice that amount available after all reasonable expenses had been paid.

SWANSEA DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION. SJIR JOHN LLEWELYN AT TREBOETH, RIPE EXPERIENCE OF ADMINISTRA- TIVE WORK. JUSTICE AND SYMPATHY IN POOR RELIEF. Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., held a meeting at the Public Hall, Treboeth, on Saturday evening in furtherance of his can- I didature in the Penderry Division for a seat on the Swansea Rural District Council, which also carries with it a seat on the Swansea Board of Guardians. Mr. W. Jeremiah was voted to the chair, and County Councillor T. W. James and Mr. W. J. Rees accompanied the worthy bar- onet, who met with a very cordial recep- tion. Sir John Llewelyn pointed out that he had been engaged in the administrative wort of the district and of the poor laws for more tiiaa fifty yœrs, It was in Octo- ber, 1859, that ho began those duties, and when subsequently he became chairman of the Board of Guajdians he was able to carry out many things which he thought were progressive movements. He did not care to talk of himself and what he had done in the past, but it was only right and fair at election timee that ho should do so, and the point that he particularly wished to eropbarsise was his work with regard to the care of the poor. It was. quite right tthat money received from the rates should be applied to the maintenance of the poor, some sjck, some widows, and especially chil- dren left to the mercy of the world, but there were a good many oases which came before him that required most careful con- sideration and a. firm ha.nd in dealing with them so as not to create preventible pauper- ism. (Hear, hear.) It had been said by a Looal Government Board inspector of an- other union in Wales that it was a hot- I bed of pauperism of the most preventible description. That meant bad administra- tion of the poor laws, a.nd Sir John wanted the electors to remember that, when he and the uther members of the Board of Guar- dians administered poor relief from the rates, they were tied down by laws. He was spending the public money, and he al- ways remembered that, but still within the limits of the law he had always administered "relief with sympathy towards all applicants, (Her, hear.) Widows, and especially t dren, had his deepest sympathy, and Sir John reminded his hearers that the Cottage Homes system, that was started by the Swansea Union, had since been copied all over the country, and was still recom- mended by the Local Government Board and the report of the Poor Law Commission. I His aim had been to put the children o.n a. level with other children so that they might have a fair start in life. They were not Workhouse children when they belonged to the Cottage Homes, and he could tell them that many of the little ones that had been to the Swansea Cottage Homes were now doing well in the worid, and thankful for the education and care they had received there. (Applause.) He claimed that in that work he had not wasted a single farthing I of the ratepayers' money, but he did claim that lie, with the other members, had been able to put the children on a level with I other children, and in proof he could detail many stories of the Cottage Homes children pataeuc, highly interesting and most I satisfactory. lie ^s»ureQ them, from his; long experience of the administration of the poor laws, that Swansea, and district were j not in any way responsible for the need of tlie recent Poor Law Commission, which was brought into being mainly because of the scandals attached to certain of the Unions in London. The Swansea Board had done their duty, and if all other Unions had bean conducted like the Swansea Union he knew very well there would have been no commission of inquiry. Sir John pro- I ceeded to urge that his claims for re-elec- tion were not in any way selii3h. After long service, ever since the passing of the Act instituting Comity Councils, he had re- tired from the Gls-morgan County Cormci!, and he wished to thank the ratepayers for haviug sent him there so many times, and to say that he had the most handsome and flattering communica- tions from the oounty body on his retirement in acknowledgment of the services he was able to render them. His retirement gave him more time to attend to the duties, on the District Council, aaid serv-ethe rate- | payers of Penderry, which he hoped to do aa long at. life lasted. ^iiear, i>ear.) The Swansea District Council, he m pleased to &ay, wae one of the most businesslike bodies he bad ever been connected with, and he had had a good deal of experience of the administration of public nfÏairo from the I Imperial Parliament, in Quarter Seeeionfi, on the County Council, and on district and parochial bodies. And if they would aJlow I him to say eo there was no more useful colleague on that council tha.n Ins ( friend Mr. Win. Rees. They had together beRJn able to do a great many things for the good of Penderry. Sir John went on to. say he was born in the parish, and liveO there all his life, and hoped to die in it, but as long as he had health and Strang"l-u he wished to be allowed to ropi-esem. the Penderry ratepayers, a.nd especially to re- present them in the welfare of the poor. (Hear, hear.) He knew the^people amongst whom he lived, and lie claimed tha.t he and Mr. Rees had done what had bean just and right as between the ratepayers and the poor. (Hear, aæ.) They were in perfect touch with relief work, and sympathy that was right and just had been and always would begival by Mr. Itees ami iumeeif long as Penderry choose to return them. (Hear, bear.) Turning to the duties of a district conncilioj—ether than the adminis- tration of the poor laws—Sir John said that the bettor sanitation and wates- supply, road iniproveancnts and otbaa- matters had ateadily advanced. They must not force the pace, the great thing being to 86e that the rates wm spent so as to give. the best raJJttS, (Hear, heé:Jr. J The improvement in the water supply of .the district Sir John oomni&ntod on in detail, and said that under the arrangement with the Swansea Corporation foa- the supply of Cray water the supply was now sufficient in quantity and excellent in quality. From h.i1; experi- ence on the Sanitary Committee, of the Glamorgan County Council he-had been aOio to devote special attention to trio sanitation of the district, and in this connection Sir John urged that the expense of erecting the Isolation Hospital on Gs-rngoch Common, had been justified. The laNt return showed that 142 patients had pasnsed through that institution, and there were only two deaths, whilst those were of children who, accord- ing to the medical opinion, might havü. re- covered had Uxey been sent to the hospital in time, It was a humanitarian, proper and up-to-date way of meeding soace of the difficulties district councils had to face, and if they had not era-ted that bospatal them- selves the probability was that the Local Government Boaad would have insisted vipon tlvear doing so whether they liked it or not. He might say that he had had a widoæ- experience of those things than many, as he had been, president of the Poor w Unions of South Wales and Monmouthshire, swnd had also represented the Glamorgan County Council at the meetings in London of the Central Association of Poor Law Unions, oomipii&ing 501 Boards of Guardians cut. of 643 in England and Wales, represent- ing; 28 millions out of 32 millions of population. The ixlviuitage of having these meetings in London, ir John explained, wws in order to be in touch with the Local Government Board, and he knew tha.t the President of that Government department had expressed himself as very pleased at having the opportunity of learning the views of Guardians from dif. fereait parts of the Kingdom. In other re- marks Six John welcomed opposition a.t the fort booming election because it was a most wholesome t.hing tor the public to take an interest in their own affaire, so that they might fed out the best men to represent them. The Majority Report of the Poor L&w Commission just Issued said that the failure of the administration of the poor law in some districts arofta from the present sys- tem of popular election failing to secure suit- able pei'&ons to act as Guardians, whilst many eligible men and women, would not stand for election, so that their services were ¡ lioet to the public. "You will be able to say," Sir John concluded, "whether my long experience and my services have been of any value to the Swansea Union and the King- dom. I shall be glad to represent you again, I and if you will give me your votes at the coming ejection I will do my best to serve you to the best of my ability." (Applause.) Mr. Wm. R-ees, who also seeks re-election, followed and said that both he and Sir John had done their work on the Council fear- lessly and conxientiously for the benefit of the ratepayers of Penderry. Sir John Uew- elyn he described as their best neighbour., and he had not during his six years' member- ship of the Council seep a more conscientious member than the Squire of Penllergaer. Whether as a member of the Board of Guar- dians or of the District Council, he always tried to get at the bottom of things, and he (Mr. Rees) believed that every member oi the Council would agree with him in saying that Sir John was cne of the most progressive members they had got on that body. The fact that lie had had ovar 50 years' experi- ence of the administration of the poor laws and county and district affairs spoke fotr it- self as to Sir John's active and industrious life, and that in itself should commend him to aN honest and thoughtful ratepayers. (Hear, hear.) Concerning himself, he could enily repeat that he had done his beet for the district. and the knowledge he had gained of the work should be of benefit to the ratepay trs if they again re-elected him. (Hear, hear.) A few questions were put to Mr. Ross, who in reply explained that be supported an a.p- plication for an increase to the roadmen's wages and also an increase of £50 a year toO the salary of the clerk, though only after he had failed 'O carry a motion that the sum be £40 instead. Mr. Philip Jones hoped Sot John Llewelyn would be raturned with the sa-me majority "as usual," and represent them in his latter days juut ps he did when he was young. (Hear, hear.) He moved a vote of confidence in his candidature. Mr. John Evans seconded, a.nd ths resolu- tion was carried by acclamation. In returning thanks, Sir John LJeweJJyn said he hoped the little inequality in rating in the district would be soon done away j with, and, mentioning his connection with the directorate of the Great Western Rail- way Company, observed that the company were now spending a large sum of monev in that district, which he hoped would bring a good deal of wealth into the parish. On the motion of Sir John Llewelyn, sec- onded by Mr. Wm. Rees, the chairman was cordially thanked for presiding, a.nd in ac- knowledgment Mr. Jeremiah spoke of the in- debtedness they 6 ratepayers were under to both Sir John and Lady Llewelyn, who were nescciated in every good work quite outeide the District Council. The meeting then clcsed. T

UPROARIOUS MEETING AT MAES TEG. MID-GLAMORGAN LIBERALS HOWLED DOWN. There were scenes of wild disorder a.t a meeting held at NantyfTyllon, Maesteg, on Monday night in support of the candidature of Mr. F. W. Gibbins, Liberal candidate for M id Glamor gan The meeting.. which wa.s held at the Coun- cil Schools, was crowded. Mr. Jenkins pre- Tüe speakers announced to address the meeting were Mr. W. David, M.A-, and six tonp.late workmen from Briton Ferry, who had come to testify to Mr. Gibbins as an employer. Mr. W. David had scarcely opened his ad- dress when it became evident that there was a very strong body of opposition pre- sent, and soon the meeting was in complete disorder. Mr. David found it impossible to proceed, and within half an hour the meeting had to be abandoned. The workmen from Briton Ferry were re- fussd a hearing. Thursday is polling dav. T

AWARDS AT LANDORE. ATTRACTIVE EISTEDDFOD EVENT. Sali in Chapel, Land ore, held its sixth an- nual Eisteddfod Oil Easter Monday with an excellent, programme, Rev. J. H. Lamb I (pastor) presiding, in place of Mr. T. J. Williams. Maesvgwernen Hall, who was un- able to attend. Adjudicators were Music, Mr. Dd. Lewis (Mumbles) and Mr. W. George (Ystalyfera); elocution, Mr. Row- land H. Williams and Mr. Naboth Francis conductors, Mr. David Griffiths and Mr. David Hopkins. Awards were: — Welsh air 1. Lizzie Williams, Cwuibwrla 2, Bessie Griffiths. Manseltcn. Welsh air 1, Maggie May Lewis, Waunarlwydd; 2, Brinley Lewis, Hanclly, and W. J. Morris, Castle Graig. Solo (girls under 16): 1, di- vided. Dorothy Phillips, Swansea, Edith I Phi1 lips, Morriston; 2, A. Da vies, Lan- dore, and Bessie Griffiths, Manselton. Vio- lin soio (boy or girl under 16): 1. Gilbert Bosley, Hafod: 2, Elsie A. Jenkins, Llan- gjni'ilet. Pianoforte solo: 1, Nettie Evans, Swansea; 2. Beatrice Hughes, Land Off: Soio (giris uadfr 13) 1, Rcvena James, Morriston; 2, Dorothy Phillips; 3, Mary I A. Thomas. Plasroari. Violin solo (under 12): 1. Gilbert Bosley, Hafod; 2, Elsie Jenkins, Llansamlet. Solo (bovs under 15): L D. J. Lodw-ig. Manselton • 2 W T Thomas. St Thomas. Recitation' (und^ !6) 1, A. Hector Williams, Morriston 2, Agnes Vaughan, Waumven and W J Morns Castle Craig. Handwriting (under 'tf "v^ Hughes, Plasmarl; 2, F. Tradord. Manselton. and A. Barnard, C>m- brlit. Drawing Ibv;r8 and girls under 14); 1. Bled wen, Cwmbwrla; 2, H Trafford, vvianselion, a.nd M. Roberts, Plasm arL Himri-tune: W. Syd WiUiania. ^Nlfina^lLon. Afternoon Awards.—Pianoforte solo (un- der 12) 1. Beatrice Anthony. Manselton 2. Lizzie Cronin. Swansea. Polo (under j0- 1. A. Davies, Carmartben-voed; 2, "Bonus Minus." Manselton. Recitation (under 12): 1, Dorothy Phillips, Carmar- then-road 2. Annie Thomas. Babell. Evening Programme.-—Pianoforte solo (open): 1. Edith Ferrier, St. Thomas; 2, Horace Thomas, Swansea. Contralto solo: 1, Blodwen Thomas. Manselton; 2. May Watts. Morriston. Recitation (open); 1, John Thomas, Pontardulais; 2, Lizzie Davies, Cwmbwrla, and Maggie Morgan, Llwynhendy. Solo: 1, David Evans, Cwm. bwrla 2, R. L. Fowler, Pantyfiynon, and W7. J. Rees. Gwau"rar<3irwpn. Recitation (ooen) 1, Ciasio Trafford, Manpelton; 2. Lizzie Thomas, Llansamlet, and F. Morgan, Gowerton. Violin solo (op>so): 1. Glynn John, Morriston 2, Gilbert Bosley, Hafod. Bass solo (open): 1, W. J. Gwynter. Pont. lliw. Chorus for party (30 voices), "Jerusa- lem, my glorious Home": 1. Bethel Choir, Manselton, the prize being a handsome chair to the conductor.

Bishop Hugh Gore was buried aft S Mary's Churchyard, ^wansea, on 1691. The offertories at Christ Church, Swan sea, have risen from £ 83 136. 6d. 111 to L483 14s. 9d. in 1910. Latest topical conundrum: Why Welsh colliers the best or- temai^s they do not like too many "shifts." By the wall on Swansea Sands at can be seen a heavy traction wo0deta show purposeis. The wheeis rest ba.lIk6. A "flimsy" read at Swansea on Monday announced that a certain steamer" A "struck a ledge and broken her steam- oaee of broken winded ness. Twenty yeaas ago laet Good Friday the Swansea halfpenny bridge toii was abolished. Of the two collectors ahve, one is Sargt. Jones, of the Dook Police. Mr. Percy Bush has played his last of football for Cardiff, and he ''Good-bye" to many friends on the Arms Park yeeterday. He left to-day Nantes. The vicar of Christ Church, Swansea, 10 P3 a quandai-y. The number of sidesmen n^s be limited, tliose now in office he does « want to part with, and yet there are eightl good men in the church deserving of recogn^ tion. -J- d' There's only one weakness about the auldi- enoefc at the S^ran»eia Star Theatre Sunda3r ooncerrts—'they might stand when Iymns are sung", and not leave all the Eastea* thusiasm to be used up by Mr. Coutts ana the brass band. The Barbarians' defeat of CaTdiff 11; quite in keeping with the renaissance of EUS1 Rugby this season. Time was when y Welsh team could count upon the V1S?:, for adding 20 points or more to tin season's list of "points for. The renderings of the phonograph at the Star Theatre (Swansea) concert on J evening were really so fuie that the w panmient produced by the entrance hundred boys into the gallery was not, nom the harmonic point of view, really needed. Sir John Llewelyn related at Treboeth the subterfuge of a certain Board of Guardians who. having been surcharged for dini-n,, at the public expense, promptly Put; lte^ dc-wii as "repairs." Sir John liked the wond "repairs," as it was repairing the inner man. It was related at Christ Church (Swansea) vestry that an anonymous donor dropped a jvyvereign a month mto the poor-box to be gi-ten to soma deserving case in the parurti. The vii»r, by means of the Laet "quid,' was able to g-et the bailiffs out of a poor woman 3 house. .4.- An extraordinary performance of "Stabat Mater" extracts was given at the Star Thea- tre, Swansea, on Good Friday by the two Broth ere Arnold (aged 12 and 10 respectively -violin and 'cello). The technique and ex- pression from children so young wo eac- oeptiocialiy good. The vioar of Christ Church, Swansea, who, by the way, makes an admirable chairman of a business meeting, explained at his early vestry that Christ Church was not a vicarage at all, but a perpetual curacy—a name vented for a piece cut off from the old par- itih of SwMjeoa. Mr. F. W. Gibbins, the Liberal candidate fcr Mid-Glamorgan, was High Sheriff for the oounty two years ago. He received ]>&rmis«k>n from the Lord Chamberlain, in view of his conscientious as a Quaker, to appear on official occasions in Court ciress without a sword. Keilv turned up at Swansea Police Courts on Monday, anul, probably actuated by dis- appointment because he wasn't the originail Isle of Man article, the Bench mulcted him of 7s. 6d. "Not the original," regretfully observed the Chairman. Deputy Chief Con- st aide (just as regretfully): "Doesn't seem like it." Now the cycling season is getting into full swing it is to be noticed that the dan- gerous practice of parents carrying children on the handle-bars of their machines is still in vogue. It's one way, of course, of Keep- ing the population down, since when an accident occurs it's the child who gets the full force of the smash. Swansea ringleader (to group of workmen debating- whether they should come in to •.Turk on the Saturday after Good Friday) "Boys, let's pitch the hammer, and if it comes down we'll go in to work The sug- gestion was made in ad sincerity. Evi- d&ntly-he had quite forgotten Sir Isaac New- ton aind the Laws of gravitation. The duri- stirred up by the nuTtcr-oara on the Mumbles-road has one advantage to The duri- stirred up by the nuTtcr-oara on the Mumbles-road has one advantage to pedestrians. By the time a thirsty soul from Swansea reachas the Mumbles and passes to his chosen hostelry under the basilisk gaze of the county constabulary he has a. coating of dust on him that would do credit to a Bill Buckler just completing a gOO-mile waik. Treboeth Hall, where Sir John Llewelyn opened Im -aigp for the Distinct C-xm- cjl, has the foundation stones, inscribed with the names of Sir John Llewelyn, Mr. Thos. Freeman, Six Henry Hussey Vivian (the lata Lord Swansea), Mr. E. Rice Daniel, and Mr. Wm. Williams- Of these the Squire of Penllergaer alone survives. When he id the stone in 1891 he was Mayor of Swaaioea. Roiier skating has meant Bmch to the Mumbles. Usually in the winter the village attracts very few visitors, but an entirely different .story can be told since ringing caught oil. This is proved, by the results of the Mumbles railway a<nd pier undertaking, a*; there is a rink on tine pier. For last year the profits amounted to £3)58. The previous year they were JP572. Mr. Ted Ashbury, Swansea, skipper of the steam pleasure lifeboat Sunbeam, will be pleased to receive reading matter such as mazarines, etc., for the purpose of handing to the lightship men on Thursday next, when he will sail f,i:i the Town Hall Steps at 12 noon. wind and weather permitting. The Sunbeam visited the Skarweather lightship on Sunday sod put newspapers on board, the men having been without news for 16 daye. Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, IBart., bojd the Y.M.C.A. on Monday rnoming how be otnee said "d—— It was at Shrewsbury yeara ago, just aftetr he had come of a-g)e. He !<?.! his coniiiaction, and had to Jl in Shrewsbury ovar Sunday. He said "d- I and adds that he believe* h* realiy meant it! That reminded hinl of another atory; of a tutor whose pupil, about, to be chas- tised for using bad language, pleaded that he didn't mean it! "Then I shall have to punush you for saying things ypa tfefai't nle= I I I replied the tutor. a- It is reported of a West Wales Mayor who had had little experience of public speaking that he consulted a. friend ae to what he should eay in proposing, the toas.6 of a distinguished lady who was visiting the borough for a public ceremony- "Ob, be qtrite brief!" said his friend. "You tomtit mention her being a model of all the virtues, and all that sort of thing; but the leas you say the better." And this ie what be said —"Gentleinem, I propose to you the taaefe of our guest; you know they say ghe'q a model of all the virtues, bofc tie lees w* aaj[ about that the better, about that the bvtor It' •

TWO NEATH INQUESTS. BAKER FOUND DEAD IN BED. Mr. Howel Cifthbertson held two inquedts at Neath on Monday. One was touching the death of Alexander Chapman (61), baker, Latt, Neath, and the other concerned the death of Oliver Neads (.55), labourer, of Savou!«-oourt. Both were found dead in bed on Saturday and Sunday respec- tiveiy. In the firet case Dr. Thomas said death was due to syncope. A verdict to that effect was returned. JAMMED BETWEEN A TRUCKv AND WALL. In the second case it was stated that Neads met with an accident at the Neath Gas Works twelve months ago, and he had not done any work since. He complained, of an injury to his chest, and was subject to a cough. I John Richards, haulier, said they were ebunting at the gas works, and deceased got jammed between the track and tihe wall. Dr. LI. Davies said he row deceased after the accident, and he was seriously ill for some days, but recovered. He had suffered ever since from asthma and a weak heart. Death "1;)<3 due to h&art diaea.se. The jury returned a verdict in accord- anoe with the medical evidence. 'iii.