Weekly Mail

REFUSAL OF HAULIERS' DEMANDS MIGHT CAUSE CALAMITY. At a meeting of Aberdare miners on Monday Mr. Stanton referred to the hauliers' question, which had become so acute as to threaten the peace of the South Wales coalfield. He had had several interviews with the hauliers in his district, and from what he had been able to gather locally and elsewhere there was no doubt that unless they were given satisfaction by the employers with regard to their wage conditions there would be another calamity in the coalfield, like that which occurred in 1893. The hauliers joined hands with the miners for the establishment of a Concilia- tion Board on the sole condition that their grievances would be one of the foremost planks in the Federation policy, and he (Mr. Stantonl was pleased to state that the council at Cardiff had at last agreed to bring the hauliers' question before the employers, whose refusal to acknowledge their claims would, doubtless, plunge the whole coalfield into a calamitous stoppage of work. WINDING ENGINEMEN'S AGREE- MENT. A joint meeting of coalowners and winding engineinen's representatives was held at Car- diff on Tuesday for the purpose of consider- ing the terms of a new agreement, that now in force running out shortly. Mr. T. H. Deakin, chairman of the Coalowners' Associa- tion presided, and a long discussion took place upon the proposed new terms, the men natu- rally claiming additional advantages. No deci- sion was arrived at, but the discussion was of a friendly character and no trouble is antici- pated, and another meeting will be held. ELY VALLEY FIVE-FOOT SEAM. At Messrs. J. S. Blindell and Co.'s Cilely Colliery work has been commenced this week on the Five-foot Seam of steam coal. This swm, struck some time ago by means of a shaft 416 yards in depth, is about 6ft. 6in. in thickness. Coming as it does so soon after the recent stoppage of the Glyn and the Col- lenna Collieries, this event is recognised as a most fortunate one for the district. Now that the winding apparatus has been completed, it is likely the seam will open out very rapidly and give employment to several hundred workmen. WELSH ANTHRACITE TRUST. Mr. G. Keppel states that the amount of issue for public subscription in connection with the Welsh anthracite trust will be £1.000,000. This will be divided into £6OQ,!XXJ debentures and £500,000 6 per cent. cumulative preference shares. None of the £500.000 ordinary shares will be offered to the public. The anthracite coalfield, which ranges between Glynneath and Trimsaran, has at present a total annual output of 2,500.000 tons, which is expected to be doubled. Swansea will be made the headquarters of the export trade.

COARSE FISH FOR ROATH LAKE. The Cardiff Parks Committee on Monday (Mr. John Chappell presiding) received a deputa- tion representing a large number of holders of licences for fishing in Roath Park Lake against the introduction Into the lake of coarse fish. The deputation, headed by Messrs. C. W. Thompson and H. H. Groves, was introduced by Mr. Robert Hughes. Mr. Thompson presented a petition signed by nearly 1,000 ratepayers resident in all parts of the town, and in reply to Mr. Mor- gan Thomas said they had obtained the signa- tures of 75 per cent. of the anglers at Roath Park Lake. Mr. Robert Hughes moved that it be a re- commendation to the council not to sanction the introduction of coarse fish into Roath Lake. Mr. F. J. Nicholls seconded. Mr. Morgan Thomas supported, and said 90 per cent. of the licence-holders at the lake were against the introduction of coarse fish. Mr. J. Kidd moved an amendment that roach and rudd should be introduced. Mr. Manders seconded, and said that the week before last only five trout were taken, with the exception of fish caught by trolling in the early morning.. The amendment was carried by five votes to four.

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COLOFN Y CYMRY. o [GAN "IDRISWYN."] HAWL CYMRU I GAEL AMGUEDDFA. Y mae dirprwyaeth o Gymru wedi bod unwaith yn rhagor yn Llunden o flaen un o Weinidogion y LlywOOraeth-Arglwydd Londonderry—yn d adieu hawliau Cymru i gael arian o'r drysorfa Ymerodrol i sefydlu a chynal Amgueddfa Genedlaethol, ac felly ei gofiod ar yr un tir a Lloegr, Ysgot- land, a'r Iwerddon, i'r rhai y cyfrenir degau o filoedd yn flynyddol. Er fod yn anhawdd deall yn iawn beth oedd amcan y ddirprwyaetli lion wedi i Mr. Hayes Fisher, ar ran y Llywodraeth, fwy na blwyddyn yn ol, ddatgan yn Nhy y Cyif- redin, os byddai i'r aelodau Cymreig ddar- paru cynllun pendant y derbynient rywbcth mwy sylweddol na chydymdeimlad oddi- wrtlx y Trysorlys; eto, y mae'n,dda gweled fod y mudiad yn fyw a bod brwdfrydedd Cymru o'i blaid yn parhau i angerddoli. Gwneid i fyny y ddirprwyaeth o nifer dda o'r aelodau Cymreig a chynrychiolwyr bron gant o Gynghorau Sirol, bwrdeisiol, a dinesig; ond yr oedd yr un peth mawr angenrhcidiol-yr unig amod i gael gwrandawiad frafriol gan y Hywodraeth- sef cynllun penodol ac undeb, yr oedd hwnw yn absenol; ie, yn fwy felly nag yn yr un apeliad blaenorol a wnaed ar ran Cymru. Wrth gyflwyno y ddirprwyaeth, dywedodd Syr Edward J. Reed fod dau aelod Seneddol cymliwys i'r gwaith yn parotoi cynllun ffurfiol a phendant, ac y bvddai'n cael ei gyflwyno cyn bo hir i'r Llywodraeth; a gallesid meddwl fod ar- weinwyr cyho-eddus Cymru a'r awdur- dodau lleol wedi cytuno i ymddiried y gwaith iddynt. Ond, ar yr un gwynt, dyma'r aelod anrhydeddus dros Gaerdydd yn cyfaddef y byddai'n rhaid i'r Llywodr- aeth benodi rhywun i benderfynu lleoliad yr Amgueddfa-y rhan bwysicaf o lawer: yn nglyn a'r holl gvvestiwn. A chyda hyny, dyma Ysgrifenydd Tref Caerdydd yn cyflwyuo deisebau oddiwrth amryw o fyrddau cyhoeddus o blaid Caerdydd, a'r Henadur Edward Thomas ("Cochfarf") yn traddodi araeth o blaid yr un dref. Dygodd "Cochfarf" ffoithiau pwysig ger- bron ei arglwyddiaeth, megys fod Caer- dydd wedi gwario rhwng £11,000 a £12,000 i brynu llyfrau a llawysgrifau Cymreig, ond nad oedd yn alluog i brynu pob llyfr .0 henafiaeth ac o ddyddordeb a ddeuai i'y fardinad; a bod tramorwyr yn dysgu yr iaith Gymraeg er bod yn alluog i ymgydna- byddu 31'1' trysorau llenyddol oedd yn gynwysedig yn llenyddiaeth Cymru. Yn gartlynol, siaradodd Arglwydd Vane Tem- pest ar ran Canolbarth Cymru—Aber- ystwyth, mae'n debyg; a Dr. William Jones Morris dros Ogledd Oymru, sef Coleg Cenedlaethol Bangor. TAIR GYMRU-EI ARGLWYBDIAETH MEWN DYRYSWCH. Nid rhyfedd i Arglwydd Londonderry deimlo ei hunan mewn dyryswch o dan y cyfryw amgylchiadau. Cydnabyddodd ar unwaith fod y ddirprwyaetli wedi profi tuhwnt i un amheuaeth fod dvmuniad cyffredinol yn Nghymru am gael Am- gueddfa i gadw holl drysorau llenyddol a chelfyddydol Cymru, a bod hyny yn angen- rheidiol er hyrwyddo a chefnogi addysg yn yr ystyr uchaf. Ond yr oedd yn hollol yn y tywyllwch yn nghylch y prif gwestiwn; nid oedd yn gwybod pa un ai un ai dau sefydliad oeddid yn ddymuno gael nac yn mha ran 0 Gymru yr oeddynt i'w codi. Yr oedd yn ymddangos iddo ef fod tair Cymru yn bodoli—Cymru Ogleddol, Cymru Ganolbarthol, a Chymru Ddeheuol-ao os nad allent ymuno i ben- derfynu ar y dref yr oedd yr Amgueddfa i fod, a hyny gydag unfrydedd, oÍeredd dyfod ato ef; nis gallai wnouthur dim i'w cynorthwyo. Yr oedd Mr. Hayes Fisher wedi dweyd wrthynt beth i'w wneud— cyflwyno cynllun unol a therfynol; deallai fod y cyfryw yn cael ei barotoi; ac hyd nes y byddo hwnw wedi ei wneud yn hys- bys, nid priodol trafod y owestiwn, ac yr oedd yn anmhosibl iddo ef roddi atebiad y naill ffordd na'r Hall. Ond os llwyddid i gael unfrydedd ac i Gymru gyfan gyflwyno deiseb yn datgan yn eglur beth oedd ami eisieu, sicrhai ei arglwyddiaeth y byddai i'r cyf- ryw gael ystyriaeth ddifrifolaf y Llywodr- aeth, a gellid casglu oddiwrth ei eiriau a'i ymddygiad at y ddirprwyaeth y byddai'r atebiad yn un boddhaol ac y ceid swm digonol yn flynyddol i gynal Amgueddfa deilwng o Gymru. YR UN HEN STOEI. Y mae hanes yn ail adrodd ei hunan o hyd yn hanes ein hen genedl a'n gwlad; diffyg undeb ac ymrafaelion rhwng pen- naethiaid gwahanol ranau o'r wlad barodd i ni golli ein hannibyniaeth a'n coron a mynd dan draed cenedl sydd erbyn hyn Ilawer cryfach na ni ac yn brif allu yn yr Ymerodraeth y mae Cymru yn rhan o honi. A dyna sydd heddyw yn atal i ni gael Amgueddfa Genedlaethol i ofalu am holl drysorau llenyddol a chelfyddydol ein cenedl, a hyny mewn tref gyfleus i'r nifer luosocaf o drigolion Cymru, a thref a fedr roddi chwareu teg i'r sefydliad a'i wneud yn deilwng o genedl ac yn arddangosiad allanol o'i bodolaeth a'i hynni a'i theithi meddyliol a'i hathrylith. Nid yn nglyn a'r Colegau Cenedlaethol y mae eisieu'r Amgueddfa, ond mewn adeilad cyhoeddus, fel y gallo'r bobl deimlo hawl i droi i mewn iddo pryd y mynont; ac y mae gwaith Colegau Aberystwyth a Bangor yn hawlio rhan o'r arian a ganiateir i gynal y cyfryw yn annoeth i'r eithaf, a dweyd y lieiaf, yn neillduol felly pan gofir mai sefydliadau addysgol ydynt—dyna eu gwaith a'u oenadwri at Gymru—ac nid at-dynfa cenedl a dysgedigion o wledydd eraill i archwilio hen lyfrau a llaw- ysgrifau a chywreinion eraill. Y mae pob coleg, i ryw raddau, yn cael edrych arno fellle neillduedig, cyfyngedig i'r efrydwyr a'r athrawon; ac nid mewn scfydliadau o'r fath y dylid cael Amgueddfa, yn hytrach yn y lie mwyaf amlwg yn ymyl ac yn nghanol y bobl. Peth arali, does neb yn gwybod yn well nag awdurdodau y colegau uohod nad yw y Llywodraeth yn ymddwyn mor haelfrydig at Gymru ag y gwna at yr Iwerddon a Scotland pan yn apelio am gymhorth arianol, a dylasai hyny en hatal rhag yr ymdrech brescnol o'u heiddo i ranu y gyfran a ganiateir at Amgueddfa Genedlaethol i Gymru. fig rhenir y rhodd yn ddwy neu dair—i'r tair Cymru, yn ol Arglwydd Londonderry—nis gellir byth gotli na chynal sefydliad teilwng yn un o'r trefydd hyny. Ond, mewn gwirionedd, nid oes dim un dref, yn gywir felly, yn hawlio i'r Amgueddfa gael ei leoli o'i mewn, a hono ydi Oaer- dydd; yn eu colegau y mae Bangor ac Aberystwyth yn bwriadu claddu eu ham- gueddfeydd oenedlaethol. Ni does yr un dref ychwaith wedi amcanu gwneud dim yn y cyfeiriad hwn ond Caerdydd, yr hon sydd wedi gwario eisoes tuag un fil ar ddeg o bunnau ar hen lyfrau a chywrein- ion ac yn barod i drosglwyddo y cyfan i gychwyn Amgueddfa Genedlaethol. Pa dref ond Caerdydd a ddaiiodd ar y cyfle presenol o Ganmlwyddiant y Feibl Gym- deithas i gynal arddangosfa o Feiblau Cymraeg, yr hyn sy'n golygu llafur dir- fawr a chryn gostau ? Ceir yma gasgliad o'r holl wahanol argraffiadau o Destament cvntaf William Salesbury a Beibl Dr. Morgan hyd y rhai diweddaraf; ac y mae'n werth gwneud cryn lawer o aberth i ddyfod i weled yr hen Feiblau hyn y bu cenedlaethau o Gymry yn eu darllen ac yn eu hanwylo. Y mae y brwdfrydedd a ddangosir gan Gaerdydd at bob mudiad Cymreig; ei pharodrwydd i flaenori ac i gymeryd mantais ar bob cyfle i ddvvyn hawliau Cymru i gael ei chydnabod gan Senedd Prydain Fawr yn genedl; yr hael- frydedd mae wedi arddangos at y Brifysgol trwy adeiladu swyddfeydd iddi ar un o'r Ilanerchau prydferthaf a gwerthfawrocaf yn Mharc Cathays; a'r swm mawr y mae wedi wario eisoes ar ei Hamgueddfa a'i Llyfrgell Gyhoeddus, yn gosod ci hawliau i gael ei chydnabod yn' brif-dref uwchlaw amheuaeth. Rhagfarn yn erbyn Caer- dydd yn unig sy'n peri fod Cymru yn ym- gos mor ranedig ar y cwestiwn hwn; uobiegid, wedi'r owbl a wneir ac a ddywiedir, DAÀ. beth bxnag fydd diwedd jr helpt. presenol yn nghylch Amgueddfa, Caerdydd fydd prif-dref Cymru, ac fe erys yn ganol- bwynt bywyd a mudiadau cenedlaethol. CAERDYDD YR UNIG DREF. A goreu po gyntaf i Gymru gyfaddef hyny—nid yn gymaint er mwyn Caerdydd, oblegid ni wna hyny un gwahaniaeth i'r dref hono—fe leinw hi ei safle yn naturioi; ond er anrhydedd Cymru yn bresenol a'i hyrwyddiant a'i llwyddiant yn y dyfodol. Sefydliad i Gymru Gyfan ydyw hwn i fod; llesiant y genedl ddylai fod mewn golwg; ei dyrchafiad i safle oenedl o hanes-cenedl wedi gwneud ei rhan er boreu llwydwyn y cread i wasanaethu dynoliaeth ac yn meddu iaith fyw a llenyddiaeth bur a dyddorol; ac nis gellir cyrhaedd yr amcan hwnw and trwy gael un Amgueddfa fawr a chyfoethog. Y mae Amgueddfa South Kensington yn brawf amlwg o hyny, oblegid y mae wedi bod o wasanaeth anmhrisiadwy i'r oil o Loegr a Chymru hefyd, o ran hyny, er ei sefydliad. Gall unrhyw goleg, neu arddangosfa mewn tref a fyddo o dan nawdd yr awdurdodau lleol, gael benthyg unrhyw gywreinion oddiyno i'w harddangos; ac y mae wedi bod yn llawer mwy o fendith i'r wlad na phe buasai wedi codi dwy neu dair yn ngwa- hanol dt-en mawr Lloegr. Yr un fath yn union gyda'r Amgueddfa Gymreig; un sy'n angenrheidiol; a hono, wrth gwrs, i roddi benthyg pobpeth fyddo ar Golegau Aberystwyth a Bangor eisieu fel offerynau addysg i'w myfyrwyr, neu i awdurdodau dinesig i'w Harddangos yn nglyn ag ar- "ddangosfeydd lleol. A Chaerdydd yn unig fedr wneud cyfiawnder a Chymru yn ei Hamgueddfa Genedlaethol; y mae rhif ei phoblogaeth a'i masnach a'i chyfoeth a'i hysbryd anturiaethus, a'r hyn mae wedi wneud eisoes o blaid oenedlaetholdeb Cymru a'i symudiadau cyhoeddus yn ei nodi allan i bob sylwedydd diragfarn fel pnf-dref Cymru ae Amgueddfa Genedl- aethol yn addurno un o'i phrif heolydd. Fe wneir cam dychrynllyd a Chymru os na wna Colegau Bangor ac Aberystwyth dynu'n ol, ac ymuno yn y cais ar i'r Llyw- odraeth roddi cynorthwy i gychwyn a gwaddol blynyddol i Gaerdydd i gynal Amgueddfa a Llyfrgell Genedlaethol. Gwna hyrfy mewn rhan yn awr; ond y mae'n barod i ymgymeryd a'r cvfrifoldeb o wasanaethu Cymru; ac fe fydd y gwar- adwydd 0 ddifuddio ein cenedl o fanteision y cyfryw sefydliad yn gorphwys ar ddau o'r Colegau Cenedlaethol os try y Llyw- odraeth yn glustfyddar i'r apel presenol neu os rhana y "grant" yn ddwy neu ragor o fan-symiau. O • "DRJNGO'R ANDES." Dyma deitl cyfrol ddestlus o waith Eluned Morgan; ac, o ran ei chynwys a phurdeb ei hiaith ac arucheledd y desgrif- iadau, nid oes ei hafal yn y Gymraeg. Dygir y golygfeydd a'r gwrthryohau mor fyvr gerbron y darllenydd fel y creda ei fod yn nghanol y naill ac yn mhresenoldeb y llall; ac y mae'r arddull mor naturiol a hudolus fel y mae'n orchest rhoddi y llyfr heibio heb fynd trwyddo o glawr i glawr. Y mae o ddyddordeb neillduol hefyd i'r Cyrnry, oblegid traetha'r awdures am wlad bellenig—Patagonia—sy'n agos iawn at eu calon ac am ei thrigolion ac anffodion y gwladfawyr trwy y diluw ac am ei mynyddau a'r Andes uchel ei hunan. Arddangosa'r un medrusrwydd i ddesgrifio y diluw dinystriol a'i alanas a phan yr adrodda am lwyddiant y gwladfawyr cyn hyny; y mae'r un mor gartrefol yn dar- lunio storm o fellt a tharanau ar yr Andes a phan yn adrodd hanes Eisteddfod Gym. reig yno ar ddydd Nadolig; y mae mor ddeheuig yn portreadu aruthredd y mynydd a'r haul yn codi ac yn machlud drosto a phan yn siarad am dlysni y blodau a'r drain sy'n tyfu yn y coedwig- oedd ao ar ochrau y ceunentydd a'r gerddi mefus; ac mor naturioi wrth adrodd ei phrofiad yn cysgu noson yn nghanol coed- wig ag wrth draethu am nodweddion hen frodcrion y wIad-yr Indiaid Cochion. Cyn rhoddi hanes y daith i'r Andes— pellder o ryw ddeuddeg cant o filldiroedd o'i chartref ar lan yr afon Camwy—rhydd ddarluniad bywiog a chyffrous o'r diluw yn Mhatagonia, ac o ymdrechion dewr- wych y gwladfawyr yn ngwyneb y fath anffodion oedd wedi eu goddiweddyd. Ao wrth ddechreu amlyga ddyhead am iaith a thalent i wneud cyfiawnder ag ef, a dy wed —■ Eithr hyd nee y daw rhy freuddwydiwr i gerdded yr un llwybrau a mi ac i ddanfon ei weledigaethau fel cenhadwr y wawr, rhaid i Gymry ieuaino Gwalia geisio ymfoddloni ar ddarlun carbwl a thruenus o amnberffaith. Ond ofni yr oeddwn y buasai'r Andes wedi ymwareiddio llawer cyn y delai'r Gweledydd, ac yna y collasid am byth hanes yr hen fynyddoedd fel yr oeddynt yn y dechrenad. Y syniad yna yn unig a'm symbylodd i I gychwyn ar orchwyl mor annrhaothol uwch- law'm gallnoedd—y dyhead angerddol am i Gymru gael rhan, pe ond gronyn eiddil, o'r gwynfyd deimlaia i wrth deithio'r anialdir- oedd distaw, gtan, a gwylio'r haul yn gwisgo'r peithdir a maotell o dan, a'r lloer yn ei goroni ag arian; a chael syllu ar fynyddoedd a rhaiadrau a Uynoedd a choedwigoedd na fu nenuuwr i lygaid dynol yn syllui amynt erioed. Debygaf fod manaa fel hyn yn brin yn ein byd erbyn heddyw. Mae cenedloedd y ddaear yn cyniwair a-c yn dylifo i bob mangre ddystarW, gysegredig, gan ohwalu'r tlysni a'r swyn a. dwylaw halog y byd; mae'r blodyn gwyllt fa'n gwaegar ei berarogl ar allor ei luniwr yn colli ei wen an ac yn marw o dor calon am ei lu anwyliaid sy'n sathrfa dan draed; mae'r ednod amryliw eu pin fa'n ymbincio yn nglesni'r dwr, ac yn hyfforddi eu rhai bychain yn ddiofn, a'r cor asgellog fu'n llanw'r coedwigoedd a'u mawl—maent oil yn ffoi mewn dychryn pan ddelo'r hwn a luniwyd ar ddelw'r nef i feddiannu eu hetifeddiaeth! Nid wyf fi elyn i wareiddiad, ond O! y trueni fod yn rhaid aberthu cymaint er ei fwyn, eithr a yw y rheidiau hyn i gyd yn gyfiawn ? Ymddengys i mi weithiau ein bod yn colli pethau gwell wrth geieio am yr ymwareiddiad yma. Pan oedd Cymru'n wledig, syml a thawel, y gwnaeth ei gwaith goreu; nid yw tyru i'r dinasoedd a'r pentref- ydd wedi gweUa dim ar hen wlad ein tadau yn ystyr oreu'r gair. Yr oedd yn gorfod teithio bedwar cant o filldiroedd drwy anialdiroedd anhygyrch cyn cael cip ar gyrau'r Andes; ond wedi wytlmosau 0 dringo y mae'n cael Yr olwg gyntaf ar gopa Mynydd Edwyn—y gwynt yn chwytha gyda holl fifyrnigrwydd ei a.llu aruthrol, y cymyla.u duon bygythiol fel pe'n ymlid yr haul i'w orphwysdra. Ond dacw'r haul yn cyrhaedd y copa gwyn ac yn disgyn fel mantell o aur; ac er ein bod yn teithio dros ucheldir ysgythrog, a gwynt yr ia oesol bron parlysu dyn ac anifail, etc mor ofnadwy ac mor ogoneddus oedd yr olygfa nes yr oedd pob teimlad corphorol yn diflanu, a'r enaid yo gwibio mewn rhyw ddyhead dwys at droed y mynydd mewn addoliad mud. Mor naturioi i'r hen frodorion syml addoli'r haul, onide, a hwythau yn arfer ei weled o'u mebv^ fel y gwelais i ef am y tro cyntaf. Gelwir yr hen Indiaid yn baganiaid, ac eto pan ddaw llewyrch y wawr ar y mynyddoedd gwyn, bydd y penaethiaid yn cyrchu at y ffrwd agosaf atynt ac yn codi y dwfr grisiala-idd yn eu dwylaw gan ei wasgar yn nghyfeiriad codiad haul, gan ofyn i'r Ysbryd Da lwyddo eu dydd. Gwyn fyd na fyddai mwy o honom yn baganiaid yn yr ystyr yon., onide? A fyddwn ni yn gofyn am fendith ar doriad gwawr pob I dydd newydd? Ychydig ddyddiau cyn y Nadolig y maent un diwrnod, ar ol dringo fel ceirw chwim yr Andes, yn dod i olwg Bro Hyfryd, y sefydliad Cymreig syact megys yn nythu o dan gysgod yr Andes wen, a Dechreuai ein harweinydd eu nodi Lilian. "Daew'r Gareg Lwyd a'r Mynydd Llwyd un ochr iddo, a'r coed pinwydd yn harddu ei fron, doldir hyfryd o flaen y bwthyn, gyda nant loew, loew—draw gwelwch Pare Unig yn llechu yn ei fedw lwyn; mae'r pistyll sy'n disychedu trigolion y bwthyn a-cw yn un o'r rhai hyfrytaf yn y fro." Ond yn mhell cyn dod i olwg Capel y Llwyn, Ty Coch, Afon Llwchwr, a Throed yr Orsedd, yr oeddwn wedi mynd yn fud; nid yr olygfa yn unig oedd yr actios o hyny—nid mewn munyd awr y sylweddolir tlysni a mawredd yr olygfa- ond yr oedd fy meddwl wedi glynu wrth yr enwau Cymreig swynol a phersain. Yr ceddwn dros naw mil o filldiroedd o Wyllt Walia, ac eto, mewn cilfach o'r Andes fawr, yn eithaf Patagonia, wele'r capel Cymreig syml, a'r hen enwau cysegredig mewn adgof a hiraeth am Eryri wen a'r "bwthyn lie cefaiB fy magu." Mae'r Wladfa fechan ar y goror rhwng Chili ac Archentina, dwy wlad fawr Babyddol, He mite gwareiddiad ganrii^dd ar 01 Cymru wen. Beth wna/r fagad fechan Brotestanaidd hon megys yn ffau'r llewod rheibus? Bu Daniel fan hono hefyd, ond yr un yw Gwyliwr y llow o hyd. "Yr Arglwydd yw fy ngoleuni a'm hiachawdwriaeth: rhag pwy yr ofnaf? Yr Arglwydd yw nerth fy mywyd, rhag pwy y dychrynaf?" Dyna'r geiriau oyrrtaf glywais yn nghapel bach y Llwyn fore dydd Nadolig, 1899. Wedi i'r cwrnni gyrhaedd y bwthyn —Troed yr Orsedd—yr oeddynt wedi trefnu i wneud eu cartref ynddo tra yn ngwlad y mynyddoedd, a gweled y Mynydd Llwyd a'i gopa gwyn yn myd y cymylau, rhaid oedd ffurfio cwmni i ddringo i'w ben, er nad oedd ond un person erioed wedi bod ar ei gopa. Y maent yn cychwyn ar geffylau, ac yn dod cyn bo hir i Ie nas gallai yr un CQffyI basio, a rhaid oedd dringo ar draed a dwylaw yn nannedd gwynt oedd yn chwythu bygythion: — Wrth son am fynydd, mae dyn yn zneddvl am pais. endftca cv daa drawl A bgd, and; dyma fynydd na saif yn Ilonydd yr un f —mynydd anferth o geryg man, a Darwin yn ei no3iadau ar Patagonia effaith yr ia oesol ar y graig yw rhyfedd meddwl fod yT eira dystaw yn £ gwneud y fath waith aruthrol. Wrth to mynydd yn rhoi ffordd o dan ein trae^' oedd teithio yn waith anhawdd ac araf 1 ac yr oedd y gwynt erbyn hyn yn an ei gynddaredd, a hwnw mor rewllyd neS^ei, perygl i ni gael ein parlysu gan yr 0 & a'r awyr mor fain yn yr u<;hder ofnadwy mai trwy boen dirfawr y gellid anadlu. u yr oedd copa'r mynydd yn ymyl, &0 Lrft oedd arnom eisieu sefyll ar ei ben—hwb* yn mlaen eto, ond "lawr a chwi" a gwynt. Ac fel yna, o gam i gam, yn des J a. gwawd i'r gwynt, y cyrhaeddasom y c. gwyn, ac y sangodd ein traed ar y fath mailt o ia nes mae arswyd lond fy y funyd yma wrth eon am dano. G&isias0_, sefyll ar ein traed er mwyn cael cip arJL{ olygfa ogoneddus o'n hamgylch; ond bu j i bawb wnend hyny yn ei dro, a'r gweda 0 honom i ddal fel hachau haiarn y# edrychydd rhag cymeryd o hono adeny ?e1li hedeg fry, fry. uweh y cymylau, lie y y Condor anferth, brenin yr awyr, fel J'?, dan lawn hwyliau, yn hofran yn yr derau aruthr: yn gwylio'r dyffryn am fi" oedd, mewn gobaith am ysglyfaeth, byw farw. Y mae'r un mor nerthol vn darlilig golygfeydd oraill, megys "Noson y11 Goechvig," ystorm o fellt a tharanaU noson cyn cychwyn yn ol, rhaiadr j. ngoleuni'r lloer, ymson a'r blodau a yn nghanol eira ac oerni yr Andes, neillduol penod "Lle'r Beddau" ond rh» ymatal, gan gredu fod yr hyn a j yn ddigon i argvhoeddi'r darllenydd gwledd ogoneddus i'w chael yn v hon—"Dringo'r Andes," gan Addurnir y gwaith {fan luaws o ddarlun1 iiardd, ac y mae wedi ei throi allan SH modd mwyaf oelfyddydol, o ran ar £ r\~j| papyr, a rhwymiad, gan y Brodyr o'r Fenni, ond gynt o hen swyddfa y "Dysgedydd" yn Nolgellau, lie y btt 1 tad, yr hwn sydd eto'n fyw ac iach, wedi symud gyda'i briod at y plant <> d. fwyaf rhaniantus y TSJoglodd i'r llevy; mwyaf felly yn y Deheudir, "for 3m an" ac yn gofalu am gywirdeb holl weithiau Cymreig pwysig a dda^ allan o'r swyddfa hono am yn agos i canrif. Y mae'r argraffiad mawr arbenig i danysgrifwyr wedi ei w^ gyda'i fod o'r wasg; ond gellir cael copi o'r un Ileiaf-vr un o ran cynwy*— swllt yr un, oddiwrth yr awdures, Elt^i Morgan, 29, Beauchamp-street, Caerdy0^

THE TARIFF COMMISSION THREE SOUTH WALES WITNESSJI1 EXAMINED. The fourteenth and fifteenth the Tariff Commission were held at the Wbit. hall Rooms, Hotel Metropole, London.. p Chamberlain attended the former and was welcomed by the chairman 0f Robert Herbert), on behalf of the member. the commission. Mr. Chamberlain, in Of in, the commissioners for their him, said he had been more than pleased i gratified by the information he had as to the progress of the work of the mission. It was more than he could have hoped beforehand that the comwi3 x should have proceeded so far so smoothlf so satisfactorily. He had always, of o°°^ attached the very greateet importance work of the commission, and the which had been shown in it by its vafLjif members, as manifested by the large ance at all its meetings, was proof thoroughness with which the work bad taken up by the members of the while the readiness with which the inforp tion was being supplied by manufacturers sø others in the various trades pointed alSO a widespread public interest. IRON AND STEEL WITNESSES. The commission has at its last four ^gfi ings taken the evidence of six represents iron and steel manufacturers. Colonel Charles Allen, managing direct Henry Bessemer and Co. (Limited), of field, and of the Ebbw Vale Steel and id Company, South Wales, gave regard to the production of common C y steel and also of higher class steels, 6a<^ft^ ordnance, marine forgings and castings, and axles for locomotives, carriages, and* tramways, engineering forgings of description, blooms, bars, and slabs of 6 tempers for hardware, colliery and a tural tools, for the home, foreign, and nial markets. p Sir Alfred Hickman, M.P., chairman Hickman (Limited), of Bilston and NaB«^jjjf owners of coal and iron mines in lands, gave evidence m regard to th«^(i dtiction of pig iron, steel blooms and steel plates, steel bars, angles, tees, cbaj1^ girders, <fcc.. and basio slag (manure), jg/fl Mr. F. W. Gilbertson, of F. W. GilhW^J*. and Co. (Limited), steel, tin-plate, and vanisin-g works, Pontardawe, Glamorgan* Kjy evidence in regard to the manufacture of vanised corrugated sheets, galvanised jjjf sheets, tin-plates, black-plates for etai^g* and enamelling and for electrical steel basis for tin-plate and sheet nr^gjK steel billets, steel ingots, basic slag me*" yjf vanised Xlanada plates, blackplates f°r ^c- ning, stAl sheets for electrical purposes. Mr. Albert E. Barton, manager of the forth Hematite Iron Company, Caro*^ gave evidence as to the manufacture of tite pig iron for steelmaking m the district. Mr. Thomas Davie, of the Waverley Steel Company (Lhnited), Coatbridge gave evidence as to the manufacture iron in the West of Scotland. Mr. W. Wanklyn and Mr. Carlton, ing the Monmouthshire Steel and Company (Limited), Pontymister Works. port, gave evidence as to the manuf■ tin-plates and galvanised sheets in Wales. øt: Among the points dealt with by n,eseas in relation to the abcve-niell to: branches of the iron and steel trades —The dumping of foreign pig iron and ^4 upon British markets and its effect prioes, the advantages and dumping, the causes of American, Ge aqd other foreign developments in and steel trades, the objects and eff1 the M'Kinley and other foreign a comparison of pieces in Great r & and foreign countries; the effeC* tl £ British Free Trade in inereasin^jfi^ stability of the iron and steel ind in Germany, the United States, a° countries; the probable effect of import duties on iron and steel; the of and necessity for Colonial prefer cc" to state of employment and wages in the trades; the differentiation of rail^^ ifr in foreign countries; the Board of Tn- Income-tax returns, &c. FOREIGN RAILWAY POLICY- Mr. W. M. Acwcrth gave evidence special points in regard to foreign rates, that is to say, the relation railway and canal rates in this -fir. countries; the preferential railway adopted in other countries; the gft^ organisation in connection with the Ijl/j steel combineu in America; and, the differentiation of railway rates hy countries on goods exported to the Kingdom or other countries. AGRICULTURE. Considerable progress has been the agricultural committee prepara1 the issue of inquiry forms to aigrictt^g^ and the examination of witnesses. randa have been prepared summarising V\ ) ing British and foreign information $I conditions which tha British farmer I face. -(dn With regard to other industries, ratory work has been entrusted to committees. Much progress has been the engineering and machinery and committees, and the examination of J*1 in those groups will be commenced early day.

MONKS IN DEVONSHIRE- West Devonshire is rapidly favourite home for the monastic jpvT, have been expelled from France, hundreds of them have settled in t bourhood of Kingsbridge. DO The Trappists, who, two years Ka the estate of Wood Burton, Loddi^^j)^, to be joined by eighty of their' from the Abbey of Melleraie p near Nantes, and the order ha«P contract for something like £ 30,000 Torquay builder for the jf old Manor House. The West Country folk have ta". kindly to these silent monks, who, A industry and by spending their r°s^g W the district, have given an impetus to agriculture.

R 0 ROSE'S I Delicious, Wholesome and Refresh Prepared from the Choicest West Indian LIMO 4 LIME JUlCf

NEW EDUCATION BILL IN- TRODUCED, The Government's plan for the remedy of the Welsh education deadlock was unfolded in the House of Commons on Tuesday, when Sir William Anson (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education) brought in a measure entitled the Education (Local Authorities Default) Bill, the object of which is to prevent the work of education suffering from the refusal of Welsh and other educa- tional authorities to put the Act of 1902, or any part of it, into operation. Briefly stated, the chief provisions of the [Bill are: — The powers of defaulting councils are transferred to the Board of Education. The board are empowered to deduct the expenses of the voluntary schools from the Parliamentary grants paid to the councils, and disburse the money direct to the volun- tary school managers. The operation of the new Act will cease as soon as the councils cease to be con- tumacious. Sir WILLIAM ANSON, who was greeted (with cheers and counter-cheers, said:—I have to ask leave to introduce a measure dealing with the cases in which local authorities make default in dealing with elementary schools. (Opposition cheers and laughter.) It pro- vides procedure in addition to that which exists under the Act of 1902, but more prompt, more effective, and cheaper. (Opposi- tion laughter.) I hope to be able, in a few words, to make clear what I have to put before the House, and those few words will certainly not be presented to the House in any controversial or acrimonious spirit. (Opposition cheers and laughter.) I shall best explain the nature and object of this Bill if I state what were the powers possessed in similar circumstances by the Board of Educa- tion before 1902. In the case of a voluntary school, if the managers showed themselves unable or unwilling to conduct the school as an elementary school should be conducted, the Board of Education could immediately take measures for the establishment of a school board. If a school board failed to comply with the conditions under which their schools should be conducted, the Board of Education could declare the school board in default, and appoint other persons to perform the work of the- school board-persons who held office and were removable at the pleasure of the Board of Education, and who did what had been directed to be done until the default bad been made good, and the time arrived when tho school board could resume its duties. Now, what are the circumstances? CARMARTHEN'S DEFAULT. A local education authority, for reasons which I do not question or criticise, deter- mines that it will not appoint managers on the boards of managers of voluntary schools. It declines to consider or sanction the appointment of teachers. It declines to make provision for the supply of coals, of books, and other necessaries of school life, and it does this without stating that the school is 'unnecessary, or offering to provide any sub- stitute. Now, what happens? The managers complain to the Board of Education. The Board of Education communicate with the local authority. A correspondence takes place of some length, and unsatisfactory to all the parties concerned. (Opposition laughter.) Then the Board of Education determines that a public inquiry shall be held. Notice has to be given, which again occupies time, and a commissioner holds a public inquiry, which not only occupies time, bat causes expense to tho local authority. The Commissioner. in due time, adjusts the evidence, and. sends his report to the Board of Education. The Board of Education has then to consider what order it shall make under the circumstances. The order having been made, the local authority considers whether it will obey it. If the local authority does not obey the order we have to consider whether the severest penalties available under the circumstances shall be put into operation. Meanwhile, what is happening to the schools? (Ministerial cheers.) What is happening to the children of those schools? (Ministerial cheers.) The school has no properly-constituted hoard of management. The children are going without teachers- (Opposition "Oh, oh's," and Ministerial cheers)—without coal, without books, without apparatus. THE NEW PROPOSAL. Now, it is obvious that such a state of things should not be allowed to con- tinue—(Ministerial cheers)-and I have to ask the House for leave to introduce a Bill which would give the board powers to meet the facts I have described. The Bill gives power to the board, in the first place, where local authorities are in default to make orders which will render valid things done, such as, for instance, the appointment of a teacher, which, owing to the default of a local authority, would otherwise be invalid, and, when managers have, in order to satisfy the necessary requirements of the school, incurred expenses which, in the opinion of the board, are properly incurred, to re-pay the money they expended. The moneys so paid will be a debt due to the Crown, and, without pre- judice to any other remedy, can be deducted by the board from the amount of Parlia- mentary grants payable to the local authority. (Ministerial cheers.) That is, very shortly, the substance of the remedy I ask the House to allow me to introduce in this Bill. I say for it that it does meet the difficulty caused; it is prompt, it is effective, and it involves the minimum of interference with the action of the local authority. The whole area of educational government is open to the local authority without disturbance, except in those individual cases in which the Board of Education is meeting its default in respect of particular schools. Our remedy has this further advantage, that it stops automatically when the evil stops. As soon as the local authority makes good its default, supplies necessaries for the schools, appoints the teacher, and so on, the intervention of the Board of Education ceases, and matters resume their ordinary course. I would say that this mode of remedy for this sort of default would be necessary at any time in respect of any schools in any part of the kingdom, but it would be childish for me to ignore the fact that the matter is brought home to us by what has happened in the Principality of Wales. (Opposition cheers.) We know what is the cause of the trouble. It is the religious difficulty from which all the troubles in our system of elementary education arise. In a debate which took place before Easter on the subject of educa- tion there was a feeling shown on both sides of the Honse earnestly desiring some settle- ment of this question. I need not say how earnestly I support that desire, and how cordially I concur with everything said by the President of the Board of Education in the speech he made in Wales last night. I can say, further, that in the debates which must arise on the Bill I am introducing no word ehall fall from me which shall add one spark of ill-feeling to this controversy, or shall pre- judice any settlement, if a settlement be arrived at. Differences of old standing, how- ever, cannot be settled in a day, and I have to think of the schools and the children. (Ministerial cheers.) While religious autho- rities are settling their differences the House cannot allow—and I am sure the Welsh mem- bers least of all would desire-that the child- ren of the poor should go without the simple comforts and appliances of elementary schools or should lose the benefits of the syeiem ol education which we have done so much to build up. (Ministerial cheers.) MR. LLOYD-GEORGE: A COERCION BILL. Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE (B., Carnarvon Boroughs) said he could not help commenting on the exceedingly remarkable fact that in a I year or two after the passing of the Educa- tion Act in the House of Commons, by an over- whelming majority, a Coercion Bill was intro- duced to enforce that Act. The Education Act, they had been told within the last few months, was working smoothly in all pa-rts of the country, and yet by this Bill the Government were practicaJly admitting that the Act was a failure so far as an important part of the country was concerned. He had not a word to say about the tone in which the right hon. gentleman introduced the Bill, a Bill which in some of its provisions must necessarily be of an obnoxious character. He should be sorry to say he was not in accord with the temper in which the Bill was intro- duced. At the same time. he must take note of the character of the Bill, and also some of the statements made by the Secretary of the Board of Education. The latter said there were parts cf Wales in which no teachers had been appointed, where there was no fuel sup- plied to the schools, and he asked how it came a.bout that this was not done. As a matter of fact, there was no pa.rt of the country where that was done and where the schools were not better off than they were prior to 1902. The county councils had faith- fully administered all the funds pjaced at their disposal by Parliament, which meant that the schools were in a much better posi- tion than they were in 1902, because they were getting in addition the grant-in-aid, every penny of which was paid to the schools. It was exceedingly unfair on the part of these managers that they should ask the House of Commons to believe that the Welsh county councils were withholding funds which Parliament had placed at their disposal for the benefit of these schools. If the children were left without fuel, all he oould say was that it wa-s a disgrace to the managers and not to the Welsh county ocuncils. Un- doubtedly, there had been a Slisunderstand- ing with regard to some eotmties. He thought, personally, that the county of Carmarthen ought to have appointed managers and superintended the appointment of teachers. At the same time, it was perfectly well known what the feeling was in Wales. Even Churchmen were prepared to accept the deci- sion come to by the county councils. Having regard to the fact that there was a state of considerable bitterness, and that the present law was not agreeable to the bulk of the Welsh people, they were disposed to allow matters to remain in statu quo until Parlia- ment considered the full question. That was the view of certain bishops, with the excep- tion of one. In Carmarthenshire practically the whole of the council were prepared to accept that policy, except three, and even the leaders of the Church party were prepared to accept it. He, therefore, asked the right hon. gentleman whether it would not be better to leave matters as they were. *When Sir William Anson announced his intention to send down a Commissioner to Carmartben to hold an inquiry he appealed to him to instruct the Commissioner to inquire into the whole of the educational condition of the county, and he (Mr. Lloyd-George) was under the impres- sion that the Commissioner would do so. The Commissioner was an exceedingly able man, and was perfectly fair, but when the county council wanted to present the whole of their I case he said he had no instructions. When the. county council appealed to the Commis- sioner to hear the case on behalf of the Non- I conformists, who were the great majority of I the population, the Commissioner said he had no instructions. Sir W. Anson, therefore, did not know what was the state of things in Carmarthenshire. He said that the county councils were acting without alleging that I the schools were unnecessary, but they did allege, after a careful report by a competent surveyor, that all these schools were insani- tary, and the Board of Education did, not challenge that assertion. The bulk of them I were insanitary, and not fit to send children LV. CARMARTHEN'S DEFENCE. One of the points of the county council was that the Board of Education ought not to administer the Act until the managers had put the schools in a sanitary condition. Would hon. members believe that the Com- missioner actually refused to hear evidence as to whether the schools were fit to send the children to or not, although the county council was prepared with expert evidence? Was it surprising that in Carmarthen the county council was unwilling to accept the responsibility of enforcing an Act which was driving children to schools which were insanitary and not fit for the purposes for Iwhich they were designed? That was the situation. The Government would have been better advised if they had faced the real Situation. (Hear, hear.) There was no demand in Wales for the enforcement of the Act as it stood. He desired to call attention to the state of the Government benches, for there was only one Welsh member sitting on the Ministerial side, and he was retiring at the next election. Did that show a real dimand for this Bill? Would it not have been better if the Government had inquired into the real facts, for they were dealing with a population which was sincerely desirous of working, any Education Act which would r.dvance education and administer it fairly between all classes? The Intermediate Educa- tion Act had been administered in Wales with- out a single complaint from Churchmen, and the county councils were appointing ChuTch teachers and also Roman Catholic teachers. The Government were simply wasting the ime of Parliament by a Bill of this sort, which would simply convert the Board of Education into a debt-collecting agency. It wac an undignified and unstatesmanlike pro- ceeding, and he appealed to the Government to get the whole facts of the situation, and introduce legislation that would settle the question upon terms which would be accept- able to the vast majority of people of all creeds and all sections in Wales. (Opposition cheers.) The House divided, and there voted- For the introduction of the Bill 262 Against 110 Government majority. 152

NEWPORT'S NEW WATERWORKS. The waterworks committee of the Newport I Corporation has now definitely fixed the date of the formal opening of the new waterworks at Wentwood, viz., Tuesday, May 31. the date published in the Western Mail" of some weeks ago. Though the whole of the details will not by that time have been completed, the mayor (Colonel Clifford Phillips) will on that occasion turn on the water.

MOTHER SEIGEL'S SYRUP I AIDS DICESTION-CURES INDIGESTION. I Relish for food and power to digest it are essential to sound health, for 19 only by the digestion and assimilation of food can lost or worn-out bodily H| tissue be replaced and life sustained. When digestion fails, as in dyspepsia HH or indigestion, both body and brain are starved, the patient becomes languid HI and weak, incapable of active, vigorous effort, or clear sustained thought. HI Headaches, loss of appetite, pains after eating, fulness at the chest, palpitation, B9 ansemia and sleeplessness are but a few ot the many disorders which have 19 their origin in imperfect digestion and nutrition. Thirty drops of Mother Rfl SeIgel s Syrup, taken daily after meals, makes food nourish you. It gives tone MEN and vitality to the stomach, liver and intestines, thus ensuring the thorough HI digestion and assimilation of food. H)j) HAS CURED THOUSANDS. I "It is just about a year since I began to feel dull and out of sorts. My H| appetite fell away and I was losing strength rapidly. I grew steadily worse Hi < and unable to walk up to the farm, as I had been in the habit of doing. The ■■ < little food I ate caused me pain in the stomach and right side my sleep was HW r little food I ate caused me pain in the stomach and right side my sleep was HW very broken; I lost flesh, and looked quite thin and ill; my skin became R9 yellow and I felt dull and languid and my sight was blurred. For months I H§ continued in this condition. My doctor gave me no less than 12 bottles of g|g medicine but they did me no good. At last a friend advised me to try mm Mother Seigel's Svrup and I did. In two days I felt benefit and I steadily Bg crained strength. "My appetite returned, I slept well again, very soon I began g| to regain flesh, and now I am as well as I have ever been. I strongly advise BB .1 all who suffer as I did from biliousness or indigestion to give Mother Seigel's H "Syrup st trial. Thev will never regret it.' Letter from Elijah Ford, milk i dealer tind dairy farmer9 Werneth Lo*w% Hydey near Manchester% dated n| March %th, 1904. jjjfl IT WILL HELP YOU. a Price l/a* and 2/6 per Bottle. H

AN ADVANCE DEMANDED OF 6l PER CENT. In view of the next quarterly meeting for the revision of wages in the South Wales coal- field, which will be held on the 14th of May, a. meeting of a sub-committee of the council of the South Wales Miners' Fede- ration was held at the Angel Hotel. Cardiff, on Tuesday for the purpose of con- sidering the question and submitting a. recommendation to the council. It was found that when the last Government returns were analysed the average selling price of large coal was about 13s. 8d. per ton, after deducting the Is. tax, and it is contended that an improvement has taken pla-ce since. No official information was available as to the exact recommendation the committee decided to make, but we understand that they will submit figures showing that the men are entitled to an advance of 6i per cent., which will be equal to a selling price of 13s. 6d. per ton under the defunct aliding- soale. In February the men asked for an advance of 2j per cent.. while the employers claimed a reduction of 5 per cent., but, as there was no independent chairman to decide the issue, wages remained unchanged. The position is precisely the same at the present moment. The Lord Chief Justice, who con- sented to find an independent chairman, having .so far been unable, apparently, to find a suitable person. The selection is limited by the fact that the chairman must not be directly or indirectly interested in the coal trade. OFFICIAL REPORT. The following official report of the meet- ing was supplied to the press:— A meeting of the sub-committee of the executive council of the South Wales Miners' Federation was held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, to-day, to consider certain matters in connection with the stop-day action, and also a revision of the general wage-rate. There were present Messrs. Evan Thomas, A. Onions (treasurer), D. Watts Morgan, D. Beynon, J. Winstone, and Thomas Richards (secretary). Mr. W. P. Nicholas, solicitor to the Federation, was also in attendance. It was resolved that a recommendation be made to the council in reference to the wage- rate. The matters in connection with the stop- day action alluded to above had reference to the claims made by the employers in respect of damages. These were carefully examined, with the object of bringing about a reduction should the judgment of the House of Lords go against the men. MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. A meeting of the executive council of the South Wales Miners' Federation was held at the Angel Hotel. Cardiff, on Wednesday. Mr. W. Abraham ("Mabon"), M.P., presided, and there were also present Messrs. A. Onions (treasurer), D. Watts Morgan, D. Beynon, John Thomas. William Vyce, George Little, C. B. Stanton, W. H. Morgan, T. Harries, Evan Thomas, W. E. Morgan, J. D. Morgan, John Williams (Merthyr), David Morgan, Vernon Hartshorn, James Manning, James Winstone, Thomas George, and T. Richards (secretary). A sub-committee appointed to deal with the question of the general wage rate pre- sented their report, and it was unanimously resolved to make an application for an advance of wages, but it was decided that no figure should be given to the press. Notwithstanding that, according to the data given, the workmen's leaders consider the men are entitled to 61 per cent. advance, it is understood that they prefer being on the safe side, and the formal demand will be for 33 per oent. advance. This is done in order that they may not fail altogether, as might be possible upon the ground of asking too much, aa the employers did on one occasion. AMENDMENT OF RULES. The council had under consideration the amendment of rules sent in by the various lodges and districts of the Federation, which have to be sub- mitted to a conference in June next. Among these was a proposition to alter the consti- tution of the Federation, so as to secure the whole of the finances to one central fund under the control and the administration of the executive. Hitherto half the contri- butions ha.ve been retained by the lodges and districts, with certain liabilities, the re- mainder being sent to the central fund. It was now proposed that the whole of the con- tributions be sent to a central fund. Con- siderable discussion arose out of this propo- sition, and it was ultimately resolved that the matter be mentioned at a. conference to bo called for the alteration of rules, so as to bring it before the general Federation. DISPUTE AT MAESTEG. Mr. David Beynon reported that a ballot had been taken of the workmen at the No. 9 (Caedefaid) Colliery, Maesteg, upon the ques- tion of tendering notices to terminate con- tracts with the view of obtaining improved conditions. The result was that 155 men voted in favour of giving notice, and 53 against. The council resolved to give the men permission to tender notices on the 1st of May. FERNDALE CO-OPERATIVE DISPUTE. A further communication was received from Mr. James Macpherson, general secre- tary of the Shop Assistants and Warehouse- men's Association, inviting the Federation to take some further steps in trying to bring about a settlement of the dispute between the Co-operative Stores Com- mittee at Ferndale and their employes. It was resolved that the secretary reply that the council, having already taken up this matter, which was entirely outside their pro- vince, and having made certain suggestions which they regretted to find had not been carried out by the Co-operative Stores Com- mittee, it could not see its way clear to lake any further action in the matter.

TENBY AND THE KING. EFFORT TO SECURE A VISIT BY HIS MAJESTY. It is practically settled that the King will disembark at Pembroke Dock on his return from Ireland next month and travel to Pad- dington via Tenby. In preparation the Great Western Railway Company ran a Royal coach over the route into Pembroke dockyard to ascertain whether the saloon, which is higher than the ordinary rolling stock, would clear the various bridges. Being in such close proximity to the Royal and ancient borough of Tenby, the Castle Hill of which is the tÜt4 of the Welsh national memoriaJ to hi» &t £ >er, a strong effort will be made io-tjBfeice- il».

FUNERAL OF MR. W. WILLIAMS. SOLEMN AND IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE. If an illustration were required of great esteem won by the consistent good record of a lifetime amongst an industrial population it was afforded by the signal tribute shown by the people oi Morriston, and in only a little lesser degree by the people of the neighbour- ing great town of Swansea to the memory of Mr. Williams, of Maesygwernen, on Monday. Mr. Williams, who was born at Morriston in the house of a poor man, became the indus- trial prince of Swansea's tin-plate suburb, but to the day of his death he was as affable and as genial to the people he lived amongst as in the days of his early manhood. The striking, but natural effect of this was seen on Monday not merely in the great procession which accompanied his remains to the grave, but, far more, by the demeanour of the con- tinuous crowds along the sidewalks all the way from Morriston and through the town of Swansea, a distance of nearly five miles, over which the cortege passed. Many sad-eyed men and weeping women were observable as the procession passed through the serried lines of bystanders. The deceased's residence, Maesygwernen Hall. is situated on an upland slope overlooking Morriston, and the chief works which Mr. Williams used to own were well within sight of his windows. Before one o'clock numbers of residents of Morriston, dressed in funeral garb, were making their way quietly in little groups up the hillside, and then they formed themselves into a long procession, which afterwards walked ahead of the carriages through Morriston. A huge number of carriages accumulated within the W W THE LATE ME. WILLIAM WILLIAMS. g,rounds, and at about 2.30, after a short service conducted by the Rev. Emlyn Jones in the house, the coffin was borne out to the hearse by the bearers-all old employes of the deceased gentleman. It was of unpolished oak, with heavy brass trimmings, and bore the inscription on the breast-pla,te:- William Williams, Born November 14, 1840. Died April 21, 1904. Superintendent Menhennick had charge of the arrangements from Maesygwernen to the borough boundary, and Inspector Parker and a pOEae of police and Police-sergeant Hopkins (county constabulary) at Mumbles. The distance to be traversed to the Mumbles Cemetery was over eight miles, and was very slowly accomplished. For four miles it lay through the suburbs of Swansea and the town itself, and all along this distance it passed through crowds of spectators. At Morriston groups of little boys sitting on banks doffed their caps in touching manner as the pro- cession passed by Every house in Morriston, even those remote from the highway, had their blinds respectfully drawn. The local works and schools were closed for the after- noon, and the whole population turned out, the weather, fortunately, being beautifully fine. The sight of the long procession as it passed through the midst of the working population, amongst whom Mr. Williams had spent his whole life, was certainly one of the most impressive of the kind seen of recent years. By a curious coincidence Mr. Williams's funeral was occurring eleven years to the very day from the date of that of his first wife, and it may further be mentioned that that good lady is said to have during her life expressed the wish that if ever her husband re-married it should be to Mrs. Phillips-the esteemed lady who, with her only child by her side, this day saw all that remained of her husband carried away from her door. The procession passed through Alexandra- road and into St. Helen's-road, and so on to the Mumbles-road. A detachment of the borough police headed it through the town, and at the borough boundary, on the Mumbles side, a detachment of county police took their places. The Mumbles wae reached at five o'clock, and the service was read in the chapel and at the graveside by the Rev. D. Watcyn Morgan (vicar of Llanelly) and the Rev. D. Williams (vicar of Llangyfelach). The deceased was interred in the vault with the late Mrs. Williams. The whole of the pro- ceedings were characterised by unusual marks of respect, and, thanks to the excellent arrangements of Mr. Oakley Walters (of the firm of Walters and Johns, Morriston). every- thing passed off without a jarring episode.

SALVActTCASE AT SWANSEA. SALVAG CASE AT SWANSEA. At Swaneea County court on Tuesday the place of his Honour Judge Gwilym Wil- liams (who was absent through indisposition) was taken by Mr. W. O. Hodges, of London, barrister-attache to the South Wales Circuit. The only case of public interest heard during the day was a claim for salvage services, brought by the owners of the Swansea tug Challenger against the owners of the Austrian steamer Kate. Captain Niles and Captain Sherlock sat as nautical assessors. Mr. Villiers Meager appeared for the plaintiff?, and Mr. Ivor Bowen for the defen- dants.—In opening tke case Mr. Meager said that on December 3, 1903, the plaintiffs' tug Challenger, ob&erving a flare light, proceeded to the Austrian vessel, and led her in the direction of Port Talbot, where she dropped anchor and requested a pilot. The Challen- ger proceeded to the Mumbles and apprised the pilot cutter Beaufort, which put a pilot on board the Kate. Later in the day the Kate carried away her two anchors, and the Challenger offered to tow her for fA, but terms could not be arranged, apt! the Kate steamed away in the direc- tion of Swansea, where she got ashore on the slag bank on the east side of Swansea pier. The Challenger stood by her and kept her from going to pieces on the slag bank. For this JB150 was claimed. Captain Pengelly gave evidence to this effect, but was cross-examined by Mr. Bowen, who endeavoured to show that the tug had done nothing towards saving her, and that she was really in no danger. For the defendants it was contended that the services rendered were not salvage, but towage services. The Judge, after retiring with the nautical assessors, said he had come to the conclusion that the contract for towage was put an end to, because the circumstances under which it was made were afterwards entirely altered. He, therefore, gave judgment for plaintiff for X52 10s., in addition to the JE50 paid into court.