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"Ht'ccklii Pail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1904. The" WEEKLY MAIL is published on Fridays and Saturdays, and can be ol/tatned fruni your local neirsagent. If you find any difficulty in obtaining the paper, please communicate with the Manager, Wt stern Mail Offices, Cardiff. The" Weekly Mail" will be sent by post on payment of a subscription in advance on the following terms;- j. d. One Quarter 1 8 Half Year S 3 One Year 6 6'

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THE CHIEF MAGISTRACY. November the 9th is the new year's day of our municipal year, and the day when the old mayors are rung out and the new ones rung in. This, of course, is the general rule, but it often happens that the old mayor occupies the robes of office during the new year. This is considered an honour, though sometimes the arrangement is due more to con- venience or even policy than any- thing else. The mayoralty is the goal of ambition of those who aspire for fame in municipal life, and a very legitimate I and worthy mark to aim at it is. To reach it means generally years of public service and close attention to duties asso- ciated with a town or borough council. It is, in fine, a testimony to the candidate's efficiency and popularity and the respect in which he is held by his fellow-towns- men. Occasionally the mayoralty is con- ferred upon an outsider, and the arrange- ment works well as a rule. The election of Lord Bute and Lord Windsor, for instance, to the chief magistracy of Oar- diff some years ago conferred additional dignity upon the ancient office. The mayoralty affords an excellent oppor- tunity for any man to develop and exercise his best and highest qualities —strict impartiality, public-spiritedness, breadth of view and sympathy, and hospitality to the extent he wishes or is able to show. In large towns, where the duties and the expenses are necessarily heavy, provision is made to meet the demands made upon the mayor's pocket—if he wishes to accept it—and it is well that this is done, for, otherwise, many most worthy and capable men would be excluded from office, or their duties would be very inadequately performed. Mayoral salaries, therefore, must be pro- vided for, and in most cases they turn out to be a remunerative outlay. The mayor so provided for is enabled to give a lead to the citizens, and to take part in great functions which make for the progress, prosperity, and distinction of the town. The office forms an interesting link between our time and the days of long ago, and in it also we see a proof of the progress which democracy makes in this country. It is true that the poorest boy could always, once he got his foot on the municipal ladder, climb to the topmost rung, but the rule was that the distinctions of office were meant only for the rich. Now, happily, it is not so. In municipal, as well as in other affairs, ability and per- sonal character count for more than wealth.

WELSH IN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. It would not take much argument to prove that "Webb teaching in the elemen- tary schools of Wiles is more or less of a farce. It may be admitted that a few teachers have taken up the subject with commendable enthusiasm, both from patriotic and educational motives. But of the great majority of teachers the less said the better. If, however, the teach- ing of Welsh is a farce in our primary schools, it is a double farce under our intermediate system. Before us, as we write, lies the annual report of the Central Welsh Board for 1903, and a brief reference to its pages will suffice to show that Welsh counts for little in our secon- dary schools. The number of these at present is 95, and the number of pupils —boys and girls--8,789. Now, out of this large number, how many pupils were under any instruction at all in Welsh ? Strange to say, not more than 848, or less than one-tenth of the total number. But when we come to the examination-room these figures dwindle to less than half, for the examiner (Professor Morris Jones) states that in the honours stage there were only fourteen, in the senior stage 154, and in the junior stage 242. Thus only 410 pupils in all the intermediate schools showed that they had been taught any I Welsh. In the same report the chief inspector makes the following statement: In a country bilingual, as Wales is, facility in two languages is of undoubted intellectual value, and translation from Welsh into English, and vice versa, may* well be resorted to somewhat more freely than at present." Surely, there is eome- thing contradictory here. If the teaching of two langages is of undoubted intellec- tual value," is it not the plain duty of the Central Welsh Board and all others concerned to introduce Welsh into the curriculum of every intermediate school ? Instead of doing this, however, Mr. Owen Owen, the Central Welsh Board's chief inspector, is satisfied with seeing it intro- duced somewhat more freely than at present." Even from the viewpoint of I utility alone, Welsh ought to be taught in these schools, and yet it is practically I boycotted or ignored in the majority of them. The Central Welsh Board do not seem to set much value upon the useful in education. Last year, for instance, in 93 out of the 95 schools French was taught. It would appear that French is more common than English in most of them. More French exercises, at any rate, wore sent fn to the examiners than either in English or in English history. But as for Spanish and German, they have few friends at court. Only one school out of the total number took Spanish, and the number which took German was only six. Why French should be pampered so much is a. mystery. Commercially, its import- ance is inferior to Spanish, if not to Ger- man. Perhaps young gentlemen and ladies at our intermediate schools will be surprised to learn that Welsh, limited though its geographical area is, is likely to be more useful than the smatter- ing of French which three pupils out of every four only get in English and Welsh

LONDON LETTER, A COLUMN OF INTEREST TO ALL OUR READERS. LONDON, Thursday. The purchase of the Standard" by Mr. C. Arthur Pearson has been .a fruitful topic of discussion in political and journalistic circles. Will the Standard' maintain its old tone of independence ? Will it be as free in criticism, and will it adhere to the prin- ciples of Free Trade which it has advo- cated for many years past ?" These are the questions which are everywhere being asked, and questions which have yet to be answered. In 1857, when a change of proprietors took place, an editorial in the paper stated that the politics of the Standard" were those of the age— enlightenment, amelioration, and pro- gress. Our religious principles are staunch Protestantism, without narrow sectarian bigotry or polemical zeal. Bound to no party, our only objects and aim are to make this journal an earnest and honest representative and exponent of true English interests, prosperity, and freedom, striving manfully for the per- manent advance and greatn.ess of the entire British Empire." Mr. Pearson has so far made no announcement of policy. He has gently subsided into the editorial seat, aud his declaration of policy has still to come. MR, CHAMBERLAIN AND THE PURCHASE. The fact that he telegraphed his pur- chase to Mr. Chamberlain is regarded as an indication that he will shortly convert the Standard into an advocate of Pro- tection. If so, there is likely to be a number of resignations, as Mr. Curtis, the present editor, is a strong Free Trader, as are other members of the staff. This telegram to Mr. Chamberlain is another reminder of the fact that leaders of thought are deeply and keenly interested in possessing a large organ of public opinion through which to air their views and make their pronouncements. THE IRON DUKE AJSTD THE PRESS. The story is toid how the Duke of Wellington penned a political letter to Dr. Clifford, who was then editor, telling him that the "Standard" must take a certain course with regard to a most momentous question, and how the duke received one of the greatest sur- prises of his life when the command was ignored with the comment, Fleet-street is not under martial law yet." The Duke of Wellington exclaimed on receipt: What can we do with these sort of fellows ? We have no power over them, and for my part I will have no communi- cation with any of them." This was a momentary outburst. The duke often had communications with the press after- wards. Greville reports that when the Duke of Wellington was forming his reform Cabinet he opened negotiations with Barnes, of.the Times," for his sup- port. Barnes," he said, is the most powerful man in the country." The duke, however, did not quite satisfy Barnes, and some indication of the manner in which his grace regarded the press was seen in his alarm when Barnes, who was much nettled at not having received any specific answer to his note stating the terms on which he would sup- port the duke, wrote him a smart letter. Wellington promised to consult Peel, and on the following day communications were made to Barnes, with which he declared himself quite satisfied. "Barnes is to dine with leaders on November 26, and a gastronomic ratification will wind up the treaty between these high contracting parties," is the comment of Greville. HEALTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Rumours are again in circulation con- cerning the health of the Prince of Wales. It is now openly stated that the Prince has contracted the dread disease of consumption, and that but for fche Baltic Fleet incident he would have been ordered another trip rpund the world. His physicians are said to insist upon another voyage. In the meantime the Prince is practically undergoing the open- air treatment. This is the first time that any reference has been made to the nature of the disease, but it has been known for some time past that the Prince has not been in the enjoyment of the best of health. His voyage three years ago in the Ophir was really in the nature of a. health trip. The Prince has never been robust, but his friends have had no cause to fear any alarming development. STOCK EXCHANGE REFORM. The reforms which have been carried out in the Stock Exchange official list at the instance of the committee are gene- rally approved. The prices at which securities are quoted have been brought closer, and those doing business on tHe Btock Exchange are able now to realise the real quotations which are actually dealt in. Consols, for example, are now quoted with a difference of only i between the buying and selling price— heretofore the margin lias been as much as i; and this change is still more marked in the case of stocks which are somewhat difficult to negotiate. The alteration is particularly approved by brokers and clients, as it makes the list now published a trustworthy and a real guide to actual business. AN ALL-ROUND GENIUS. The death of Mr. Herbert W. Ailing- ham is being mourned not only in medical and fashionable circles, but also in the homes of the lowly. Not only was Mr. Allingham one of the finest surgeons of modern times, but one of the most expert and quickest operators who ever wielded the knife. He was the most sympathetic of men, and, unlike many surgeons, who after performing an opera- tion disappear for all time, leaving all other details to the nurse and doctor, he would never fail to return again to see how his patient was progressing. Although only forty-two years of age, he had advanced to the very topmost rung of the profession. He was surgeon-in- ordinary to the Prince of Wales, surgeon to the King's Household, and one cf the leading authorities 01a cancer. His patients came from all parts of the world. Since the death of his wife, ten months ago, he had been subjects to fits of the most profound melancholy, and there is no doubt that his tragic death was attributable to this cause. Mr. Alling- ham was a most charming man, and one who succeeded in everything he under- took. It has been said of him that he might have been either a great poet or a great painter had he taken up these arts. He was also a musician of great ability, and a scholar of no mean capacity. NO CAKES AND ALE. The Mayor of Bermondsey, whose term of office has just expired, has set an example cf asceticism which many men similarly placed would like to emulate. When lie was elected to the mayoralty he declared* that it was his intention not to give any municipal feast during his term of office. He was firmly of opinion that if a man wanted a good dinner he should pay for it, and should not expect any man, however highly placed, to "banquet" him for nothing. A year of office has not changed his views, and to-day Alder- man Shand is just as staunch a believer in the abolition of municipal feasts. He is a Democrat in politics, but holds that party politics should be banished from all municipal business, and with this view the majority will sympathise. That there should be no "cakes and ale" in the civic life of any council is, however, a proposition which will not be viewed with general favour. MAYORAL BOUNTY. In another of the London borough councils, that is, St. Pancras, a resolu- tion was passed depriving all holders of the office of mayoralty either of salary or other remuneration out of the rates. Many of the councillors with provincial municipal experience, knowing that there are certain expenses which the mayor is bound to pay out of his own pocket, opposed the resolution, and moved that some adequate sum should be voted. They pointed out that many desirable men would be prevented from holding office if so drastic a resolution were adhered to. The St. Pancras Corpora- tion, however, refused to budge from their original resolution. Even the proposal to vote the modest sum of £300 a year was defeated. In three of the London boroughs, Camberwell, Hampstead, and Woolwich, the mayors receive £200, £800. and jC200 respectively. In other boroughs none but wealthy men have so far suc- ceeded to office, and it is feared that the example of liberality which they have given will prevent any but rich men for-I > lowing in their footsteps.

RECOGNITION OF POLITICAL SERVICES. A number of honours conferred on the occasion of his Majesty's birthday were announced on Tuesday night. The following list was issued by the Treasury: — PRIVY COUNCILLOR. SIR ALEXANDER F. A GLAND HOOD, Bart.. M.P. Chief Government Whip. He represents the Wellington Division of Somerset, and has rendered arduous and valuable service to the Conservative party. BARONETS. SIR CHARLES CAYZER, M.P. Represents Barrow-in-Furness in the Conservative interest. Shipowner. SIR J. FORTESCUE FLANNERY, M.P. Representa Shipley (Yorks) as a Con- servative. Consulting engineer. MR. EDWARD BOYLE, K.C. King's Connsel. Director of the London and India Docks, and in that capacity prominently interested in shipping and commerce. Unsuccessfully contested Hastings at the last general election. MR. JAMES HEATH, M.P. Represents North-west Staffordshire as Unionist. Ironmaster and colliery pro- prietor. MR. MICHAEL B. NAIRN. A prominent citizen of Kirkcaldy, a generous contributor to charitable objects, and a founder of the cottage hospital and technical schools. KNIGHTS. MR THEODORE V. S. ANGIER. A large shipowner, and has held ma.ny offices in the Chamber of Shipping. Prominently associated with "The Bal- tic." MR. GEORGE W. BAXTER. A Dundee manufacturer and deputy- lieutenant. Munificent benefactor to local philanthropic objects. ME RICHARD M. BEACHCROFT. Represents North Paddington in the London County Council. Has acted as deputy-chairman and vice-chairman. Solicitor. Has been selected as first chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board. JtfR. J. A. BELLAMY. A proniioent Plymouth man, and mayor in 1901 and 1902. Conspicuous in connection with sanitary reforms, technical schools, and electrical com- munication between lighthouses and the shore. MR. HENRY COOK. Secretary to the Royal Company of Scottish Archers. MR. J. T. M'CRAITH. A leading citizen of Nottingham. ICR. MALCOLM M'NIELD, C.B. Vice-president of the Scottish LocaJ Government Board. MR. A. MAJOR. Late Director of Army Contracts. DR. CHARLES H. MARRIOTT. Leading Leicester citizen. Founded a nursing institution. DR. SHIRLEY F. MURPHY. Medical officer of the London County Council, and has done a great deal in the direction of the protection of public health in the Metropolis, particularly in the matter of small-pox. MR. THOMAS PINK, Large manufacturer in Southwark. PROFESSOR W. J. SINCLAIR. A leading personality in connection with the Victoria University at Man- chester. DR. J. WILSON SWAN, F.R.S. Inventor of the Swan Eloctric Lamp. Well known in the photographic world in connection with rapid dry plates. MR. ASTON WEBB, R.A. A well-known Royal Academician. Designer of the general scheme of the Victoria Memorial in the Mall and in front of Buckingham Palace. ORDER OF THE BATH. CIVIL DIVISION.—KNIGHTS COMMANDER. Sir ARTHUR H. HARDIN-GE.-His Majesty's Minister to Persia. Mr. WILLIAM H. M. CHRISTIE, F.R.S., Astronomer Royal since 1381. ORDER OF THE BATH: WAR OFFICE LIST. To be an ordinary member of Military Division of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath: Admiral Sir Compton Edwaird Domville, commander of the Mediterranean Fleet.. To be Knight Commanders: Vice-admiral Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe, Vice-admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont, and Lieu- tenant-general William Purvis Wright. To bo Companion of the Order: Major- general William Campbell and Mr. James Melrose, R.N., chief inspector of machinery.

A TENBY MAN IN THE KING'S BIRTHDAY LIST. In the list of the King's birthday honours hie Majesty signified his intention of con- ferring the honour of knighthood upon Mr. Walter Llewellyn Lewis, Chief Justice < f British Honduras. Mr. Lewis is the eldest; son of the late Rev. John Lewis, for many years Congregational minister at Tenby. He first went the South Wales a.nd Chester Circuits, and was afterwards appointed stipendiary magistrate of Trinidad, receiving his present appointment five years ago. He is a brother to Mr. Angus Lewis, the well- known Assista-at-Director of Public Prosecu- tions, and another brother holds an impor. tant position in the Ceylon Civil Service.

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CARDIFF COMMITTEE RE- FORMED. At the meeting of the Cardiff Oounty Council on Wednesday Mr. Lewis Morgan moved that the following members be elected to tho education committee, as representing the Con- servative party, viz., Alderman T. Windsor Jacobs, Alderman P. W. Carey, Alderman W. J. Trounce, Aldermaai Robert Hughes, Alder- man William Evans, and Councillors Lewis Morgan, J. W. Courtis, W. L. Yorath, Dr. J. Robinson, F. G. L. Davis. Dr. J. Smith, J. Stan-field, H. C. Vivian, and Walter Thomas, Mr. J. W. Courtis seconded, and the motion was agreed to. Alderman David Jones moved the election of the following members, as representing the Liberal party, viz., Alderman E. Thomas, Alderman David Jones, and Councillors F. J. Bearan. Sidney Robinson, W. S. Crossman, J. Chaiwell, C. H. Bird, J. Munn, and J. T. Richards. Mr. Lewis Morgan then suggested the fol- lowing co-opted members as the nominees of tho Conservative party, viz., Principal E. II. Griffiths, Mr. T II. Riches, and Mrs. Can- tiilon. Mr. Morgan said tha-t he had a letter from Principal Griffiths, saying that if co- opted he did not want it to be thought that he favoured the views of the party nominat- ing him, and mentioned that Mrs. Cantillon was a Roman Catholic. Mr. Courtis again seconded. Alderman David Jones proposed the names of Mrs. Lester Jonea and Mrs. Fiddian as the nominees of the Liberals. The nomination of those ladies would enable their party to take tho same stand as they had taken before in regard to-option. Mr. E. Bird seconded, and said they ob- jected to the co-option of gentlemen. Alderman Carey pleaded for extra represen- tation for his co-religionists. Mr. Chappell said he was opposed to co-option of any kind. His position was that if they had to co-opt let them take full advantage of the clause in the Act which recognised persons interested in education, and he failed to see that the porsons suggested for co-option had the least purpose or object in serving <jn their elementary education committee. Just fancy scientists being expected to be of service to the cor- poration in the training of the children of the town in elementary education. The speaker went on to make an appeal that the teachers should be given representation on the committee. A very long and tedious discussion followed, during which Mr. Morgan Thomas stated that the Conservatives were trying to compel the LibeTals to co-opt. Mr. Lewis Morgan: Statements of that kind will not affect us. We have spoken plainly, and if Mr. Morgan Thomas's intelligence is not sufficiently Rdvanced to appreciate what we say it is not our fault. Mr. Chappell: You are putting us in a very invidious position. The votes for two ladies were then taken, and the result was that Mrs. Cantillon and Mrs. Fiddian obtained a majority. Alderman Edward Thomas said the vote was useless, as several members had voted for the three ladies. Mr. Lewis Morgan: This was done purposely, in order to embarrass the vote. The other side a.re treating the whole thing as a joke. We can propose another lady if the other side wish it. Mr. Chappell: I am not going to select one of the two ladies nominated by Alderman David Jones. Why don't you do your dirty work yourself? ("On. oh," and "Order."). Mr. Yea-II moved that the co-option of three persons other than two ladiee be deferred, and Alderman Jacobs seconded. A ballot was then taken, with the result that Mrs. Cantillon received nineteen votes Mrs. Fiddian fifteen, Mrs. Lester Jones six, and Mrs. Sankey one. The first two were declared elected. Mr. T. Hurry Riches and Principal Griffiths were co-opted by nineteen votes to fifteen. The Liberals refused to nominate anyone except Mrs. Lester Jones, and the question of filling the vacancy was deferred.

MONMOUTHSHIRE COM- MITTEE. A meeting of the Monmouthshire Education Committee was held at Newport on Wednes- day, Alderman J. R. Jacob, chairman, pre- siding. The elementary education sub-committee reported with regard to Llanfihangel non- provided school that the chairman, Alderman Hughes, and Mr. Hall be empowered to hare the children who reside in the district con- veyed to some other school, or to employ a head-teacher for the school.—The Secretary replied that the question of trangfer rested upon an examination of the trust deeds and upon the decision of the Board of Education as to which section of the Act should apply in the transference.—Sir Henry Jackson: It is not intended to close the school?—The Chairman: I\o.—The report was afterwards adopted. Sir H. Jackson asked whether the corre- spondents of non-provided schools might not correspond direct with the Board of Educa- tion. Differences between managers of non- provided schools and the committee should not be forwarded to the Board of Education; but as to the interpretation of the Act itself, was it to be assumed that the correspondent was bound to send letters through the office? —The Secretary replied that there must be an official correspondent, and that the carre. spondence must go through the office. Cor- respondence had taken place direct between managers and the Board of Education; at any rate. it had been winked at. The finance sub-committee recommended that where the salaries of certain teachers and officers had been increased, notwith- standing the instructions contained in the circular issued by the provisional education committee on the 5th of January, 1903. and communicated to the clerks of school boards and correspondents of non-provided schools, the necessary notices be given to terminate the engagements of all such teachers, officers, and other persons whose salaries had been increased otherwise than automati- cally, unless such persons consented to accept such salaries as were paid them before the issuing of the circular in ques- tion. The recommendation was agreed to; and subsequently amongst the notices of motion was one standing in the name of Councillor T. G. James, to the following effect: — That, it having been discovered that various school boards and managers of non-provided schools had greatly increased the salaries of certain officers and staff. notwithstanding the circular letter issued I by the provisional committee on the 5th January, 1903, Section 3, page 18, of the regulations dated 1st July, 1504, be and is hereby rescinded. The Rev. T. G. James was not present, but Alderman S. N. Jones said the motion was important, he would propose it in the rev. gentleman's absence.—The motion was seconded and agreed to. The clause was that For the present, and until such time as they think it advisable to make a uniform scale for the whole county area, the county committee will pay all teachers at the same rate a £ they y.ere paid before they came under the county auth<Jrity."

RHONDDA COMMITTEE, At a meeting of the Rhondda Education Committee held on Friday, under the presi- dency of Dr. W. E. Thomas, a letter from the Rev. Father Griffiths making application to the council for a supply of coal to the Tony- j pandy Roman Catholic School led to a rather animated, discussion. The Chairman said that a meeting of the managers had not been convened. The clerk had written for an explanation, but had had no reply. Miss Ada Jones: It is hard that the chil- dren should suffer. The Chairman said that the only return the ratepayers had for the money spent on this school was one-third of the representa- tion. They were entitled to this, but were deprived of it by the action of the correspon- dent of that school (the Eev. Father Grif- fiths). Mr. T. Thomae moved that tho letter lie on the table. Miss Ada, Jones moved an amendment that coal lie supplied, urging that it would be very hard on the children to be deprived of coal during the cold weather. The motion was carried, with three dissen- tients (Miss Ada Jones, Mr. Wight, and Mr. Brooks). Mr. Brooks: Does that mean that you are not going to supply them with coal? The Chairman said that was the effect of the resolution. Mr. Brooks (warmly): You may get more coal than you want one of these days. (Laughter.)

NON-PROVIDED SCHOOLS AT LLANELLY. Discussion arose at the meeting of the Llanelly Urban Council on Monday relative to the position of the non-provided school?. The council some time ago passed a no-rate resolution which has tied the hands of the education committee. The latter received requisitions for materials for these schools, j but in the face of this resolution could not do anything. Since then the council have rescinded the resolution. Mr. Tregoning complained that the matter had been shifted about from one body to the other, with the result that nothing had been done. Mr. Ellis Evans understood it was quite clear that the council had delegated full powers to the education committee. He sag geeted that the question should be referred back to the committee. Mr. Joseph Williams said that if that course were adopted it should be understood that it was with full powers to the education committee. Mr. W. David considered tha.t the education committee had handled this matter with consummate ability. Mr. Guest could not see wllere the ability came in, either consummate or otherwise. Ho rather believed that they had been bungling all through. There should be no further shilly-shallying. Mr. E. T. Jones, chairman of the education committee, took exception to the remarks of Mr. Guest. In the end the matter was sent back to the committee with full powers to deal with it. A letter was read from Father M'l.oughlin enclosing a resolution of protest passed by the Roman Catholics of the town against the treatment meted out to their school by the council.—This was referred to the education committee to deal with. A precept for £4,750 for educational pur- poses for the next six months was ordered.

ABERYSTWYTH DISTRICT. At a meeting of the Aberystwyth District Education Committee the Clerk reported that ho had received requisitions for ooal a.nd other articles from two or three non-provided schools. These schools had not yet been taken over, but they could hot very well let them starve.—The Chairman (Mr. R. Ellis): Are they likely to be handed over?—The Clerk: I have had letters from two stating they are prepared to state terms.—In reply to a further question, the Clerk said that he did not think it would prejudice the position of the committee to pa^js the requisitions.—Mr. B. Jones: Where does the money oome from to pay for the coal?—A Member: From the rates.—The Clerk said there would be the Government grants which would be allocated to the schools.—Alderman Peier Jones thought they should have a definite instruc- tion from the county committee as to how they should deal with non-provided schools.— Mr. C. M. Williams said the county committee bad so far delega.ted power only in regard to Provided schools.—The Clerk: And in the meantime the children will be left shivering. —It was eventually decided to defer the requisition until such time as the matter had been considered by the county committee.

BISHOP OWEN & VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS. An emergency conference of the foundation managers of the Church schools in Swansea was held on Wednesday, the Bishop of St. Darid's presiding. Matters of great impor- tance affecting the management of the Church schools were discussed, and the bishop's advice taken as to future action. At a subsequent meeting of the Church managers of East and West Gower (outside Swansea) similar questions were dealt with at considerable length, and reports affecting the schools received and adopted. The meetings were strictly private, but it was understood that the etatus of the Church schools under the Education Act formed the basis of pra-ctically the whole discussion.

TEACHERS AND THE REVOLT. BISHOP LEWIS APPROACHED: FAVOURABLE REPLY. La&t Saturday the National Union of Teachers Executive decided to continue their efforts to bring about the prelimi- naries towards a peaceable settlement or the Welsh education troubles. The teachers wrote to the Bishop of Llandaff, as the senior prelate in Wales, with a view to finding out the bed-rock terms on which a truce could be arranged until tho whole question could be definitely settled by a. new Parliament. The Bishop of Llandaff was on Tuesday asked by a representative of the "Western Mail" if he had received that letter. His lordship's reply WM: "I have, from Mr. Tom John, asking me if I and the other Welsh bishops would meet the teachers to hear what they had to say on the situation. I have replied that I would gladly write to my brother bishops and ask them to accede to Mr. John's request."

CARDIFF TEACHERS MEET RESOLUTION AGAINST CO-OPTION RE-AFFIRMED. A general meeting of the Cardiff and Dis- trict Teachers' Association was held1 at the Higher Grade School, Cardiff, on Saturday, Mr. W. Brockingtou (president) presiding over a very large attendance. Mr. R. A. Pickles, B.A., Burnley, was nomi- nated a vice-president of the National Union of Teachers; Mr. E. H. Hamilton, London, treasurer; and Miss Hannah Williams, Car- diff, Mr. T. W. Pepperell, Cardiff, and Mr. Rhys Nicholas, Bort Talbot, as members of the executive. THE TEACHERS' DEPUTATION. Mr. A. W. Swasa referred to tho deputation of the officials of the Glamorgan Federation that recently waited upon Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., at Cardiff, and said that in certain quarters a good deal of censure had been cudgelled in as to the action of those teachers, but he was gratified to find that the Glamorgan Federation had unanimously passed a resolution of thanks to those officers for their foresight, recognising that art a very awkward time they had stepped into the breach and rendered the teachers of Wales considerable service. They had in no way pledged the teachers. They merely sought the views of Mr. Lloyd-George first- hand with regard to the position, and had done what the central association ought to have done. ("Hea.r. hear," and applause.) A national convention of teachers was to bo held, and the time was ripe for it—(hear, hear)—and he hoped that at that convention the teachers of Wales would express their views clearly and fearlessly. (Applause.) WELSH IN DAY SCHOOLS. Mr. Murray, replying to a question ae to the attitude of the Glamorgan Federation with regard to the teaching of Welsh, said Hat, cou8.Ídering that the schools in the fede- rated area were so poorly staffed, the federa- tion wad of opinion there should be no addi- tion to the curriculum and tha.t Welsh should not be taught until the staffs were increased. TEACHERS AND OO-OPTION. The following resolution was unanimously passed:— That this association re-affirms the resolu- tion passed on April 4, 1903, that it is desir- able that no teacher should be co-opted on the local education committee. It aJso expresses the opinion that the formation of a small advisory committee of teachers would he conducive to the best interests of, education.

PASSIVE RESISTANCE TRAGEDY. Mr. E. P. Luke, of Yeolmbridge, Launceston, Was released last week from Exeter Prison, where he had served a second term for refusal to pay the education rate. On the day of his release Mr. Luke's daughter, a young woman of twenty, died after a few days' illness. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Clifford, Mr. Luke says:— "From what I heard on my return from Exeter Gaol she had terribly grieved at what i ehe deemed to be the persecution of her father. Unusually sensitive and exquisitely affectionate, she had been so deeply hurt that when illness attacked her she had not sufficient physical strength wherewith to meet and resist it."

THE "STANDARD" DEAL. The statement which has been published that a New YorR newspaper proprietor is associated with Mr. C. Arthur Pearson in the "Standard" is declared to be devoid of foun- dation. No other newspaper proprietor has any interest whatever in the "Standard." As Mr. Pearson has already stated, he is acting in tho matter entirely for himself. It is announced that Mr. Byron Curtis has retired from tha editorship of the "Standard" and the "Evening Standard." Speaking to a Free Trade meeting at New- castle on Wednesday Lord Hugh Cecil, M.P., referred to the purchase of the "Standard" newspaper by an eminent tariff reformer, Mr. Pearson. He could not help feeling that some tariff reformers had in view something more considerable than merely to silence a particu- lar journal writing in favour of Free Trade. He thought that they were anxious to sway Unionist opinion in such a manner that such members of the Government, and especially the Premier, as had not yet acoepted Mr. Chamberlain's programme should be put in the position of either submitting or resigning, in order that tariff reformers might before the general election claim complete control of the Unionist party, and present their pro- gramme to the country a6 that of the Unionist party.

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=- WEEK BY WEEK. LIGHTER SIDE OF CURRENT EVENTS. Many years ago a native of Kidwelly was made Lord Mayor of London. Now the coin* pliment has been returned, and a native at London has been made Mayor of Kidwelly. Judge Gwilym Williams's idea of "the old. old story" is not the ordinary man's. J. woman told him at Ystrad on Tuesday that she wished she had never been married. Ah," said the judge, it is the old, old story." In the salon at Anglesey Castle is the figure of a Turk which smokes a hookah, drinks coffee, and moves its head and eyes automatic- ally to music. We espeet the head-shakes are of a very melancholy character no" adays. Mr. W. H. George, who was Mayor of Haverfordwest in the Coronation year, has been returned by a good majority to the town eouncil of his adopted town, Gurdford, Surrey, and accepted the unanimous invita- tion to become mayor. Mr. Clement J. Williams was elected mayo* of Tenby for the seventh time on Wednesday- In modern times only one person has held the office for a longer period, that was the late Alderman Richards, of Croft House, who was elected on eight occasiors. A re-print of John Penry's earliest work, "The Æquity of an Humble Supplication" (15B7), is being edited for the Congregational Historical Society. The re-print will also include one or two other rare writings of Penry, and it is intended to issue later a complete edition of hia works. Neath Abbey, which was completed by Sir Richard de Granvilla in 1129. was estab- lished for Cistercian monks and dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Leland called it the finest monastery in all Wales. At the dissolution of the monasteries its revenues were valued at £150 per annum. Evans is a great name at Eton. Mr. Samuel Evans, who died last week, was a member of a. family tha.t has directed the art teaching a.t Eton for more tha.n a hundred years. The first of these Evanses was succeeded by hia son in 1818, and he by his son, the artist who passed away last week, and whose son again —ma-king the fourth generation—is to-day. the art master of the great public school. The housing question was being debated at I a DowlaLj meeting the other evening, when one speaker, referring to certain cottagee, declared, in the course of the discussion, that at least SO per cent. were unfit for habitatioO- This statement did not find favour with another participant, who retaliated, with emphasis, "What nonsense! Why, the cumber of houses are not 80 per cent. altogether." Last week's C'ymro" was issued on th«' morning of the death of "Llyfrbryf," its editor and proprietor. In one of hia leaderettes Mr. Foulkes was reminiscent. Having given the names of several of the Welsh Liverpool literati, including Parsoo John James, of St. David's Church, who were lodgers with "Josephus Eryri" 50 years ajo. ho adds the remark that "the writer is now the only one left alive." Ho died as the words were in the press. A beautiful Nantgarw china dessert service of 33 pieces was on sale in London on Tues- day at the price of one thousand guineas. Nantgarw is the most transparent china ever made, and its extraordinary value is due to its delicacy of texture. So much was Epcilt in the firing that, after fifteen years, the works were closed down as unprofitable. The decoration of the thousand guinea service consists of a centre of flowers and fruit, with a Sevres green border painted in tlowers in beautifully raised gilt panels. Nantgarw !ia £ not been made for nearly a century. Mr. Owen Jones, Erwfair, Festiniog, was last week appointed chief manager cf the Oakeley Quarries, Festiniog, which ft:)d employment for 1,600 men. Mr. Jones entered the quarry at the age of fourteen, and f jI six years worked as a quarryma.n. Subse- quently he left for a term or two for the Towyn Academy, and. returning to the quarry in 1870, was appointed slate inspector, and afterwards chief clerk. On the retire- ment of Mr. Robert Roberts, the chief manager, he was immediately appointed his successor. A letter posted at Eglwysbach, in the Vale of Oonway, last week was addressed to "Councillor W. S. Owen, 6. Stanley-street, Caergybi." Caergybi is the Welsh name for Holyhead, and has been in existence since » little later than the time of the Romans- The letter. however, was sent to South Wa1c3. with "Try Carmarthesi" written on it. From that place it wad sent to Shrewsbury, ami there some Welshman discovered that Holy- head was meant, and it reached that pJ[\e on the third day of its travels. Councillor Owen says he will endeavour to induce the Postmaster-Oenera.1 to recognise the Welsil names of Welsh pAacea. One of the oddest locomotives in the world is busily at work at Coed Taloa Colliery, North Wales. It has been in existence siuee 1874. The frame and wheels, says the "Rail- way Magazine," are the remains of an old coal wagon, and upon this frame has been fixed an old portable engine, the motion of the main shaft heing communicated by cog wheels to the axle of the wagon, geared m such a manner as to add considerably to its power. The speed limit is six miles per hour, and the whole concern looks as though it had come over in the a.rk. The engine is called the "Express." Many beautiful and priceless examples of old Cambrian pottery, which used to be manufactured in Swansea, are 8hown with pride by collectors. The clay used in the manufacture was obtained from varions Parts of England, and it was afterwards mixed with flint, very finely ground, and water. The grosser particles of the composi- tion were got rid of by means of sieves, and then it was exposed to heat, which made a consistency for the working. A vessel was almost instantaneously formed by tho artist as the clay rotated on a circular board. The most delicate operations of colouring, glazing, and stamping concluded the process, which needed an extraordinary amount of skill before proficiency was attained. "In Walee fifty or more years ago," writes a correspondent, the belief in witch- oraft waa very prevalent, and the wise man was as powerful a personality as the 'medicine man' is in the interior of the Dark Con- tinent. Harris, of Cwrtycadno, was a famous sage in .the early part of the nine- teenth century, and people from all parts of Wales consulted him on the various affaire of life, especially on questions affecting lost property. At a famoi's mansion in North Cardigan there is a famous bowl, a, chip of whioh has the credit of being a specific cmine mad¡¡es". At Waunifor, in the same county, there used to be a stone— carreg gyfaredd (the stone of madness)- a few grains of which were considered an infallible remedy against hydrophobia- The stone, it is stata £ remains still in the family, though it seems to have lost some of its cunning. It is not long ago since Pro- fessor Rhys, when on a tour in the Vale cf Glamorgan, discovered a wishing well at which the youths and maidens of the neigh- bourhood congregated to i-earn their des- tinies." You deserve a good birching, my boY," said a Llangollen magistrate to a small boy. who will be regarded by everyone who cycles as worse than Roajestvensky. For this youth- ful defendant had taken pains to cover the highway for a distance of about £0<) yards with thorns so thickly as to make it impos eible for anyone to ride over it without having his tyres punctured. Very mourn fully a Manchester contemporary argues that if a capacity to take pains is wha.t a distio guished man said it was then the Llangollen boy must be something of a genius, for it would require considerable patience to strew 200 yards of the highway with thorns. Pro- bably he is something of a humorist as well, and would have been able to see the funny side of the scenes his efforts were intended to produce. But it is just as well for the public that precocious boys of this tyP* should be reminded of the other side of thE question, and should be taught to seek mors suitable fields for the exercise of their indue try and humour. That the element of superstition is in D< danger of dying out in Wales may be gathere< from abundant evidences. One of tin strangest instances happened recently 11 Monmouthshire, and a correspondent vouche for the truth of it. Two women were 01 friendly terms, and the elder, who felt tha she had not many years to live, said to th< younger:—"When I am gone I want you tc promise two things. One is, that I shall b< buried in (the place was named). The 8CCQonl is that you put sixpen'north of whisky in 2 bottle in my coffin. Then when the iunera passes the —— Public you must get out a-n« go in the place and have some whisky there While you are drinking it there I will b* drinking mine! After you have put me in tin- grave you must call at the same public whei you are on the way home, and go in ace have another drop. Will you promise?" Th< promise was given, and then the older womai said with a significance that startled hei hearer:—"Mind, if you don't keep youi promise I shall come to haunt you'" Thf agreement was not only made, but the othei woman agreed to enforce the same arrange- ment if she died first. Whe-n the elder woman died recently the promise was remembered- and the strange compact was spoken of with awe. The funeral took place, and it is said that, fearing what consequences might result if the compact was not carried into effect, the survivor did as she was asked. Whether the older woman acted her part is doubtful.

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