The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS,MARRIAGES,# DEATHS. ■ BIRTHS. LEWIS.—October 4th, at Gloucestershire, the wife ( of Oliver Edward Le'wis, of 20, Gilmour-street, Tonypandy, of a daughter. 9^9 PUGH.—On September 26th, 1903, at 23, Lochaber- street, the wife of E. C. Pugh of a son, both doing well. 444 ] WATKINS.—On the 3rd inst., at 55, Park-street, Bridgend. the wife of William Watkins, Manager Lloyds Bank, of a daughter." 48 MARRIAGES. HUNTER—THOMPSON.—On October 6th, at Llan- dough Church, by the Reverend Henry Morris, Vicar of Llantwit Major, uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev. F. Williams, Rector of the farish, and the Rev. C. M. Barker, Edgar Lafayette 1 [unter, 3rd son the late Charles Lafayette Hunter, formerly Chief Engineer of the Cardiff Railway Company, and of Mrs Hunter, Victoria-square, Penarth, to Dorothy, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs T. R. Thompson. Erw'r Delyn, near Penarth. BANDBROOK—WILIjIAMS —On the 30th Septem- < ber, at Ebenezer Chapel, Cardiff, by the Rev. Mr Hughes, pastor, John Samuel, son of Mr Sand- brook, Crymmvch Arms, to Lauretta, eldest 1 daughter of Mr E. Williams, 6,Glvnrhondda-street, Cardiff. d', • 471 1 WILLIAMS—LACKliS.-r-Afc Montrose Parish Church, on Sept. 23rd. by the Rev. Niblock Stuart. M.A., Evan Williams, elder son of Mr Thomas Williams, Jjlwyogwern, Pontardultus. to Charlotte Mary, youngest daughter of'the- late Mr David LacHe, J.P., Montrose. At home-first week in November.469 WILLIAMS—RICHARDS.—On Thursday, October 1st. at Tabernacle Congregational Chapel, by ReTs. W. Davies, uncle of bride, and Thomas Wil- liams, father of 1:!ridegroom, Reverend W. Morgan Williams, Birkenhead, to Agnes, only daughter of the late Rev. J. Newman Richards, Llandilo. No cards. DEATHS. BENJAMIN.—At 7, Vaynor Villas* Cefn Coed, Mer- thyr, Sept. 30th, John Benjamin, late of Brecon, BOND.—On Oct. 2nd, Thomas Bond, Waterman, at 62, Rickard-street, Pontypridd. t CALWAY—At Brixham, Devon, on the 3rd instr, after long illness, Mary Blake, the beloved wife of John Calway. DUMLIN.—On the 30th Sept., at 67, Richmond- road, Cardiff, William Dumlin, Consulting En- gineer. DAVID.—On Octoberist, John David, grocer, Llan- trissant. ■ 748 EVANS.—October 4th, at Clydfan, Abercynon, Deborah, mother ol t)}CynonEvans,8choolmaster. HUTCHINS.—On the 1st inst., at 5, Glen View- villas, Stroud, Gloucestershire; arter a-short ill- ness, William Justin Hutchins, architect ani surveyor, late of Cardiff. 741 HALLETT.—On October 2nd, at Radyr Chain, Llandaff, Elizabeth Ann, beloved wife of J. H. Hallett. < 732 INNES.—October 5th. at London House, Bryn- cethin, Robert Inces, aged 77. late of H. M. Cus- toms Porthcawl and Briton Ferry. ISAACS.—Suddenly, cai Monday, at Droitwich, Thomas Isaacs, under manager Cwmaman Col- lieries. JONES.—Oct. 1st, at 63, Scott-street, Tynewydd, Treherbert, Richard, the beloved husband of Jane JODCS, deacon for 25 years at Ebenezor Congreg&- tional Chapel. JONES.—September 30th, at Glanyrafon House, Machen, Evan Jones, in his 79th year. JONBS—On September 29. at Greenfield House, Pencoed, Margaret, widow of thè !ate Rev. E. E. Jones. Pencoed. LANGLEY-Sept. 30th, at fa, Taff View, Coedpen- maen-road, Pontypridd,.Eliza Langiey, the dearly beloved wife of B. Langiey, aged 80. LEWIS.—On October 5th, at 1, Pembroke-grove. Plymouth-grove, Manchester, Elizabeth, dearly beloved wifo of William Lewis, and youngest daughter of the late David R Parry, Cardiff. 974 IiEWIS.—At 43, Penygraig-road, Penygraig, Sept. 30th, David Lewis, better known as Dafyd Lewis, Penypont, age 69. IiLOYD.—On the 28th inst., Mary, dearly beloved wife of James Lloyd, 191, Wood-road, Pontypridd. MORGAN.—At Folkestone, on the 30th September, irom enteric, Ivor Bertie, of Trinity College, Cam- "ibridge, dearly loved youngest son of the late Sir Morgan Morgan and of Lady Morgan, of Hendre- scythan, aged 21. NICHOLAS.—October 3rd. at her residence. Bristol, Ellen, the beloved wife Of W, Nicholas, late of Newport. OLSEN.—On October 4th, 56, Thompson-street, Barry Dock, Louts. the beloved husband of Emma Olsen. JBATHKEY.—On Sept. 30.1903. at 4, South Church street, William, son of Charles and Sarah E Bathkey. 423 STACK.-On the 29th inst., at the Lifeboat Inn, Little Frederick-street, John Stack, aged 44 years. TAYLOR.—On September 30th, at Pearl street, Roath, Jane, widow of the late John Taylor, builder, aged 78 years, WHITTINGTON.—On Friday. October J2nd, 1903. Walter Whittingtonj of South-terraco, Neath, aaed 70 jeara>

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—<—— — SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1903. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S MISSION. Mr Chamberlain has shot his bolt. He has declared for Protection, and declared his alliance aad allegiance with his leader, Mr Balfour. The Duke of Devonshire has come out of the Cabinet. These are the important facts of the week in the "world of politics. In the speech at Glasgow in which Mr Chamberlain opened his cam- paign he declared. If you wish to prevent separation you must put a tax on food," and if we also wish to prevent the utter decay of the nation we must enter upon a dangerous war of Protection and Preferen- tial Tariffs. Mr Chamberlain is the self- constituted protector of the Empire. It is threatened with disruption, and our indus- trial position is going to the dogs. It matters not that there is no sign of the break up of the Empire or the separation of the Colonies, nor any immediate or remote evidence that this is so, or that the recent Inquiry and the Government publi- cations do not show that trade is stagnated or on the verge of ruin. Mr Chamberlain says these things are so in defiance of all history and published facts of the Govern- ment Departments, and his remedy is to bargain with the Colonies, put up the fist af Protection against foreign countries, tax bhe food of the people, and enter upon the 3onversion of the whole fiscal policy which has built up England a prosperous and a liappy nation. Mr Chamberlain is thirsting Eor revenge against Protectionist countries tnd desires to institute Protection. He appeals to the sentiment of the country, which refuses to recognise fact, and opens a party campaign in the interests of Empire, which he sees on the verge of disruption, and on the part of trade and commerce, which is stagnant and cracked to its foun- dation. So he says, or implies, and with all the power of his forceful methods he makes the unpalatable facts of taxing the people's food pleasant to the listening and admiring politician with Protectionist Leanings and envious of the foreigner. Mr Balfour declared the other iay that he saw no signs of decay or want of real pros- perity, and he spoke from the published Government returns. But Mr Chamberlain sees the Empire in danger of disruption unless we tax ourselves for the benefit of the Colonies, and he sees cracks in oar industrial tabernacle which can only be patched up by Protection, the increase of prices, and the reduction of the purchas- ing power of the shilling by means of a fiscal war with other countries. He has smbarked on a dangerous enterprise for bhe country dangerous because the prob- lem is one of far-reaching influence, and bhe facts and lessons of history are smothered in the political passion of a party campaign. To talk glibly of. indus- trial stagnation in face of the Bwe Book returns published after the Government Inquiry is to beg the whole dase, as it is equally dishonest to select certain years for comparisons in order to prove a state of affairs which does not exist. What does he mean by the statement that British trade has been stagnant for the last 30 years ? Is Mr Chamberlain's imagination more reliable than the recently-published Blue Books ? Or is he determined on fooling the electors and proving his sase at all hazards ? What is this kind of stagnation as given in the Government returns in answer to the demand for a fiscal inquiry ? During the last 40 years British shipping has increased from four I million tons to ten millions. From 1868 to 1901 the earnings of trades and profes- ) sions have risen from 173 millions to 487 millions. During the last quarter of a century, the peice of food to the working classes has fallen 30 per cent. and wages have increased from 1878 by 13'71 per sent. Wages have increased, and with it the purchasing power of the poor man's banner. But all this is stagnation," bo Mr Chamberlain. The total of our trade has increased from 287 millions to 477 millions since 1874. Is this the kind of misrepresentation of facts about the condition of the country that should come from a responsible ex-Minister who is seeking the mandate for power and a free hand to disturb the whole fiscal policy of the country ? Mr Chamberlain juggles with facts and figures in adroit fashion, and with the bitter medicine of the dear loaf he adds the jam of reduced taxation on certain articles of the breakfast table. He works out the cost to the agricultural labourer and the artisan in farthings, and though it will cost them about fourpence per week extra in their housekeeping, this is compensated for by the reductions on tea, coffee, and cocoa. This is the idlest sophistry, for immediately we set out on taxation of foodstuffs and Preferential and Protectionist Tariffs the prices of com- modities will rise all round, and it presup- poses that the condition of trade and em- ployment and prices will remain the same I as at present. Mr Balfour would tax food, only he believes the country is not ripe for I it, and would not stand it. Mr Chamber- lain goes in for it boldly, and will try to I convert the country whilst Mr Balfoar holds office, for Mr Chamberlain has de- clared his loyalty to Mr Balfour. Mr Chamberlain's great delusion is that our Colonies will separate from us unless we tax our food. But the greater delusion is that we can improve our trade by up- setting our whole fiscal policy or enter I upon a war of tariffs and Protectionist measures without increasing the cost of living all round.

After many delays and rumours Mr Balfour has succeeded in patching up the Cabinet, and his selection of men has caused amazement in all quarters but those where party action is praised at all costs. The new Cabinet does not include the Dftke of Devonshire, who has resigned in protest against the fiscal proposals of Mr Balfour as outlined in his Sheffield meeoh. new Ministu.ul be found I detailed in our news columns-the strong men have been left out by resignations, and Mr Chamberlain is now free to con- vert the country to a policy which Mr Balfour would adopt if he dared or was quite certain of the result in the country. The new Ministry is designed to hold the reins of office just so long as it takes Mr Chamberlain, who is Mr Balfour's frien d and colleague, to convert the country to accept a tax on food, and to boldly-or is it blindly ?—enter on a war of tariffs. The country awaits a dissolution and the end of a Government which, with its huge majority, has been retrograde in its policy, and ends in humiliation and the with- drawal of its strong men.

The event of the week which will appeal to all Welsh readers more than others is the unveiling of the statue to the late Mr Tom Ellis, which was performed by Mr John Morley at Bala on Wednsday. The statue is the work of a Welsh sculp- tor, and has been subscribed for by Welsh- men in grateful memory of a patriot whose early death was as calamitous to Welsh interests as his brief career was helpful to his country and inspiring to his fellow. workers. His memory was honoured in every sense at the important ceremony, at which the best thought of Wales was represented. The unveiling ceremony was followed by a meeting, where Mr John Morley, Mr Lloyd George, anrt others de. livered eulogies which must have been in. spiring to everyone present. In visiting Bala to honour the memory of Thomas Ellis, Mr John Morley did signal honour to Wales and Liberal thought in the Principality.

A new era of the Alexandra Dock an 3 Railway Company seems to have been let in with the appointment of Mr John Macaulay as its manager. Progress and improvement are the watchwords of the Company, aad many movements have been made to improve the facilities for trade at the port on the Usk. The development of the East Usk is now receiving attention, and the encouragement of an import trade in addition to improving the facilities and attractions for manufacturers to settle on the banks of the Usk. The river is at once the great benefactor and the hindrance of the Port, for it necessitates means of tran- sit from the east side to the dock, and the dock manager has an ingenious plan of overcoming the obstacles by a system of telpherage. The possibilities ot expansion of the trade of the district are practically unlimited, and we are tempted to draw a picture of what Newport might have been to-day had the present policy characterised the Dock and Railway Companies all through the hisory of the Port. We wish the Port the success the new policy de. serves.

THE NEW LORD MAYOR. The Lord Mayor of London is always the senior Aldeiman and the first name on the civic rota. but although everyone knows long beforehand who will be the Lord Mayor for any given year. so long as death does not interfere with the reckoning, each Michaelmas-day the Court of Alderman of the City of London solemnly goes through the farce of electing the fore-ordained candidate to the civic chair of London. This is followed by the more sensible; plan of a secret court of inquiry into his financial condition, as the tenure of office, though only lasting one year, usually entails the expen- diture of ten thousand pounds over and above the & Alderman Sir J. T. Ritchie, Brother of the ex- j Chancellor of the Excheqaer. ■ allowance. This must not be done to the im- ( poverishment of his faiuly, so the Lord Mayor- elect is required to produce proof of his financial state before this secret court, and to show by his | books that he can afford to 3pend the sum requisite to the proper upkeep of this great, office. The new Lord Mayor, who was dnl y elected with all the ancient ceremonial, is Sir James Ritchie, A-lderman and shipwright," the brother of the lately resigned Chancellor of the Exchequer. Born at Dundee in 1835, he is C sixtyt-eight years of age, and in 1897, during his year of office as a sheriff, he was knighted. He was the second son-the ex-Chancellor being c the fourth son-of Mr W. Ritchie, a pioneer t jute merchant of Dundee. He was elected Alderman for the Tower Ward in 1891, and served as Sheriff in 1896-7. i (

GIFTS TO CARDIFF COLLEGE. I s Appointments and Exhibitions. A meeting of the Council of the Universitv t College of South Wales and Monmouthshire ( was held on Wednesday, Sir Alfred Thomas, a M.P., president, in the chair. A letter was s received from Messrs Gwilym James,Charles and c Davies, of Merthvr Tydfil, to the effect that under the will of the late Alderman Thomas I Williams, of Gwaelodygartb, a legacy of JE2 000, t free of legacy duty, was directed to be paid to ] the University College, £1,000 towards the ] building fund and £1,000 for the sustentation e fund of the college. The Council expressed its c gratification at the generosity thus displayed by a the late Alderman Thomas Williams towards a the college. Alderman Williams during his t lifetime was on several occasions a generous 1 contribntor to the fands of the college. v A letter was received from Miss A. L. e Embleton, B.Sc., a former student of the col- t lege, to the effect that the Royal Society had I appointed her to their Mackinnon studentship. c The Cardiff Pure Ice and Cold Storage a Company wrote forwarding a contribution of t five guineas towards the building fund of the f college. A letter from the deputy clerk of the i Breconshire Connty Council stated that the i Council had appointed Mr J. Austin Jenkins i (registrar of the college) representative of the c Ceuncil on tire Breconshira County Education t Committee. i Principal Reichel, of the University College I of North Wales, Bangor, wrote acknowledging i his appointment by the Conncil of the Cardiff I College as its official representative on the t Mosely Education Commission. t It was resolved to grant a diploma in engineer- t ing to Mr T. H. Harris, and the following ap- pointments in the Cardiff Technical School were confirmed ;—Mr David Evans, Mns.Bac., as teacher of music Mr J. Stephenson, B.Sc., as 1 teacher of practical physics Mr W. C. Jolliffe, 1 as teacher of commercial correspondence; Mr < Edgar Thomas, as temporary assistant teacher of bookkeeping for the Michaelmas term Mr W. ] Jagger, as assistant teacher in the school of art; ] Mr W. J. Vaughan, as assistant teacher in cbem. 4 istry (alternative course) if necessary Mr F. G. 1 Skrine, as assistant teacher in the school of art < Miss Elnned Morgan, as temporary teacher of 1 Spanish for the Michaelmas term. ] The Rev. J. Lloyd Williams, B.A., Tenby, was reappointed the representative of the Conn- cil on the County Governing Body of Pembroke- shire, and Mr Herbert M. Thompson was ap- pointed a representative on the Governing Body of Howell's School, Llandaff. in place of Mrs J. V. Jones resigned, while the president/Sir Alfred Thomas, M.P.) was appointed the Council's representative on the Council of the Welsh University Association for the Furtherance of Social Work (Cardiff branch). Sir Alfred was the first president of the Cardiff branch of tbe-asso- ciation, and the Council passed a resolution expressing its sincere gratification at the enceess of this work, and its gratitude to Lord Trodegar for his generous gift of a site, and to Mr H. W. Thompson for his gift of .S2.000 towards the-erec- '1' tion of a University House. Exhibitions were awarded to the following students :—Mf G. A. L. He ward. Miss Wini- fred Alty, Miss Adeline Bnrton, Mr D. T. Harris, and Mr T. W Gregory. The principal presented his annual report on the condition of the College, and it was resolved to forward to the University a list of candidates for an initial degree this year.

BISHOP AND- CREMATION. Dead Should Do No Harm to the Living." Ia connection with the opening of the crema- torium at Birmingham yesterday by Sir Henry Thompson, the Bishop of Worcester wrote that ho should desire when he died that his body might be reduced to asbes as rapidlv INS possible, so that the dead should do no harm to the living. Jfcie saw no aerious Chiistian argument against such practice, while irom a sanitary point of view it had euoimooa<CKivaa- tagea. sanitary point of view it had euoimooa<CKivaa- tagea. < r

DEATH OF SIR THOMAS MOREL. Passes Away at Dinas Powis. ¡ LOCAL COMMERCIAL CAREER. I. We i egret to announce the death of Sir Thomas Morel, who died at six o'clock on Wednesday evening at his residence, St. Andrew's House, Dinas Powis, in his 57th year. The deceased gentleman had been ill for some two or three months. ani for the past few weeks had entirely refrained from taking any part in his business, hoping thereby to have recuperated sufficiently I to allow of his being able to travel to the South of France for the winter. Unfortunately, how- ever, a serious relapse occurred on Wednesday, and I he died as stated, the actual cause of death being a serious obstruction of important blood vessels. He bad been attended by his regular medical adviser, Dr. Cook, while Dr. Shingleton Smith, of Clifton, Dr. Goodheart, and Sir T. Lander Brunton had all at one time or another been called in for consultation. The interment will take place at the family vault at Cardiff Cemetery on Saturday, at 2.30 p.m., and friends desiring to be present will meet at the Cemetery at that hoar. The Late Sir Thomas Morel. I Biographioat Sketch. By the death of Sir Thomas Morel, Knt., Cardiff has lost one of its leading citizens and one of its most prominent commercial men. Though it was to the shipping business-Morel Brothers-that he devoted the greater amount of his time and ability he was algo a director of several important undertakings — the Cardiff Railway Company, Albion Coal Company, Barry Graving Dock, Bute Dry Dock, the Universal Coal Company, Locket's Merthyr, etc. He had, also. for at least a quarter of a century, taken a large share in the work of municipal government, and had receivedr at the hands of the town of his adoption, the highest distinction it could confer upon any of its citizens. His interests were wide and varied. His connection with the Docks necessarily caused him to be closely identified with any enterprise promoted daring the past 30 years for its development; but his interests went far beyond that, and in the now Seamen's Hospital, which owes its existence chiefly to his initiative, he has left a memorial which will long preserve fain name in Cardiff. Born in Jersey in 1847, the son of Mr Edward Thomas Morel, he received his early education at Oxenford Academy, Jersey, but settled in Cardiff when only 15 years of age, and almost immedi- ately entered business. His eldest brother, John Moral, had preceded him here, and had already established an interest in shipping. At 17, he was a shareholder in a sailing vessel managed by his brother, and in 1867, when only 20 years of age, he and his elder brother Philip went into partnership as fthipbrokers, with offices in Stuart-street, and took over the business established by their brother John in 1856. Thus, when Cardiff had yet hardly begun to dream of its potentialities as a mineral port, were laid the foundations of that large and lucrative business which pioneered the shipping trade of the town. At that time the exports of coal only reached 836.000 tons. To-day it totals nearly 20 millions. The East Dock was only partially opened, and practically the whole of the coal export business was carried on in the West Dock. In the earlier stages of their career the brothers carried on their busi- ness chiefly in three sailing vessels, owned by them, and mostly employed in the West Indian and Brazilian trade, but they also acquired shares in a number of sailing vessels under the French flag. In those early days Swansea posseted some of the finest sailing vessels on the west coast, and it was from that quarter that the young Morels j met with their chief competitors. They devoted the whole of their energies to their business, and they prospered. It was a by no means tin usual experience for tbem to charter as many as 20 to 30 vessels a day, and they ev^itually succeeded in making the Spanish ore carrying trade almost entirely their own. At one time they were part owners of over 100 sailing vessels, regularly trading between Cardiff and the French and Spanish ports, and the business had become of such magnitude that very often 120 vessels were chartered by them each month. This trade brought them in connection with Bilbao, and it was in one of their ships that the first cargo of ore was imported from that port to Cardiff. b was brought over in the Joseph et Marie, < but the enterprise seems to have been one of a purely speculative character, and the cargo re- mained on the quay for months before it was < purchased. The extent to Abich this trade afterwards grew is a matter of history. In the early seventies steam was just be- ginning to revolutionise shipping, and with that 1 foresight and business acumen which always j characterised him the deceased shipowner lost ] no time in adapting hia business methods to the i then modern requirements, and the monev made 1 during the days of the sailing vessels was laid I out in steamers. It was in 1876 when they made their < First Ventnre in this direction. They then acquired the ss. I Colstrup, a small steamer of between 500 and 600 tons, and afterwards the Pcmaron, a steamer of nearly 900 tons net register. The' success of these enterprises exceeded their most sanguine expectations, the profits, compared with those of the normal periods of the last decade, being very great. In 1880 the Cyfarthfa (868 tons) and the Dowlais (759 tons) were built, and from that year till the close of 1893 < steamers to the order of the firm followed one another from different shipbuilding yards in the country with great rapidity. It may be interesting to recall the fact that the Niniaja Stnart was selected to open the Roath Dock. The Earl of Dumfries (the present i Lord Bute) cut the string to allow the new t steamer to pass through, and she entered the 1 dock in the presence also of the late Lord Bute and Lady Bute. Nearlv all these 11 tramDs" were i specially constructed for the Spanish and par- 1 ticularly the Bilbao iron ore trade, but the firm I by no means negloctad any other openings t which presented themselves for the profitable ] employment of steam tonnage. The enterprise, t however, displayed in those days by Mr Thomas 1 Morel and his brother was shared by other ship- I owners in the country to such an extent that the I supply of steamships had outrun the demand, and during the depressed times of 1884 many' found themselves in financial difficulties. Cater- ing, bowaver, as they were for a particular market and in which they had established a firm footing, Messrs Morel felt the influence, but did not suffer the shock of the glat, and in 1884 they decided to no longer run sbipj on the usual shareholder system. They formed a limited company of their oYtn-Morel, Ltd.— and from that time all ships they acquired were bought by their own money, and run solelv for their own personal account- The firm main- tained its supremacy for meny years, and even to-day they control over 30 steamers. Connection with Allied Industries. Contemporaneous with the growth of the ship. ping of the town was that of many allied indus- tries, and the deceased gentleman became closely interested in many of them. It was his firm which promoted the Bute Dry Dock Company, of which be was a director since 1884. He was also a director of the British Owners' Protection Association, and In addition was pecuniarily interested in the other local enterprises named above. His business connec- tion with Spain led bim to the investment of large sums of money in th« iron ore industries of that country, piers, rail- ways, etc., and he possessed a (ffeat interest in mines in Almeria. The views of a man of ] such varied interests and experience could not t but be of great value in commercial, but particu- I larly in shipping, matters, and ftccordinsly bis evidence was generally sought for in aid or in opposition to enterprises affecting the welfare of the port ot Cardiff. The municipal career of the deceased gentle- man began in the vear 1885, when he contested I the South Ward of Cardiff againit the late Dr. Edgar Jones and Mr Solomon Atidrews, and was I returned at the head of the poll with a majority J of 74 over Dr. Jones. He continued to represent 11 the South Ward till the year 1898, when in Sep- tember he was elected to the alfiermanic bench. In November of the same year he was elected to II the Mayoralty of Cardiff, and as events turned out his year of office was a most important one in the history of the town. Lite in 1898, within a few weeks of his taking office, the negotiations for the purchase by the Corporation of Cathays Park from the Marquis of Bme were completed, and the duty of opening this to the public was performed by the then Igavpr in March, 1899. Another important event which marked the early part of the deceased's mayoralty was the visit to Cardiff to receive the freedom of the borough of Lord Kitchener, an occurrence which was the occasion of a great popular display of wel- come by the citizens of the town to the distinguished vjnitor, and one for which the deceased had thoughtfully made preparations by issuing an appeal for funds towards the Gordon Memorial College, in the foundation of which the$hen Sirdar took the deepest interest. "Natnratty whilst in the Council Jie favoured and advocated improvements at the Docks. The modarnised pavements and streets in Mountstuart-square, James-street, and Bute- street are largely due to his advocacy, and another big scheme be had in band was to pro- Docks. The modarnised pavements and streets in Mountstuart-square, James-street, and Bute- street are largely due to his advocacy, and another big scheme be had in band was to pro- ▼tdaan the totf I Docks to relieve the coni$t{btion of traffic in Bute- ) road and Bute-street. Otcithe public institutions in Cardiff there is one witlft: which the name of the late Sir Thomas Moroni M always be asso- ciated we refer, of conicqs, to the Seamen's Hospital. At the time ofj, his election to the mayoralty interest in tire Seamen's Hospital had been allowed to wane Somewhat, and the de- ceased at once took the matter up. At that time about JE5,000 to JE6,000 wasbtüI required to com- plete the bailding fund. anrt upon the raising of this the promised contribaf.'ODs thereto of the late Marquis of Bute wenet iconditional. The deceased gentleman, assisted by the late Colonel Guthrie, Mr Jphn Moore, and Mr W. R. Haw- kins, directed all his energjtui -.to the raising of this money, and it was in I%e main dn8 to the efforts of these gentlemen stfl the funds required were gathered. It was in Jftne of the year of his mayoralty that he received;4.he offer of a knight- hood. and on July let he iseceived the honour from the hands of the lateQiteen. The recipient J was waria]y congratulated i on all hands, all parties, irrespective of political creed, agreeing that the honour was wl": deserved, and I t. few days later the leading vooinmercial men at Cardiff Docks signified thehj approbation by entertaining him at a dinner. During his year of office the late Sir Thomas,, Morel took a keen interest in the CymmrodoiSion Society, and in the National Eisteddfod, and;.the great Welsh National gathering was heidi that year in the town, and in connection witfciJboth he played a leading part. At the close of hfcraaaycralty, the duties of which he had carried out in accordance with the best traditions of the past, he received the hearty thanks of the Cor^jration engrossed upon a vellum scroll,and he presented to the Cor- poration a very valuable pioce, of silver plate, which had once been the proper^yof Charles X of France, as a memento of his year of office. In the proceedings of the PinanceifCommittee he always took the keenest interest, and on the I death of Alderman S.A. Brain wtta unanimously elected to succeed that gentlentm as chairman. H& was also a Justice of the Peace for the county i of Glamorgan. In politics he^i^as:a Conserva- tive. 1 I His Public Serviced. Ii, Sir Thomas Morel's wide expftfiehoe peculiarly qualified hMi for positions of houonr and useful. ness in connection with the workViof public and commercial bodies at the Dcjf-Jts, and so at different periodlt he occupied tbii, )presidency of the Cardiff Chamber of Cotntneraavand the Car- diff Shipowners' Association and 1 the chairman- ship of the Cardiff Pilotage Board. J.He occupied the first of these offices during 1900 £ ithe other in 1889 but had held the chair tnaftship of the Pilotage Board from November, .feJ597, when he succeeded the late Mr J. Heron Wilson, up to the time of his deith. He always took; a very keen interest in the pilotage service, am}: on the occa- sion of his knighthood the pilots of] iifco port pre- sented him with an illuminated congratulatory address. On that occasion the members of the board referred in felicitous terms to vthe distinc- tion aonferred on him, and the folQxeing resolu- tion was adopted :—" That the boaamt recognis- ing the high distinction conferred npon the -chaittnan by her Most Gracious, Majesty the ,Qce«n, desires to place on record their high appreciation of his services to the toisin and to the pilot service in particular, and tltfer to him theit hearty and sincere congratulations and also the expression of their earnest bc -pea that he mar1 long live to enjoy the honour thiawbestowed upon him. ]E[4 was married in 1873 to Miss S. |JB. Gibbs, a Cardiff lady. and is survived by his^jHidow and four sons and a daughter. Two aft the sons remarried—Mr Thomas to the dautjfcter of the tateMr E. R. Moxey, and Mr Riaitah to the daughter of Mr J. Cory, Penarth. Sir Thomas Morel was highly5 }respected by all who knew him. His irjss at the comparatively earlv age of 56 will be keenly felt. Tie deceased gentleman was associated with the Wesleyan denomination, taking ittcfcive part first in the church at Loudoun-squard, and sub- sequently upon his removal to Pen«rth at the Arcot-street and Trinity Churches. j'rom timo to time the denomination has recei ved from | him material help in its operations, particutariy it the mission work which has been <J ne of its noat prominent features in later years.)

New Coal Combnlne. j.. ROMANCE OF A WELSH W&D0W Three great coal merchant firms, aich over a hundreds years old, have amalgamate* under the style of Gardner, Locket, and jHinton, Limited. They are Messrs Locket and Judkins, I of Abchurch-lane Gardner, Tomlin, aivat, Com- pany, Commercial Wharf, Mile-end an<J Hi neon and Home, Royal Geortje Wharf, Btattksidb. These firms remained outside when tbergreat coal ring known as William Cory and %uaT was formed a year or two ago. The amalgamation is j an entirely private affair. the existing partners in the constituent firms havinf subscril^d the whole of the capital. The three firms had been working tdgetber lor some time, Messrs Gardner, Tomlin, and Company having done all Messrs Lockut and Judkin's lighterage, and all of them came 1¡0 the conclusion that amalgamation would cult ex- penses and prove advantageous to their custo- mers. The firm of Locket and Judkv^'was established in 1737 under the style of Wood and Company, and amongst their customerst" were Pitt. Bnrke, and Fox. They have beltd the Royal Warrant for the supply of Buckingham Palace for 150 years. Mr George Locket, sjrand- father of the present Mr G. C. Locket, wafj (says a London contemporary) the first to ship Welsh smokeless coal to London. A widow rtimied Thomas had a single man at work at a hole int. the side of a bill. Mr Locket went down by coach, and brought two hogshead of the coal in a sltoop to London to experiment upon, and the widclfw's fortune was made. The First Shipment of Welsh Coal The report of the above amalgamation,* and especially the reference to Mr George Locket being the first to ship Welsh coal to London, recalls an interesting story. It appears froro,an account of the early days of the Welsh coal in- dustry which appeared in the South Wales Daily News on February 2,1901, that in BJ24 the late Mr Robert Thomas, Waun Wyllt, grand- father of the late Lady Lewis, acquired a leetee from the Earl of Plymouth to work coal said ironstone under Waun Wvllt and Penlan JFarmj, j in the parish of Merthyr, at a royalty of Is ptf ton, and he sent his first supply of coal to Carclift, aiong the canal in Februiu-y, 1829, thus lDaugtJ- I rating the Welsh steam coal trade. The trafffe?. during the management of his widow, Mrs Luo>;i Thomas, enormously increased, and on the teir-! mination of the tenancy Mrs Thomas and heir' son. Mr William Thomas, took a lease of the, minerals under the Graig property and proved« an excellent seam of 4ft. coal. The late Mrs James Marychurcb, Mr Locket, and Messrs^ Wood, of London, were the first to be associated^ with the Thomas family in the introduction oEj Welsh coal to London. ———— (

MONKSTONE BEACON LIGHT^I Important to Mariners. j The Trinity House authorities have notifiedl mariners in the Bristol Channel that on an after October 7th an unwatched white occnitingt I light, showing one occultation every 10- seconds^ j —seven seconds light and three seconds da.rk- will appear on the Monkstone Beacon. It Is f now over three years since thisdesirable improve-, h) ment was first contemplated, but it was not till ,I early in the present year, after the wreck on the1 rock of the Norwegiau barque Sator, that prac-< t tical steps were taken with the object of aur-' Jjj mounting the existing beacon tower with a light; tt which would serve as a warning to mariners by Js night, as the tower itself did by day. 1 .e I The Monkstone is a low island, a cable in j length, situated about 2| miles south-east of Penarth Pier, and at low spring tides uncovem to about lOJft. At halt, tide it is submerged. and lying as it does in the track of vessels bound ( to Newport and the Avon it has always at night necessitated careful navigation on the part of J mariners on their way to those places. The con- ] struction of the new light arrangements was j begun five or six months ago. The staff and. globe which used to surmount the tower haver j1 been removed and replaced by a red-painted gas-holder, measuring approximately 14ft. in height by 8ft. in width, and capable of storing ,« a three months' supply of gas, and a lantern with a light intensity of 130 candles. The light will- be visible all round. The height of the building: v* to the top of the lantern is about 44ft. 3in. The,' A work has been superintended by Captain, r Roskenge, of the Trinity House steam launch; f Ready, and it is a gratifying fact that no mis- hap occurred to any of the workmen during the f operatiobs- m In accordance with the notice of Trinity | „ House, the beacon was lighted for the first timet last night, and it is generally regarded as aA f, great advantage to mariners in the navigation ofi. i, the Channel. 1:

CARDIFF DRAYMAN'S SUDDEN DEATHJ| Thomas Chapman, a drayman in the employ of Messrs Hancock and Co., Cardiff, met with a|"t tragically sudden der .h on Tuesday. Deceased waafL delivering some goods at the White Swan Hotel. Bute-street, about mid-day, and had just had, some papers signed by-, the landlord when h&>K suddenly fell in the bar. L?9 was at otico.t, assisted, but never regained consciousness, andif death is believed to have occurred almost instan- taneonsly. Chapman, who apgeared to be iq bis iL usual health, lived in Theaiger street, C&thaya,Jv and lea^ vwidow aad children.

TOM ELLIS STATUE. 1 1 m < E Unveiled by Mr Morley. —— I GREAT GATHERING AT BALA. < f Eloquent Orations. Bala, Wednesday.—To-day, in the presence of one of the largest concourses ever gathered at F Bala, the beautiful statue erected by a grateful i. nation to the memory of Thomas Edward Elli3, was formally unveiled by the Right Hon. John j Morley. The occasion was one which appealed to i and enlisted the sympathy and interest of every j section of the community, and it was curious to S observe on the great stream of humanity that n thronged the main streets of this picturesque little town how faithfully was reflected the various classes and parties that go to make a nation. Tom Ellis was first and foremost a n Welsh patriot, and it was as a. patriot—a lover of ai i his race and not a mere man of partv—that hIs it memory was to-day signally honoured by a united '\1 people. b The statue stands at Plas yn Due, a wide part of the main street and in view of the grammar 11 echcol, where Ellis was taught. It is placed on w a handsome Dedestal-the gift of Bala District m Council-made of Robinhooi limestone, and on ss the base is inscribed the Welsh legend, Amser 111 dyn yn ei Gynysgaeth." The figure is of bronze ai and depicts the departed statesman attired in bl ———————————-——————„ a T'> The Late Sir Thomas Ellis. I the robes of Warden of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, and with arm uplifted as in the act of addressing a gathering. As an effect of art there was only one opinion expressed of this latest specimen of Mr Goscombe John's handiwork. It is supremely beautiful, and the only criticism offered—but that was very general—was that so antly voiced by Jlr Morley in bis magnificent oration; that Ellis seldom raised his arm when engaged in public sneaking. The inscription is in Welsh, and consists of the simple statement- THOMAS EDWARD ELLIS, born February 16th, 1859. Slept April 5th, 1899. The panels contain carved representations of Cynlas, Aberystwyth College. Oxford New College, and Parliament. One of the great disappointments of the day was the absence through illness of the sculptor, for many hundreds here to day had eagerly looked forward to the pleasure of seeing in the flesh this gifted son of Wales. The morning dawned inauspicioasly, rain fall- ing in copious showers, though happily the violent gale of the previous day had subsided. That gale, however, played havoc with the day's arrangements, and brought the local committee almost to the verge of despair. For the accom- modation of the visitors a fine marquee had been erected in a field near the centre of the town, and here it was that the day's oration? were to have been delivered. During Tuesday's gale, however, the pavilioD was blown to ribbons, and to provide another in time for the ceremonial was impossible. Under the circumstances there was nothing left but to make the best use of the Vic- toria Hall—the only public building in the town --but as this could accommodate only 500 persons a crush bacame inevitable, to minimise which the local committee very wisely arranged for an overflow meeting to be held in the street at the foot of the statue, and fortunately the weather cleared sufficiently during the afternoon to per- mit of this arrangement being carried out. During the morning a dozen or so special trainsarrived from various parts of North Wales, all heavily laden with passengers, and at one o'clock, when the ceremonial commenced, there was a gathering around the statue of very many thousands. Mr D. Lloyd George, M.P., presided, and his appearance on the platform, accompanied by the Right Hon. John Morley, was the signal for a great demonstration of welcome to the distinguished ex-Minister. Among the Welsh Members of Parliament piesent were Messrs Herbert Lewis, Herbert Roberts, Osmond Wil- liams, S. T. Evans, K.C., Frank Edwartis, Samuel Moss, the Hon. G. T. Kenyon, and Ellis Jones Griffith, whilst amongst many others supporting the chairman were the relatives of the late Liberal Whip, including Mrs T. Ellis and Master Thomas Iorweth Ellis (the widow and son), Mr and Mrs Thomas Ellis (parents), and his three sisters (Mrs E. D. Jones, Trewythen, and Mrs H. Jones Davies, and Miss Ellis(. The Unveiling Ceremony. The open air' ceremony was but of a few minutes' duration. Mr Lloyd George, in intro- ducing Mr Morley, described him as the greatest statesman of his age. who had come to unveil the ntatue of the greatest national statesman that had risen in Wales since the days of Owen Glyndwr. Mr W. Goscombe John, A.R.A. Mr John Morley then stepped forward and I Fimid great applause performed the ceremony of Qtiveiling. As the canvas. fell and the statue I 'was disclosed to view the cheers were renewed ] tagain and again. Mr Morley said-We are here ] ito.day to unveil the statue of Thomas Edward i Ellis, a comrade of mine, friend of most of you, I turnan full of admirable qualities. (Cheers.) The l aftatne has been set up near the home from which 1 brrt came and near the spot where he is laid, to < sfcww and to marK your gratitude for his services < to-your land and your affection for his memory. | rChe Lord Lieutenant of Merioneth (Mr M. K. I M. Wynnes of Peniarth), who was unavoidably a.te»nt, sent a letter declaring how great a source I f of\ satisfaction it was that the late member for I the' county was so thoroughly valued in his I naWe country. ] A, vote of thanks to Mr Goscombe John, the scuititor, was carried, and the statue was for- t matty handed over by the chairman to the t custtfrfy of the Bala Urban District Council, on I whcmv,v behalf Mr Evan Jones, J.P., made suit- t ablereesponse. c tli Meeting in the Victoria Hail. ( Thais terminated the unveiling proceedings, and 18IIJ adjournment was made to the Victoria Hall, where a public meeting was held. The ( baildjpng, had it been six times the size, would r have iproved utterly inadequate to accommodate ( the jisurging crowd that fought frantically E for 1 admission, and this notwithstanding f that! 3s 6d was charged for a ticket. I In t'to»crnsh several men and women fainted. t Mr Xtloyd George again presided, and in addition ] to those already named there were now on the ( platform Mr G. Kearley, M.P., Mr W. Evans, ( Birmingham (treasurer of the fund), the Rev. E Gwynoro Davies (secretary), Professor O. M. Edivards, M.A. Mr Vincent Evans, Alderman 15. Ttyomas'iuid Mrs Thomas (Mayor and Mayoress I ofiCardiit), Mr Charles Morgan, B.A., Cardiff E theiHon. Chazles Wynn, of Rug Mr Timothy I Ditvies, ax-Ma$or of Fulham and Principal II Roberts, tAberystwyth while the large number of! public ana educational bodies throughout J Viales ware officially represented. Mr Morley ( MM agahi the recIpient of a. magnificent wel- i come, and'at his request, expressed by the Rev. Giwynoro Davies, the audience gave, under the o^nductorsfoip of Mr David Jenkins, Mus. Bac., J Aberystwyth,-a very thrilling rendering of the ( otd Welsh brgmn, 0 Frypiau Caersalem" to < lifce tone ofV''Crugybar." I Mr Lloyd George, without any preliminary < Iobaervationa.. at once called upon Mr Morley to I address the meeting. J MR MORLEY'S SPEECH. I j Mr John Morley said he had previously unveilep two states inthia liie-tbose of Mr John Bright J :at Rochdale,tatnd Mr Gladstone at Manchester. J JTbese were men honoured in their generation. c jithe glory of tboir time. They had kept the faith I land course. (Cheers.) This occasion and the spirittof this occasion were different. IoTbeir friend'stcourse was rudely broken, and II -though he fought valiantly the valiant fighter 'was struck down, in the fight. Yet they felt in II the case of Tom EUia some of the emotion that Hhey would notvhave felt in the case of men who :fined larger speowin the canvas of political his- .tory. (Cheers.) fie was a son, if ever there was one, of the We&;h soil, and be never forgot it. 3Ie went from the simplicity of his home to 'Oxford intothatt atmosphere of nobto emulation, rand there acqnicetT' knowledge, made troops of friends, and kept them always. (Cheers.) At ^■Oxford he did weill, and then launched his bark -upon what i je poet bad called the distempered flood of public life. (Laughter). It was a rather diatmporad flood. (Cheers.) He came into the House of Commons in one of its most confused and stormy eras. The Liberal party was broken-not the only party-(cbeertl and laughtar)—that could be broken—but the storm did not change him, because he had before him a pole-star of public doty- (Cheers.) He never forgot that he was a party man, but he never forgot either that he was a citizen—that politics were the proper interest Of the good citizen, and the proper interest of the good man, because the political world was a verf difficult one. There were childish Dolitlcs, ignoble politics, selfish personal politics, and to. day, he felt inclined to say. there were absurd politics. tLanghter.) His politics were none of these. (Cheers.) From the first, underneath his blithe and gay manner there was serious underlying purpose. (Cheers.) With Mr Arthur Acland during the dark years between 1886 and 1892, when the ijiberal party again came into power, he did a great deal to keep running the best currents within the party. (CheerW Though he was an idealist, be was Not a Dreamer. though to the full an enthusiast he had definite nractical aims. Desirous to avoid needless. aggression, he was, when the occasion demanded it, full of a splendid vigour, knew how to fight very persistently and tenaciously, and had the blessing of never being a bore. That was peJ. haps the first recret ot the popularity he attained in the House of Commons. (Cheers). They were anxious to commemorate the name and memory of Tom Ellis because he stood as the first spokesman and champion in the House of CotC- mons of the national spirit of Wales. He took an active and most useful part in one of the most blessed things which bad happened to Wales for a long time—intermediate education. (Cheers). Himself a young Welshmen, born in a farmhouse among the mountains, he was A Crowning Example of the thirst for knowledge, and he was deter* minefi to do what he could that as many others as possible should have access to the same blessed fountains. (Hear, hear.) lie gave important advice on Welsh County Councils, and his advice, as nsual, was not only ardent, bnt wise, politic, and sound and the Welsh County Cooncils I' were as good representative bodies as were to be found in this island. (Cheers.) He would not I say a word about his passionate zeal for reli* gioas equality that, as he always understood, came to the majority of Welshmen with thei? I mother's milk. (Cheers.) He was not only firm and clear-some people were firm without being clear—(laughter)—in his own principles and con- victions and he had principles and convictions —he did not Jive in an atmosphere of unsettled convictions. (Laughter.) That was a later fashion. (Renewed laughter.) Somehow or another he wai able to kindle the same fire in others and he undoubtedly produced this effect. that he rallied round him and the cause and standard of which be was the bearer a number of other yoang Welshmen, whose activity they had enjoyed and, be hoped, profited by. (Cheers.) The thought of Tom Ellis dissipated indolence of mind. (Applause.) It stirred the ambition -which was A Right Ambition, not a selfish ambition—to serve the cause which one believed in his heart to be a go id cause. (Cheers.) He did not think that Tom Ellis loved contention, but he was a very high-hearted fighter when fight was needed. He was an ex- cellent speaker, with a. very rare gift of his own for interesting and attracting other people. He had the gift of communicating his own ardonr, his own keenness, to all those who were listening to him. Gentlemen on the other side of the House were almost won into the Lobby by his way of stating his case. (Laughter and applause.) The last time he heard Tom Ellis speaking in the House oi Commons was upon some Welsh school scheme. They did not expect him-to speak, but something or other, some indwelling spirit, moved him, and he came to the bar and spoke for about a quarter of an hour with a spon- taneous unaffected eloquence, with a profound interest in the matter which he was trying to press upon the House, which fascinated the whole House, independent of party, and he had often thought he had never seen a more delightful spectacle than this young fellow Mastering the House of Commons. Why ? Because he was speaking from his heart be was speaking the things that he knew he was speaking the things that be cared about and the things that he wanted other peotle to care about. (Cheers.) During the 82 sittings on the Home Rule Bill, when the Government were full of difficulties, Tom Ellis and be and two other Cabinet colleagnes practi- cally lived together, and he was afraid he shonld never again have so delightful a comiads- (cheers)-one so sensible, eager, sympathetic, responsive to every mood on any Sheme. (Cheers.) He thought it was due very much to pressure put upon him by some of them that Torn Ellis took an office which he did not believe was very con- ) genial to him—the office of party whipper-in. (Lauphter.) Why did he take the post ? Bo- cause it was not a question of duties that were congenial, but a question of what he con- sidered was his duty to the party of which he was a member. (Cheers.) He wished to read a few sentences from one who .was well able to speak of him in the discharge of his duties as Whip. Sir William Harconrt, who was Leader of the House of Commons in those most difficult times, when they never knew the majority of the day would be 20 or 30, wrote Never was there a man who more tdeserved to be honoured and loved. In the difficult days of the Liberal party, both in Government and in Oppositions his self devotion to our cause and the singular charm of his attrac- tive disposition made him an ever present help. As chief of the fltaff of an army fighting against heavy odds. what was felt by our oppo- nents no less than by our own party, was the true satisfaction of knowing that with him the contents of public life would be conducted in that high spirit of public honour, free from chicane and underhand methods, an/ with tha* sincerity and frankness which had been the great traditions of English politics. We all know. that with our friend the cause to which he was devoted wonld be pursued by no tor- tuous paths or indirect manoeuvres, but with an open front ani light of day. The memorv of such a man deserves to be held in reverence and in honour. He'id a son of whom Walet has a right to be proud, and I, who more that most men bad occasion to benefit by his tot short but strenuous life, most deeply thise in this memorial of his services to t-W public good. Pray express to our friends n1* congratulations on this occasion. (Cheers.) He was not snre that in one or tW places in the letter Sir William was not uncon- sciously and unintentionally pointing to som4 contemporary events. (Laughter.) This WO" not the place nor the occasion for discussing an? Party Affairs, and very indirectly and only in a sentence would he venture to touch upon public affaire, but he would touch them in a way with which he was their Conservative fciends would find the least fault, because everything that he should observe the Ministerial Press also observed, and the points which I shall simply indicate were pointS which touched them all as British citizens, 4.8 men interested in the well being of their counti^' for po man, he cared not to which party b belonged, could contemplate the present aspect of affairs without deep misgivings. (Hear, bear. I What did they see ? Our military system gravely discredited, our fiscal system challenged root and branch, our educative system—and furely educa- tson ought to be made the occasion for uuity-^ flung down for passionate division, and then they J had a strong governing party, as undoubtedly 1, was six months ago, and nations required strong governing parties—broken to pieces. (CheerBw He heard that their marquee at Bala was 00" luckily blown down—daughter)—but he posed the marquee knew it had bee blown down. (Great laughter.) Partly owing to military exposures, if to nothing else, our flnence in the councils of Europe, to which he one attached enormous importance, bad discredited. The nation was bewildered, people are mystified. (Hear, bear ) Was th not true ? (Cries of ?es," and hear, hear.) wonld venture to say that even that great tre sure of ours-the honour of public men-wl1 being a little lowered and tarnished. bear.) He rejoiced to have taken any hum0' pait in unveiling this statue, and in joining g their commemoration, of the man who was splendid comrade, who was an eager, faith*! single-minded worker, and who was what hoped they would all try to be-a true lover j his country and of his kind. (Load andcontioo cheering, during which Mr Morley resumed big seat, after speaking 4C minutes.) SPEECH BY MR LLOYD GEORGE. Mr D. Lloyd George, M.P., said it woff ceedingly difficult even to those who i00 Thomas Ellis well to jadge of bim, of b a P itlo as a public character. His personal charm so great that one quite forgot in his society greater accomplishments. His work was beginning to develop, and it must be go? e, tions before it attained its true proportj Before one knew bow great Tom Ellis won' one must also know what Wales would bec°tj,j (Cheers.) Mr Morley told him on the way station that a gentleman said to him the o day that after all it was only great nations were worth belonging to. Mr Morley him of a fpw uertinent historical facts -d about A.tbens and Geneva, and Florence^) j Scotland. (Applause.) He (Mr Lloyd Ge j,0 also added Judea. (Applause.) These wet nations that had most profoundly &ftecte~Lrfld- thought and consequently the destiny of the j,ot (Cheers.) ho knew whether Wales wou .gtf in another century be added to this brillian (Cheers.) Its possibilities wjro in £ in'te' elit' if it refilled the hopes of all its sons the ness of Tom Ellis's work would have i-° 0' (Cheetah Tom Ellis had every advan #0" training which could make him » successful politician. No earl in !,h¡O g.J1 could give his son a better education t ]C B' Thomas Ellis, of Cynlas, gave to his son, j,jt had opportunities which no earl c,on* son. Living the life of the people, the'r wants, their difficulties, their a^P' „ito^ it was this combination that made national leader. (Cheers.) Tom v 0«j» j cautions, but he was also bold. He wa fo* j of those men who acquired a reputa j* 10 # wisdom by always advising inactlvl.ty. ill tbt never counselled the nation torernslfl tbe- swamps at the bottom of the h"'1 rjnft fall over the precipices in ondeavoii ascend. He thought out for himseu path and led the nation along it, an guided them wisely. (Cheers.) In an goo, life Tom Ellis would have been » gfli b having all the essential elements of e*% £ he chose rather to devote all tn* tional gifts to the service of his (Cheers.) t £ At the overflow meeting the speaae «. } Herbert Lewis, M.P. (in the chair)' Evans, M.P., Mr Samuel Moss, M.r-> Geot? £ Jones Griffiths, M.P.. Mr V. L'^yth. M.P.. Principal Roberts, of Abery Mr Thoma»,sUiias of Cynlaa.