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SWANSEA ELECTIONS. ST. HELEN'S WARD FIGHT. COUN. HEMMINGS' MEETING. POINTS FOR THE RATEPAYERS IV S»»mea f" ,rl in t,6 gt Helen s Ward on paign opened in the oi>. n Friday evening, when Couualiyi M. vvt«a~ m tne ivodney-screet meeiing wa. wealbn- no^witkstandin^^ pre_ weii-atLenued. • ,-A^rtpd by Coanciiioi' wtod, and he ^port.d David Davies f f Messrs. Gamweii, fiTs^tS idotW whilst Mi*. Uem- ball. autei, ai > Evans were mmgi, Mrs. Colbourne, and Miss -vu amongst me ladies P^s^llv" Tcjn\it-60N. LE-riEE FROM H T1BOMr,=0* JS TiSS'-imuch ie=ret thai prtSU **»•» e,g,gen>eaK prevent I aue5 •>! your u**tmg to nigot. a. a Swue on me Council 1 can state « emphatically that I know no me^' conscientious ai-i ir. tiif, di.cb.arge of hi, duties, ^eful, espect- experienco aiv.ays i»lvr y,' a ally » committee work, feel confident that the elecuns Helen's Ward will show their appreciation of \c.ur past services by again returning wi at «te head of the poll «.th the thump, in" majority you deserve. With aL goou wishes; I remain, very sincerely yours, Henry Thompson." (AFpifUSol-r>TTTr— w; S FAITHFUL SERVICES. The Chairman said he was sure that any- one following cicely the administration of the affairs of &wunnsa couid not tail to n-Cce tho caose attention that Mr. Hammings nad given to everything in connection with "it Helen's Ward, which he had represented iur the last three years. Mr. Hemmmgs was a gfciual gentleman who was prepared to devote his time a.nd money in the interests of the ward and the town, and be was sure that nobody could say that their represen- tative had done anything that should de- bar his re-election practically unopposed. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Hemmings had rendered most faithful services, and the ratepayers doubtless appreciated them. (Hear, hear.) He had consistently voted in the interests of progress, and with a view ot keeping the rates down, and if they again returned aim he would, in ihe next three years, rende: equally faithful services, a,nd a-t the fiid ol his term come before them with another (food account of his stewardship. He hoped they would recognise Mr. Hemmings' faith- ful services in the past by returning him by a thumping majority. (Applause.) ONE OF THEMSELVES. Councillor Hemmings met with a splendid reception, and at the outset he thanked th6 elE-ctors for coming there on such a wretched evening. He regarded it as evi- dence that they took a serious and earnest interest in the business of the Corporarjun, which was really their business. (Hear, hear.) He also took it that they at all events had not withdrawn the confidence which they placed in him throe years ago. (Hear, hear.) One of their friends on tiio other side, notably one who last Novem- ber was given a clear indication of the vaJue that the ratepayers of St. Helen's placed upon his views and proffered ser- vices, had' tried to make capital cf the fact- that his (Mr. Hemmings') name dia not often appear in the newspaper reports of the Council meetings. "I do not pre- tend," said Mr. Hemmings, "to be a great speaker, but only a plain business man who tries to apply to public affairs the sam"" method- which have made a success of my own undertakings." (Applause.) It was, he went on, as n business man that he come before them three years ago, and he again submitted himself p.s such, and asked for a renewal of their confidence. (Ap- plause.) Ho could truly claim that thb experience he had obtained at the Corpora- tion had rendered him a more efficient re- presentative, and he ventured to add that he had made the most of his opportuni- ties in their service. (Hear, hear.) The official reports showed that no one was more free than he was from the reproach of neglecting the comniattees where the bulk of the real work was done. He had spared neither time nor trouble to justify their trust in him. (Applause.) No detail "ftectm.; Sr. Helen's Wa;u had come befon t.he Council that he ahd not given his close attention to, and he was tempted to believe that at no former time had the needs and requirements of the ward received better attention. (Hear, hear.) Substantial in, provements had been carried out, thank'" to the persistence of his colleagues antl himself. The only sercous attempt evei made to preveiu the ficoding of the Saiio- fields, about winch for twenty years bushes of tali; had fron. time to time arisen vO*s now in course of being carried out' with an outlay of about £ 25,000. "We are as- sured, said Mr. Hem Illir g.s, "that the scheme will prove a success. The borough engineer, who is responsible for 'l has declared that the experience obtained curing the last few weeks has convinced ram that the schema will do all that he promised it would do." Air. Hemmings, continuing, said he sincerely hoped that that would be so, for apart from the loss ot public money which failure meant it would be deplorable for the scores if not hundreds of people in the ward suffering from that chronic evil. They received in the adoption of that scheme no assistance from Mr. Ruthen. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, he publicly associated himself vith the opinion that the scheme repre- sented a sheer waste of public monev. It was with reasons of that kind that every proposal in the past had been smothered. Whatever the result, he (Jlr. Hammings) said that the attempt Oil their part to carry out the scheme which the Engineer of the Corporation, the expert whose services they retained for the purpose of advising them, declared it justified the money spent" was better than inaction in the matter. (Hear, hear.) Even failure was better than no attempt at all. (Applause.) In this connection Mr. Hemmings said that he re- sisted the passing of the Sketty sewe-sre into the Sandfields sewer to add to the con- gestion already there and make the flooding ot low-levels worse, but Mr. Ruthen, on the other hand, was most active ill ;-ft- tin? that scheme adopted. He (2vlr. Hem. mings) made light of the increased trouble it meant for the ratepayers in that area, + and with such a record he was amazed at Mr. Ruthen asking for the support of the ratepayers of the St. Helen's WaTod, in which he never took the slightest interest till hi." rejection by the Ffynone electors and subsequent faijure to ouet Mr. Ben Jones as a party candidate in that ward, which compelled him to look el&ewhere for a seat. Mr. Ruthen now asked them to accept him the rate- >avc,r,, of St. Helen's who owed him nothing-(a voice: "He will have to go to Landore")-and to reject in his favour one who was born in the ward and had lived in it for 40 years, and ha.d not in a single respect failed to render faithful eser- vice to them. (Hear, he.ar.) He (Mr. Hemmings) flattered himself that he pressed forward the improvement to the Slip, which had removed so much discomfort to the thousands of people who flocked there. In this regard he read the following letter from Coun. Morgan Hopkin:— "My dear Mr. Hemmings,—I find my name, has figured somewhat prominently in your fights in connection with the additional slip- way on to our sands. Whatever part I took in that direction, I wish to say that as mem- ber of the ward in which the SImway is situated you gave me every help, and I think it only fair to &ay that e\ try credit I., due you for this great improvement. If I remem- ber correctly that at an interview we had with the borough surveyor you made a sug- frfttion that a roundhead should be construct- ed at the same time as the Slipway, and per- sonally I regret that so valuable a suggestion was not cajried out.-With my best regards, I am, yours sincerely, Morgan Hopkin." I i(Appla.use.) Mr. Hemmings added that he had gone to the Council with no other object j than to servo them, and he was proud to think he had been of some assistance to them. (Hear, hear.) As vice-chairman of the Parks Committee, he had given hearty support to the movement for providing powl- ing greens in the perks—he was the means of bringing about the beautiful one in Victoria Park—and lie thought they were not^only a good investment, but tended to brighten the live? of thousands of players who used them. (Hear hear.) Further, -well-lighted stree « and roads were to be valued, and he behe-\ that he had been consulting their wishes m doirg what he had in that direction. tie hoped before the election they would h3Ne j the, pleasure of seeing St. Helen s-roaf c tween the Hospital and the Baths we 11111- minated by elcctric light. (Applause.) tie had helped in that, and his effoits in to pocure better lighting for the ward n*d resulted in some of his colleagues him with almost being cbrcmc on e ject. (Laughter ) There were many other improvements which be could men -on having helped to caJry out. SOTM O i were apparently of little impo ance themselves, but collectively they ma e the comfort and benefit of the ^payers (A^plau&eJ He was proud to think that he WM associated with the Municipal In- form Party. (Hear, hear.) It was quit- time thev had some drastic changes m the administration of municipal affairs in the town, and that people obtained something belter than a sham self-government. (Hear, hear.) Only those m the Council realised and appreciated the grros inju«- tice which prevailed there and tne disre- (T-T- eard shown for the public int«rosur. (Heai hear.) So far they weTe only a mmontj-. and were therefore frequently out-vo^ed. but h° ventured to say that their cru&a e was making converts both inside and out- side the Council Chamber. (Hear, hear.) Already the crusade had had considerable practical effect if only in checking worthy less and useless deputations. Aith ei1 support he hoped to be able to continue I to contribute his share towards the bene- ficial changes which meant so much Swansea—the town in which, he repeated, he was born in, and in which ha had live practically all his life. "I sure, he said in closing, "that when I appeal to you as one of yourselves that you will pnt your shoulder to the wheel and say, We arc going to have Hemmings and see that he gets in with a thumping majority. (Applause.) Mr. Wm. Ball moved a vote of confi- dence in the candidate. In seconding, Mr. Saltern referred to Mr Hetrunings' business ability and assiduity for the work of the Council, and said of the Municipal Reform platform that, un- like- that of the Progressives, thjey did know the planks of it, which were efficiency, economy, and business management of tne Corpc ration estate, and the physical we1 fare o+' the people. (Applause.) Coun. Macdonnell supported, and takinj up an insinuation that had been made that Mr. Hemmings was a weak man on the Council, he denied it strenuously, and saia that though not an orator, Mr. Hemming^ was a worker. (Hear, hear.) He was a member of ten coniin it tacts of the Gcun- cil, and he devoted himself to the business of tach one of them very assiduously. ''And I know," added Mi\ Macdonnell, "from my own experience of him in the Council, that he tenaciously stioks to' the objects ithat are for the benefit and good of this ward and the town generally. (Applause.) And he is just ns firm in opposing anything that be considered not gcod and economics for Swansea. (Haar, hear.) And I think it would bp the basest ingratitude, after hav- ing gendered those good services for the past three years, if you in St. Helen's did not now give him your renewed and entire eupport. (Applause.) SOME FACTS FOR THE ELECTORS, Mr. David L'avies, who was cordially re-: ceived, also supported. They had, he said, commenced for the fourth year a campaign Jin that ward. On the four 'pre vious occasions they were completely sue- cessfui, and he believed they were going to be equally successful on this occa- J fiion. (Hear, hear.) He believed that bn- cause Mr. Hemmings w;¡.s identified with the' party which was striving at t.he present time to do something for Swansea; he was identi-; fied with the party which was fighting down an influence and a system which had been sea-iously detrimental to the best interests of, tLe town. ]f bo (Mr. Davies; interpreted public feeling aright in Swansea that feeling! t, was ripe for a change. (Hear, hear.) Some people had had a long innings, but the gene- ral feeling manifested at more than one elec- tion recently was .that it was full time that that innings came to an end, not merely from the personal standpoint, but from the stand- point of public interest. (Hear, hear.) Swansea was becoming a great town; it was going to be one of the greatest towns in the West; and nothing could so seriously retard ite advancement—nothing so fatal to its pro- gresg—as the continuation of a system which reduced local self-government to a mockery and made unfairness and injustice the pre- vailing and dominant feature of their admin- istration. (Applause.) He was there to sup- port Councillor Hemmings because, 3 first of all, he was a member of the Municipal Re- form party; and, secondly, because he was a very efficient member of that party. (Hear, hear.) Every party consisted of different classes of men some were good in one thing and some good in another; and he had no hesAation whatever in saying that in the Council there was no more useful man than George Hammings in committee work. He bad infinitely more time for public work them he (Mr. Da-vios) had, and he brought to tho work of the Corporation that same pet- tient endeavour, that same business method, that had enabled him not only to create but to maintain a large and prosperous business, What they wanted in Corporation work were exactly those qualities which made for suc- cess in private life—(hear, hear)—and when people suggested that Mr. Hemmings was "a weak man," ask them how they themselves succeeded in their own business, and whether the distinctive strength of a man was ever more clearly revealed than in the manage- ment of his own affairs—his own business? (Hear, hear.) When he told them that Coun- cillor Hemmings was one of the most useful members on tli3 Council he was not merely expressing his own opinion. It was only two days a,go that he heard the chairman of the Parks Committee—and he was not a Munici- pal Reformer—say thai among all his ool- leagues on that committee there was no mem- ber more useful than Mr. Hemmiugs-n-o member more regular in his attendances, no member who brought more earnestness into his work, and no man more capable or more ready to take trouble to get at the bottom of everything in connection with committee work. (Applause.) They had got their talk- ers and they had got their workers, and he (Mr. Davies) said that amongst their workers —the men who did the routine work and who rendered the most valuable service to LLe community—was Councillor Hemmings, whose defeat at the coming election would be a distinct loss to St. Helen's Ward, bemuse there was no representative who was more diligent in looking after their wants or more diligsnt in the doing of the things which appeared email but which amounted to very much in the aggregate. (Hear, hear.) Now Mr. xuvan Rowlands, who was rejected la^t year, had been saying something recently that was intended to be very damaging. He said that Mr. George Hemmings had sta-ted that "he held the Sandfields in the hollow of his hand," suggesting that he could make them do as he liked and not as they liked. "Mr. Hemmings assures me," said Mr. Davies, "that he never said any- thing of the kind. Only a fool wouJd have said such a thing, and I know Mr. Hem. mings is no fool, and would not have said it. They could accept it as an absolute invention, and he invited Mr. Evan Rowlands to tell them when and "herc Mr. Hemmings made use of such a statement. (Hear, hear.) If he failed toO accept that challenge they would know w-}.<at to think in future of the statements from that, quarter. An old friend of his (Mr. Davies') who aiso spoke at that meeting—— Mr. J. W. Jones—describ- ed the kind of man who should be returned to the Council. lIe said he must be "will- ing to work, thoroughly capable in his pro- fession, and a man of sterling character." He must have meant Mr. Hammings, he thought, and was convinced of it later en, because Mr. Jones proceeded to say "It was not ifo much taJkers they wanted in the Council as worker. and he trusted that at the coming election the ratepayers would return as many quiet, sensible business men fi-s possible—men who could sit down and transact the business of the borough in the best interests of the town." Now, Mr. J. W. Jones, he was convinced, bad strayed into the wrong meeting. (Laughter.) He thought he was speaking for Mr. Hem- mings. and made a mistake, because those qualifications were precisely the qualifica- tions winch were possessed by Mr. Hei). filings.^ (More laughter and hear, hear.) lie hoped they would all. follow the advice and return to the Council a quiet, sensible business -an-a man who would b-? able to apply to public work the same business methods that had been so successful in his own undertaking. (Hear, hear.) There j was another speaker at that meeting who practically admittod that Mr. Hemmings was a good business man, and because he was a good business man—this wa.s caid at Mr. Ruthen's meeting—he advised him to go elsewhere for a seat. "Go elsewhere for a seat, exclaimed Mr. Davies; "the man who was born in this ward—the ma-ii who has lived for 40 years in the ward- the man who knocw every nook and corner in it and almost every person who lives here —he is to go elsewhere for a seat-to make room for whom?—Mr. Ruthen—-who has hardly ever been seen in this ward until recently. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Ruthen lives in the Ffynone Ward, and he has failed to obtain the confidence of his own neighbours; he has been rejected by them after their experience of him in the Council. (Heq,r, hear.) Mr. Ruth-en't; friends for some months past have been trying to get Mr. Ben Jones to make way for him, and it was oniy 'when they failed that he came down here. But lie came not for you; it was not for his love and affection for St. Helen's that he came here, He is one of the migratory birds i who are trying to find their way into the nests of others. You may have noticed the movement. Mr. Duvid Griffiths coming down from Brynmelin to fight in Ffynone: Mr. Ruthen coming away from Ffynone to fight St. Helen's. Why this migration? Is it not because, fluttering about fit a state of perplexity, they are trying to find some j sort of refuge? (Hear, hear.) But is the 'ejected of Ffynone good enough for St. Helen's? (Cries of "No.") Is St. Helen's so deficient in capable men that we must seek outside for its members? (Cries of "No," and a voice "He's no good for this ward.") I have told you I do not think Mr. Ruthen cams here fiom tffaction for the Sc. Heieii's Ward- and I will prove it shortly." (Hear, hear.) PROFESSIONAL MEN IN THE COUNCIL. Proceeding, Mr. Davies said that at the meeting in question Mr. Ruthen said that a member of the Council—ho (Mr. Davies) knew he was ret erring to luni—had suggested that it was a good thing to place a man with special aptitudes to do special work. And he said, "I rill an architect, and why shouldn't I apply my special aptitude in the Council?" He only wanted to say that if Mr. Ruthen were out of active business it would be a good thing to have an architect in the Council Chamber. But precisely for the reason—and this point he made at the last November elections—if the business of the Corporation were largely concerned with birying and selling coal he would object to Mr. Hemmings being there as their repre- sentative, and it ."t. CnuncUior Frank Tunbridge, as a valuer and estate agent, had not undertaken not to act for private clients in r&spect of Corporation business, be would also say that he ought not to be elected either (Hear hear.) liis point was that whether he were an architect, a solici- tor, or other professional man he muse not be in the council in a. dual capacity—he must not sit in committees where business was transacted in which he was concerned as the agent of 3. private employer aad also as the servant of the public. (Hear, hear.) They oould not serve two different interests of that kind. And if Mr. Rulhen, as an arohi- teot, would tell them that, he never sat on committees when his own plans were under consideration, then that reproach would fall away from him. "But," said Mr. Davies, let Mr. Ruthen publicly declare that he did not sit on corn- mittees when his own plans were under consideration. I invite him to deal specificially with this. He could have no objection (Mr. Davies went on) J to any professional man being on the Coun- cil, but he should not act whilst there in twj capacities. Personally. he was besides oeiug a newspaper man connected with the printing business, but during the six years he had been on the Council, he had never by word or gesture, directly or indirectly, taken the slightest part in dealing with the printing contracts cf the Corporation. (Applause)■ He recognised that it would be objec- tiona.ble to be there representing the com- pany of which he was a servant and the ratepayers of whom he was also a servant. (Hear, hear). And the matter for them was this Building bye-laws and regulations had been drafted for the public protection—for the protection of health and life. It was in the interest of the ratepayers to enforce those bye-laws and regulations. But it was often to the interest of the builder to evade those requiiement^and they should net nave upon the committee dealing with plans anybody who was responsible for the pre- paration of the plans. MR. RUTHEN AND THE SANDFIELDS. That was the point he made with regard to Mr. Ruthen .being an architect, regarding whom he had not a word to say in his private capacity, but criticised solely his public work from the standpoint ot" a ratepayer. But he had a more important matter to refer to. Did they in that part of Swansea attach importance to the flooding of the town? Did they think it was a real evil? Did they thinK that the houses in the affected areas were made unwholesome, un- oomfortable and unhealthy by those recur- rent tloodwgs ( Had they thought of the in 0 people suffering rtal hardships from the rioodt ? Did they who lived in districts free from flooding appreciate what it meant to the poor people to have those floods brought periodicafly to their homes? That was the important question for the Sandfields. (A j Voice: "It is.") To him three years ago it appeared to be the one great subject upon which there should be no division, amongst the people of the Sandfields. They might be Liberals, Tories, or Socialitss, any- thing in politics or religion, but they were united in demanding that an end should be put to an order of things which was not only a disgrace but a source of menace and a danger to the health of the people of the district. That was what they believed about the Sandfields. But. did they know that during 1906. 1907, and 1908, when per- sistent efforts were made to do something to alleviate the evil, Mr. Ruthen in every instance voted for referring bad! the scheme and not carrying it out? That was to say, that during those years Mr. Ruthen was on the Council, b.e was a consistent and persistent opponent of the scheme which was now adopted for relieving the flooding oi the Sandfields. There was another feature. He (Mr. Davies) remembered the time wlien the flooding was at its worst, and they were told it was proposed to bring the sewage from Coedsaeson and carry it down Bryn-, mill-lane to the Park-place sewer, and so pour it into the main sewer and make the condition of the Sandfields worse than ever. Was that in the interests of that part of the St. Helen's Ward? And yet Mr. Ruthen fought for that again and again, and was one of the most active champions of the scheme. No doubt he felt justified in that. Well, he might have excellent justification action for Coedsaeson, but the action was not justified in the sight of the people in the Sandfields. (Hear, hear.) When objection was raised, not by the Municipal Reformers only, but by the representatives of the three wards affected—St. Helen's, Victoria and Castle—to pouring the Coedsaeson sewage ¡rota the Sandfields, this was what Mr. Ruthen said—he would give it chapter and verse;—it was on September 18th, 1907 :— In the Sandfields things went on all right till there was a flood, but at Coedsaeson the whole place was running with liquid sewagi all day long. Down in the Sandfields the people were quite lappy." (A Voice: "shame.") That was making light of the hardships and sufferings of the people, flild in a matter of days, on the 8th of October, they had that memorable storm of rain and wind, when those poor people were flooded jut, when garbage and sewage were deposited in tho little nornes to produce a harvest of disease. Would Mr. Ruthen have been happy of he had to live under those conditions? Nobody, know the extent of the evil results. The death rate did did nor tell its full story. But Mr. Ruthen tcld them they were happy in the Sandfields. Did Mr. Ruthen know what flooding meant in the St. Helen's Ward? (Hear, hear.) In March, 1908, they would remember, there was a ratepayers' meating in the Yincent- ?treet School. (A voice "That was the pro- mise that you made when you were elect- ed.") "Yes," said Mr. Davies, "I told you two years ago that if I did not do something to remedy tne condition o; tilings 1 WOUM never ask for vour votes again." (Applause). e Continuing, he explained that.afteT the flood of October St!; the members in the Council who had opposed the scheme now being car- ried out of diverting the stcrm water from the higher levels were too shame-faced to do so any more, and the Vincent-street meeting was called to try and devise some method of influencing the Commissioner of the Local Government Board. They went before the inquiry and described the horrible pictures of the flooding of October 8th, and then. speak- ing on March 4th, 1908, Mr. Ruthen, still preaching in favour of the scheme for pouring the Uoe .suecon sewage into their sewer said "The origin of all that wonderful out- cry was the Sandfields meeting. At Coed- saeson he could call together a meeting five times as big, and uc suggested lilac the Sandfields meeting was merely "gal- ierj play." Now the elections of that y&iv were then over. ihey were in March, and all they wanted to do was by everybody's help to see if they could not join together to relieve the iiood- ing and to create public opinion against bringing the additional sewage of Coedsaeson into the Sandfields. That was what Mr. Ruthen called "gallery play." That; was his idea of the importance of the flood- ing to the Sandfields. (Hear, hear.) One thing more. When the representatives of the three wards on another occasion again I pointed out that ii they poured the sewage from Coedsaeson into the Sandfields it would aggravate the Hooding there, Mr. Ruthen declared that he "didn't care where the sewage went." I said on that occasion," com- mented Mr. Davies, "we knew: the terrible condition of the poor in the Sandfields, and if Mr. Ruthen also knew it, then it was the greater shame to him for saying what, he did." (Applause.) Prc- ceeding to give chapter aixt verse, Mr. i Davies next oame to October 7th, 1907. 1 There was a final effort made to try and prevent the pouring into the Sandfieids ail that additional sewage, and Air. Ruthen seconded a motion to gag them. Not one of the members of the aiiected area, wais per- nutted at that meeting to say a word. One member proposed—it was Mr. David Harris—that the question be put, and Mr. Ruthen seconded it, and by a majority the motion was carried to close the mouths oi the members who represented the affected wards before they had been given a chance of saying a word in defence of the people in that locality; by the use of tho gag the debate was closed beiore any member had a chance of putting iorward their cafae against that miserable attempt to divert additional sewage into the Sandfields. It was remarked by one of the meaYbere that it, was relieving tnc aristocracy <>i bkeity in order to make worse the condition of the poor people of the Sandtields. (Hear, hear and applause.) On October 12th, 1903, Mr. Ruthen was in Ffynone, and even the, he persisted in saying that the flooding 01 the Sandfields would not be obviated by the scheme proposed. He (Mr. Davies) I was no engineer, and was depending for his in-formatiori on the Borough Engineer, the expert whom they paid ior nis practical knowledge of such matters. And Mr. Wyi-ill toid him omy a. few days ago that indications went to show that the now being carried out was going to succeed. (Applause.) lie was the only maji whose guidance and advice they cowd follow, and if the scheme succeeded and the flooding was prevented, then a great evil would disappear. (Hear, hear). But supposing it only partially succeeded—supposing it ctonipletely failed—was it not better;to nave tried and failed rather than hot to have tiried at ail. (Hear, hear.) They were expending something like £¿3,UOO on the scheme, and before the ex- periment had been tried they had Mr. Ru- then proclaiming in the Ffynone Ward that it would not prevent the flooding and that it was mere waste of public money. The latter had consistently and persistently advocated the placing into the sewers more sewage from an in- creasing district like Sketty, and yet he came there to the Sandfields-to the people at whose sufforinge and trials he had gibed —and said, "I am the man you ought to re- turn to the Council"—(laughter)—and so' displace the representative who had lived there 40 years, and who had tried to bring a.bout that improvement. He said, "Let me come and be your member." Pos- sibly if he did, it would alter his views as to the importance of the Sandfields. (Laughter and hear, hear.) Mr. Davies went on to point out that Mr. Ruthen favoured the Brynmill drainage scheme despite its effect upon the sands, the children's best play- ground and Swansea's best asset, which he (Mr. Davies) would like to make still more valuable, and which might be done when the Corpora- tion acquired control. Would not places like Cardiff and Gloucester be pleased if they bad such sands? It was priceless1—a thing of immeasurable value—and yet they had peo- ple advocating in the face of every expert opinion of practical engineers that that asset should be rendered not only valueless, but a source of danger to health, the gathering ground of corruption close to a populous district. • MR. RUTHEN OPPOSES THE HOUSING SCHEME. Again he was told that his canvass- I ers emphasised the suggestion that Mr. Ru- then was a reformer—a great friend of the woiking man. (Laughter.) He ('Mr. Davies) did not know how many workingmen believ- ed in the housing scheme; how many of them had realised what a house famine there wasj in Swansea, and how, apart from the increas- ed cost of living, that that scarcity of houses subjected peopie to special hardships and suf- ferings. He thought they all realised it more or less. But when Mr. Raithen's can- vassers talked about his interest in the workingmen, he wanted them to ask men like Alderman Morris, the chairman of the Hous- ing Committee; how Mr. Ruthen had helped that committee over the Colbourne-terrace houses. (Hear, hear.) Why, he resisted the committee to the uttermost. He said that he objected to the Colbourne-terrace houses, and he fought the Housing Commit- tee every inch against those houses being .built, and he spoke against them at the Gov- ernment inquiry. Last November he tried to explain that his objection was to the type of the houses, but on Saptembe.r 5th, 1906, he said "it was a speculation. for a section of the community only, and was not munici- pal work proper." It ought to be left to private speculation, he said ifi effect; but if Swansea was reduced to such a famine of houses, forcing up rents and producing dis- comfort for hundreds of people, and private enterprise was not capable of meeting the demand, then he (Mr. Davies) thought the Corporation, as one of the agendas, should participate in the work of providing the re- medy. (Hear, hear). Coming to the master of deputations, Mr. Davies said that Mr. Ruthen in his speech confessed that there were Council deputations, some of which were use- ful and others worthless. "I have looked through the official records," said Mr. Davies, "during the whole time that Mr. Ruthen was a member of the Council, and I have not. found a single instance in which Mr. nuthen's vote has be,n given against the sending 01 any deputation. He has al- ways voted for the deputation, and if some were worthless Own be must have voted for them." (Hear, hear.) As a Municipal Re- form party, Mr. Davies claimed they had in this connection saved hundreds of pounds in the past few wars, as would be seen if they got a return of the expenses of dcputaticn- before and since that party had been in the Council. (Hear, hear.) The Reform party had, he added, justified its existence and more, and the best hopes of Swansea lay in the success of that party. (Hear, hear.) He knew they we're, outside the Council Cham- ber, making progress, for the public were beginning to realise that their mission was ] to secure good local self-government for Swansea. c (Applause.) The end was ap- preaching, and if St. Helen's stood by them and see that sufficient strength was put into fneir ;-¡f111f r.nev '.0'; con;lauo t !1e hg:U-. .1t thoy lost their confidence the fight would fail, and they might be re-cast- into the old condition of things. "But if you will give us confidence by your votes," sa:d_ Mr. Danes, "then the crusade in the public in- terest will continue, and when we become the majority and have an effective voice in the management of the town we shall pro- duce such a,change ii: tne public acminisu' tion that generations to come will call it tion that generations to come will call it blessed." (Loud applause.) The resolution was then earned unani- mously, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded a successful meeting.
VERY VIOLENT STORM
VERY VIOLENT STORM EFFECT IN SWANSEA AND DISTRICT. RESIDENTS OF SANDFIELDS SUFFER. A violent storm burst over Swansea and district on Saturday night, and occasioned great inconveuisiice to the hundreds of people who had to be a.bout shopping, be- sides flooding several areas in the low- lying paxts of the Sandtields, Swansea.. Down Constitution Hill and Mount Pleaeant the water, fed from the heights af lown Hill, poured in torrents, both tlio-rough- fares resembling rivers. At the Sandfields, Wellington-ptreet and Clarence-terrace suffered worst. The water rushed down Mysydd-street and round from Bathurst-street, with the result that the plaoes adjacent were completely under water. A horse and cart was employed to get inanv people home. Besides the water in front of the Well- ington-street houses there was a rush from the back, while at some of the bouses the water forced its way up through the floors, leaving an obnoxious mud deposit behind. One Wellington-street tenant told the writer:—"It's a shajne to think we have to pay 6s. rent and then be flooded cut like this now and again when a particularly, heavy storm comes on. We were busy baling the water out untii well on Sunday morning It's a terrible experience to have the water rushing in through all your rooms on th3 street level door and find thing-s floating about, and it's about time this state of things was remedied." The floods in Wellington-street were added to by the moving lake of water from Wassail-square the sawers being quite unable to cope with the rush. The new sewer construction pits-at the back of the Market and the lower end of Fisher-street more especially—were flooded to the depth"of over 20 feet, and steam en- gines were busy on Sunday pumping out the volumes of'water which the incoming tide materially added to. In Fisher-street the caretakers, in several of the solicitors offices, who live in the basements, were flooded out, and had to seek refuge on the higher floors. In the Swansea'district there were heavy floods. Some roads were waist deep in water, men having to wade throu.gh to get to their work. A motor car, with a gentleman and two ladies, en route for Cardiff, got stopped by the water near Morriston, and it was over an -hour before a horse could be obtained to drag the car out. The water overflowed the Tawe. some cattle were drowned, traffic was blocked in Herbert-street, Pontardawe, a wall at the Railway Stores was carried away, pedes- trian traffic was stopped from Glais to Clydach, and general inconvenience was suffered. The body of Rex Harvey, the missing Merthyr Tydvi! engineer, who was washed away by the great Taff flood at CWn Bridge on September 28. has been found at Treforest, fifteen miles down the river.
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FRENCHMEN FURIOUS.I
FRENCHMEN FURIOUS. I SENOR FERRER'S EXECUTION. PARIS ADOPTS HIS CHILDREN I KING ALFONSO EXECRATED, Paris, Thursday.—The great wave of popu- lar indignation whici-t swept through F,rance, yesterday at the news of Senor Ferrer s ex- ecution continues unabated Prominent politicians express the aps.nx>n that the after-effects of Senor Ferrer s execu tion will give trouble to every Govrnment in Europe.. The Paris City Council this morning un- animouslv passed a resolution indignant y protesting agamst the execution, and propes in3 to name a Pains street after Senor Ferrer. It was likewise resolveci that the city should adopt and bring up at its own expense two grandchi'drcn of Senor Ferrer who were born in Paris. Telegrams from all parts of France show the intense indignation prevailing. Tne Marseilles City Counei1 passed such a strong- ly worded pretest that the Prefect, repre- senting <-he French Government, left the room. From Lyons, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Troves, St. Etienne. Lille, Rouen, Roubaix. I and many other important centres come ac- j counts of indignation meetings and strong j votes of censure on the Spanish authorities j by local bodies. King Alfonso, who t^ a few months itgo was most popular with the French people, is now execrated. French people, is now execrated. Midnight.—More rioting took place to- ¡ night in connection with the execution o, Ferrer, but this time the centre of disturb- ance was the Latin Quarter. Anticipating trouble from the students, the Prefect o. Police. M. Lepine. had massed 400 police in the. neighbourhood of the Pantheon alid Sorbonne. But nothing occurred till aUhough an enormous crowd had gathered on j the Boulevard St. Michel and the adjacent streets and was shouting "Death to Alfon- so," "Down with the Jesuits," and Vive I' Perresr."—("Daily Mail.")
BRITAIN'S BIG NAVAL BASE.I
BRITAIN'S BIG NAVAL BASE. I PRINCE OF WALES OPENS DOVER UNDERTAKING. LARGER THAN CITY OF LONDON. The Prinoe of Wales visited Dover on Friday for the purpose of laying the com- memoration stone of the new Admiralty harbour, which has just been completed, after eleven years' labour and aji expandi- ture of 31 millions. The gigantic nature of the undertaking wiil be gathered from the fact tha.t the new harbour is larger than the area of the city of London, and that within its shelter a whole navy may obtain safety from the assaults of the sea a.nd from the attacks ot torpedoes. It is a. triumph of modern on- gi peering. In a pavilion specially erected at the baee of the new extension H.R.H. laid the com- inenToration stone, in the presence of a distinguished company. j The Prince congratulated the contractors on the successful undertaking, remarking that despite the hazardous work there had been no deaths or permanent injuries. The new harbour would be a valuable addition to our naval bases, and would form a secure shelter of the fleet in home waters.
NEATH CLUB STEWARD
NEATH CLUB STEWARD IN THE W RONG: THOUGHT HE WAS IN THE RIGHT. At Neath on Monday John Davies, club steward, Neath, was summoned for travel- ling beyond the distance without paying additional fare.—Mr. Jegtyn Jeffreys prcee- cuted; Mr. Arnold defended, Mr. Jeffreys said defendant boarded the tram when in motion on the Penrhiewtyn Hill, and tendered a penny. The conductor told him that the fare would only take him as far as the Hong Kong Inn. Defendant persisted in riding on to Neath, with the result that the conductor reported the t matter to Mr. Whifctington, tramways .man- ) ager. The condttetor said defendant refused to pay the extra penny because there were no Mgns indicating the different stages en route. Mr. Arnold said there was not the slightest intention to defraud. Defendant thought he was in the right and acted accordingly. The Bench fined defendant 10s. and costs and allowed an advocate's fee.
.I £14,000 SWANSEA PURCHASE.
£14,000 SWANSEA PURCHASE. REPORTED SALE uF NEW STEAMER. The tollowing appears in a list of South Wales shipping sales in a Cardiff oontem- pora-ry — "Steamer to carry 2,000 tons d.w. on 16ft., now building at Newcastle to class 100 Al at Lloyds; sold to Capta,n D. R Thomas, Swansea, for £14250. She will j have triple expansion engines, 30in., 31in., and 51in. by 36in. stroke. Dimensions 231 ft. by 36ft. by 15^ft." Inquiries at Swansea fail to elicit any clue as to who the purchaser is.
i ! SWANSEA BAY ANGLERS.
SWANSEA BAY ANGLERS. RESULTS OF ANNUAL COMPETITIONS ON MUMBLES PIER. The annual competitions of Swansea Bay 8ea Angling Association were resuiaed on Saturday. Tho weather held up fairiy we'l "until nearly tht close ojici on the whole the sport was good. There were thirty-four competitors, as against 25 on Thursday, a.nd results of the two days' fishing were as follows — 1st prize (value JBl IDs), heaviest total of fish caught. Mr. J. Nixon, Mumbles, 61bs. 4ozs. 2nd prize (vaine £1), Mr. H. Alford, Swansea, 51bs. loz.; 3rd (value 12s. 6d. presented by Ben Evans and Co.), Mr. F. J. Pickford, Swansea, 4ibs. l5^ozs. 4th, (value 10s. 6d., presented by Aubrey Ed. wards and Co.), heaviest single fish-Mr. W. Meggitt. Swansea. 21bs. L4 ozs. 5th (value 10s. 6d. presented by Giles, Phillips and Co.), second heaviest single fish—Mr. George Dickens, Swansea, 2Ibs. 4^ozs. 6tb lvalue IDs. 6d., presented by Mr. Edwin Hall) heaviest brace of fish—Mr. George Matthews, Swansea, 31bs. 14^ozs. Miss Hathaway, Swansea, won tie prize (value 10s. 6d.), offered by Mr. David James, for the heaviest total weight of fish caught by a lady member of the associa- tion. Mr. W. F. Pond (chairman) and Mr. F- W. Phillips acted as judges, and the stewards were Messrs. A. Burrow (bon. secretary and treasurer), J. Nixon, G. Mat- thews, J. Edmond, A. B. Manning, and Oharles Lainb. The association is in a flourishing condition, having a membership of about 130. —
| PEACE AT COPPER PIT.
PEACE AT COPPER PIT. SETTLEMENT ARRIVED AT: NOTICES WITHDRAWN. The long-stan«3mg dispute ait Copper Pit Oorriery, Moraston, was settled on Sa.tar- dav-, when a recurrence of abrupt stoppages was safeguarded against. The men re- sumed work on Monday. We understand also that the notices on either side, as well as the summonses issued by the management have been withdrawn.
KING DEPARTS FOR WEST DEAN.
KING DEPARTS FOR WEST DEAN. The King left London on Monday after- noon for Singleton, the station for West Dean Park, where his Ma,jest\r is staying on I isit until Saturday. By the invitation of his Majesty several members of the house partv travelled down by the same train.
AGAINST REACTION IN SPAIN.
AGAINST REACTION IN SPAIN. Madrid, Sunday.—The Republicans and Socialists have decided to unite in cam- paign against reaction.—(Renter.)
TAIBACH BETTING CASE. j
TAIBACH BETTING CASE. j FINE OF JS10 INFLICTED AT ABhRAV cN. At Aberavon on Monday Rd. Jno. Grif- fiths, 10, Chajles-sticet, was charged with loitering for the par-pose of betting and receiving bets at Ffrwyddwyjlt Biidge, Taibach, on October.—Mr. L. Thorn;^ de- fended. P.S. Harris said in company with P.O. Jenkins he was eonoealed in a pof-ii-icn on the bridge when tne defendant rede up on a bicycle and live men came up and handed bun slips of paper. The cefendcrit t-i-jn rode as far as the Copper Works.poke to anotner man. and or. returning to the bridge was arrested. I pen t.hc> defendant wani £4 17s. lid., and 17 betting slips, con- taining the names cf horses running a.t Newmarket that day, and also oth?j^ for the Cesarewitch. Un him was also a book containing a starting-price list, with the name of Gharlie Jenkins, Swansea and Aberavon. upon it. Defendant wt.s fined £10 and costs or two months. The money was paid.
KING HOLDS A PIUVY COUNC L…
KING HOLDS A PIUVY COUNC L PURELY ORPIN AIIV POLIIICAL BUSINESS. The King held an investiture at Buck- ingham on Monday, and personally bestowed upon Loid Hamilton of Dalzeil. one of his Lords in Waiting, the insignia of the Order of the ThinJe, to the knignthood of which he was appointed a few days ago m succession to the late Lord Tweedmouth Subsequently h;s_ Majesty held a Privy Council for the disposal cf a number ci routine matters coMnected with the Govern- ment Department, and having no vcnerzl political significance. Only four Minister; attended. Prior to the investiture, the Kir." re- ceiver Lord Tweedoiouih, who handed to him the insignia formerly held bv bi", rather.
-------.----, NEATH IRONMONGERY…
NEATH IRONMONGERY BUSINESS MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER. j PURCHASE* FROM BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE. Stephens v. Morgan.—in the Chancery Division on Friday, Mr. Justice Parke: heard a motion by the defendant in this, action for the appointment of a recer. c': and manager of a farmer's; Ucrancnger s, hardware and implement manufacturers business, carried on at Neath and other town in South Walee. Mr. Tomlin. in support of the motion, said the action was brought claiming in e1- fect 'that the business was held by ttt; de. fendant, as trustee for the plaintiff, pon- tiff was a sister of the defendant, and plaintiff's husband was, prior to August. 1333, carrying on the business in question. In July he was adjudicated a bankrupt and defendant entered into an agreement 1- purchase the business from the trustee m bankruptcy for £1.700, There W2, an ag-; •* nsnr between the parties, that of that sun: defendant should find £1,4C0 and the plain- tiff £ 300..After the purchase wns com- pleted the plaintiff was to continue it un- der certain restrictions. The money ivas to be paid into a eeri-ain banking account, and the plaintiff was not to order goods without the consent or the d-eisndL'nt When the .S1.400 and interest had been re- alised and paid to the defendant the nusi- ness was to be the plaintiff's. The plain- tiff was, however, giving large ordei; with- out consulting the defendant, and was jeopardising the business. The defendant accepted the position of trustee but de- sired to be protected. Mr. Owen Thompson (for the plaintiff; said he was aiso desnx>Uo that a receive- should be appointed, but object 3d to the gentleman named by the defendant. His lordship appointed the defendant s nominee over Friday next and adjourned the motion until that clay, provided" that in th;< meantime the parties could not agree to a gentleman to act as" receive- until the trial. v
SWANSER BAY ANGLERS.
SWANSER BAY ANGLERS. MUMBLES PIER COMPETITIONS. The Swansea Bay Sea Anglers Association membe-rsenjoyed fairly good sport on Mum- bles Pier on Thursday afternoon, despite the fan that a number of trawlers hr.d practi- cal! swept the bay earlier in the day. Twenty-five competitors fished at 1h:r allotted stations from about three o clo k until 6.30, and the totaJ catch amounted to upwards of 25 lbs. The heaviest single fish caught weighed 2 lbs 4^ ozs., and the heavi- est brace a little over 3 lbs. Mr. Alford's catch was the heaviest—5 lbs. 1 oz. Two ladies turned up, and although the weather was extremely rough, they phrckily stuek to their posts to the end. Only one, however, had any luck. She ca.ught a small hlinn. The competitions will be continued on Saturday, when a large number of com- petitors are expected to turn out. Mr. W. F. Pond (chairman of the 5.B.S.A.A.) is the judge.
MISSING LANDORE WOMAN.
MISSING LANDORE WOMAN. LETTER FROM THE HUSBAND. Mr. T. Edwards, 178, Grey-street, Lan- dore, writes —Kindiv iiu&ert th» following letter in your valuable pa,pef, and at the same time acoep; my profound thanks for the assistance in tracing my wife. Having a^oertained that my wife is in service with a. certain Swansea lady, 1 should like to express my disapproval of this lady's action. She ir probablv aware that my wife is a mother of five children, who are anxiously looking forward to her return. It would be better if she were to fiend her home and thus relieve a husband and family of the anxiety which has sad- dened their hearts for tne last few weeks. Mav this letter be the means of restoring my wife, is the earnest wish of vours, etc., T. Edwards.
HALL CAIXE'S SEIZURE.
HALL CAIXE'S SEIZURE. Mr. Hall Oaine was seized on Thursday night with an attack of vertigo and heart strain, and his condition caused anxiety.
YOUNG NEATH MINER INJURED.
YOUNG NEATH MINER INJURED. A young collier named Shern Parker, living a.t Eaeti and road, Neath, was seri- ously injured while at work at the Onilwyn Colliery on Saturday, a fall of coal from the faoe, estimated at about two tons, en- veloping him. When he was extricated it was discovered he had sustained severe injuries to his back and side.
SUPPOSFiD SUICIDE OF LOVERS.
SUPPOSFiD SUICIDE OF LOVERS. On Monday the bodies of a young man a.nd young woman, presumed to be lovers, were found cut to pieces on the South Eastern Railwav line between Slades Green and Dartford. It is believed to be a case of double suicide. A later telegram says the victims have been idntified as Dave Hol- lands and Nellie Day, each aged about 23, who had been keeping company.
CONSIDERABLE FIRE AT QUEBEC.
CONSIDERABLE FIRE AT QUEBEC. Lloyds agent at Quebec cables :—A Are here totally consumed the elevation of As- toria House, warehouses and sheds, with contents. The "Empress of Ireland" nar- rowly escaped.
DR. COOK AND HIS " RECORDS."
DR. COOK AND HIS RECORDS." New York. Saturday.—Dr. Cook has formed an expedition to asoend Mount McKinley to procure the records left by him at the summit.—(Reuter).
THE LLOYD GEORGE RUMOUR.
THE LLOYD GEORGE RUMOUR. Mr. Lloyd George has wired to the "West- minster Gazette" re the resignation report ae: follows:—"Entirely without foundation."
I DEATH OF REV. PETER THOMPSON,
DEATH OF REV. PETER THOMPSON, Rev. Peter Thompson, the well-known Wesleyan minister, diod suddenly in Sheffield yearly on Monday morning while on a visit to locai W esleyans for a few daY1l' reet.
I REPORT OF WELSH CHURCH COMMISSION.
REPORT OF WELSH CHURCH COMMISSION. CHURCH PROPERTY RECOGNISED BYLAW, j RELIGIOUS WORK IN WALES. The report of the Welsh Church Com- i mission is now ready to be issued. It consists of over Ilw pages folio, and two large volumes of statistical and other appendices. In addition there is of ccmr&e the report of the Commission on the evid- ence presented before it,. which may or may not.—probably llGL-be signed by the Com- mission as a whole. The Commission, following the terms of reference, reports, firstly, on the origin, nature, aaio-uiii and application cf the temporalities, endowxaents and other pro- perties of the Church of England in Wales. Alter noting that Wales contains altogether 1,070 ecclesiastical parishes and portions ol 10 other ecclesiastical parishes, the remain- ing portions whereof are in England, they proceed to consider the meaning of tne word "origin." "Origin, they point out, may mean the manner cf the coming into existence of temporalities, endowments and properties, or it may mean the source of temporalities, etc., now applied to the pur- pose of maintaining the Church of England. This source may be land or other property savouring of reality, or it may be titnes, but in no case can the properties, tempor- alities, or endowments be vested in the Church oi England as such, for there is no sue., corporation. The propeitiec may oi course be vested in persons, as in the case of glebe lands or parsonage houses, which are vested in the rector of a parish, or as in the case of tithes (fci which is now sub- stitui,ed tne tithe coniinutation rent charge), to collect which the incumbent has a legal rig..t. or may be vested by Act of Parlia- ment in a statutory bodv such as the Eccfesiasticai L'oxnmksian.cis. After weigh- ing the matter the report comes to the conclusion that what is really nnportant and intended to be ascertained is the property which the law recognises ss appropriated to the maintenance of the Church of England. Th- Commissioners theiefoie assume that it is not their duty to perforin the almost impossible and very controversial tas-i oi ascertaining the historic legal oi :gin 01 Church property, which includes pro- perty of .ilCa ancient origin as g.ebe and and i.itht«. As&uiaicg as taey do that Jong- continued appropriation to Church main- tenance of tne temporalities, etc.. gives lr. law the legal rigtit to enforce such appro- priation, and makes such temp j ran ties, etc., so appropriated those of the Oilmen 01 England svithin the terms of reference, tnev proceed to deal with what may be de- scribed as the origin, nature, amount, and application cf sucn property. ihe acreage cf g;2he land in Wales, which is the property of the benefices in the four Welsh diOcecjs and ill iliose parts oi the dicoe-ses or Chester, hi ere i or d, and Lichheld, iOcaily situated in Wales, is 2,9,U17 acres, while the rental value is placed, at £ 4c,4is0. The total gross income from tne endowment* of benences in Aits, ex- cluding -endowments for particular purposes, is £ 2^1:5bo. (f this sum £104,218 its in- come oi endowments believed to have been in existence in 1703; £j"i ,378 is income de- rived from (j.aeen Anne's Bounty, £ 49,661 is inoouK derived from the Ecc.es:astical Goznm-suioners, £lS,Ci 7.:J is income derived horn private gifts since 1VJ5, and £ 452 income derived from the proceeds oi sale ot advowsons of the Lord Chancellor, fne annual income from endowments for parti- cular puipcsas amounts to £ 2,465, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners make termin- able or temporary giants towards the sti- pends of assistant curates amounting (in 19(7) to £14,.70. In dealing with the concluding portion of the reference, viz., tne provi^Uii matur and tns work done by the churches cf ali de- nominations in Wales, the Commission t-r.i-si into many questions, and the greater 1 ui: of their report is ta-jieii up in a long iiimiaary of these matters, '111cy commence v, un seine genera: tacts <J. to the aita of the administrative counties, the nomoer of nouses in and the population 01 ales, iae -Gaines given show that exclusive of ivk-nmouthsinrts and Glamorganshire there are m Wales 22G,39b pasjm- speaking Y\ elsh only, and 322,845 spaaing i-mgusn and Welsh, (b against 24. ,834 who a.re lungliah iE»nog'k)to. The proportion ol Weish speakers- in the who-e of \Ya.es, ex- cluding these two counties, is t>S per cent. Speaking of the religious con ait ion of Waies as a whole, tney think from the evidence adduced that the people of Wale* show a marked tendency to avail thenieeives 01 the provision made by the churehe- of a-ii denominations for then- i-p-iiitual wel- fare, anci as tilustiations OL me tendency the figures which purport to give the at- tendance at communion service' are quoted. Tne totals are é.i.<; follow :— Baptists 143,955 OaivhiLstic Methodists 170,bl t Ccngjregationaiists 175,315 Wesleyans 40,811 Smaller denomir.a-1 ions. 1:£ I J Church of England 195,031 .Total /-io .c4/ With regard to accommodation the Com- rnissior.ers say that from the figures it is dear that there is an excess in the aggre- gate, from tne fact that wheieas the total population, of Wales and Monmouth JS 2.012,376, the total number of sittings pro- vided amounts to 2,040,202. but deduction should be made in respect of children under three v^-ars of age, and of those who habitu- ally tail to attend places of worship. Discussing the matter further, the Com- missionars conclude that, at least 25 per cent, ci the population over three are habitual absentees, and the 11 num- ber of attendants at places is pu.t at. rougnly speaking, 1.400,030. After making ev,c-r- allowance the Commissioaiere are said to be clearly- of opinion that the accommo- dation provided by the Nonconformist de- nominations in W ales and Monmouthshire is greatly in excess, of the number of per- sons who reasonably may be expected to avail themselves of it. but they admit that there are occasions when a particulsj chareh or chapel may be more largely attended than is usually the ca<se. They think, how- ever. there- car. he no doubt 'but that the excessive prevision may to a certain -extent be accounted for by a denominational policy K»i church extension, resulting in what is generaLy known as "overlapping. The report deals fully with the Sunday School system in Wales. After careful ex- amination of the statistics and of the evid- ence, the Commissioners are cf opinion that the work of the Sundav school in Wale" is universally of a high character, and that the provision made by these school for the teaching of the Scriptures is adequate. There is no doubt thai the Welsh Sunday school system is a unique phenomenon Aot only in the religious life of the Welsh nation, but in the°religious life of the world. The Commissioners report that in mat- ters of Divine worship there appears to be no co-operation between the Nonconformist ministers and the clergy of the Church of England, but there is some evidence of in- crease of co-operation in these matters which affect the social and moral better- ment cf the people. In purely religious matters there is a total absence of co-opera- tion.
TWO HOPPERS KILLED.
TWO HOPPERS KILLED. MR. CLIFTON ROBINSON COMMITTED TO ASSIZES. At Dartfcid on Monday Mr. Gifton Robinson was again charged with man- slaughter in connection with the death ot two hoppers named Thomas and Annie Goulduig, who were killed by a motor car driven by Mr. Robinson. A police constable stated that on the night of the accident he thought the woman was sober, but a son of deceased said at one point of the journey his mother fell into a hedge. She got tired, and with the drop of drink she had had she could not walk straight. The police sergeant, who examined the scene of the accident on the following day, said that he discovered traces of the bra-kes of the car having been sharply applied. The marks gave the impression that the car had been properly driven. For accused counsel contended that no prima facie case of negligence had been made out, cmd the chargd should therefore be dismissed. Defendant had conveyed his deep regret and remorse at the accident. After retirement the Bench announced thev thought a prima- facie case had been made out for committal. Mr. Robinson was accordingly committed for trial, bail V-ing allowed. A plea of "Not guilty" was formally enteired. The case it-ill come on at Maidstone Assizes in November. GERMAN COAL BARGE STRANDED. The German coal barge, with two men aboard, which broke away from the tug Go- banna in rough weather on Friday, has s,tranded at Christchurch Ha-ven. Both aboard are safe.
SWANSEA RAGGED SCHOOL
SWANSEA RAGGED SCHOOL ACQUIRED BY THE CORPORATION. A special meeting of the Swansea Watch Committee was held on Wednesday, Mr. D.a.n Jones presiding. Sub-committee reported that they have conferred with the trustees relative to the acquisition of the Ragged School premises for enlarging the Central Police and Fire Sta.tion, and recommended the following offer to the trustees :— (1) J6755, plus vendors' legal and sur- veyors' charges, for acquisition of freehold and leasehold interests in Nos. 1 and ?, Pleasant-street, and also legal charges of trustees' solicitors. (2) £ 2,0u0, the whole of which the trustees wiil be required to expend in erection cf a new building on Nos. 1 and 2, Pleasant-street, in accordance with plans and elevations approved by the Corporation. The Chairman said it was a happy solu- tion of a difficulty. It was explained that the trustees wanted £ 2,600. The report was adopted.
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=- A meeting of the "Springbok" Steamship Company (limited) and Gazelle" Steam- ship Company (Limited) will be held aL Church-street, Lianelly. on November 26, to have an account laid before them show- ing how the winding-up has been conducted. A-.
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Apropos of the development of the Up- lands district, Swansea, it may be added that Mr. Roberts. fruiterer, etc.. has bought a house opposite. aDd is getting it converted into a shop for the purpose of transferring the branch Post Office there.
NEATH NURSING ASSOCIATION.
NEATH NURSING ASSOCIATION. The September report is as follows:— Cases on books first day of month, 29; do. laet I day of month. 31: new cases, 54; visits paid. I 762; convalescentst, 34; deahs, 3; removed to the union, 1; parish patients, 8, entail- ing 128 visits; hours at schools: Nurse Lyon. 8*; Nurse Jones, 6J; Nurse Mankley, 7. Ma- ternity work: New patients, 10; visits, 282. cafrtial visits. 23. Gifts: Mrs ffn Davies, plants; Mrs Gibbins, Gilfooh.. fender, etc., I Mrs G T Sims, lace curtains; Misg Oartis, I <ttickings end magazines: Mrs Llewellyn, CaedervveTi, dressing gown and magazines;1 Mrs Talbot, 10s.; iire Pole, Engby-road, old, bnen.
MIS S MA GGIE MAY'S MOTHER
MIS S MA GGIE MAY'S MOTHER DEATH OF MRS. ROBERT JENKINS- The death of Mns. Robert Jenkins, "Wanvoe," Canton, Cardiff, took place on Thursday night, in the presence of all her family, including Miss Maggie Msy, the well-known actress. Mrs. Jenkins, who was very highly re- spected in Cardiff and Swansea, was the daughter-in-law of the late MT. Win. Jen- kins. of the Ivy Bueii, St. Thomas, a house he had conducted for many veare-. Mr. Robert Jenkins was for years landlord of the Union Inn. Port Tennant.
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LLANELLY BORDER CHILDREN COUNTY AUTHORITIES ATTITUDE. NO AGREEMENT: SCHOOL TO BB BUILT. CarniartheasJiire Education Committee on Thursday discussed the Lianelly border children dispute, Mr. A. T. Davies (secre- tary to the Welsh Department, Board of Education), writing that "the Board con- sider tha.t the schools to wnich your authority purpose that the excluded chil- dren sho-tad be sent are, technically, avail- able for their use, except t.ha.t the Pwii School cannot be regarded as available for the children of Cwmhach. The Board also consider that the schools provide sufficient accommodation en the basis of their present recognised accommodation. The Board are, however, anxious to re-assess the ac- commodation of the various schools in the county, and where the re-assessment takes effect there will not be sufficient places in the rural schools for the children who have been excluded from the Old-road School. "The Board would, therefore, strongly urge upon vour aut-hority to come to an arrangement with the Lianeliv authority as suggested in the last paragraph of the re- port, at any rate a.s regards children living at Furnace. Cwmhach, the Factory, and Bwlch-y-Fedwcn, and those excluded from the Lianelly Higher Elementary Schools." The Chairman (Mr. Jno. Lloyd, Aoer- gwili) said the decision of the Board of Education was most satisfactory. It was a complete vindication ot their position. The committee had been assailed on every hand, and in spite of everything tne Board ap- proved of wha.t the committee had done. They ought to demand an apology" from Lianelly—(laughter)—for the abominable way in which. they had attacked them for no reason whatever. The Rev. Dr. Johns (Llaneijy) said tha right thing for them to do was to follow out the suggestion of the Boaro of Educa- tion by coming to terms with Lianelly. Lr they built a new school it would be a 01 great financial burden on the district. The chil- dren were on the streets to-day, and they would be on the streets in the fu.ture. Colonel Morris (Ammanford): Shame to the parents. Dr. Johns But they are Nonconformist*, and you compel them to attend a Church, school. Mr. John Johns: I have to do the same. Dr. Johns suggested that a. sub-committee with plenary powers, try and settle with Lianelly. "Let us try to act in a Christian spirit for once." The Chairman said the agitation was got up to get money out of the county to pro- vide Lianelly with money to bulla schools in other parts of the town. Mr. Henry Jones-Da vies said that now they had won their fight they should act in a generous spirit, and he moved that accommodation be provided ( in the county area for the excluded children. It was decided to build a. school, and a committee was appointed to deal with the matter.
AMERICAN TINPLATES.
AMERICAN TINPLATES. STRIKE CONTRIBUTES MATERLALLY TO A SCARCITY. The strike at the tinplate milli of the American Trust has contributed consider- ably to a scarcity of tmplates in the United States, and it is now stated that jobbers have trouble in ohtaining plates to meet demand. Independent manufacturers are sold up to the end of the year. The American Tinplate Co. (Trust) has advanced prices by 10 cents, per box, and it is predicted another advance will be made shortly. Apparently American tinplate consumers will be made to contribute heavily toward. the coot. of the strike. Meanwhile the strike of sheet and tin- plate millmern is going on without sign of settlement.
NEATH COUNTY COURT.
NEATH COUNTY COURT. (Before His Honour Judge Bishop.) YSTRADGYNLAIS GROCER'S CLAIM. William Leyshon, grocer, Ystradgyniais, sued Lewis Morgan, collier, for L5 lbB. lOd. rent due. gcods supplied, and damage to b ouse. -Plain tiff said after defemiant vacated the house jam-pots were found in the drain, having been forced through a. guiley trap. Plastering had also oeen knocked down.-Def.endant, who said the damage was not wilfui, was ordered to pay the amount claimed at the rate of £1 per inc-cth. CATTLE DEALER'S SALE OF A PONY. James Quin, cattle dealer, Neath, sued Margaret Davies, milk-seller, Ystrad, for £5 balance on the.6aie of a pony.-PlaintIff said the pony was bought at Nea-th Fair in September, 1905, the price being £ a, of whi^h only £ 4 had been paid.-Defendant put in a receipt showing that the price waa £ 6.—His Honour gave judgment for 12.
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At Neath on Monday, Mr. M Arnold applied for a warrant against Michael iJcnoghue, Prrspect-plaoe, to answer two summonses for ea&ault, and sureties at, the Instance of Thomas Arthur Leaker.-Thoe application was granted.
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The list of Ysta-lyfefa. Ccanty School successes, which has already appeared in the "Daily Post," has to be added to. Henry Lewis, Clydach-on-Tawe, a former student at Ystalyfera. took the Dan Isaac Davies Welsh Prize for special class last year. He also wok it for ordinary class in the pre- vious year. He is at present taking hon- ours in Welsh. Emrys Rees, Pontardawe, another Ystalyfera old boy, took two Page Prizes 'Engineering) from Cardiff Univer- sity College.
LATEST WELSH COAL DEAL
LATEST WELSH COAL DEAL Poweil-Duffryn Coal Co. have purchased the Ysgriborwen Collileries-fcor many years abandoned.
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