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XEMA COMING HOME. I
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XEMA COMING HOME. I Diamond Seekers' Rights TUSSLE WITH CAPE GOVERNMENT. Mollis Syndicate's Meeting. THE SHADOWTOF DE BEERS. evening, at the Charing Cross 1?Qn' a crowded meeting of share- s'° the Coilis Diamond Syndicate was a l' lr ^^exan<ier Muir Mackenzie presided, arge number of ladies were [>lesent. r Chairman's Statement. ^he proceedings, the Chairman very f were indebted, to the Press for the giveQ ^'r impartial reports that had been Syndic t > Q Xema's proceedings and of the had oc S" ^'len proceeded to detail what tion curred in regard to the Xema expedi- ''shed -8ai all 01 which has already been pub- he 11 these columns. There was no doubt. to pld. that the syndicate was fully entitled 'Q the objective island. Mr Q, (e\\7 hs °ac* joined the Xema at Swakopmund, ba.vin In.lIes noith ot Walfish Bay. he tnije i been purposely kept inside the three- had kn011^" Clape Government, he said, *nd it OWl1 ^ie expedition was on the move, l'easo would have been quite possible, and only eabl f for the Government to have sent a Poselv Warning. It had, indeed, been pur- tbe ei an Qounced by the general manager that lslaQ(iPediti°^ proposed going to the Guano ILt hern" But It was not till the Xema was nearly Patcl estination that the Government des- u a cru'ser to stop her—an estraordinary &rantable act. As to the interviews tHa_ ha(i with Dr. Jameson, that gentie- *erDm pledged himself that the Cape Go- ptj^t j en^ wouid allow the expedition to pros. So p0n ^e islands, and the syndicate had been V'nce<^ acQu'esce £ lc0 that they had Steai* to the captain of the Xema to get Scjq^P- They had not been able to find a tio^ a evidence in support of the conten- ItQnJi °f 'e Cape Government, and they had been confidence in the statements that had by Mr Griffiths as to there being CaD)-L0^3 in the island. The total subscribed a' °f the company was £ 10,493, and they thp 0exT>ended £10,219 altogether. However, indicate Had to Find £ 600 Coq^T01" liabilities and additional money to tj0l. j the Cape Government to iet the expedi- tigbtsand in accordance with their undoubted VyQj. under the licence. It was true the *>ble Ca*e miShfc eventually have very valu- OtifCi?ae^s 'n copper properties, which Mr Cha,i ^ad been offered. Passing on, the geQ rct,an spoke highly of Mr Kenyon Collis's tjjeet°s'ty. That gentleman nad kindly given Cate 1.000 more of his shares inHhe svndi- at ■f.f the shareholders would take these up °H iu*k wou^ enable the syndicate to cariy had been offered some dia- ttj "iferous farms in the diamondiferous dis- Ojj, and Mr Coilis was going to register these cm-. same basis as the Coilis Diamond Syndi- eSiScing shareholders to have the prior u ° take up shares pro rata to their pre- oj .holding. Mr Coilis would band over 2,000 pre 3 shares in the new venture also Every 8aiiC^Ution had been taken before the Xema »0 e< Early in the spring Mr Griffiths had t^0e with the request of Mr Coilis to to pe_ Agency General in order oj). °otam information as to (1) whether the (2 island was a JBritish possession, and Aft ^er WSLa attached to the Cape Colony. er spending some -hours at the Agent- tb^Pa^ s office, Mr Griffiths returned and said Ca*slands were under the jurisdiction of the anc^ that it had been incidentally re- at the Agent-General's that all these s produced guano, but that diamond C P^ty would be more advantageous to the Government. Mr Griffiths had asked for had Acts dealing with the matter. He 1899 keea given the Precious Stones Act of *ln(^ was told that there was nothing to i Persede that. ThefotlowingTesolutiotis would submitted to the meeting :— ^This meeting vsf shareholders of the Collis Diamond Syndrcate, Limited, strongly "Pprovea of th3 attitude taken np by the "Oard of directors in using every effort to en- the expedition to land on its objective .nd under the powers undoubtedly en. Hling them to do so under the prospecting 'cences granted under the Precious Stones 4et, 1899. 2.-That the Xema be brouzht home im- Mediately so as to reduce the current ex. Penses of the syndicate, hut that Mr Wm. v riffiths and some of his staff remain for the 'n South Africa and proceed with he prospecting licences to the islands upon Permission being formally granted by the vape Government. '• this meeting accepts the offer of fu ^enyon Collig to place at the disposal of. ^oai>d 1,000 vendor's shares which the directors are to issue at par and which the 8"^reholders of the Coilis Diamond Syndicate will subscribe for th*; purpose of placing this syndicate in a sound position to enable them have some funds with which to endeavour lo obtain their undoubted rights. —That the board further take the neees- .■ 1^ steps to obtain legal advice as to the 8yudicate's prospectors' rights against the Cape Government and to enforce the same. 5 That ll counsel's opinion be favourable tbO') capital of the company be increased at tbe discretion of the board, shares to be offered pro rata, to holders and a sum of 23 A per share to be called up K?' ° the resolutions the board were pretty i ^^d-shouldered men and they meant to stick • proceeded the Chairman. (Hear, hear.) it81" Captain Griffiths and his staff going on 'siand they anticipated no serious oppo- l0n. it was a very reasonable suggestion, As to the Shares to be Issued, 2^ Mentioned that the value of the shares was 0cS 6d per ■-hare. As chairman ho could speak ^the board as an honourable body of men, Cl « he had been very much struck with the VVP' honest, and straightforward way in th Ck they had fried to put the matter before v Public. There was no doubt the venture been a bit of a gamble—something like 1C0 t on the winner of the Derby—but they had ?>. fte in honestly, straightly, and squarely, and ^fas for the shareholders to say whether they fniu °?e ri^ht or wrong. They invited the ft,, t inquiry and discussion, and also the stance of tho shareholders in trying to r^y out a most perplexing and difficult (Loud applause.) j. A Shareholder moved a much stronger resolu- than any of those referred to by the chair- and then asked that the meeting be ^•Journed until October 22nd, and that in the ^°aiiwhile counsel's opinion be obtained. This not pressed, the Chairman saying that it covered by the resolutions put before the feting. Ba\? reply to a further question, the Chaiiman they had no absolute knowledge who had jj'Veii orders to stop the Xema, but it would t^ve to be either the Admiral of the station or 6 Admiralty. The Jameson Interview. Coilis then read tho report of the pro. ridings when five representatives of th b ^Odicate waited upon Dr. Jameson. These had drawn up an official report directly j and signed it. This report stated that Dr, Ajf^eson warmly welcomed the sugges.ion ,Qat an indemnity should be given, and that Would pledge his word that they should aad if arrangements for an indemnity w ere °lad«." The Chairman said he believed that was a Perfectly true statement of what had taken Place. Mr Campion, solicitor to the syndicate, (5aid J °De or two members of the expedition had l"b een allowed to land there would not have any more disturbance than occasioned by landing of the Government's own men. thought the position taken up by the Cape J*°vernment was absolutely indefensible. ^Pplause.) And he believed that if the Cape r°vernment's action had been untrammelled ^yputside influence there would have been no ^fficulty whatever. To his mind the Cape government had not had a fair chance. It rjUst be remembered that assent to a cursory of the island might have been ^ken as a waiver of their rights. He did not "^Kgest it was a trap, but it miijbt have proved "0. The Chairman, replying to a shareholder, only the board and their solicitor,. Mr !rfifiilhs, and the captain of tho Xema knew j^at island it was. JThat, he said, was the ^Udicate's secret and asset A Shareholder Have you a sample ? The Chairman: A sample of the diamond# "e have not found ? Not yet, sir. (Laughter.) Mr Collid said he proposed that if counsel's .Pinion were favourable they should not immediate action against the Cape Gov- :-nrnent. All the men employed on the islands ere now alive to the lacG that there were dia- t.n?nds there, and their discovery was in- table sooner or later. They would then 3Ve a tremendous claim against the Cape .°Vernment, wheieas if they went for them J? once they could only claim tbe £ 10,C00 or 11.000 expense to which they had been put. No Terms with De Beers. shareholder suggested that, on the prin- half a loaf being better than no bread, '«iould make terms with the De Beers. ^8^-r.) a he Chairman did not think the syndicate Drepared to deliver itself into tbe hands the De Beers. (Applause.) Mr Coilis thought thsy might take it that Aurora was the steamer carrying the rival ^jP^dition. He could not say how much the ^°"ia Syndicate shares were now worth. There none on sale. The day before he had been for ten, and he could not say where they Uld be foun(j for sale. The cost ot counsel's PjQion would be about £ 400. ex Chairman read a telegram from Glasgow ^Pressing sympathy with the "fight being injustice to a British expedi. on. Wtk6 resolutions were then put and carried out one dissentient. cj^earty votes of thanks to the board con- ucled the proceedings. *he r>er meet'nK Vilny M. Coilis read to pr.e33 a let'.er received on Saturday from ^Pifflths, saying he had been most warmly hadC°mecl by the Germans in South Africa, and jjTr uiade a visiit to the Hereros country,where Q copper deposits had been found. Mr Griffiths also stated that the Germans told him that the De Beers had been buying up tbe guano islands, but this was only hearsay. The country he had visited, however, was rich in malachite, ruby, grey cuperite, and copper ores.
Cardiff City Council. .
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Cardiff City Council. WEST RIDING. JUDGMENT. Teaching of Welsh. MEMBERS EQUALLY DIVIDED. LORD MAYOR GIVES THE CASTING VOTE The Lord Mayor (Alderman Robert Hughes) presided at the meetiog of the Cardiff City Council on Monday. Municipal Secondary School. Replying to Councillor C. F. Sanders, the Chairman of the Education Committee (Coun- cillor Lewis Morgan) said that temporary ar- rangements had been made at the Stacey-road Hail for tbe 31 children who could not get into the Municipal Secondary School. The West Riding Judgment: Council's Decision. Councillor F. J. Beavan called attention to the recommendation of the Education Com- mittee that no alteration in connection with ttie salaries of the teachers in theiion-provided schools until the situation created by the West Riding judgment had become clearer than it now is." He asked what the effect would be upon any member of the Finance Committee who signed cheques for these teachers, and what the auditor's mind was on the subject. Councillor Lewis Morgan said that at present they had no information from the auditor, and they had had no intimation from the Local Government Board that in future they would disallow payments of this kind. He thought they would be safe if they continued the prac- tice which had obtained hitherto, until they got a refusal by the Local Government Board to allow it They werestrengtbened bytheopinion of Sir Robert Finlav, furnished to the London County Council. He said In my opinion, the judgment of the Court of Appeal is erron- eous." Councillor Morgan Thomas said it was won- derful bow legal minds differed. He was sur- prised that: Councillor Morgan was prepared to set aside a judgment of the High Court, for until there was an appeal to tbe House of Lords it remained the law of the land. Councillor C. F. Sanders followed up the point by expressing surprise that there should be any objection to the proposal made in com- mittee that they obtain the advice of the town clerk upon the point. The troth was, however, declared Mr Sanders, amidst cries of dissent, that the majority of the committee were afraid to know what the law was lest it should be found to be against them. They ap- peared to be desirous of following the policy of the overseers in regard to passive resisters- afraid to put the law into motion. (Cries of No.") As to the allegation that he and his friends wanted to injure the teachers. Mr Sanders described this as perfectly false. All he wanted to know was whether the committee was acting legally in making these payments. Councillor Chappell moved, as an amend- ment. that the town clerk be asked to report whether the payment of the salaries in ques- tion, so far as they related to time occupied in affording religious instruction, was legal, and. further, that a report also be presented upon the agreements between teachers and managers in non-provided schools.—Councillor Crossman seconded- „ Councillor Veall urged that the Council should await tbe decision of the House of Lords before making any alteration. As to Mr Sanders's statement that he did not wish to injure the teachers, Mr Veall described him as being in the position of one who was willing to wound yet afraid to strike. In defending the conduct of the overseers in respect of passive resisters. Mr VeaH said they acted advisedly. Councillor H. M. Thompson declared that the opinion of Sir Robert Finlay showed that in the present state of the law these payments were not permissive. The voting was For the amendment (13), Aldermen D. Jones, E. Mildon, and E. Thomas, Councillors F. J. Beavan, W. S. Crossman. J. Munn, J. Chappell Morgan Thomas, W. Roberts, J. Taylor, C. F. Sanders, VV. Jenkins. and H. M. Thompson against (23), the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Jacobs, Carey. Trounce, \V. Evans, and I. Thomas, Coun- cillors F. J. Veall, Lewis Morgan, J. W. Courtis, Dr. Robinson, F. G. L Davis, J. A. Kidd, J. Mander, Dr. Smith, W. H. Renwick. J. Stanfield, J. Dixon. H. C. Vivian, W. Thomas, A. J. Stone, W. H. D. Caple. Dr. Cantillon, and Jabez Jones. The recommendation of the committee was therefore adopted. Welsh Teaching Obligatory to P.T.'s.— Mayor's Casting Vote. Councillor H. C. Vivian moved that the recommendation of the Education Committee That the principal of the Pupil Teachers' Centra be instructed to make provision for the teaching of Welsh in the Pupil Teachers' School, and that Welsh shall be made an obli- gatory subject for tbe entrance examinatioDsto that school on and aiter May, 1908," be referred back to the committee. He ret retted that after the assurance he had received from the chair- man of the committee that the teachng of Welsh was purely experimental there was <:> an attempt to rush this matter through. He strongly deprecated the compulsory teaching of the language to the children of those parents who did not desire it, whilst French, which was the language of diplomacy, was to be disregarded. Councillor W. H. Rcnwick seconded the amendment. Councillor t. J. Beavan pointed out that the Council had made strenuous efforts to get Cardiff recognised as the Metropolis of Wales, and they were, or ought to be, proud to be I he leaders of Wales in any movement in matters of a national character. It seemed to him, therefore, that they ought to do everything that was lair and reasonable to maintain Welsh sentiment. What was contemplated by the resolution was that the Pupil Teachers' Centre sball. after a certain date, furnish Welsh teachers for Wales, so that when the teachers went out from that Centre they might be eligible for any appointment in Wales. Councillor Crossman said he had already informed a deputation that waited upon him on the subject that if the compulsory teaching of Welsh in the Pupil Teachers School would not put tbe young people in an awkward position, that was to say, that their time would not be taken up in teaching Welsh when they had to go to college to take up a degree for eoing out into the world as teachers, then he was quite willing, as be had been before, to support the teaching of Weish m the Pupil Teachers' School. Councillor Veall support ed the amendment on the ground that whilst the teachingof Welsh in the elementary schools was in an experimental stage, it would be unwise to make it compulsory in the Pupil Teachers' Centre. It would also mean that in the future Cardiff would only have Wales to draw upon for its teachers, and exclude England, and would prevent Cardiff from becoming a starting point for the promo- tion of teachers outside of Wales. The^otin^was For the amendment (17)— Alderman Jacobs, Alderman Trounce Coun- cillors Crossman, VealI,Lewls Morgan Courtis, Renwick. Stanfield, Dixon, Vman, W. Thomas. Stone, Caple, Sanders, Cantillon. J. Jones, and Thompson. Aeainst (17)—The Lord Mayor, Aldermen Carev. D. Jones, Mildon. E. Thomas and I Thomas, Councillors Beavan, Munn, Chappell, M. Thomas, Davis, Richards. Kidd, Roberts, Mander, Taylor, and W. Jenkins. This made the voting a tie, and without hesitation the Lord Mayor gave his casting vote against the amendment amid applause, and declared that the amendment was lost. Councilor Courtis then moved as a further amendment thattbe committee s recommenda. tion be deleted, and that tbe question^of' ^clsh being made a compulsory subject at the P.T- Centre be postponed for six months, m order to see the result of the experiment in the element- ary schools, and to ootain the views of the parents. Councillor Caple seconded, but the voting was :—For. 15 against, 19 and the amend. ment was therefore lost. Councillor Veall then gave notice of motion to rescind the committee's reso ntion.
- POLICEMEN SAW ATTACK.
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POLICEMEN SAW ATTACK. Alleged Hooliganism at Cardiff. At.Cardiff on Monday Henry Johnson (20) and Daniel Lee (18) were charged with stealing with violence 8s from John Kirk in North Church- street on the 6th inst. Prosecutor, a young Irish labourer, aaid that on Saturday night he asked the prisoners the way to the Workmen's Hotel. Johnson said This way, and led him down a lane. Johnson then said. How milch money have you ? and on receiving the reply, Oh. I have a bit," he struck witness a vio lent blow in the jaw. And I remembered no more," added Kirk. until I woke up at the police station." P.C-'s James and Price said they witnessed the attack on Kirk, and saw Johnson search his pockets as be lay on the groansenseless. Johnson pleaded guilty. adding that Lee had nothing whatever to do with the affair, and that he (Johnson) alone was concerned in it. Prisoners were committed for trial at tbe Assizes.
BARRY LEAD-STEALERS CAUGHT.
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BARRY LEAD-STEALERS CAUGHT. The Barry magistrates (Messrs Jno. Lowdon and Wm. Thomas) heard a case on Monday in which two youths, named Chas. Wood, 46, Vale- street. and Henhy George Gill. 15. Farrford- street, Barry, were charged with stealing lead piping, value 15s. P.O. Thomas found the prisoners carrying a sack on Friday last in Evans-street. Both at first declared that they had picked up the lead whilst black-berrying, but when it was subsequently discovered that piping had been cut from a house m Doris- street, and they were charged with the offence. Wood said. We helped each other to do it," and Gill added, We cut it with a chisel and afterwards smashed it up with a stone and a hammer." Wood, who a month ago had been bound over by the magistrates for theft, was now sent to prison for 21 days with hard labour, and Gill was fined lOs, or seven days.
Suffragette Vengeance.
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Suffragette Vengeance. S.T. EVANS REFUSED A HEARING EXTRAORDINARY HUBBUB. Police in an Awkward Fix. MISS GAWTHORPE'S DEFIANCE. Mr S. T. Evans,K.C-, M.P., who was on Mon- day re-elected unopposed as Liberal member for Mid-Glamorgan after his appointment to the Recordership of Swansea, addressed meeting's of his constituents at Maesteg at night. The first was held at 11 ociockat Siloh Independent Chapel. Nantyffyllon. Mr Evans, who was accompanied by Mrs Evans. ) received an ovation on entering tbe audience rising and applauding enthusiastically. Miss Gawlhiorpe, of tbe Women's Social and Political Union, soon made her presence known. and a lively scene ensued, but it was eclipsed later by the hubbub which she led at 1 he second meeting at Bethania. Here, having a largo following in the audience, she was secces.«ful in her pronounced determination to talk out Mr Evans just as he had talked out th« Women's Suffrage Bill in the House of Commons. The police were called in, but to no purpose, the tumult being continued, and eventually the meeting was abandoned without the hon. mem- bcr having secured a hearing. The Hon. Member Congratulated. Mr Jenkin Jones, C.C., manager of the Caerau Collieries, presided at Siloh. On behalf of the constituents ot NantyryUon he con- gratulated Mr Evans on hii appointment as Recorder of Swansea. It was, said Mr Jones. an honour conferred upon Mr Evans which the electors of Mid-Glamorgan appreciated as an honour done to themseives, for Mr Evans bad risen from among them. (Applause.) The chairman aiso welcomed Mrs Evans on her first visit to Maesteg amid loud and continued applause. The Rev. John Llewellyn, pastor of Duffryn Congregational Church, proposed a vote of confidence in Mr S. T. Evans. Ee ccn sidered that every constituency in Wales should be represented by a Welshman, and a truer Welshman than Mr Evans would be impossible to find. Mr J. Roderick, a member ot the Maesteg Council, seconded the motion, which was carried by a large majority. About a dozen voted against. a dozen voted against. Mr S. T. Evans, on rising to speak, was most cordially received. Addressing the meeting in Welsh, he said that some people might beiieve by what they saw in thegnewspapers that Maesteg was wishing to tunrits back upon its old member, but Maesteg was as healthy as ever. (Applause.) Most of those in favour of a change were English. Continuing his speech, in the English language, Mr Evans said he did not believe all along that there would be a con- test, because he did not think Mid-Glamorgan required or wanted a change. The appoint- ment he had received was purely a professional one. which he would probably have had whether he was in the House of Commons or not because of his connection with the South Wales Circuit. He was sure Mid-Glamorgan had not changed its Liberalism—(applause)— and had no desire to change its member. (Loud applau=e.) Some of his personal friends were rather in fear after the meeting at Bridgend, and it had been said that the Executive ot the miners had not carrICd out tbe wighes of the majority of the miners in the division. He thought it should be made known that the vote at the Bridgend conference, as it had anpeared in the newspapers, did not in the slightest degree represent the general state of feeling amongst the miners of I the division. Be had not approached a single one of the miners' leaders, from Mabon, the commander-in-chief, to the latest officer. He made it a point of honour not to attempt to influence the decision which was come to. (Rear, hear.) How did The Voting at Bridgend take place ? He did not know how they voted at Maesteg. but he did know the state of things in one lodge, which he beheved wla-s typical of others. This lodge had 1,200 members of the Federation—a body for which he had the highest regard, and for which he had fought inside and outside Parliament. How did these 1,200 members vote, not on the question whether they should turn him out, but whether they should have a Labour candidate ? In two meetings—one of mght men the. other of day men-there were altogether 28 persons present. Eighteen were for a contest and ten against. Yet it was an- nounced to the public at the meeting at Bridg- end that 1.200 members of this lodge were in javour of direct Labour representation. Jt had atso been stated that if a miners' representa- tive came out he would not fight. That was ¡ absolutely untrue (Applause.) He was satis- fied with Mid -Glamorgan because he believed he represented the views of the great majority I of the electors, and faithfully represented them. First Discordant Note. Here the meeting was startled by a woman's shrill voice ringing- through the chapel and putting an abrupt period to Mr Evans's re- marks. All 6yes were turned up to the gal- lery, and there appeared Miss Gawthorpe, an organiser of the Woman's Social and Poli- tical Union, who has been very active in the Maesteg district recently, and who had man- aged to get into the meeting unobserved. I Do you include women among those yon represent ?" she asked shrilly. The Chairman Sit down. I stand for the women." interrupted Miss Gawthorpe and a number of young men in the gallery cheered loudly. The woman don't want you," a local Liberal woman shouted from the IJodvof the chapel. I am speaking for the women of this con- stituency," screamed Miss Gawthorpe at Mr Evans, amid loud shouts of Sit down and Chuck her out and some approving cheers. Answer this question," she continued, waving her arms at Mr Bvans. why did you talk out the women's suffrage resolution, when 420 members of tho House were in favour of it The Chairman appealed to Miss Gawthorpe to postpone her question until the end of Mr Evans's speech but she shouted. I am going to disturb this meeting because Mr Evans caused the disturbance in the House of Com- mons. I don't think Mr Evans is a trua Welsh- man. He does not represent the workin^man. I have seen houses in this district in which bo would not put his dog." Unseemly Scene. The supporters of Mr Evans raised angry shouts of protest, and Mr David Davies, manager of the Coegnant Colliery, indignantly protested against this woman from England libelling the houses of the Welsh collier. Miss Gawthorpe's backers rallied to her sap- port. Cheers and counter-cheers, angry shouts, and booing rang through the chapel in a manner that might have made those in the habit of reverently worshipping there <• blush for shame at this unseemly,disturbance. A woman got up and appealed to Miss Gaw- thorpe to let the meeting proceed. She said she was in favour of women's suffrage, but the question could be put at the end of the meet- ing, "We have had some of that before," re- torted Miss Gawthorpe, and we have come here to speak to Mr Evans now we cannot speak to him in the House of Commons." The hubbub continued. Mr Evans en- deavoured to resume his speech, but Miss Gaw- thorpe, who has a voice that can bo heard above almost any storm, was heard shouting that women were outlaws according to the law, and like outlaws they would behave. If she had not Welsh blood sue had the spirit of the French Revolution. People were standing up all over the chapel shouting and gesticulating—some at Miss Gawthorpe and some at one another, and the scene was a veritable pandemonium which it is impossible to describe. Aged Deacon's Appeal. With a scandalised look cn his wrinkled face, Mr James Rces, a white-haired old deacon of the chapel, anpealed in a trembling voice to the disturbers to remember that they were in a place <>f worship, and Mr H. T. Evans asked a number of young men in the gallery who were shouting excitedly whether they had no respect for be place they were in ? During a lull in the excitement Miss Gaw- thorpe again put her question regarding women's suffrage, and Mr S. T. Evans replied that he had addressed the House in the way he had because he was opposed to giving women the vote. (Applause.) Miss Gawthorpe, after hurling further taunts and insults at Mr Evans, then retired lrom the building with a female companion whose identity was unknown, and as she left the chapel she shouted in Welsh, Votes for women Mr Evans Resumes. Quietness having been restored. Mr Evans said there might be a good deal to be said for and against the franchise for women, but he did not think conduct ol this description was calculated to help on the cause. (Applause.) He had as much ngiit to say he was against ex- tending the franchise to women as these good ladies had to say they were for it. Dealing with general political questions, Mr Evans said that during the last Session a number of good measures had been passed in the interests of the democracy. He knew that certain people claimed the credit for them, but he did not care who did 190 as long as the work was accomp- lished. The Liberal party, with the aid of the Progressive forces, had already accom- plished much. (Applause.) There were some people who desired to destroy the Liberal party. They reminded him of the Irishman who wanted to burn down his house to roast a pig. (Laughter and ap- plause.) He believed the Liberal party was the only available machine at present to carry out much-needed democratic reform. It was folly for working men to pursue a mere fetish and to desire to destroy a party which was doing them good. He would not refer at length to education but the Government had in. troduced a Biil for which the whole country had looked forward and his record with regard to that measure was before his constituents. He preserved as independent an attitude as any- body and was prepared to vote against the Government when he thought it was doing i wrorg. He had taken the Bi:1 as a whole as settling the education controversy for some t years, but ha.d desired to make it clear that nothing should be (lone to fetter popular con- trol in the various localities, and it was natural when he thought concessions were made which ought not to be ma-da to denominationalists that he stood up in the Houseof Commons and begged the Government not to proceed with those concessions. in that he knew he repre- sented the views of his constituents. (Ap- plause.) TIe had no quarrel with any member The Labour Party, either Trade Unionist or I.L.P., but he could have nothing to do with the men who destroyed the only machine the working man had for reform. The Liberal p-artv had given Trade Unionists protection lor their funds. Would they have got tbat, if the Liberal party had been destroyed ? The Trade Union was the charter of the working man. What did the Liberals do when they carne into oiBee ? At the Post Otliee and at the War Office the Trade Unions were immediately acknowledged, although they had never been acknowledged before. (Loud applause.) Would the South Wales coalfield, have had the coal tax abolished had it not been for the Liberals ? (Applause.) I Then the Liberals were removing the property Guaiifieation lor just ices, which had hitherto dis- qualified working men to act as magistrates. When he went back to parlianieut he w;tuld assist in the passing of a measure to prevent plural voting, which would prevent the man of property having an undue' preponderance of votes at elections. (Apnlause-) Further, the Liberal Government vvas a Government of peace, which Wis to tilc best interests of working men. T) ere were many working men who had mafficked over the South African war. He had opposed it. (Loud cheers.) Old age pensions were very much needed, but so long as working men threw their caps in the air and cheered over the spending of 250 millions oti the war in South Africa, so long would they be without money for old age pensions. ith the Liberal party there work- ing they had such men as Mabon, Thomas Richards, Brace, and Fenwick, who had been doing good work for the masse", but, who were now maligned by a few striplings who would do very much better t-o qualify themselves to follow in the footsteps of such men. (Applause.) It was Unpleasant to tal&. About Himself. but perhaps he would have to do so. In the last Session he was instrumental in inducing the Chancellor of the Exchequer to appoint an Income Tax Committee to look into the matter of the feasibility of a graduated income tax, not as to the principle of it, but as to the practicability. This Committee was now sitting and there were Independent Labour members on it with the Liberals. jje hoped It. would be the forerunner of a budget which would bring in a graduated incoina tax. (Loud cheers.) Working men, as citizens," had their Welsh interests, and he thought Wales preferred to be served by her own servants, those of the soil who knew her wants and who had sym- pathy with the workmen in their industrial demands. He had cousented to act on the Royal Commission to inquire into the Church in Wales and he hoped that would bring out a report which wou'd lead to what Wales had so long req uired- Disestablishment and Disendow. ment. (Loud cheers.) Mr and Mrs Evans then left the meeting amid cheers for another meeting at Bethania Baptist Chapel. Maesteg. D
PANDEMONIUM AT BETHANIA,
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PANDEMONIUM AT BETHANIA, Police Intervene. The meeting at Bethania was destined to be one of the rowdiest ever held at Maesteg. The chapel was crowded, and Mr John Howells acted as chairman. The Rev. Yorworth Jones, pastor of the chape!, proposed a vote of confidence in Mr S. T. Evans He said that if Maesteg refused Mr Evans, either now or in the future, it would manifest the most absurd ignorance—the rest of the sentence was drowned in shouts of dis- approval- I Let me have fair play," shouted Mr Jones. I am the pastor of this church." Don't talk nonsense," came a voice from the gallery. I was going to say," proceeded Mr Jones, that it would be manifestly absurd i'gnorance of the ability of Mr S. T. Evans." (Cheers, laughter and booing.) During the remainder of his speech Mr Jones was subjected to a number of unpleasant in. terruptions. The Liev- W. H. Thomas, Tabor, seconded, j and Mr Sid Jenkins supported. The motion was carried by a large majority. but a considerable number of bauds were held up against it. The Chairman, in introducing Mr Evans, ex- pressed the hope that he would have fair play. A Voice Speak the truth then. The Chairman You will have a chance ab I the end. A Voice We have had that tale before. Miss Gawthorpe Again. Mr Evans, who was received with loud applause, commenced to address the meeting j in Welsh, thanking them for the hearty and enthusiastic reception. Ile had not proceeded far when he was interrupted in a sensational i fashion by Miss Gawthorpe of the Women's Social and Political Union, who had caused tbe disturbance at Siloh, and had then hurried down and come into the meeting undetected. She occupied a seat in the corner of the gallery. and as Mr Evans was speaking she jumped to her feet and levelled a question at him which could not be heard by the reporters owing to the cheering with which she vpag received and the counter cheering and cries of execration from Mr Evans's supporters. The Chairman (angrily) May I ask von to be quiet ? Miss Gawthorpe Oh. you can settle yourself down, Mr Chairman, because when I get up i mean to be heard. That's all about it. A regular tumultcnlSued. some cheering ATiss Gawthorpe and others cheering Mr Evans. The place became a; regular pandemonium. people shouting at each other, booing, and cheering. The Hev. Yorwerth Jones,Pastorof the chapel, then shouted to Miss Gawthorpe to sit down. I command you to do so," he said, and I am the pastor of this chapel." But Miss Gawthorpe took no notico of him. shouting, I am going to say what 1 please, -j I am not going to sit down until I have spoken, I stand for the women of Wales, who have been with other women grievously insulted by that man (pointing to Mr S. T. Evans, who was smilingly waiting for thestorin to pass over). H Call in the Police." Shouts of Call in the POlice" and" Turn her out," were raised, mingled with shouts of protest against the proposal. Miss Gawthorpe managed to make herself heard above the hubbub. You can can in the police if you like," she shouted. but I am going to stay here, and I am going to speak. You nefer liay Chuck him out to a man, because that man has a vote." Talking Out Time. The Rev. Yorwcrth Jones You are wasting time. Miss Gawthorpe Yes and Mr Evans wastes time in the House ot Commons. He talks the clock round, and is the enemy of the women, and I am here to.night to talk his clock round. Rev. Yorwerth Jones now appealed to the audience, who were in a state of seething excitement, and asked them to let Miss Gaw- thorpe have quiet to finish her speech. Miss Gawthorpe Whether I have quiet or not I am going to speak. Rev. Yorwerth Jones If you are a lady, sit down. Miss Gawthorpe I ad a lady, but withoutg, vote, thanks to Mr 8. T. Evans. Rev. Yorwerth Jones: Do you think you have a lot of ignoramuses to deal with ? Sit down, will you. Miss Gawthorpe You had better sit down yourself. tarn going to speak. Rev. Yoiwerth Jones; Don't come here to show your ignorance, 1 demand that you shall sit down. 1 am the pastor ot this church. A cry for the poli ce was raised again in which Miss Gawthorpe said that she would dare the police to turn her out of a public building. I will speak," she said. as long as llike." She then shouted in Welsh Remember your mother," having evidently been coached in the sentence for the occasion- The hubbub continued for some time. Meeting Broken Up. Eventually Inspector Sansome and a police constable entered the building, their appear- ance being hailed with cheers and booing. Miss Gawthorpe seemed to have got a f&irlv strong following with her. and the two rival sections kept up a running fire of cheers and counter-cheers, mingled with booing. The police inspector endeavoured to argue with Miss Gawthorpe and induce her to leave the meeting, but this she absolutely refused to do, and an attempt r n the part of the inspector to eject her by force might have been followed by violent ci-nduct on the part of the men who were >,upporting her. Eventually Mr Evans advanced to the front of the puipitv and again endeavoured to quell the tumult. He said if they did not wish to hear him speak he had no desire to speak to them. The noise went on. and it was evident that it would bo impossible to continue the meeting with the excitement running so high, and the chairman eventually decried the meeting closed, Mr Evans having been unable to deliver his speech.
TRACED THROUGH AN " ECHO"…
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TRACED THROUGH AN ECHO" ADVERTISEMENT. At Pontypridd County Court on Monday T. Redmond. Clyde-street, Cardiff, brought an action against Edgar Powell, White Hart Hotel, Pontypridd, for the return of a pony and damages for detention, amounting to £15. There was a counter-claim for E9. Mr Yorath (Messrs Yorath and Jones. Cardiff). was fortbe plaintiff, and Mr James Phillips defended. Plaintiff lost a pony, which was impounded by the Pontypridd police and placed in defendant's stable. The lost animal was traced through an advertisement in the Echo," and plaintiff alleged that defendant asked £1188 Sd, repre- senting two weeks' keep, in full settlement of his claims. ThiCl amount was paid. but later defendant would not deliver up the pony until all the claims for the animal's keep up-to- date had been paid." Defendant denied the arrangement suggested, and asserted that he told piaintiiT that he would also have to pay a young man in Porth the cost of the keep of the animal tor two days. This agreement was not carried out, and the pony was deteined. His Honour gave judgment for the plaintiff I for £10. an4 dismissed the counter-claims.
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I WELSH CHURCH. The Line of Defence. SOME INTERESTING FACTS COUNT- ING NOSES." The leaders of the Church ia Wales have fully realised the significance of the step taken by the Government at the instigation of Mr Lioyd George, in appointing a Royal Commis- sion to inquire into the existing conditions of the Church in Wales. Jt is an open secret that extraordinary efforts are being pub forth to meet tue Commission, when it comes, with a mass of evidence calculated to discredit and invalidate the demand for Disestablishment. What, the main line of Church defence will be is disclosed in a significant and valuable con- tribution from a well-known Church Defence writer, an old contributor to the Quarleriy Review," which is to appear in the lorth- couiing issue 01 Y Geninen." 2>Ionconiomiists will be as pleased at the appearance ot this article as Churchmen have just cause to be proud ot what it. contains. The Central National Evidence Committee, ot which Mr Herbert Roberts, M.P., is chairman. have gained as much by the appear-anew oi this one article as if they had undertaken a reeou- naissance in force. It discloses to them both the strength and the weakness of the enemy's position, and indicates the nature of the pre- cautions proposed to be taken to repulse attack. The Vitality of the Church. It is obvious that the main defence set up will be that whatever may have been the grounds for demanding the Disestablishment and Disendowment ot the Church, a ] generation or two ago, those grounds no longer exist. The Church is becoming year by year an ever-increasing force in the spiritual and national life of the people. At no period, of her history has she shown such manifest evidence of vitality as at the present moment. Her energies in every department of Church work are ooundless. Whatever the test applied the Church will proceed to prove that she is fulfilling her mission—whether it be in the number ot baptisms, confirmations, communi- j cants, the restoration of old or the provision of new churches the building ot vicarages or in- creasing the staff of working clergy providing additional curates, or increasing the endow- meats ot poor benefices—the Church will be prepared with tacts and figures, and will give chapter and verse to establish each contention, and it is in the facts and figures, the chapter and verse given, that the value of the Geninen article lies for both champions and opponents of the Establishment. 16 is well known that Nonconformists attach more importance to their ability to produce rebutting evidence to the case aavanced by the Church than they are likely to do to the mere state. ment of the case for the Free Churches. The statistics contained in the" Geninen article furnish them with the necessary data for at least commencing the preparation of their reply case. Astounding Statistics. The article is crammed with statistics intended to show the astounding progress made by the Church in Wales in the last 40 or 50 years. It is now no secret that attempts have been made in the interests of Church defence to confine the scope of the present Commission's inquiry to a Uiere collection, tabulation and analysis of statistics relating to both Church and Noncon- formitv. Did the Commission but consent to this restriction of its activities the whole in- quiry would have become a farce—and the Nonconformists would probably have shown their sense of the liumotir of the situation tous created by withdrawing from the case altogether, and declining to tender evidence in a farcical inquiry. For, after all, the extent to which" the spiritual needs of the people have been met cannot be determined by a mere counting of noses, assessing bricks and mortar, nor the production of bank pass-books or balance sheets. These, it is ttue, are elements, aud essential elements, of the case.but they are by no means the only essential elements. Taking them then for what they are worth, it must be admitted that the facts and figures given in the Geninen" article are simply astounding, and reflect the greatest possible credit upon the energy displayed by the Church ill Wales of recent years. < Counting Noses. The writer lays the foundation of his case by counting roses. Taking the whole of Wales, it is claimed that the Church baptises 36'5 per cent, of all the children born, while in the dioceses of St. Asaph and Llandaff Cnurch baptisms amount to 50 per cent. of the births recorded. In the past 20 years the roll of Church Sun- day scholars has increased by 52 per cent. Since 1885 the number of communicants has more than doubled, the increase being given as 104 per cent. The precise number, however, is not given in these cases, a fact which obviousiy detracts from the value of the figures. Nonconformists will have little difficulty m largely discounting the value of the"connrmations." This indeed is bat part of the price Nonconformists have had to pay for consenting to the establishment of a National school as a means of avoiding a School Hoard rate. A Comparison of Clergy. The writer alleges that while Sir Hugh Owen half a century ago credited the Church with only 12i per cent. of the population, Mr Samuel Smith three years ago admitted them to be 25 per cent. Taking, however, the Geninen writer's own figures, the increase in the number of benefices in 13 years has been only 29. The increase in the number of Congregational churches alone in the two years 1902-4 has been 112. The number of Anglican clergy of all grades increased' from 1.188 in 1891 of 1,538 in 1904—an increase of 50 in 13 years, or at the rate of four per annum—or half the annual increase of ordained Congregational ministers. Ana yet the Congregationalists are only one of four great Free Church organisations in the Principality, without counting half a dozen I smaller denominations. Church Liberality. I What redounds most to the credit of the Church, however, though it can hardly be advanced as an argument against Disen- dowmeut, is the increasing strength of tho voluntary principle. The financial statistics supplied by the Geninen article are indeed astounding, and should give pause to those who believe that the Church in Wales is wholly dependent upon her endowments for the continuance of her activities. So far indeed is this from being the case that the voluntary contributions far exceed the income from ell. dowments, and amount in the aggregate for the past 30 or 40 years to a sum only measured by millions. For instance in the half century ending 1891 there had been expended on Church buildings, in restoration and new buildings, tho enormous sum of £ 2.216,723—and this total includes no case in which a less amount than £500 was expended. When we remember that the total value of Welsh Congregational property is only £1,552,978 it will be at once recognised that the "liberality of Churchmen in voluntary subscriptions will bear favourable comparison with that of the Free Churches. Here. however, two essential facts should be borne in mind. The first is that much of the Church donations for buildings comes from a comparatively small number of large contri- butions while in the Free Churches the building funds must always depend uporf a large number of small subscriptions. The other fact worthy of note is that Church buildings cost on an average at least four times as much per sitting as do the Noncon- formist chapels. Roughly speaking, to build a I. Nonconformist chapel costs 1:4 to £5 per sitting —the lower figure being well above the average. The Anglican Church, on the other hand, is seldom Duilt under £20 per sitting, and, indeed, often far exceeds that figure. To take a few other instructive gleanings. In the ten years ending 1303 the Church spent £ 1,077,086 upon 63 new churches, and the re- storation ov renovation of 187 others. This gives aa average of over £100,000 a year-a I sum far exceeding the contribution of anv Nonconformist body in Wales to the same purpose. To other than building purposes the Church voluntary contributions in the year 1903-4 are stated to have amounted to £301,180, while the total stipends of the clergy for the same year j only reached £199,306,
IWITH THE AID OF A WOMAN.
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WITH THE AID OF A WOMAN. I¡ Alleged Robbery with Violence at Merth/r. I William John Evans was committed for trial at Merthyr on Monday for an alleged act of robbery with violence at Merthvr on 8atur- day night. The prosecutor was Edward Law- reace, a mason, 26, John-street, Merthyr, and the allegation was that while he lay in the oid Y"nysfach Works at Mertbyr on Saturday even- ing defendant gripped his leg, struck him on the head, put his hand on his mouth to prevent him shouting, and then with the help of a woman by whom Evans was accompanied Lawrence's pookets were emptied of the 7s or 8s which they contained. The couple then started off, with Lawrence in pursuit, along the canai bank, and hearing a cry of "Stop thief," Evans was seized by another man of the same name and detained until he was arrested by P.O. Moxey, to whom he protested his innocence.
BARBED WIRE AS EVIDENCE.I
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BARBED WIRE AS EVIDENCE. John Williams, a pit carpenter, who keeps ducks &nd geese in a field near his bouse at Pontlottyn. on Saturday night, at 11 15, went to see that the poultry were safe. As he neared the field he heard a sound of breaking timber, and saw a man rush away from the foul house. He went back to his house for assistance, and when he returned a man, named Ernest Evins. was standing in the road. Upon examin- ing the fowl house he missed a goose, value 7s 6d. Sergt. Gammon, who also discovered Evans standirg in the roadway, found Evans's trousers were torn to pieces, and that some pieces of the <oth adhered to some barbed wLre j protecting tt'^owl house. Evans was before the Stipendiary- at Merthyr on Monday charged with stealing tht. goose. IIe denied tbe offence, and was co- janaited tp the O.uarter Sessions,
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Free Church Campaign. DR. CLIFFORD AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The Rev. Dp. John Clifford was on Monday night the principal speaker at a Free Church demonstration in the Drill Hall, Derby, which was the inaugural meeting of aseries to be held throughout the country, with the object of setting forth the views of the Free Churches on the Eaucation Kill. Mr H. W. Surtees pre- sided. Mr Compton Ricketfc, M.P., chairman-elect of the Congregational Union, said he knew there were Darts of the Education Bill which Mr Birrell himself did not like, but if there was to be a final settlement of this question there must be give-and-take on the part of both Churchmen and Nonconformists. Dr. Ciiflord, who wag received with cheers, said they were starting there in connection with tbo National Free Church Council a new campaign in the interests of a just, righteous, and completely satisfactory State-aided eduea- tion for the children. They had a policy which was enuncla.ted at Newcastle, which was in- trinsically democratic, essentially popular, and absolutely non-ciencai in its basis. They stood for that policy. They must prepare for the figut which seemed to be preparing in connec- tion with the Episcopate in the House of Lords. W nether this Bili was an educational Bill or not, there was no question that the nation was being prepared, and that the Free Churches were going forward to victory for their prin- ciples. (Cheers.) Whether this Bill succeeded or not, he was certain that the principles for which they were fighting in the Free Churches -—exclusively civic principles—were predes- tined to victory in the liie of the nation and the world. (Cheers.) It had been asked why they had lately been silent. The bishops bad been talking in language it was impossible for him to imitate. ( Laughter.) He used to think be could probably, under special provocation, say a. strong thing or two—(laughter)—but, he had lost all faith in his own capability of usms the English language in such a way as to express vehement indig- nation. Mr Balfour was in the habit of quarrel- ling with his style. He wondered what Mr JBalfour said about the style of the Bishop of Manchester. He must have been studying at the feet of Mr Balfour. Bishop Knox had gone beyond his master in vitriolic utterance. Flee Churchmen had been silent because they had talked so much belore. They trusted the repre- sentatives of the people. They did not begin I hectoring Mr Birrell or dictating to him the sort oE Bill he ought to present, and it was not until the fourth clause was introduced, which some of them thought was a violation of the fundamental principles of the Bill and a depar- ture lrom justice towards favouritism for a, particular sect and denomination,that the Free Church Council approached Mr Birrell to offer any suggestions. He was gratified, but not satisfied, with the Bill. There was a great deal in it which he would like to see out, acd many things out that he would like to see in. (Hear, hear.) The omission of anything about train. ing colleges for teachers was a radical defect. The thing of supreme importance now was how would the House of Lords behave. Had they much hope of them 1 Did their history inspire great expectations ? The Roman Catholics wer-e anticipating much from the House of Lords. All people interested in Voluntary schools were turning to them as the last hope. The situation was desperate. The people's representatives could not be trusted to do justly. That the Romanists should look to the House of Lords was a reflection on them, and what it was upon the Episcopate, weJl, he had better not say. (Laughter.) No chapter in history was more interesting than that relating to the influence of the prelates on legislation through the House of Lords. The only people who could expect to get anything from the Houss of Lords were the Re-man and the Ariglican Churches. We profess to be a democratic country, but we shall never be democratic as long as we have a House of which a man is a member on the philosophic ground that he is the son of his father. ( Laugh- ter and Hear. hear.") There we had a flagrant violation of the democratic principle. The Marquis of Townshend was declared by a court of law to be incapable of managing his own affairs, but." added Dr. Clifford, he can go and manage your affairs and mine in the House of Lords." The bishops, he said, are determined to destroy the Bill. (A Voice A good job, too.") I think it would be in a way (replied the speaker). It would be a good job for the House of Lords." (Hear, hear ) Whether the bishops destroyed the Bill or not would depend upon the opinion of the people. Therefore, it was important that the people should know what was at stake. This fight in the House of Lords, and especially under the leadership of the bishops, was really between the House of Lords, the Episcopate, and the people between irresjionsible and non-repre- sentative rulers and the representative and responsible rulers of the country. They must fight with all their strength against the House of Commons yielding in any further particular to the dictation of the bishops and the House of Lords. He repudiated the asser- tion that the Nonconformists wished to ex- elude Bible teaching. Their position was that there sbou1d be no theological dogma taught in the State schools, but that there should be free access to the Bible for its history, ethics, and literature. That, he maintained, was what the nation wanted. The parents did not want their children taught creeds which sepa- rated Christian lrom Christian and man from man. (Cheers.) The House of Lords would do its best to defend this particular monopoly, and the bishops, gaining as they did by their relation to the State, would be sure to defend it, but justice would only be done through severing the bond which united the Church and the State. (Cheers.)
"THE CHURCH IN WALES—NOT ALIEN."
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"THE CHURCH IN WALES—NOT ALIEN." Treatise by the Rector of Gelligaer. Under this title the Rev. T. Jesse Jones (rector of Gelligaer) has a work in the press. He starts witii a review ot the earliest condi- tion of the Church its original unity the rise of the bishopric of Rome and its existence as a bishopric and nothing more at a time when Christianity came into our land. He quotes authorities to show that 'Christianity reached Britain by natural expansion rather than by missionary effort, and that it was firmly estab- lished in Britain before the middle of the fourth century. Throughout the Roman occu- pation of Britain tho Welsh people were even struggling for national unity, and the Church, after the Romans left, was entirely Celtic. Its continuity from Roman time? till the advent of St. Augustine was unbroken. He con- tests the view that tribalism existed in Wales as in Ireland, and points out that even in the case of Ireland it offered no effective barrier to union of the churches. The Church in Wales was then independent and to a large measure cut off from the rest of the world, and its oppo- sition to st. Augustine was due to the fact I that be was the apost'e to the English, and came from over the border from a people whom the Weish hated. When the WTelsh Church later entered into union with the Church over the border, if the name became that of the ) Church of England it was as the name of the united Church here in distinction to the rest of the Latin Church elsewhere. The writer traces the progress of the Church exhaustively through all the years, and as is to be expected from an erudite Welsh Churchman, supplies a vast fund of interesting historical and contro- versial references. He pays tribute to tbe enterprise and activity of Nonconformity in Wales, but asks, Because Nonconformity has flourished must the Church- be deposed ?" and claims that the very fact of the growth of Nonconformity is proof that the Church is not in its way, and there is room in Wales for both Church and Nonconformity. Wales, he thinks, is cursed with the spirit of competition, fos- tered by the very nature of the national festival—the Eisteddfod—and that the competi- tion in religion is increasingly demonstrated. We have learnt how to compete, he says, and it remains for us to learn how to co-operate,
BEDWELLTY DISTRICT COUNCIL
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BEDWELLTY DISTRICT COUNCIL Proposed Division into Wards. A special meeting of Bedwellty District Counc.1 was held at New Tredegar on Monday, Mr J. V. Lewis, J.P., presiding. A unanimous resolution in favour of dividing tht, district into wards was passed. Mr A. Thomas crgued that the jepresentation should be based on houses and population and not upon area. The clerk gave details as follows :—Sirhcwy Valley portion of district. 949 bouses, population 4,745, assessable value £17.652; Rhymney Valley, houses 2.365, population 11,825, assessable value f 41.738 Arrgoed. Hollybush, and Man. moel district, houses, 313 Blackwood, 636 Pengam, 452 Abeibargoed, 712 ( wmaryfiog, 54S New Tredegar, 653. Discussion ensued and finally it was decided, on an amendment moved by Mr A Thomas, to apply for the fol- lowing representation :—New Tredegar and EUiot Town. 3 Cwm and Jubilee, 3 Aber- bargoed, 3 Pengam and Fleur, 2 Blackwood, j 2 Argoed and Hollybush, 2. Dr. Davits gave notice of motion to bring forward the question of the division of the parish at the next meet- ing, whereupon it was decided to postpone the petition to the County Council.
HISTHlRD BANKRUPTCY.
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HISTHlRD BANKRUPTCY. Whitland Commission Agent's Trouble. At the Pembrokeshire BankruDtcy Court on Saturday, Caleb John Davies (60), a commis- sion agent, residing at the Park Hotel. Whit- land whose estate showed a deficiency of £146 i 10i 10d, came uptfor his public examination. Loss of commission on goods sold illness of self and family law costs," were the causes of failure alleged by bankrupt. Debtor formerly lived in Cardiff, where he previously filed his petition. His liabilities at that time amounted "0 about £125 And assets nil. He had also been adjudged bankrupt at Swansea. One of his present credi tois is a Cardiff doctor, to whom £52 is due for medical expenses.. Official Receiver Yon have bad much experience of bankruptcy matters ? Bankrupt: Very little experience, but lots of trouble. (Laughter.) The examination was closed, subjectto the pro- duction of proofs of county court costs, which were pat down at £ 29 12s lid.
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A Dowlais haulier. John Lewis, of Francis- street, was so severely injured as the result of an accident at Bediinog No. 1 Pit on Saturday that his arm had to be amputated at the Mer- thyr General Hospital.
"Birdie" and "David.'' ..
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"Birdie" and "David. QUAINT VISITORS TO CARDIFF. Preachers of a New Faith. The wind blows all sorts and conditions of men and women into the always open doors ol a newspaper office, but it is not often that the Pressman is visited by as quaint-looking a couple as stepped into our reporters' room on Monday. The man had a flowing auburn beard and long silken hair, which fell in grace- ful lines over his shoulders. He was wearing. fawn coloured suit of delicate material, the. coat being of the regulation froek-coat pattern. Not even the ghost of a smile flitted across his pale, grave face during the interview. The lady who accompanied him also wore her long hair loose, and it fell far down her back. She was dressed in a ne"t grey costume, and once or twice a faint, scarcely perceptible smile brightened her eyes. We are Amur'cans," said the gentleman by way of introduction. We belong to the House of David Israelites, and are here to preach the doctrine of our fa-th. Last week we were at Weston-super-Mare, and attracted the attention of the visitors. We have been to Dover and other places and to Australia. We have a big following in Australia. And we have converted many in this land. We are in Cardiff for about three weeks—I can't say exactly. Wo shall Preach at Street Corners and parks and anywhere suitable. You must come to our meetings. The re- porters in Australia wrote a lot about us. One from the Melbourne Argus came to see us a lot. We nearly converted him—he was an intelligent fellow." The Pressman could not restrain a 1 smile. However he put the almost" converted Melbourne Argus reporter out 1 of bis mind for the moment, and asksd his 1 visitors, whose names, by the way, are Birdie and David," for some particulars of their faith. •• We teach the coming of the Kingdom of j God on earth." explain^ David With becom- ing gravity; "also that this is the last age of wickedness, and that many will be saved both body and soul by overcoming the natural evils ottheftesh." i He further explained that the sect had been i in existence four years, but that its doctrine i was taught in England a hundred years ago. -4 Its headquarters are at Benton Harbour. i Michigan, U.S.A., where a large number of members live in a colony, having all things in common," working at- their trades as black- smiths, carpenters, gardeners, printers, &c., ] but mostly occupied in fruit-growing. Brother "■ David handed the reporter a beautifully-illus- trated guide to tbe colony, which has many; picturesque avenues and corners and some i beautitul bnildings, including a handsome I library. The colony also includes a 10-acre farm. Do all the people you convert go to the colony 7" asked the reporter. Oh, no," was the reply. Some do others remain in the world to spread the faith. We I believe we are On the Eve of a Great Chr^ge," he went on. Every two thousand years there has been a great change. It is nearly two thousand years since Christ was crucified. Two thousand years before that was the Flood. ■? This change, however, will come about in a i natural way. There will be no more wars, j The Kingdom of Christ will be set up on earthw 1 All nations of this world will gradually come under the rdle of Christ, and learn peace instead of war. Many will have Satan or the evil botmi in them. and live for one thousand | years on this earth. We are gathering in the -}■ real Israelites-the lost ten tribes—who are "i scattered among the whites. The Jews are not the real Israelites." i Why do you wear long hair ?" asked the r Pressman. i "We wear our hair and beard long because i the Saviour and His followers did," was the reply. • J In what does your faith differ from that of other churches ?" We teach life eternal on this planet of body. soul, and spirit all, or nearly all, other ? sects teach death on this planet of body and a 1 spiritual mansion in the skies afterwards. We do not believe in a resurrection of the natural body. The Scriptures only show a resurrection i of a spiritual body if you die the body once dead goes to corruption, returns to dust, is eternally damned." Then all ot us who die are lost ?" No, certainly not your natural body ia lost, but ail will be saved or rewarded with a spiritual body according to their faith." Before they left Mr and Mrs David O. Smith —for that is their worldly name-left a quan- tity of literature giving a fuller explanation of their faith, and gave a pressing invitation to their meetings.
BRYNMAWR WATER ^SUPPLY. ^
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BRYNMAWR WATER ^SUPPLY. The Reservoir to be Enlarged. A special meeting of the Brynmawr District Council was heid on Monday nifcht to consider a notice of motion by the chairman (Mr Llew. ellyn Thomas, J.P.) to the effect that the storage capacity of the reservoir be increased so as to allow an ample and constant flow of water into the town. The Chairman said that the Council would be sorry to have a recur- i rence of the water famine which thev had experienced during the past few weeks, and unless they made provisions for a scheme to enlarge the storage capacity of the reservoir they would have a water famine every yearj The question would have to be faced, and the Council would have to get as much storage capacity as they could and as quickly as pos- sible. They had some time back engaged Messrs Haller and Macheil, Dewsbury, to pre- pare a scheme, and whether the Council liked it or not they would have to accept that scheme or else pay the engineers commission, Mr J. Bloor, J.P., said that although he agreed that they should have water from somewhere he doubted whether the position fixed upon was the right one. They were simply going to provide storage capacity for 16 million gallons, and he thought they should Have more. Alder- man W. Roberts pointed out that they would have an extra 3 million gallons if the scheme was adopted. The Chairman said that allow- ing for a population of 7,000 the proposed enlarging of the ztorage capacity would give > 114 days' supply. Replying to a member, the Clerk said that the Council's liabilities at the present time were under £10.000, and as the ratable value was £14,000, they could borrow £18,000. Mr J. R. Williams asked how much would be required to provide storage for 16 million gallons, and the Chairman said that the estimate was £2,356. The Chairman's motion was seconded by Mr R. Jones, and carried. The Chairman then moved that the plans already prepared by Messrs HaUer and Macheil be considered, and this was carried with two dis-3 sentients.
DEAD DUCKS IN A CRATE. -
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DEAD DUCKS IN A CRATE. Devon Dealer Fined. Alfred Perkins Marsden. of Moretonh&mp"" stead, Devon, manager of the Dartmoor Duck, Farm, Ltd..was at Llandaff on Monday fined 10s > and costs 14s 6d for cruelty to 40 ducklings* The prosecution was at the instance of In«.^ ppector Barrack, of the N.S. P.C.A. On August. 10th 100 ducklings were despatched lrom More- I ton Hampstead to Llandaff North for Charles Fryberg, of 37, The Philog, Whitchurch. The birds were in three crates, and when they arrived an employee on the T.V.R. found the ducklings in a very weak condition, and the stronger ones had trampled on the weaker.. Three were dead. and another was dying. At Whitchurch P.S. Bennett inspected the crates. and in one 34 inches long by 27iin., and about a foot and a half deep, there were 28 ducks alive and eight dead. The other two crates were 34 by 22 inches and 42! by 28 inches. In the course of conversation with Inspector Johnson on August 22nd the defendant ad-I mitted that the birds were rather thick in the crate." Mr James, of Merthyr, who ap- peared for defendant, cross examined the wit- nesses with the view to showing that the crates, were detained a considerable time at the Cardiff Station, and after observing that the weather; was very hot on the day in question pointed out that the numbers of the birds in the three crates as given by the police officer differed from those which the defendant gave. It was admitted that the crates were opened at. Llandaff North, and the question was whether some of the birds had not been transferred.
UNION JAOKCUTDOWN.
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UNION JAOKCUTDOWN. At a meeting of Dublin Corporat ion on Mon- day, Alderman Coffey, who presided in the absence of the Lord Mayor, refused to allow Mr Vance to move a motion which he had given notice of censuring Alderman Kelly for having cut down from the stern 0" the steamer J Hbamrock the Union Jack on ttie occasion of > the formal onening of the Dublin main drain- ■ age system. Mr Vance appealed frequently to." toe chairman to hear him, but Alderman. Coffey, who said he approved of .Mderman Keliy's action, refused to a'ter his decis.on, the business remaining on the agenda bein^ dis- ■- posed (,f. and the meeting- separated with cheer- ing, God Save Ireland" being sung by th& occupaotn of the public e&Uery.
STRUCK BY THE CORK EXPRESS.
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STRUCK BY THE CORK EXPRESS. Swansea Railway Fatality. At an inquest held at Swansea on Saturday*, on the body of Thomas Edward Stephens (19), of Pentre. Swansea, who was knocked down: and killed by the Cork express the previous day. it was stated that deceased, who was aj truck examiner, was following his occupationi and had to cross some lines, when the CorkJ express, which was 40 minutes late, steamed.* up and struck him. The theory of the engine- driver (Joseph Waring) was that deceased.) must have come out from under a waggon on i the other side and rushed across the rails jusfc ? as the express approached. Deceased's right.; foot was noarlv severed, and there were bruises, on the head. A verdict of Accidental death > was returned, and sympathy was expressed: with the parents.
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Mr R. C. Hampton Brain, veterinary surgeon: to the Powell Duffryn Company, at Bargoed, succumbed on Monday to injuries sustained on the Brecon and Merthvr line, all Aberbargoed l on the 27th of September,