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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, 1900. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE RHONDDA DIVISION. GENTLEMEN,— n. At the unanimous invitation of the local Unionist Party, I beg to offer myself a.s a Candidate for the Parliamentary Representa- tion of the Rhondda. I am a Welshman, and speak my native language. I am a Unionist in Imperial matters not only because I perceive that the United King- dom is f.r too small to be split up into insig- nificant sections, but because history atte-sts that disintegration has invariably been the immediate cause of the downfall of the Empires of the world. I will, therefore, do all that lies in my power to preserve the Union between the United Kingdom and Ireland, whilst. at the same time, I wiil pay especial attention to those claims of Wale-s which her splendid record as a. nation fairly entitles her to put forward. I am fully persuaded that both the Home and Foreign Policy of Lord Salisbury's Administration was a great success. I look back >vith pride to the passing of such measures as the Workmen's Compensation Act, the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, Conciliar tion Act, Elementary Education Act, Seats for Shop Assistants Act, and last, but not least, the Mines Regulation Act. I am in favyur of an amendment to the Workmen's Compensation Act in order to secure to workmen the payment of compensa- tion from the date of injury, and also of extending the Act to other trades. I am also iv favour of Leasehold Enfranchisement, and will give my support to a well-considered measure of Old Age Pensions. I am gratified to learn tha.t the trade of the country has increased by upwards of £ 100,000,000 under the Unionist Government, and that the wages of the colliers of South Waics have during the Conservative tenure of office reached a, level unparalleled in the history of the Welsh coal trade. I believe that the confidence begotten of Unionist policy throughout the world will, if the Unionist Party be returned to power, continue to main- tain t.r'¡d,) in its present prosperity. The gratification with which I view the late Government's successes at home is likewise shared by my appreciation of their magnifi- rent achievements abroad. The Soudan has been won back from Mahdism and savagery to civilisation, and thus has been a.rrested the decadence and diminution of its population, which caused the drop from thirteen millions a.t the time of the abandonment of General Gordon to five millions when Lord Kitchener laid its slave trade for ever in the dust. But the question which overshadows every other at the present time is the one which concerns the settlement of South Africa. You are aware, Gentlemen, that the Unionist Government has vindicated British honour and supremacy in the Transvaal, and is at the present time appealing for your mandate for a continuance of its great and glorious work. Many Welshmen, sons of the Rh-ondda, have fallen in this war fighting heroically for freedom and liberty for the oppressed peoples of the Transvaal and for the prestige and honour of little Gwalia. I appeal to you to see that their noble sacrifices shall not have been made in vain. Let the clear issue be recognised. The Mayor of gallant Mafeking has declared that every seat lost to the Government at the present moment is a gain to the Boers. Hundreds of Rhondda men will emigrate to the Transvaal when peace shall have been proclaimed. It depends largely upon your votea now aa to what kind of Government will welcome or repel them when about to enter that country. That our Colo- nists have no faith in the Radical party is evidenced by the contributions from South Aflie-a that appear weekly even in such a journal as the "Christian World." The Unionist Party are alone competent to settle the future of South Africa. If you do me the honour of returning me to Parliament, I promise you that my vote in connection with this problem shall be given in the highest interests of the large population of the Rhondda, and that I will spare no effort to merit the confidence which you will thns have reposed in me. I am. Gentlemen, Very obediently yonrs ROBERT HUGHES. 21. Park-place. Cardiff. a8615

G ENERAI., ELECTION, 1900. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE RHONDDA DIVISION. DEAR FRIENDS AND FELLOW WORKMEN.— It makes it imperative on me once more -to appeal to you for your generous sympathy as you have always tendered my past fifteen years' unbroken representation. The impera- tiveness arises from the following:- 1st. Because of the Government having forced upon the country an unprecedented premature dissolution, which will disenfran- chise about half a million British workmen. 2nd. Because of the Rhondda Conservative Club Association having forced upon To an unnecesaary_ homeless contest, which will coat hundrede of pounds. 3rd. Because of myself having been again invited to fight the Labour and Liberal battle in the constituency,* 4th. Because I have accepted the inTitation. I have no new Programme that would be necessary. The Rhondda Programme has always been a, comprehensive one. It com- prices Labour and Liberalism to the fullest extent; and in two words these they are- 1st. The Rights of Labour. 2nd. The Will of the People. Yours obediently, 79894 MABON.

A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BF, L' CRIAM'S piLLS, B EFCIIAill,B p ILLO, TOEECHAM'S pILLS. FOR ALL BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS, SICK HEADACHE, WIND AND PAIN IN THE STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, CONSTIPATrON, LIVER COMPLAINTS, AND FEMALE AILMENTS. LARGEST SALE I THE WORLD. IN BOXES. 13id. and 2a. 94. EACH.

HIGH WATER TO-DAY. Moraine. Evening. Beieett, 9w*ns9& 2.19 2.54 24, 3 Cardiff 3.30 4. 8 26. 1 TJewpiwt 3.20 4, S 25. 9

WEATHER FORROAflT. issvstt rwn MITItOROtOfICAL eviricie-1.30 P.K, Tk« ferecust oi th# treatbar ti»rauyhout t,h« West o' Borland end 3«uMi W»l«f» for t^-our (Wednesday) ,V is as follows :—N.T7. cinds, backing later ftne at first, then cloudy probably some rain. YEST**»AT'S Kemce* &W. winds, fi-embening; cloudy; unsettled; some rain. I Y«9TM»AV*S Wxatkjcb- S.W, winds. strong I showery unsettled, I

YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE. Temperatar? as registered at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth. for tb.) twoive hours entliag nine o'clock last night: — MAr. Via, Meas, Tuesday 64 50 57.0

WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. Tho following table sire* the temperature and rainfall at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth, for 24 hours, as read at 9.0 a.m., and entered to the preceding Temperature, i Datb. Rainpail. I Max. | Min. Mean ■ Tuesday .1 25| 61 60 54*0 *08 Wfl<1n»8clay 26 62 55 b5'5 '00 Ikuraday 27) 64 53 53'5 -0t Friday ?.8- 60 48 58'S -09 Saturday 291 <S1 5» 5V0 -00 Sunday 30 65 43 57'5 *04 Monday 1| 65 43 51*0 *23

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. HARRIERS. CRICXHOWELL. Wednesday. October 3. Henbant 12 noon Saturday. October 6. Keunel.12 noon

ELECTIQH NOTES. In a pastoral issued by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland, reference is made to the question of a Roman Catholic University for Ireland, and it is therein stated that it is tho duty of Catholic con- stituents to keep the question to the fore. "Statesmen are not against us," says the pastoral. "The ablest and most represen- tative politicians in England and Irelaud hare espoused our cause, and, what is more noteworthy, not a single public man of first rank, no matter what his political opinions may be. has taken side against us. As far as they have spoken, the represen- tative men of the great Protestant Univer-' sities of England and Ireland have also espoused our cause." It is to be noted that Mr. T. P. O'Con- nor. the leader of the Nationalists of Great Britain, in a speech delivered on Monday, openly and strongly attacked the Roman Catholic bishops of Nottingham and Sal- ford for having urged upon Catholic voters the necessity of making tho question of a Roman Catholic University for Ireland a test one in the elections. The idea of the Nationalist party is that if Home Rule is granted first, all things else will follow. But this is going a round-about way to get it. A weak Radical Governmentr-and the greatest successes of the Radicals at the polls now could only result in a weak re- actionary Government—would never dare to propose a measure of Gladatonian Home Rule, much less a Roman Catholic Univer- sity for Ireland. It is broad-minded, non- bigottod Unionists, and to them alone, that Ireland can. look for the realisation of ambitions, such as the establishment of a Catholic University, which do not militate against the corporate integrity of the Empire. The Ruabon District Temperance Coun- oil have been considering whether Mr. S. Moss, M.P. and temperance reformer, has, by accepting briefs at brewster ses&ions, proved a traitor to the cause. Mr. Moss's defence was, that he would be offending against the etiquette of the Bar if he refused the briefs. Having heard and oorsidered this explanation, tho council passed the following resolution — "Thai we deem the reply given, by Mr Moss highly satisfactory, and we hope that he will oontinue by every possible means to fur- ther temperance legislation." In other words, the Ruabon teetotalers are highly satisfied to know that :\1r. Moss has more regard for the etiquette of the Bar than for his principles as a temperance advocate. At the last county council election the Radicals in East Glamorgan moved heaven and earth to oust Major Lindsay in the Caerphilly district. All the official wire- pullers were brought into the fight. Mr. Alfred Thomas (then M.P.), Dr. Edwards, Cardiff, and other stalwarts stumped the constituency on behalf of the major's rival, but all was of no avail. The major fought one of his characteristic fights, and won. The Unionists of East Glamorgan must see to it that nothing is lost through the major's absence in South Africa. Mr. J. Herbert Cory recently called upon Sir E. J. Reed, with whom he is on friendly relations, with the object of bring- ing Sir Edward and Mr. Lawrence together.- Sir Edward was out, and so Mr. Cory left his card. There is a pro- bability that when the two candidates do meet the Radical will again be "out" in another sense. It now transpires th'at without a. scientific training there is no possibility cf understanding Sir Edward Reed's opinions on the Home Rule question. His position, he himself admits, is enigmatical, and understandable only to the particular few who have spent their lives in the pursuit of political science. At last night's meet- ing at the Central Liberal Club Sir Edward referred to his letter on Home Rule, written some years ago. which caused such indignation amongst his Nationalist sup- porters, who considered themselves betrayed. The "misunderstanding" in re- gard to the correct interpretation of that letter arose (so Sir Edward suggests) from the fact that the composition was the pro- duct of a scientific mind. and those who have sought t.o ascertain its exact point or drift have not been persons of training. Sir Edward's scientific abilities are not being applied with the most satisfactory results to the domain of practical politics. So far as Irishmen are concerned, they heartily wish the Radical candidate could avoid the abstruse and technical style when stating his views on a plain issue. Sir Edward Reed in one of his speeches last night made a. bold biti for votes. He spoke for a long time around the question of Home Rule.^he gist of his remarks being that the present is not a Home Rule elec- tion. and that, therefore, he should noi; be called upon to define his attitude on the question. It would be simply embarrassing him at a time like this (he declared) to insist upon an explicit declaration of his views. "If any considerable section of you are going to oppose me," he said. refeng to the Irish constituents, "let me 'know it, a.nd I will make known the fact through- out the constituency. Then, on the mere strength of the Irish opposing me, I shall get hundreds of votes on the other side that would otherwise be against me." This threat, coining from one who seeks the suffrages of the constituents without giving definite reasons for the grounds on which he claims their support. is perfectly ridicu- lous. Whether Sir Edward gains or loses the seat is a matter of indifference to Irish- men unless be is pledged in favour of the Home Rule policy of Gladstone. Sir Edward seems to be riding for a fall. Some obscurity seems "to have arisen in regard to Mr. J. Lawrence's views on tem- perance reform, and as he, above all things, abhors obscurity in regard to his views, it will be well to emphasise the fol- lowing passage from one of his speeches in which he made a declaration on the sub- ject. He said: Be it remembered, a strong Government t ever lent itself to any such policy of confisca- tion as the sbutting-up of public-houses with- out compensation. Here is no beating about the bush. It ial a definite declaration, with no subterfuge and tergiversation. those interested maKe note thereof and act accordingly.

The Engineering Dispute of 1897-8. RSTMVMM ON THE: EIOETT nOURS QUESTION. VvjIAT THE ENGINEERS THOUGHT OF THE WOBBLER, The following is an extract from a letter written to the "Times" by Mr. G. N. Barnes. secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Enginesr3, on September 7, 1897:- "Some weeks ago a. letter appeared in your columns ever the signature of Sir Edward J. Reed. It was supposed to have been intended as a contribution to the eight hours disci;v ion, and, owing to the past position of the writer, it attracted a good deal of attention. In con- sequence of some casual observations of my own, mere or less correctly reported, Sir E. J Read has again on two occasions written to you. mainly on the question of his own position on the eight hours question when before the constituency of Cardiff. I have before me a copy of a manifesto which was issued by the local rt;thian Society in 1892, and the sixth clause of which is as followsEight Hours Bill for some trades.' I have also a letter written by a gentleman who actively supported Sir Edward J. Heed's candidature on that occa- sion. and in which he Rays:—'Now, this mani- festo was drawn up from Sir Edward Reed's latter to us. the proof was shown to Sir Edward and paid for by him,' and yet another letter, in which there occurs the following:—'Reed gave the necessary assurances in 1895. In 1892 he satisfied the Fabians, he satisfied the Tradea Counoil; he spoke llpon a platform Vfith lDe, whereon I urged the question, but never a disclaimer.' "All this would. of course, be no answer to any solid argument which might now be brought forward by Sir Edward J. Reed against the eight hours day. Parliamentary candi- :1atæ, a« a rule. are hard preyed, and much may be forgiven them. Resides, the lapse between the promise and ever, the opportunity of performance is so great that it is tolerably safÐ for them to Believe in freedom's cause, Ez fur away ez Paris And, therefore, the for not reply- ing to the letter was not because of the promise in question, but because I saw nothing in it to answer. We are willing, and even anxious, to meet arguments from whomsoever they may come, but what can we say to an irresponsible outsider who comes upon the scene only to darken counsel with incomplete and ono-sided knowledge? What can be said to this disappointed politician who is so deficient in sense of proportion that he desodbc3 a movement, which ha, culminated in a strike of 1,000 men and a lock-out of 50,000 as a war of workmen against employers? We cir.not follow every busybody into any by- path he may think fit to start on. The line must be drawn somewhere, and, for my part, I must respectfully draw it at Sir Edward J. Reed."

CARDIFF INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS J Alderman Sanders presided over a meet- ing of the Cardiff Intermediate School gover- nors at the Town-hall on Tuesday afternoon. In accordance with the report and recommen- dations of the headmistress, the following new scholarships were awarded: — Nora Dorothy O'Flyn, Higher Grade and Roath Park Board School, maintenance grant of £7 1.08.; Sybil Janot Grey, Roath Park Board School, maintenance grant of JE5; May Adams and Whitehead, of the Roath Park Board School, and Ruby Dorothy Talbot Kyte. St. Catherine's School, Park-place, were exempted from half fees. Exemption from half fe-es for girls already in the school. ajjd awarded upon th-o reeult of the Central Welsh Board exami- nation—Isabelle Barbier, Winifred Radley, Annie Edmunds. Gladys John, Mabel Shepherd, and Kathleen Shepherd. The following pupils were recommended to receive leaving exhibi- tions of £20 each, for three years:—Edith Amy Williams and Helene Violet Schmidt, both of whom matriculated and gained the honours certificate of the Central Welsh Board in Group 1, and will yrooeed to the University College. Internal scholarships were awarded to the following on the i?comm-endsition of the headmasterG. H. Goach, John A. Dale, Charles Wosley, Shepherd, and Alexander San- ders. Mr. Percy Samuel was awarded a scholarship for proficiency in French, which would enable him to receive a month's tuition in France. All these recommendations were aaoptea.

CANADA AND CARDIFf. The steamship Lord Iveagh, of the Lord Line, trading from Montreal and Quebec to Cardiff, has the following cargo on board:—4,000 quarters of wheat, 2,000 quarters of corn, 2,000 quarters of oats, 50 of soup, 212 boxes of cheese, 315 boles of hay, one case of dry goods, one carriage and pair of shafts, 300 head of cattle, 800 bundles of staves, 734 loads of oak, elm, and pine timber, and 382 stan- dards of deals, boards, &c. The Lord Ciiarlemont, of the same line, left Mon- treal on Monday with another cargo of the same description. f

"LA POUPEE" AT CARDIFF THEATRE ROYAL. In our report of this week's presentation of "La Poupee" at Cardiff Theatre Royal there were two or three inadvertent omissions, and some of the leading artistes deserving of a. meed of praise were passed unnoticed. Mr. C. P. Levilly, one of these, is justly deserving of the gratitude of the patrons of the Royal, while it goes without saying that such an accomplished artiste as Miss Stella Gastelle played the part of "Hilarius's" daughter in a manner that could not possibly be surpassed. Everyone who saw her performance must have recognised that she had an unusually difficult part to play, tier songs, together with th* fitte acting of Mr. Eric Thorne as "Hihrius," were unquestionably 'the most enjoyable features of the performance. It may be interesting to note that when Mr. Levilly visited Cardiff during the last South Wales coal strike he contributed no less than £40 to the men's fund.

THE BREAD AT ELY SCHOOLS. The monthly meeting of the Cardiff Guar- dians' Schools Visiting Committee was held on Tnesrtny afternoon, when a committee was appointed to report upon the quality of the bread used at the workhouse and the Ely Schools A proposition was made that the official!? should be supplied with a better quality bread, but several members of the committee contended that if the bread was not good enough for the officials it was not good enough for the children. i

SWANSEA BAY GOLF CLUB. The Earl of Jersey presided on Monday even- ing at the tirst animal dinner of the Swansea Bay Golf Clnh. In proposing the toast, of "Ye Royal and Aneiente Game," his Lordship said thëN were many !t{¡ vnt g8 in 1\ golf cJuh. and one was that it brought people together in social intercourse. He presented Mr. Herbert Forester with the Jersey Challenge Cup. which ho had won.—Mr. Frederic Edwards, of the Swansea Club; Mr. Brefllt, Porthcawl Club; Mr. Lewis J?nkins, Briton Ferry; and Mr. Schenk. Swansea Club, responded.—During the evening the progress of the clnb on the excellent new links given by Lord Jersey was referred to, and the generosity of his lordship and of Colonel W. Morgan, Swansea, was acknow- ledged.

GLAMORGAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION. A meeting of those officers responsible to the district fund of the Glamorgan Rifle Association was held at 8, St. Andrew's-crescent, Cardiff, on Tuesday afternoon, Colonel James presiding.— Colonel Brune-Vaughan stated that the accounts had now been audited, and they showed that out of £27r; IBs. 6d. which had been promised £239 lis. had been contributed to the association funds. —On the motion of Captain Evans, seconded by Colonel James, ifc was resolved that £200 be paid over at once to the Glamorgan Rifle Association, and Colonel Bruce-Vaughan was empowered to deal with the remainder.—A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the treasurer, Mr. Todd, National Provincial Bank, and on the proposition of Colonel James a similar vote ifas accorded to Colonel Bruce- Vaughan for the work he had done in connection with the fund.—In reply. Colo- nel Bruce-Vaughan pointed out that if I every Volunteer <tfficer in Glamorgan endeavoured to collect £2 from civilian friends the Glamorgan Riile Association would never be in wa-nt oi funds. 4

A MAGNIFICENT REOJEPTION. Dr. Rutherfoord Harris addressed a large meeting of Unionists at the Borough Court-hall, Monmouth, on Tuesday. A, huge crowd could not succeed m gaining admittance, in spite of the inclemency of the weather. Major George Griffin Griffin loccupied the chair. "Rule, Britannia," "Soldiers of the Queen," and the National Anthem were sung, and loud cheers were given for Dr. Harris prior to his entry to the assembly rooms. When he actually entered he was received with intensely fer- vent enthusiasm. He was accompanied by Mrs. Harris, Lord and Lady Llangattock, Miss Palmer, Colonel Wahvyn. Colonel Wallis, Messrs, W. C. Addams-Wiilianiy, Hamilton Baiilie, and others. The Chairman, in prefatory remarks. trusted that his fellow-electors would return the doctor that day week. He had much pleasure in informing Dr. Harris of the hearty support that had been pledged to him a week previously. (Cheers.) Unionists in all the country, and in Mon- mouth also, had decided to make the settlement of the South African business the prominent feature of their programme. Dr. Harris was well received, and, in opening, said he rearetted that- ijjness pre- vented him addressing a meeting at Mon- mouth before. He regretted that Lord Llangattock, by reason of his position, could not occupy the chair. Dr. Harris then plunged into the question of the war. The war was thrust upon England by the ultimatum of the two ex-Presidents. That ultimatum came like a thunderclap, and the preparations must have taken long years of planning and conspiracy to per- fect. Would any other country—would France, Germany, or any other Conti- nental country—have treated the Boers with the rrtqgnaiiimity that had been shown them by Great Britain? No! An excess of sentimentality had resulted in eighteen years of implacable hostility on; the part of the Boers to Englishmen. Their language to the Colonial Otfice was insult- ing in the extreme. (Hear, hear.) Had the Boers during the course of the war shown themselves to be the generous a.nd ga-ilmit foe they had been represented to be, there would never have been so many breaches of the Geneva Convention. (Cheers.) The white iiag, for instance, had been grostly abused. As to the settlement he asked them to remember that the Boers were not in a great majority, and any real settlement would have to be just and equal, or, if slightly in favour of any party, it should be on the side of Eng- land. (Cheers.) Dr. Harris asked the electors not to be led by excessive senti- ment, but to listeu to the reasons. Dr. Harris could assure them that the Colo- nists implored the home country for a British settlement. He then dealt with matters of controversy raised by Si* H. Caraphell-Baiinerroan. Continuing, Dr. Harris quoted the statement that the annexation of the Transvaal was one of the unfortunate results of the past policy in South Africa. That policy could not be laid to the Unionist party. (Cheers.) The Radical leaders, if there were any, in the very crisis of the election, were commencing the Majuba policy. ("Shame," and cheers.) If Lord Salisbury, Mr. Chamberlain, and Sir Alfred Milner were removed from office their places would be taken by men without a united party and without an agreed policy. (Cheers.) If such things were possible their fellow subjects m South Africa were perfectly justified in their efforts to prevent such results. Dr. Harris then read extracts from speeches and letters by Mr. Chamberlain on the preparations of the Boers. He could not conceive what would be the opinion of Europe if Lord Salisbury's majority of 158 were swept away to make room for strangers with no policy. It would show there was no unanimity, and that there could be no united and lasting settlement. Dr. Harris then summed up the speech delivered at Newport in regard to his posi- tion and his association with the Jamo- son Raid. He confessed he and others were guilty of conspiracy, but under 4reat pro- vooation. He preferred conspiring for the benefit of his country than to conspire, like certain members oi Parliament, with the enemies of the country against the country. (Loud cheers.) He was sorry that the mistake of the raid was made, but he regretted its failure still more. (Cheers.) He then sketched the griev- ances under which Uitlanders suffered. The doctor said he favoured Imperial Fede- ration, in which a proper settlement of South Africa would take a prominent part, (Cheers.) A clear-cut definition of Im- perial Federation was a. closer constitu- tional tie between the Mother Country find the Colonies and between the Colonies themselves. The Colonies did not want to escape fair payment of their share of the Union. Proof of that was found in the fact tha.t they paid for the contin- gents they sent to the war-in fact, they were anxious to pay. (Cheers.) He in- sisted that the present election would affect the destiny of the country, and appealed to his hearers not to support a party that had no semblance of unity. The doctor then referred to the domestic legislation that had taken place. Inci- dentally, he mentioned that such an absent member as Mr. Spicer was could not obtain the views of his constituency. Failing that, the member should pay more attention to his Parliamentary duties, but during the past four years Mr. Spicer was absent 461 times from the 664 divisions which had taken place on matters ffect- ing all classes of Englishmen. Would the Monmouth Boroughs retain a member who put in 30 per cent, of attendances and was absent 70 per cent ? (A Voice "He must be absent altogether," and laughter.) There was absenteeism in two ways—from the House of Commons and from the con- stituency. (Cheers.) He (the doctor) would, if returned as member, be both seen and heard in the House and in'the constituency. (Cheers.) During the past year Mr. Spicer had attended a little more than half the divisions, because he was trying to pass a Bill for Sunday Closing for Monmouthshire. (Much booing and groans.) He was the parent of that Bilh but, while Mr. Spicer was lobbying for t, he (Dr. Harris) was quietly lobbying against it. (Cheers.) If there was a mischievous measure it was the Sunday Closing Bill. It was class legislation, for the benefit of the rich man and the disadvantage of the poor. Mr. Spicer had tried to throw responsibility for that on the Monmouthshire County Council, but this had been effectively repudiated by Sir H. M. Jackson. Dr. Harris gave a concise summary of Unionist legislation on home matters, mentioning the Conciliation Bill, Free Ini- portation of Foreign-made Goods Preven- tion Bill. Land Rating Bill, Light Rail- ways Bill, a.nd the extension of the Workmen's Compensation Act to agri- cultural labourers. (Cheers.) The speaker was strongly in favour of voluntary; education, for no child's education was! complete without instruction in its father's! faith. The past five years produced a suc- cession of measures which caused a con- tinuance of good trade, increasing wages and the decrease of pauperism. (Cheers.) During! the past eighteen months Dr. Harris had nearly succeeded in getting an additional MHitia regiment in Monmouth for summer training, but Mr. Spicer had voted against giriog facilities to the acquirement of Volunteer ranges; also, he voted with Mr. Labouchere for the evacua- tion of Uganda. (Groans.) As to future legislation Dr. Harris was in favour of old-age pensions, "with proper precautions for accumulated funds; he was also in. favour of secondary education and techni- cal schools, in order that the artisan might compete with Germans and Americans. His chief claims to their support were that he was a resident among them, and, secondly, was a Government candidate. The doctor read letters (which have been published) from Sir Robert Cecil and from the secretary to the Cambrian Society at Cane Town, of which Dr. Harris was vice- president, all supporting him. In conclu- sion, Dr. Harris favoured the re-organisa- tion of our military and naval forces to make them commensurate with the liabi- lities of the Empire, and promised intelli- gent attention to their affairs if they honoured him by returning him as their representative. A vote of the "utmost confidence" in Dr. Harris, and promising him support, was moved by A lderman V izard, seconded by Mr. Addams-Williams, and, after being suppovf.i;! by Colonel and Mr. Tom Parry, was carried ujiuiiiinouslyt

Lord Roberts and the C.I.V.'S. Lord Roberts has addressed the follow- ing telegram to the Lord Mayor-elect, Mr. Alderman Frank Green, in response to an invitation to attend the Guildhall banquet on Lord Mayor's Day — PRETORIA. October 2 (1.20 p.m.). To tho Lord Mayor-elect, Lon- don.—I much regret that I shall not be home in time to accept the kind invitation of yourself and the sheriffs to dinner on November 9. I trust by that time you will have once more amongst you that gal- lant body of men, the C.I.V.'s, whom I had the pleasure of inspect- ing this morning, before their departure for home. ROBERTS. From the "Daily Telegraph Special Correspondent. Special Arrangement for Simultaneous Publication. LOURENCO MARQUES, Tuesday (7.0 p.m.).. Two Gordon Highlanders have suc- cumbed to the wounds they received in yesterday's explosion of Boers' ammuni- tion. Twenty others were injured. The Netherlands Railway, from Komati PCGrt to Pretoria, is now designated the Imperial Military Railway. Major Blakeney, Royal Engineers, has been appointed assistant Imperial director and agent of the railway at Delagoa Bay. The Irish-America.ns are threatening to detain Mr. Kruger, unless their def-pi-red pay is tendered them before a certain date. Trouble is expected. From Mr. BENNET BURLEIGH. By spaetsJ arranganient with the Bally Telegraph' for simultaneous publication. KAAPMUIDEN, Saturday (4.50 p.m.). The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards et)trained at Komati Pcort to-day for Pre- toria. Lord Kitchener leave-, Komati Poort to- morrow. General I1 reach is still at Bar- berton. General Mahr i gave a ball there last night, and there was also another military ball. At both there was a big attendance, including about 100 Boer ladies. BOEFLS CAPTURE A CONVOY AND PHI SON 18 KS. DURBAN, Tueeday Afternoon. As affair at De Jagers Drift hivs occasioned much concern here, as, from the names of the men wounded and officers captured in the engagement, it is believed that the British force engaged consisted entirely of Natal Volunteers. The latest information indicates that the removal of stores was proceeding from an outpost to Dundee preparat-ory to the disbandmeut of the Volunteers, when the con- voy was attacked on the road leading from a drift across the Blood River. Details of the attack on the convoy are anxiously awaited, but, apparently, all the wago.us have been captured, and some have been also destroyed. The prisoners will pro- bably soon be released, as the Boers have no means of detaining them. Meantime, the return of the Natal Volun- teers has been indefinitely postponed.—Central News. BEATH OF MR. STEPHANUS MAHAIS. CAPE TOWN. Tuesday. The death is announced to-day of Mr. Johannes Stephanas Marais, member of Par- liament for the Pa.arl district. He was a con- sistent opponent of Mr. Rhodes, and an influential member of the Afrikander party and a keen sympathiser with the Boars ever since 18P1. The Cape Parliament adjourned over to-da.y ont of respect for the memory of, the deceased 3tat««man.—Contral News. SPEECH BY EX-PRESIDENT KftUQR. DERIKBD BY HIS BURGHERS. LOURENCO MARQUES, Tuesday. Ex-President Kroger had been given the free use of the Portuguese Governor's carriage, and yesterday he drove out. He met a party of his burghers, and proceeded to make a speech, urging them to return to the fighting line, explaining that his own departure was for the good of the oountry. The speech was received with derision by the burghers, and a scene ensued. The result a reported to be that the Governor Iras cancelled the liberty given to Mr. Kruger to use his carriage, and Mr. Kruger has been told that he must keep quiet in Portuguese territory, nil persistency in such conduct would give rise to much trouble. Mr. Kruger has been forbidden to wear his official green sash.—Central News. LOCAL CASUALTY. Private T. Donnelly, of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, who was killed at the battle of Belfast. wall the son of Mr. M. Don- nelly, 3, Sandon-sta*«et, Cardiff. He was a strong, well-built young fellow, and served with distinction in all the fighting from Bel- inorit to Belfast. Fxmptionally popular with his comrades, his death was generally regretted, and his father has received a letter of sympathy from the major commanding (written on behalf of Lord Wolseley) and from Private D. M'Carthy, of the same battalion. KRUGER'S CONCESSIONS. from the "Daily Telegraph" Special Correspondent. By Special Arrangement for Simultaneous Publication. CAPE TOWN, Tuesday. The Commission to-day heard protests against the conocsaion granted to the National Bank of the Transvaal, on the grounds that it was a violation of the Convention of 1883, was contrary to the public interest, and was oppressive for the reason that taxes were levied on the competing banks in the shape of licences and note duties, and had a monopoly of the Mint and Government busi- ness. The protect was shared by the Standard Bank, the African Corporation, and the Bank of Africa.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND HIS TRADDCERS. The "Morning Leader" of to-day (Wednes- day) publishes the following letter to a corre- spondent from Mr. Chamberlain's secretary, and dated Highbury, September 29:—"I am directed by Mr. Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of September 28, calling his attention to a. statement alleged to have been made by Mr. Philip Stanhope at Burnley. In reply 1. am to say that no inti- midation of any kind was practieed, and Mr. Chamberlain is not aware that any was intended, or that any member of Parliament had instructions of the nature suggested. In any case. Mr. Cha.mberlain's speech was made without reference to what anyone might say or do, and there is no correspondence, and there never has been any correspondence, which could by any possibility prove his com- plicity in the Ra.id." Speaking at Kidderminster on Tuesday night, Mr. Powell-Williams denounced the allegations against Mr. Chamberlain of haviiig an interest in Government contracts with Kynooh and Co. and Hoskins and Sons. He hMt no interest in either. The thing was too prenoslerous for any reasonable man to believe, and it could hardly be doubted that the good sense of the British electors would lead them into the same mind m Sir Edward Grey, who had disavowed and condemned the accusations.

A meeting of the creditors of Herbert Wil- liams, PriraronQ Hill, Llandaff Station, for- merly of 41 nnd 42. Coedptmmaen-road, Ponty- pridd, break driver, was held on Tuesday at the of the Official Receiver at Merthyr. The statement of affairs showed liabilities amounting to f,,345 2g. Pd., and a««*«.* C13. there | being time a deficiency of £ 5i2 2s. 8d.

Cardiff Trades' Council and the Candidates. IMPORTANT M5TTEU FROM MR. JOSEPH LAWRENCE. SPLENDID TESTIMONY FROM: TRADE UNION OFFICIALS. The Unionist candidate for Cardiff (Mr. Joseph Lawrence) has published a personal ex planation relative to the mishap which pre- vented his reply to the Trades' Council reach- ing that body in time. In it he says:- The trades' council profess to have come to their decision in favour of Sir Edward Reed primarily beer-use I have been guilty of the d'scourtesy of not answering their questions. It is not my habit to be discourteous to any- one, still less to any public body of this town. The simple and truthful explanation is that I had not up to this morning seen the questions of thr. trades' council. My able and energetic election agent has given me in writing a perfectly manly and straightforward explanation how it came to pass that the paper containing the questions had been mis- laid. It was put into an envelope which got submerged beneath a, lot of advertising circu- lare such as every election agent is flooded with at a. time like the present. It was a pure and honest overs ght, to which any man, especially at a very busy time, is liable. I accept the full blame for my agent's over- sight, and hereby publicly tender to the trades' council my sincere apology for the mighap. Now for my grievance. I think any man standing in the capacity of a political can- didate has a right to comment in very severe terms upon the action of a body professing to be genuinely desirous of impartially ascer- taining the views of candidates acting in the way that the Cardiff Trades' Council have done. That council have come to a decision without- bearing both sides. There was no necessity for their precipitate and one-sided action. There are several days yet before the polling day, and it would have amply sufficed for all reasonable purposes if they had had my reply at any time up to Friday or Satur- day next. I have received deputations and replied to questions with promptitude, cour- tesy, and straightforwardness from all the organisations that have annroached me on matters of special interest to themselves: and I can only contrast the behaviour of the trades' council w't.h that of the United Irish League, which, though dissatisfied with Sir Edward Reed's answers, are giving him a further opportunity of explaining them before they come to a final decision as to their future. course of action. On Labour and all other questions I have endeavoured to behave with scrupulous courtesy and fairness to all concerned; and have endeavoured to avoid all personalities and extraneous issues. Whilst maintaining my legitimate right to mention facts calculated to show my sym- pathy with Labour, I have abstained from using information which might prejudicially affect Sir E-uward Heed's candidature from a Tvades Union point of view. Indeed, I ha-ve not only abstained from using information euoh as Mr. Barnes' letter of September 7, 1897, to the Times," but when I heard that that letter had been sent to the Western Mail" for publication I caused it to be re- colled, as I would countenance no hitting below the belt. My aim in writing now is. not to establish any inconsistency or vacillation on the part of Sir Edward Reed, but to point out that the bias and partisanship of the trades' council are indefensible, if their desire had been to oome to an impartial verdict on the relative claims upon the Labour party of the two Par- liamentary candidates now before the con- stituency. With this explanation is published letters from Trades Union officials bearing strong testimony to the fact that Mr. Lawrence is, at least, not Jess a friend of labour than Sir Edward Reed. Those letters are as follows: Amalgamated Society of Engineers, 89, Stamford-street, S.E., Sept. 27, 1900. William H. Lock, Esq., linotype Company, 188, Fleet-street. Dear Sir.-Your letter 11a. been duly sub- mitted to my executive council, and on behalf of that body I have to answer the questions put to us. It is quite true that in February, 1397, Mr. Lawrence, as chairman of your com- pany, intervened when there seemed to be danger of a serious rupture between our men and the company, and by such intervention was instrumental in effecting a satisfactory settlement, which has worked well since. It is also true that the shops of your com- pany were open to our members during the great lock-out in 1897-8, while other employers were looting cut.—Yours sincerely. (Signed) GEORGE N. BARNES, General Secretary. 2, Hawthorn-grove, Ardwick, Manchester, September 29, 1900. Mr. Lock Dear gir,-Yours of the 27th inst. to band. It ie a fact tha.t the linotype works were in full operation dnring the whole of the great lock-out lasting from July, 1897, to January, 1393, and that the members of the Amal- gamated Society of Engineers remained at work tmdisturbed by the company. I remainber very woll the Nisit that Mr. Lawrence, yourself, and some of the other directors of the company made to Manchester in February, 1897, on the occasion referred to in your note, and have great plea-sure in saying that the friendly attitude evinced by Mr. Lawrence had a great deal to do with an eminently satisfactory settlement of what might have proved disastrous for all parties concerned. My own recollection of the course adopted by Mr. Lawrence has left on my mind the impression which would 1, created by asso- ciation with a genial and well-disposed gentle- man whose sympathies were far from hostile to the well-being of the labouring classes, and which feeling, I hope, may long continue to animate him.—With kind Tard8 to yourself, I remain. vonrs faithfullv. (Signed) F. ENTWISTLE. Organising Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in the North of England. Lond.(Yn Society of Compositors, 3, Racquet-court, Fleet-street, E.C., February 20, 1392. Dear Sir.-TTerewith I have much ple-asure in forwarding agreement duly Bigued, it. 'having been unanimously approved by my committee at their sitting last night. Thanking you and Mr. Men-nier for your courtesy in the matter, I beg to remain, dear sir, yourn faithfully, (Signed) C. J. DRUMMOND, Secretary. Commenting upon these letteM, Mr. Law- renw firstly points out that— f This attitude of mine to labour is not a new-born zeal of to-day or yesterday. It was taken over three years before I had any thoughts of becoming a candidate for Parlia- ment In 1892 I introduced the eight hours day into a big printing establishment in London, ever wtrch I cxercised a controlling interest. I have a?ked Mr. Drummond if he could testify to these facts, but. as he is now Labour correspondent to the Board of Trade, and a, Government servant, he cannot take any part in politics. He has authorised me to refer any person to him who wishes for my true cha- racter in Labour matters. In 1878 I was pre- sented with an illuminated address and a serviee of silver by 2,000 railway delegates, representative railway men, for services ren- dered in the settlement of a dispute. Last week I received and published a resolution of tho Railway Clerks' Asoocintion, signed by all the present officers and delegates from all parts of the country, thanking me for the help that I had given them in the formation of their Union. If testimony such as this does not entitle me to at least a fair bearing at the hands of the Cardiff Trades' Council and of the Labour party generally, I have nothing more to say. I feel confident that the more the action of the Cardiff Trades' Council is known and investigated the more votes will it gain for me on the polling day. For a quarter of a century I have had much to do with working men. and if there is any- thing that characterises the British workman it is his keen sense of fairplay. -#

SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT AT BLAINA. Sir William Harcourt on Tuesday night addressed a meeting at Blaina. He said that, assuming a prerogative of Royalty, Mr. Chamberlain had issued a message to the British nation and professed to put patriotism before party, but the conduct of the Colonial Secretary and his Tory friends bad not been in accord with that principle. Sir William devoted the latter part of his speech to the question of the maintenance of Protestantism in the Church of England. The education of children in voluntary schools was not safe in the ha-nds of a body of clergy who were avowed enemies of Protestantism. Clergymen had no right to take emoluments from the National Church. and tihen violate the condi- tions upon which they obtained those emolu- ments and prefermants. This was not a question of toleration, but of good faith. The bishops had failed in their duty. He intended to try and remove the veto by means of which the bishops were now enabled to hinder the operation of the law against offending clergy- men. The Church of England must either be -A reformed or direetal)ltsh -d. resolution of confidence in the right hon. gentleman was unanimously passed.

I —a Fifteen Missionaries Massacred. Shanghai, Mond-ay (8.50 p.m.).-The French Consul states that when the Empress Dowager passed through Suan-Hua-Lu, en route from Poking to Ta-Tong-Fu, she gave orders for all the fcre7-n,ers in Suam-Hua-Fu to be mas- sliered result was that fifteen French missionaries were butchered.—Dalziel. HANDS OFF, RUSSIA. Shanghai, Monday (6.50 p.m.).—Admiral Sey- mour has ordered the British warships Goliath. Hart, and Orlando to join him at Ching-Wan-Tao from Woosang. It is asserted here that an intimation of "hands off" to Russia is the reason of this #tep.—Dalziel. AUSTRALIANS IN PEKING. Takn, September 29.-The Pao-Ting-Fu expedi- tion has been postponed until' the 6th of October. The Peking column will be com- manded by General Ga.selee and the Tientsin. column by a German general. Four thou- sand Americans return to Manila immediately. The Russians have occupied Tongshan un. opposed. Captain Coyh, of the Queensland Defence Force, has been appointed on General Ford Campbell's staff. The New South Wales contingent will winter in Peking.—Press Asso- ciation Foreign Special'. CAPTURE OF SHANGHAI- KWAN FORTS, Shanghai, Monday Evening.—From trust- worthy Chinese official sources it is reported that the forts at Shanghai Kwan have been captured by the iei;. -Contra I News.

SPEECH BY MR. WYNDHAM Mr. Wyndham addressed a mass meeting at Huddersfield on Tueaday night on the ev< of the poll in the borough, impressing the -elect,orate with the importance of the presen1 election so far as the Colonies are concerned He expressed the belief that the Radical part) had made a great mistake in adopting Homt Rule and in South Africa, and had failed to- stamp out their extreme wings on these subjects as the Tories did theirs on free trade. The Radicals had patched a semblance of unity for this election, but, they had failed when tested in the House of Commons, and would fail again. He compared the Radical party with China, which had now no capital and no leaders. A controversy was now going on as to whether the Rosebery or the Har- court spheres of influence were the most thickly populated, while the open door had to be left for Sir Henry Camfpbell-Bannerman to walk out of the House. Dissolution had saver! doubts all over the Empire for six months, and prevented debious communication being sent for some members of the Oppoai- (0) !• H!

PCI |PP FOP Relief of the inei- II C. L.I I I \J ft dence of taxation a? I A M r\ attested landhaj LA M U. been the cry of Radical agricul- turists for a quarter of a century. By the Agricultural Ra ting Act of 1896 the land tax was reduced from 4s. to Is.. and half the rate. pay- able on agricultural land wa,s removed.

SPEECH BY MR. G. BALFOUR Mr. Gerald Balfour, addressing a meeting in Leeds on Tuesday, said: -We are on the thres- hold of a new period of history, when the competition between the great nations for trade and for empire will grow keener. Is it not surely of the utmost importance that we should enter upon this period m the posi- tion of being able, if necessary, to meet our enemies in the gate? If at this critical period in our history the present election results in the defeat of the Government, or even if it results in seriously weakening the Govern- ment, the inevitable consequence will be set-back of this Imperial spirit, a check to the growing unity between the Mother Country and the Colonies, and a weakening of our influence and prestige abroad that must seriously handicap us at the very commence- ment of this period of stress and strain upon which we are about to enter.—A resolution of confidence in Mr. Balfour wae enthusiastically adopted.

MR, J. M. MACLEAN'S LETTER TO SIR E. J. REED, THE RADICAL CANDIDATE'S REPLY. At a moating of Ctthays Liberals on Tues- day night Sir E. J. Reed stated that he had forwarded the following reply to Mr. Maclean's letter which appeared in that day'a 'Western Mail" — My dear Maclean,—Owing to my unavoid- able absence from Cardiff yesterday and this morning. I only received an hour or two ago ycur letter addressea to me here on the 29th. of September. You are perfectly right in generously conjecturing that when I spoke of you on Thursday last, and one-- or twice sir.ee, perhaps, I was in complete ignorance that you were ill at Frankfort, and was under the impression that you were likely to be nominated to-day at Cardiff as a Parlia- mentary candidate. Now that I know of your illness, I regret that I made any kind of reference to you, I mean by adverse criti- cism, although it was done defensively and by way of repelling the gross and insolent allegations of a certain newspaper, from which I now learn you are, happily, free from association. I am extremely sorry, my dear Maclean, to learn that you are seriously out of health, and most earnestly wish you a quick and -full recovery, and, so that I may do nothing to retard it, I abstain from making further mention of political matters in this letter.—Believe me, dear Mr. Maclean, with best wishes and with all respects, yours very truly, E. J REED."

SIR H. C. BANNERMAN AND CONSCRIPTION: Sir Henry Campbeli-Bannerman, in prose- cuting his candidature for Stirling Burghs, apoke on Tuesday night at South Queensferry. He said as we would have to maintain in South Africa a garrison for some considerable tine one of the first things for the new Parlia- ment to consider would be how the men reeded for our land forces were to be ob- tained. To any kind of conscription he was strenuously and invincibly opposed. until lately it had been the habit not to make questions affecting the Army party questions, bur attempts had been made to disparage him

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. The Registrar-General reports that the ncnual rate of mortality last week in the 33 great towns of England and Wales averaged 18.5 per 1,000. Cardiff, 15; Swansea, 19. There were 6,079 birtha and 4.110 deaths registesed in the same towns during the week ending the 29th ult. In Cardiff there were 124 hi rth, and 57 deaths, the latter including seventeen infants under one year of age and ten persons aged 60 and upwards. In Swan- sea there were 58 births and 39 deaths, the latter including fourteen infants under ona year and eight persons over 60.

FUNERAL OF THE RECTOR OF LLANELLY, BRECONSHIRE. The funeral of the late Rev. A. Griffiths, rector of Llanelly, Brecon shire, took place on Tuesday. The Rev- D. Griffiths, vicar of Nantyglo, read prayers at the house. The Psalm was read by the Rev. D. Jones, curate, •and t'he lesson was read by the Rev. T. F. Bowen, rural dean. At the grave the sen- tences were read' by the Rev. John Davie". vicar of Illtyd, and the Rev. J. Martin, vicar of Trinity Church, Derby. The following clergy were also present:—The Revs. J. R. Jenkins, rector of Vaynor; W. Evans, vicar of Llwynypia; D. Griffiths, vicar of Bryn- mawr; G. Griffiths, vicar of Nantyglo, and Riob. Jones, curate of Nantyglo. The funeral was largely atiended, and many friends sent beautiful wreath*.

i i ii i i i i jj i i i i j i i i i i i i i i (0) i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i j ¡ i tion to the Dutch in South Africa, saved the Colonials from puzzling over what Sir Henry Can, pbel I-Pannerman's speeches meant, and induced the coldly-extended embrace of an- nexation of that step-mother of the Empire. Sir William Harcourt. In referring to the attacks an Mr. Chamberlain, he said that the Colonial Ministers with whom he came into contact, although differing on domestfb matters, all agreed that no one since the days of Lord Chatham had done more to knit the Empire together than Mr. Chamberlain. He dealt at length with soldiers' pensions, detailing the improvements which had been made in this matter since he went to the War Ofllce. The coast defences of the Empire had been neglected by the Radicals, attended to by the Unionists. He contended that an appalling disaster in South Africa would have occurred had the policy of their pre- decessors in the matter of reserves of ammu- nition been followed.