The Aberdare Leader

FOOTBALL NOTES. By "SPECTATOR." Association. Aberdare v. Cwmaman. The second meeting of the above took place at the New Athletic Grounds before a very poor crowd of spectators. The fixture was arranged as late as Friday night, therefore the adverts were practically of no use whatever. Cwm- aman were without Aaron Lloyd, but were otherwise at full strength. The Dare team underwent a remarkable alteration Fatty Wedlock, on account of the injury received at Llanbradach a few weeks ago (the effect of which he still feels) went between the sticks rather a strange spectacle—while Sam Seward played on the right wing and partnered Billy Ingham. The half back line was composed of Billy Read, Biggins, and Shenton. MacKiernan played centre forward. Referee Mr Jones, Trelewis. -0- It was early seen that the first Leaguers did not mean to exert themselves in the least. Berryman, Cwmaman's right back, did not have much difficulty in clearing his lines whenever his opponents got anywhere dangerous. The home forwards lost many a glorious chance by diddling with the ball in front of the posts instead of bapging away at the nets. Joseph, who played smartly in goal for Cwmaman, saved a few smart shots. Fatty Wedlock was not idle the other end, shots from Dan Thomas, Scully. and Dick Davies causing him a little trouble. -0- Cwmaman threw two splendid chances away by getting off-side. The point on both occasions was of course not allowed. Up to half-time there was not much to choose between the teams, both goals having some remarkable escapes. -0- The second half was even more tame than the first moiety. Teddy Biggins, although not a Fatty Wedlock, stuck to his work -veil, and spoilt many a well con- ceived movement by the wily Danny." -0- It does seem rather a coincidence that the two best centre halves in the first and second divisions of the South Wales League —Fatty Wedlock and Danny Thomas— should be so surprisingly small in stature, which goes to show that weight is not always required to make a good Soccerite. -0- Shenton was not up to the form he dis- played against Ebbw Vale, but of course he had a rare handful in young Harry Williams, who hovvever was not well supported by his inside man. Jack Griffiths gave a credit- able performance in his new role at left full back, and time after time managed to upset many bouts of combination amongst the home forwards. His partner—Ben Berry- man—was in tip-top form, his display being quite as good as it was two years ago when playing for Aberdare. -0- There was not much to choose between the home quintette. Every one of the five forwards could very well blame himself for not scoring at least one goal. They had many chances to shoot, but rather than let I drive they dribbled into the, ir V 1 where fchey found a custodian ot -1-10 mean order, who frustrated all their attempts. On one occasion Shenton had easiest of chances, but he threw it away recklessly when only a yard from goal. Seaward on the extreme right did not attempt to dribble, but swung the ball across to the goal mouth in splendid fashion, where with a little support more than one goal might have been scored. A pointless draw about represents the state of the game. The referee was Mr Jones, Trelewis. -0-

Rugby. Aberdare Thursdsys v. Pontypridd. Played on the ground of the latter. As usual, the Thursdays went away with a very disorganised team, substitutes having to be found at Pontypridd. A hard gruelling game ended in favour of Aberdare by 4 points to 3. Carr scored after a brilliant run the whole length of the field by Dai Griffiths, the skipper, who passed the ball out when cornered. Dai majorised. -0- Aberdare v. Treorchy. The above friend- ly took place at Treorchy. The Darians were poorly represented, Jack Jones having to play on the wing. Alf Strong was a noticeable figure among the forwards, this 11 c;1 being his first appearance for some consi- derable time. Final score :—Aberdare, 4 points; Treorchy, 3. -0- The forwards of both sides seemed very lackadaisical in their movements. The fumbling by both teams was worthy of a school boys' fifteen, and no one would be- lieve that either team (by the exhibition given), were powerful opponents when opposed in league games. Griff John made a mark in a good position, and Dai Jones placed a lovely goal. -0- On Saturday, Maesteg are due at the New Athletic Grounds in search of League points. On Aberdare's present form the visitors will undoubtedly search in vain.

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Among the Locals. [By MUDDIED OAF."] The holiday matches played by the boys have greatly taxed their energies. This strain was evident in last Saturday's games. Many are at present the victims of influenza. -0- I cull the following paragraph from the South Wales Daily News, referring to the match arranged between the Aberdare Crescents and Mardy Albions :—" Mardy junior football team was to have played Aberdare Crescents in the Aberdare Junior League on Wednesday, but the Aberdare boys wired that owing to the revival they were unable to get up a team." -0- I wish to contradict this statement, for the Crescents never sent a wire to that effect. The fact of the matter is that the Mardy secretary explained on Wednes- day at the League meeting that the Mardy players were unable to adhere to their fixture with the Crescents through several of their players being indisposed. The Crescents are naturally greatly annoyed at this false paragraph. -0- The meeting between the recognised league champions Crescents and Cefn- pennar-will take place at the Cefnpennar ground on January 14th. Unquestionably the game will be a treat, and is likely to attract a few thousand spectators. -0- The Crescents had an open date on Satur- day. Their present position in the league reflects great credit on the team. The committee would do well to keep to the same eleven, without changing positions. -0- Cwmbach Lilywhites v Greenhill Rovers. The match between these teams occurred at Cwmbach on Saturday last before a decent gate. The Rovers played eight men only and were consequently greatly disheartened. Cwmbach played up brightly throughout the game and scored two goals through Nat Matthews and Freddy Rees. The display could hardly be termed interesting, for the Greenhill boys were not in a fit state of health to play. I see that Cwmbach are going strong, being third on the list. They have improved immensely, and are rapidly developing into a sound eleven. When will the Greenhill players go into training ? They will have to go all the way if they wish to defeat Cefnpennar at Michael's Field on Saturday next. -0- The surprise of the week was the defeat of the Aberaman Windsors at the hands of the youthful Excelsiors. The absence of such prominent players as the Rodericks, Party and Mason accounted for this. The game was of a tame nature. The Excelsiors lost some fine chances of netting. Will Organ played a splendid game at left back, whilst Billy Morgan and W. Thomas ac- quitted themselves remarkably well in the open. Young Thomas John Evans is a sturdy and excellent goalkeeper. Silvertjiorn was, as usual, rather nippy at half for the Windsors, who can thank their lucky stars in having Gwilym Jones in goal. -0- The Great Western lads nearly did the 'J:tfck last Saturday with Cefnpennar. Aitiiough tile latter were victorious by 3 goals to 2, yet the game was uninterest- ing. E. Davies and Joe Allen netted for the homesters, and Will Evans, the centre forward for Cefn. Without doubt Bert Whittle was the best back on the field. He has many a time saved the game for his side. —o— The Gadlys Rovers entertained the Aber- dare Windsors at the Park the same day and ran out winners to the tune of 7 goals. -0- The result of the draw for the semi-final round of the LEADER Medals competition, is that the Aberaman Stars and Aberaman are Windsors to play on January 14th at Michael's Field, while the Crescents have a bye. -0- Cwmaman A.F.C. not being content with playing in the Treharris tournament and drawing with Quaker's Yard in the final, have actually played and drawn with our premier eleven. Magnificent, Cwmaman

"Tiearing that her oany sister comct omy 0. cured by the application of fresh human skin, a twelve-year-old girl at Hamburg voluntarily submitted to the necessary operation, fifteen square inches of skin being removed from her body. The authorities of Russian provincial towns are now taking measures to prevent the organisa- tion of Liberal banquets, under the cloak of which meetings have recently been held for the discussion of reforms. Dr. Doyen, the famous French cancer specialist, is bringing an action for £ 32,000 damages against four Paris firms which have been exploit- ing for_ purely commercial purposes cinemato- graph films recording operations performed by the eminent surgeon. Representing himself to be an insurance in- spector, Charles Cummings induced many poor persons who held policies to part with money, assuring them that a large bonus was to be paid at Christmas. At Westminster on Saturday he was sent to gaol for twelve months. A severe gale swept across the Continent on Saturday and Sunday. Heavy seas inundated the German towns on the southern shores of the Baltic, and several lives were lost by the collapse of houses. France suffered in the south, and the whole of Austria and Bohemia was swept by a violent snowstorm. Several ships are reported to have been lost in the North Sea and the Baltic. Sir Ernest Cassel has forwarded to the Lord Mayor the sum of £ 2,000 towards the Mansion House Fund for the Unemployed. Battersea has withdrawn from the Joint Committee, and will work on a local basis. The death is announced of Mr. Frederick Clifford, K.C., and a Bencher of his Inn. He was a well known journalist and man of letters. Mr. Walter Schoolbred's estate has been sworn at C576,000, He leaves large legacies to his nephews and other relatives. The death is announced, in his seventy-sixth year, of Major General Edward Meredith Harnett, who served with the 11th Hussars in me Crimea, including the battle of Tchernaya and the fall of Sebastopol, receiving the medal and clasp and the Turkish medal. He received his first commission more than fifty-six years ago, and became major-general in 1886. Watch-night services were held in all parts of the metropolis on Saturday night, and there was the usual great assemblage of people in St. Paul's-churchyard to see the New Year in. It is proposed to reduce the Volunteet establishment of the country by 50,000 men, and to make a personal payment of f.5 pet annum to certain of the efficients.

Phillips' Orchestral Society Their Annual Concert. Lovers of instrumental music were given a rare treat at the Constitutional Hall, Aberdare, on Thursday evening, when Phillips' Orchestral Society gave their 6th annual concert. The audience was not so large as on previous occasions, due proba- bly to the number of concerts held at Aber- dare during the past two or three ■ months. Those who were present, however, were amply rewarded. The following members composed the orchestra :-First Violin, Miss Thomas, Messrs J. Baker, J. Phillips, J. Minnett, T. Hoare, H. Jones, D. Thomas and W. Evans second violins :— Misses K. Phillips, Garret and Pritchard, Messrs Gomer Jones, F. Tree, R. Williams, F. Allen, F. Phelps, J. Bridgeman, W. Evans and P. Jones; violas, Messrs W. Davies and W. Thomas; cellos, Mons. Goudman and J. Jones contra bass, Messrs T. Phillips and L. Eschle; picolo, Mr Barry flutes, Messrs E. Daniel and S. Garrett; oboes, Messrs H. Lyons, W. Davies and T. Pritchard clarinets, Messrs J. Harries Thomas and G. Handley basson, Mr Paul Draper; horns, Messrs Hanney and W. England cornet, MrE. Hardiman; trombone, Mr J. Hardiman tympani, Mr Walters piano, Mr George Davies. The orchestra was under the conductor- ship of Mr J. Arkite Phillips. The vocalists engaged were Madame Bertha Rossow, the great soprano, and Mr Llew Jones, Aberdare, the renowned tenor. Mr Harry Evans, F.R.C.O., Dowlais, accom- panied. The programme opened with a march en- titled, "The High School Cadets (Sousa), by the orchestra. Then came an overture William Tell (Rossini), by the orchestra, which was played with thrilling effect. A cello solo, entitled Reverie," by Mons. Goudman followed. This solo is the test piece at Mountain Ash National Eisteddfod, this year. Madame Rossow, who next appeared was warmly received. She gave a most brilliant rendering of one of Verdi's solos, entitled" A Fors e lui." A very pretty selection entitled Medal and the Maid" (Sidney Jones), by the orchestra, was followed by a bassoon solo Lucy Long (with orchestra), by Paul Draper, which was very cleverly executed. Immer Werder" (Vanderdell), and" The Choristers (Phelps), by the orchestra, terminated the first part of the programme. Part II. of the programme was as follows Song, Goodbye (Tosti), Madame Ros- sow; symphony in D first movement (Haydn), the Orchestra; scena ed Aria, Salve Dimora" (Gounod), from Faust with orchestral accompaniment, Mr Llew Jones; incidental music, "Monsieur Beau- caire (Rossi), the Orchestra cello solo, A. "Melody" (Massenet, B. "Arlequin" (Popper), Mons. Goudman; song, Swal- lows (Cowen), Madame Rossow; Ameri- can sketch, Swanee River (Myddleton), the Orchestra. Musically, this year's concert was an un- precedented success, a fact which demon- strates that the Band, under the safe guidance of Mr Arkite Phillips, are making steady progress. The orchestra which in- eluded only five professionals, played a very difficult programme of music. The duties of treasurer were carried out by Mr Jeff Jones, while Mr J. Minett was responsible for the secretarial work.

A Painful Pop-trait. (Told by a Photographer), "A photographer is born, not made," said a camera artist He is born to endure as many troubles as the rest of mankind. Mr Arthur F. Brooks, of 25, The Arcade, Wol- verhampton, has travelled through many countries with his camera, but in London his professional career was threatened. I was ill," he said, and none of the doctors knew what was the matter. But Dr Wil- liams' pink pills for pale people found my trouble and cured it. I was terribly run down. My nerves seemed to have left me, and at sight of food my stomach would turn. When I forced down a little food to keep up my strength, the pains in my chest were ex- cruciating. Two eminent doctors said I was sufter- ing from nervous prostration, and ordered complete rest. I was under them six months, but soon after was as ill as ever. I had such pain in my back as to make me cry out and clutch at the first thing I came to." I attended a hospital for two months, and my case puzzled the clever doctors there. Reduced to a mere skeleton (for eating was impossible), I lingered in a dreadful state until four months ago I met an old friend who asked me why I didn't try Dr Williams' pink pills-they always set him up. I purchased a box. and it made me a great deal better. By the time I had finished a second box I was rapidly putting on flesh. My appetite returned, and I en- joy my meals now, without any ill after- effects. My improved health, after only three boxes, is a revelation. I have not felt so well for over ten years as I do at the present time. There has never been the least return of the pain." Nerves broken down by worry and work set up the most difficult form of chronic in- digestion. Broken nerves are nerves starved for the want of blood. Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people—genuine only with full name, seven words—make blood. They banish aneemia and the pains that afflict the weaker sex. But they are equally valuable for men. having cured indigestion, palpitation, bile, nervous depres- sion, sciatica, rheumatism: paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, and nervous disorders. Two shillings and ninepence for one box, or thir- teen and nine for six sent to Dr Williams' medicine co., Holborn-viaduct, London, will bring the pills by return post. But they can be had at medicine shops, if readers in- sist on the genuine. It is a painful portrait that the photo- grapher whose case is described above gives of himself. His experience should be a guide to others.

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Merthyr Board of Guardians The above was held on Saturday, There were present RevJ. O'Reilly (chairman) Rev J. Hathren Davies (vice-chairman), Mrs Williams, Mrs Richards, and Mrs Evans, Messrs John Price, F. Arscott, D. Davies, A. W. Houlson, T. E. Morgan, T. Williams, John Jones, R. Evans, J. Lloyd, W. Hiley, John Morgan, J. Prowle, J. Edwards, J. Aurelius, D. Hopkins, A. Davies, D. Evans (Hirwain), H. Perrott, Jos. Morgan, T. Weale, Revs. W. C. Thomas, W. A. Jones W. S. Davies and T. Rees, Messrs F. T. James (clerk), and E. J. Hughes (assistant clerk). OUT-RELIEF.—A cheque for zC330 was dra Nn. NEW COTTAGE HOME. The Cottage Home Committee recom- mended that a Cottage Home for ten chil- dren be erected at Bargoed, and that Mr Roderick, architect, be asked to submit plans, the same to be sent to the Local Government Board for approval. SOUTHPORT SANATORIUM. On the motion of the Rev W. S. Davies it was agreed that a boy who is now an in- mate of the above sanatorium be detained there for another three weeks. A GRATEFUL PAUPER. A non-settled pauper residing in Bridcufc, wrote thanking the Guardians for the extra Christmas relief which he had received. THE UNEMPLOYED QUESTION. HOW FAR SHOULD THE STATE INTERFERE ? Mr D. Davies gave notice that he would next Saturday move that the following be added to the agenda of the conference at Bridgend, convened to deal with the unem- ployed problem:— That the question of the unemployed being national in its scope should be dealt with by the State, and that we call upon the Government to adopt measures which will give effect to the following proposals:- (a). The establishment of a labour bureau for registering the unemployed and assisting the authorities in investigating claims and finding employment. (b) The creation of a department of labour, the president of which to be a cabinet minister, and a part of its work to be to utilise public works for the benefit of the unemployed on the approach of bad trade. (c). The re-enactment in modern form of Acts of Parliament rendering it compulsory for public authorities to find work for the unemployed. (d). Empowering local authorities to buy allotments to train the people with the view of getting them to settle upon and cultivate the land so as to make the land yield more food for the people. (e). Afforestation in England, Scotland and WTales. VACCINATION EXPENSES. Mr J. Lloyd called attention to the enor- mity of the vaccination fees and expenses for the last half year as stated in the abstract, which was X842 3s 2d, exclusive of the pay- ment of vaccination officers. The Clerk remarked that vaccination under the new Act was a very expensive system, and the Board had previouly pro- tested against the scale. BALANCE IN HAND. The Clerk stated that the cheque due to the Board had been received from the County Council. There was now a balance in hand of £ 4,815.

Merthyr Union. The Half-Yearly Abstract. The abstract just published states that for the half-year ending Sept. 30th, 1904, the average weekly cost per head of indoor poor in the workhouse is 5s 6fd against 4 5s 7 d 2-16ths for the corresponding half of 4 11 last year. In the Aberdare Training Schools it is 3s 8fd 3-16ths against 3s 5td 2-16ths for the corresponding half of last, year. The following is a list showing the attendance of the Guardians for the half year, out of possible 24. ABERDARE.—Messrs John Jenkins 20, John Prowle 20, Mrs Richards 22, Messrs Rees Evans 11, D. Hughes 18, Rev. J.. O'Reilly 21, Messrs H, Bosher 22, S.- Hawkins 24, Rees Rees 20. A. Davies 14, Benj. Lewis 16, W. Thomas 8, Rev. W. S. Davies 20, Messrs D. Edwards 12, Henry Lewis 12. GELLIGAER.-Messrs J. Aurelius 15, J. Morgan 10, J. Jones 8, D. Lewis 1, J. Edwards 4, J. Evans 5, E. Lewis 5, H. Perrott 5, D. Hopkins 19, W. A. Morgan 8, Rev. T. Rees 10. MERTHYR,— Messrs F. Arcott 24, D. Evans 22, Rev. W. A. Jones 21, Mrs M. T., Williams 21, Messrs N. F. Hankey 8, T. Weale 22, W. Hiley 22, J. Morgan 13, V.. A. Wills 10, D. Davies 13, Mrs M. A. Evans 22, Messrs J. Lloyd 19, T. E. Morgan 24, Rev. W. C. Thomas 17, Messrs A. W. Houlson 13, H. Jones 18, Rev. Ll. M. Williams 15, Messrs E. Edwards 11, B. P. Evans 9, T. Williams 20. PENDERYN.-Messrs D. Evans 23, T. J. Evans 6, W. Williams 2. RHIGOS.—Messrs Wm. Davies 4, 1. H. Jones 1. VAYNOR.—Rev. J. H. Davies 24, Messrs J. Price 24, E. J. Rogers 6, J. Rogers 20. ABERDARE TRAINING SCHOOL COMMITTEE (Possible attendances. 12).-Mrs Richards 11, Mrs M. A. Evans 8, M. T. Williams 9, Revs, W. S. Davies (chairman) 11, J. O'Reilly 9, J. Hathren Davies 3, W. A. Jones 3, LI. M. Williams 0, Messrs Rees Rees 11, Augustus Davies 2, Rees Evans 7, D. Hughes 4. S. Hawkins 10, D. Edwards 6, J. Prowle 10, H. Lewis 10, D. Evans (Hirwain) 5, John Rogers 0, John Jenkins 11, H. Rosher 5, B. Lewis 3, W. Thomas 1, T. J. Evans 0, W. Williams 1, E. Lewis 0, H. Perrott 1, T. E. Morgan 9.

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