The Aberdare Leader

ALAW COCH A'R CARW COCH. CAN L. N. WILLIAMS (AP CARW COCH). (Parhad.) CYFARCHIAD l'It CARW COCH. Ow! i'r yrfa, oer orfod—ein William I'w waelu mewn trallod; Gwilym fach, gwael imi tod Hir ddolur i'w dda aelod. Ai Arabian yw'r ebolr'—ei gastiau Ynt gostus rhyfeddol; A chwerw, Hei y lluchiai'r ftol Ein seraph yn ansiriol. Ei dolur hir dalaeth-oer ceir cur Y Carw Coeh yswaeth; 0 dori'i goes da'i awr gaeth I hyll naddu llenyddiaeth. Heb un ffon, yn galonog—y deio Hyd wyl y beirdd breiniog; Drw y ei swydd aed orseddog, A'i fawl i'w gylch fel y gog. GWILYM BRYCHEINIOG. Tongwynlas. (" Gwladgarwr," Gorphenaf 13, 1861.)

ENGLYNION Ar doriad coes y Carw Coch. Newydd garw i'r Carw Coch-dori ei goes Drwy gic, fel y gwyddoch; Nid Gwilym Mai roddai roch-am sydyn Dynu y milyn drwy dan i Moloch. Peth syn! ebolyn bach-yn curo cawr! Concwero Carw holliach Gwilym, rhoist brawf mui gwaelach Wyt na mil o'th hil a'th ach. Carlami, camir cymoedd,—a chroesi Erchrysawl fynvddoedu; Ond trist awr—-dala'r cawr c'oedd, A'i ffrwyno mewn dyffrynoedd. Er hyny'r Cymry fel cad—dymunant Am heinif adferiad, A'i goes fo'n ddiloes ddeiliad I'r mawr lyw dramwyo'r wlad. GWILYM MAI. Caerfyrddin. ("Gwladgarwr," Gorphenaf 27, 1861.)

ANERCHIAD I Mr. David Edwards, Llaw-gelfyddydwr Gwaith Haiarn Abernant, am ddwy ffon gesail i'r Carw Coch, pan wedi tori ei goes. Ton—"Y Ddimai Goch." I'm cyfaill manawl doniawl dwys, Da gwiwlwys ydyw gweled Fy rhwymau i ganu can i chwi Am fod i mi mor fwyned; Sef Dafydd Edwards, mwyn was manol, O'i ddawn puredig ddyn parodol; Heddyw'n gymhwys haeddwn ganmol, Yr hwn trwv orchwyl perwyl parod, A rhyw fawr-ddoeth wir fyfyrdod, Mi gefais heno ddwy goes hynod. Er bod yn gruddfan dan fy loes, A grym un goes yn eisiau, Yn methu rhoddi'r droed ar lawr, Gan bwys fy nirfawr boenau; Ond wele eithaf celfyddydwr Yn gwneud dwy ffon, heb fawr o tfwrdwr, I ddal a noddi'r hen lenyddwr, Wedi tori'r un naturiol, Mi gefais rhywfotld rhai rhyfeddol Fel gallwyf neidio'n ddyn hynodol. Trwy'ch cymhorth chwi, hoff gyfaill mad, Wvf ar fy nhra'd yn rhodio, rwch dwy ffon fain, mor gain a'r gog, 0 waith yr enwog Gymro; Rhai sydd mor anwvl fel morwynion Yn mhob taro yn hynod dirion, I'r hen Garw, druan gwirion, Am hyn 'rwy'n teimlo'n wir ddyledus, t'r gwron haelaf gwar iawn hwylus, i'r goreu luniwr gor haelionus. Trecynon. CARW COCH. (" Gwladgarwr," Gorphenaf 27, 1861.)

AT ODYGYDD Y GWLADGARWR. Och! arw boen a chur benyd,—Och drallod! Och dryllio mor enbyd; Och oedfa, ac och adfyo, Och y bardd yn llwch y byd. Gorchwyl ffol oedd dwyn ebolyn-ar y fi'ordd I'r ffair wrth y cordyn, Cefais aeth, byth cofus hyn! I'w bodiau awn abwydyn^ Canaf fi yn nghanol cwynfan—i bawb Am bob peth mewn anian; Cofiaf y beirdd a'r cyfan, Am yr ardd a ge's i'm rhan. Duw Ion, wyt dirion a doeth—i arbed Yr abwvdyn anoeth; Am Dy air yn y pair poeth, Cofiaf Di byth uwch cyfoeth. CARW COCH. (" Gwladgarwr," Mehefih 22, 1861.)

First Man: What a blessing children are!-Second Man (enthusiastically): Aren't they! Now that my wife has two to look after, she has no time to play the piano.

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Nodion. Edrydd Dr. Witton Davies am Gymro o waedoliaeth a chydym- deimlad wedi rhoi ei fywyd dros yr Almaen yn y rhyfel presenol. Ei enw ydoedd Dr. Caspar Beni Gregory. Ganed ef yn Philadelphia yn yr Amerig yn 1846. Felly yr oedd yn 71 mlwydd oed—yn mhell uwchlaw yr oedran milwrol. Merch i rieni Cym- reig o Ogledd Cymru oedd ei fam, a'i henw ydoedd Mary Jones. Dywed Dr. Davies yr ymhyfrydai Dr. Gregory mewn llenyddiaeth Gymreig, ac lod traddodiadau yr henwlad ar flaenau ei fysedd. Hefyd medrai adrodd emynau a diarhebion Cymraeg yn rhugl. Yn awr gorwedd yn medd y rnilwr rywle yn Ffrainc. Mae yn Fai hafaidd, hyfryd. Nid rhyfedd i Ddafydd ap Gwilym ddymuno i ddeuddeng mis y flwyddyn fed yn fis lai. Ond eto, ni wnelai hyny'r tro. Ni welem werth mwyn- der yr haf oni bai am erwinder gauaf. Fel y dywed y bardd: Ni welem ser anwylion-y ne' bell Oni bai y nos dirion; Na mawr gariad rhad yr Ion Heb alaeth a helbulon. Ni cheir y melus heb y chwerw ac ni werthfawrogem y mel heb brofi y vermod. Gauaf faith a chaled oedd yr un ddiweddaf, ac am hyny mwynhawn y gwanwyn yn fwy ar ol iddo ddod wedi hir oedi. Melus yn ddiau yw y leuni, ac wedi tywill- wch dihafal y gauaf llawenhawn wrth weled estyniad dydd. Nis gall hyd v nod deddf seneddol lesteirio gwawl yr huan a dodi lleni trwehus dros ei wyneb ef. Sylwvd yn yr Hen Wlad ac yma mai hwyrfrydig iawn yw yr ymladd- wyr dyrnau i fvned i ryfel. Y mae ganddynt bob esgus. Araf yw y dosbarth ar yr ochr hon hefyd. Diau fod y perygl yn llai, a'r enillion yn fwy i'r ymladdwr dyrnau. Y mae rhyfela gyda'r gorchwyl mwyaf of- nadwy; a gofyna y gwroldeb uchaf.— "Y Drych."

MOUNTAIN ASH DISTRICT COUNCI L. On Tuesday. Present: Messrs. Noah Bowles, J.P. (chairman), Wm. Davies, G. H. Hall, Chas. Maddox, Rev. E. T. Williams, Hev. Geo. Neighbour, T. W. Jones, Griffith Evans, J.P., Dd. Hogers, Bruce Jones, Surgeon Major R. D. Mor- gan, J.P., Thos. Jones, J.P., Millar, with Mt ssrs. A. Pincombe (clerk), F. Stock (accountant), W. G. Thomas (surveyor), and H. T. Jones (sanitary inspector).

A Deep North Welshman." An Abercynon man, whom it was decided to prosecute for alleged damaging of young trees to be used as kidney bean sticks, wrote asking the Council not to carry out their threat and adding that a Council employee had told him he could take the trees. Mr. Maddox was in favour of holding the matter over until en- quiries had been made, but other members urged that prosecution should proceed. Mr. T. W. Jones suggested that the Clerk and Surveyor should re- port on the matter. The Surveyor said that he and the Chairman and Vice-chairman had met the Council employee who was alleged to have told the man he could cut the trees. The employee in question denied having said so. He was a very deep North Welshman —(laughter)—and it was not sure whether he understood the questions put to him in English. Mr. W. Millar: What do you infer by saying the man is a deep North Welshman ? (Laughter.) The Clerk suggested that the Sur- veyor and himself should prepare the evidence before applying for a summons. Mr. Lamburn took exception to that course. The Clerk said he would have to get the evidence ready in any case, because the Stipendiary was a very stern critic of evidence. Mr. Rogers: What about the Great Unpaid? Clerk: The Stipendiary is very frank in his remarks, whereas the Great Unpaid reserve their feelings. The Clerk's suggestion was agreed to.

New Member. Rev. E. T. 'Williams, the new member, made the prescribed declar- ation of office, and was heartily wel- corned by the Chairman. Mr. Wil- iiams was appointed a member of the Education Committee, Old Age Pensions, and other committees of which Ex-Councillor E. Morris was a member.

Maternity Endowment. Mr. Bruce Jones, in accordance with notice, moved that it is "vital to the higher interests of-the State that motherhood should be endowed with a larger maternity benefit than that provided at present by the National Health Insurance Act, and that we urge the Government to in- crease the grant." Mr. Rogers seconded. Mr. Hall questioned whether they should confine themselves simply to increasing the maternity benefit. Not only should they help by in- creasing the grant, but the Council should move in the direction of pro- viding better houses. Bad housing was responsible for the high rate ot infantile mortality, and it was neces- sary not only to help the mother dur- ing confinement, but to guarantee so far as possible to give the Chd a fair chance of living by improving the housing conditions. There were thousands of families in this district living in apartments, while a large number of tenements were not fit to live in. The housing problem ought* to be tackled at the earliest possible moment. Rev. Geo. Neighbour supported, and said that the whole question would have to be faced. It was pre- valent in recent times to avoid motherhood, and if we were not go- ing to experience a declining birth- rate, security must be given parents that the children which were born should have a fair chance to lie sup- ported until they were able to earn for themselves. He moved a rider to Mr. Jones' motion that "provision should be made for the child's future support. "-This course was agreed to. Rev. E. T. Williams asked whether the Lady Health Visitors visited expectant mothers, and it, was stated that they had not been in the habit of doing so, but the medical officer was trying to arrange such visits.

Housing after the War. The Aberdare District Council sent on a copy of a resolution passed by them, and asked Mountain Ash to endorse same. It dealt with the seriousness of the housing problem, and urged the need of facilitating building operations after the war, and appealing to.the Government to enfu-t at the earliest possible moment legislation whereby Local Authori- ties should have power to acquire land for Housing and Town Planning purposes. Members stated that similar reso- lutions had previously been passed, and the Aberdare request was de- ferred. Mr. G. H. Hall remarked that he was not satisfied with what the Council were doing in readiness to build municipal houses after the war. The only scheme they had in view was one at Cefnpennar, and that wcm id only touch the fringe of the question. He moved that the Hous- ing Committee meet, and that ii necessary expert advice be obtained so as to facilitate preparations. Mr. Lamburn asked what was being done in regard to plans, etc., for the Pentremwyar scheme, Cefn- pennar. Surveyor: Nothing at all. Noth- ing can be done with the present de- pleted staff. Mr. Hall's motion was agreed to, the committee to meet a fortnight hence. Rev. Geo. Neighbour asked the Clerk to write Lord Rhondda with the view of ascertaining what grants the Local Government Board would make towards building houses.

Workmen's War Bonus. The Municipal Employees' Associ- ation, per Mr. R. Llewelyn, agent, wrote asking for an increased war bonus of Gs. per week for all men in all departments of the Council. In reply to Mr. B. Jones, the Sur- veyor said that 8s. per week had al- ready been granted. Mr. Hall said the men were still underpaid compared with surface labourers in the collieries, who earned £2 6s. per week. Mr. B. Jones: But there is a difference between them. Mr. Hall moved that an extra 3s. be granted. Mr. T. W. Jones seconded, and the motion was agreed to.

National Service. The Clerk said it was necessary to appoint a National Service Substitu- tion Committee, in accordance with instructions from headquarters. Evi- dently the old .committee elected under the scheme was to be super- seded. The object of this new com- mittee would lie to economise labour in various trades with the view of releasing men for the Army. Rev. Geo. Neighbour said that National Service had been a huge failure. Only 9097 persons had been found work, and the cost worked out at £ 8 10s. per head. Besides, there was a staff of 2,800 to carry out the scheme, all of them receiving salaries ranging from E175 to £1,000 per annum. He thought it would be much better if those 2800 were sent to some work of national importance. (Laughter.) Clerk: We better try and help them again. Mr. Bruce Jones: Is this new scheme to be worked by th% same people? Clerk Yes, but not through the Labour Exchange. Dr. Morgan: What can the Labour Exchange be doing? Mr. Bruce Jones: They are under- staffed. Dr. Morgan: Run down, 1 sup- pose. They look very much like it. (Laughter.) It was resolved that the Council form themselves into a committee to deal with the matter.

SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, ABERDARE. Principal J. MARSHALL, F.lnc.S.T., F.C.I., F.S.C., etc., Visiting Commercial Master, Mill Street Higher Elementary School, Pontyp ridd. Brilliant Successesv. Unparalleled in the History of Private Commercial ScHools. The following have just gained the Senior Commercial Diploma of the Instituce 1 of Commerce :— Mr. DAVID REES, 99 Brook Street, Aberaman; Miss AMELIA MOORE, 11 Forge Row, Abernant; Miss ESTHER CURITZ, 74 Oxford Street, Mountain Ash; Miss OLIVE WILLIAMS, 22 Bassett Street, Abercynon. Also numerous ether successes appe r in another column. TO PARENTS.—In the interests of your children do not hesitate to write or call without further delay and see the Principal at 19 Whitcombe Street, Aberdare, for infor- mation and guidance re future careers, which will be gladly given free of charge, FOR HIGHEST QUALITY, LOWEST PRICES, IMMENSE SELECTION, HONEST SERVICE, & EVERYTHING REQUIRED FOR FURNISHING THROUGHOUT, GO, NOT TO ALIENS BUT TO YOUR OWN COUNTRYMEN, THAT OLD-ESTABLISHED & WELL-KNOWN FIRM BEVAN & Co., Ltd., Queen Street & St. Mary Street, 71 Taff Street & (Showrooms) Gas Rd., CARDIFF. PONTYPRIDD. 280 Oxford Street and Arcade, SWANSEA. Bra,-)ches throughout South Wains and Monmouthshire. FUiilTUiE for the MILLION! PRICES RIGHT! QUALITY RIGHT!! Delivery Free to Aberdare and Merthyr District, and up to 200 miles from any of the numerous Branches. TRAI& FARES OF CASH CUSTOMERS PAID.

Food Control. There was & communication from the office of the Food Controller, calling attention to certain Orders which had heen legalised, and asking the Council to allow their Sanitary Inspectors to see that the Orders were being observed by tradespeople. Consideration of the matter was deferred, to enable the Clerk to send copies of the Order to members.

German Measles and Prussian Militarism. in the report of the Sanitary In-1 spector there was a reference to the increase in the number of cases of measles. In two cases the Inspec- tor had warned the parents to iso- late their .children, but the parents defied him and used very insulting language, one of them saying: "Ave live in free England; none of your Prussian Militarism here." It was at first decided to warn th offending parties, but in view of the defiant attitude of those parents the Council resolved to prosecute.

Rotten Oranges. The Inspector reported a death from ptomaine poisoning at Pen- rhiweeiber, a girl having died through eating over-ripe oranges. The Coroner also wrote and sug- gested that inspection of shops might have some effect in preventing un- ripe or over-ripe fruit being sold. The Inspector said he had visited all green-grocers' shops since that case h&d occurred and warned the tradespeople. The recommendations of the Cor- oner were adopted-i

Free Church Council's Regret. The Free Church Council of Moun- tain Ash and Penrhiwceiber wrote expressing their regret that a resolu- tion in favour of Prohibition during the war and 6 months thereafter should be rejected by the District Council by 5 votes to 2. The .Na- tional F.C.C. had asked the Council to support the resolution in view of the serious shortage of food. Mr. Bruce Jones: We should reply to that expressing our regret that certain people do not observe the truce, instead of taking a mean ad- vantage of the state of the country to force measures which would not be carried if the country were not at war. I move we send a letter to that effect. Mr. W. Lamburn remarked that the Prime Minister had said that the country wanted a revolution the way to get it was to force Prohib. tion through. The Chairman said that the com- munication from the F.C.C. was simply an expression of opinion. Mr. Rogers gave notice of motion to reconsider the letter from the National Free Church Council. Mr. Thomas Jones, as one who pleaded very hard for the adoption of the resolution, said they might as well allow the matter to rest now. Chairman We had a heavy agenda that day, and several members had left before the matter came on. Mr. Rogers A letter of that kind, and of a controversial character, should have been put on the agenda. Rev. E. T. Williams asked if there was a majority of the Council mem- hers present when the vote was taken. Clerk There were 7 present, and the voting was 5 to 2. Mr. Rogers Only 7 out of 18. Mr. Griffith Evans said that those who remained till the end had the onus thrown upon them of carrying through the business. It was not right for a subsequent meeting to criticise their action. Mr. B. J ones Take your beating like men. Mr. Rogers: I have not been beaten. I was not present to be beaten. The Clerk appealed to Mr. Rogers to withdraw his notice of motion, but Mr. Rogers refused.

Miscellaneous. There were numerous complaints that sheep were damaging allot- j ment seeds, and the question was referred to the Allotment Commit-' tee and the Surveyor. Mr. G: H. Hall made a very spirited protest re the state of Har- court Terrace where there was a blockage of the sewer. The Sur- veyor said that an attempt had been made to put the sewer right, lend he promised to attend to it again without delay.

SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, ABERDARE. Of the wounded and discharged members of His Majesty's Forces at- tending the above School to receive training for the Commercial Pro- fessions, special mention should be made of Mr. David Rees, 99 Brook Street, Aberaman, who, during his attendance at the School, has quali- fied for and obtained the Senior Commercial Diploma of the Institute of Commerce. Great credit is due to Mr. Rees, seeing he has worked under great difficulties owing to in- juries received in France.—The fol- lowing is a list of successes just to hand:- Handwriting Advanced-Mr. D. Rees, Aberaman; Misses Rosa Eynon, Mountain Ash; Claudine Gray, Nelson; Bessie Jones, Nelson; Ethel Williams, Nelson; Esther Gil- lard, Mountain Ash: Edith Lewis, Aberaman; Annie Sloper, Mountain Ash. Book-keeping (Advanced).-Mr D. Rees, Aberaman; Mr. S. Evans, Ynysboeth; Miss Esther Curitz, Mountain Ash. Book-keeping (E lementary) .-lr. D. Rees, Aberaman; Mr. John Rees, Trecynon; Misses Tegwen Owen, Trecynon; Nancy Richards, Cwm- bach; Olwell Rees, \1erthyr;o'Annie Evans, Merthyr; Dorothy Gray, Nel- son; Celia Webb. Aberaman; Doris Jones, Aberaman. Shorthand: Speed, 80 words per minute.—Miss Olive Williams, Aber- cynon. Shorthand (Elementary).—Misses Tegwen Owen, Trecynon; Sarah Richards, Hirwain; Maggie Wil- liams, Aberaman; Maggie Ann Marshall, Cwmbach; Lettie Hicks, Aberdare. Typewriting (Advanced). Miss Olive Williams, Abercynon; Miss Esther Curitz, Mountain Ash. Banking (Advanced). Mr. D. Pees, Aberaman. Business Training (Advanced). Mr. D. Rees, Aberaman; Miss Eira Jenkins, Merthyr. Arithmetic (Advanced). — Miss Annie Thomas, Aberdare; Miss Letty Thomas, Nelson; Messrs. Arthur Hughes, Mountain Ash; Griffith Evans. Abercynon; Thomas Jarvis, Mountain Ash; Miss Sarah Richards, Hirwain.