The Aberdare Leader

TRINITY, ABERDARE. The Rev G. H. Havard, B.A., B.D., A be ream, formerly of Rhyl, preached at Trinity on Sunday, taking as his text at the morning service, Col. 3, 10, 11. The term "the new man" he interpreted as the new manhood or the new humanity. He spoke on uni- versal brotherhood. Mr. Havard re- marked that the conception of equal fellowship was very much in the air to-day. It united all classes until almost the sense of class was lost ex- cept in the realm of the bully and the profiteer. But there was a danger of this feeling of brotherhood becom- ing superficial and uncertain and a sentiment rather than a conviction. The war had crucified the very prin- ciple of brotherhood on a fearful cross. But as in the case of the Master himself there was a sure and certain hope of a resurrection for his principles. We must get back to the conception of brotherhood at its fountain head, viz., Christianity. We should turn to Christianity not only for the spirit of brotherhood, but also for the method of realising it. /1>.

SCRAPS. BY THE SCRIBE. Just now Cwmaman is as isolated from Aberdare and' Aberaman as ice- land is from the continent of Europe in winter. Long ago the G.W.ii. dis- continued their train service, putting the fault of course on that scapegoat for all the world's sins-the war. Now the Aberdare District Council have stopped their car service because tne roads and the cars have a nasty habit of breaking one another. if things go on like this much longer many of the residents of Cwmaman— especially tne business people—will also be broken. • What a pity the rails were not laid all the way froai Aberaman to Cwm- aman in the first place! But lam- entations are no good, we must be up and doing. There must be a tram- way service between the Plough anu Cwmaman as soon as possible. Pos- sibly the cniei obstacle just now is the cost of materials. Hurry up WilL. that League of Nations, so that we may h;/ve more of those Gorman ralL., which we got at a reasonable rate in the golden days before Krupp's foundries were commandeered to forge mailed fists. It is to the mutual advantage of Aberdare proper and the outlying dis- tricts that they be joined together by the best methods of traction, for theii interests are identical. Now fancy a y district like Cwmaman, with its ten thousand inhabitants, without train or tram or any vehicular service whatever between it and Aberdare or Aberaman. We are worse off than we were twenty years ago, for then we had a system of ante-deluvian brakes, which was after all better than footing it." I The Aberdare buyers that sound a matinal alarm are about as numerous as the aspirants for municipal hon- ours. Their message one and all is the same, viz., "Sleeper awake!" but the tiijle of delivery ranges from 5-3u to 1, and the difficulty is to know what hour is procaimed by any par- ticular siren. Why are they not made to state the time that they toll? De Valera is almost as elusive as de Wet. A message alleged to have come fresh from the chieftain's abode" states that he is 'tween sea and sky. I suppose that would be somewhere near the altitude at which Mahomet's coffin stuck. Llandrindod Wells Urban Council has decided to support the principle of a season or cure tax on visitors. I think all visitors will bear me out when I say that such tax is already in existence. All health seekers have to pay pretty '-tiff whether cured or not. When J M. Barrie's "little min- ister,' with a feeling of pride, told a gipsy girl that his stipend was I eighty pounds a -year she was shock- ed, and remarked how poorly ministers of the Gospel were. He, however, could not be. induced to share her views concerning the pen- urious pay of those who cater for our spiritual wants. Probably both re- garded the matter from a compar- ative point of view. Compared with a gipsy's earnings, JB80 a year might be a pitiable pittance, but contrastea with the small wage of the weavers of Thrums the salary of the Auld Licht minister, in that village would be considered princely Had the "little minister" been breaking the bread of life to the people of boniue Scotland to-day ho would very likely cousider his t8.) per annum very I small when set off against the pound a day of the munition worker or the miner. It is a comparison of incomes that enables a man to know whether he is to consider himself rich or poor. Many a professional man in Glamor- gan thought he was well off until ne discovered that a munition worker in Pembrey or a collier in CwTudare was earning double what he did. Of course, the professional man had the solace of knowing that his social status was still higher than that of the manual workers, but that abstract commodity is not of much commercial value. It is not of much account when the tailor's bill comes or when the tax collector gives a call. Yes, it is the relativity of incomes that determines whether a man is well-paid or not. The little minister of the Auld Licht kirk was a 100 per cent. better off than Goldsmith's pas- tor, who was passing rich with forty pounds a yea*. Why, the travelling expenses of the peripatetic preacher to-day would exceed that figure. Nevertheless, the man who remote from towns ran his godly race was an embodiment of activity and amiabil- ity, nor e'er had changed nor sought to change his place." Had the price of bacon and butter been the same in his days as to-dav this genial pastor would have been com- pelled to change his place.. He wonid have had to go from the manse to the poorhouse, for in these modern days the ravens do not feed the prophet, and the fish of the sea do not- settle the tax ('ollector'B account. Many working men do not act on the live and let live" principle. They believe in receiving a wago which entitles them to the privilege of paying income tax but they be- grudge contributing even the small- c>st mite to the national exchequer, They demand a 50 per cent war bonus because the orice of commodities has soared that high, but when thc- min- istor of their congregation asks for a modest 10 per cent. bonus they de- clare war on him and his war bonus. Surely this is muzzling the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Laissez faire" is dead. No longer can the free-born Englishman keep a pig ih his backyard, or harbour in his house disease that will infect his neighbours, or allow his children to grow up in ignorance, or do many things that were once his birthright. -H. G. Chancellor. Thus wrote Mr. Chancellor in The Humanist," an organ of the Ethical Movement. I do not think that it is quite fair that he should place pig- keeping in the same category as har- bouring diseases and neglecting the education'of one's children. At one I time pig-keeping was a respectable as well a a profitable industry in Wild "de." p"t refers to the king oi the dunghill as the gentleman who pays the rent." But Taffy will also admit Cjuil gentleman" puts money in his pocket and meat in his larder. Nothing gives the Welsh cottager more pleasure than to sit in Ills humble kitchen, from the ceiling of which hangs flitches and hams gal- ore. and sing Ifob y deri dando" or Y mochyn du." But that auto- cratic body, the Local Government Hoard, through the medium of local bodies, atisailed the pigstye, and poor piggic had to beat a hasty retreat. Henceforth he was to reside a res- pectable distance, from the domicile of his lord and master. I suppose that is not the case in Ireland, but John Bull will do things in England, Scotland and Wales that he dare not do in the Green Isle. However, when-the war came and the meat tlfat perisheth became less abundant than it was John Bull tried to coax the pig back to his old haunts. District apd Parish Councils were given permission to relax the restrictions concerning the keeping of ptj>s. The late Lord Rhondda en- deavoured to befriend the despised porker and was anxious to have him reinstated and his status restored. But it was too late. He was having more liberty abroad. Besides, his maintenance in wartime was too ex- pensive an item for the poor peasant, who was the victim of an irrational rationing system. The late Daniel Owen, Wale* pre- mier novelist, was very keen on the rights of the pig and pig-keeper. He got a seat on the District Council of his native town of Mold through making the piggery rights of cottag- ers his election cry. Later he got to the chair of that body, where he con- tinued his championship of the pig and the peasant in opposition to the domination of the prig and the pheasant.

TABERNACLE, ABERDARE. The Rev. T. M. Jeffrevs preached at Tabernacle on Sunday. In the evening he dwelt on the familiar words in John 14, 2. In my Father's house- there are many mansions." Jesus, he said, did not refer to man- sions in the commonly understood sense, but to many realms and stages in the spirit world, where he was going to prepare a place for his disciples. It was reasonable to ask where should we be after shuffling off the mortal coil? The God of Jesus Christ, was the great Father Spirit, Jesus' idea of religion was very spac- ions. He -said that there were many j places of abode and many levels of life besides the one in. which we lived now. Judas after his death went to his own level of life. David, we were told, had not at one time, as- cended into heaven—that is he had not gone where Jesus Christ was. Sir j Oliver Ledge ^poke of several he.* v- en» which was consistent with the teaching of scripture, which referred to the heaven of heavens. The geog- raphy and architecture of heaven could be left alone, but he (the' preacher) wished to emphasise the atmosphere of heaven. It was a home. We did not want to wander in the next life. We wished to know that we were going home. The ques- tion for us was. Shall we reach Were' we making for the !?oal r Were we aspiring towards God ? The. friend of the erring soul was the one who had said that he had gone to prepare a place for us j in hi> Father's home.

PROPERTY MARKET. Purchases at Aberdare. Messrs. J". Howell Thomas aildi Son, Carmarthen, put up for sale at the Boot Hotel, Ab-L-rdare"t-iiiimbt-i- of leasehold pivmiaes. Windsor Shop, Cemetery hÐatl, Treeynon, together with an ,'idjoining cottage, both let at 22s. p.m., under a 90 years' lease from 1871, a.g.r of £ 5 10s., was bought by Mr. Thomas Lewis for£4!XJ. No. 1 Harriet St., Treeynon, rental 2.),i. p.m., also | os. I and 2 Morgan's Court (ad- joining), let at 10s. p.m. each, sub- ject to a lease dated 1850, appor- tioned €1, went to Mr. Reos Powell for £ 320. o. 4 Clive St., rent 17s. p.m., apportioned g. r. 9s. 4d., leased 00 yrs. fr in 1850, was knocked down to Mr. D. Morgan for £ 150. No. 3 Howell's Row, j Cwmdare, rent 15s. p,m., appor- tioned 13s. 3d., and leased for I;) years from 1859, was sold for £ 120 to Mr. John North. Xo. 4 Howell's Row, let at 15. p.m., apportioned g.r. lis. Id., 99 years from 1859, was purchased by Mr. Lewis Powell for A freehold small holding, Brynhir Farm, Rhigos, consisting of j a.bout 55a, and let at, £ 16 p.a., was sold to the tenant, Mr. William Williams, for £ 600.

A New York girl marries a China- man to spite her parents." True Chinese spirit. When a Chink wants revenge he hangs himself on his enemy's front porch.

RHAMANT Y RHOS. GAN MOEIXDNA. Gwyr llawer on darllenwyr fod 2%13 Moelona ddawn arbenig i ysgrifenu nofeiau byrion, yn nwedig riiai yn desgrifio bywyd gwledig ac yn nhafodiaith Dyfed. Un felly yw "lihamant y Rhos." Nid yw yr aw- dures dalentog hon yn ail i hyd yn oed Mr. Llewelyn Williams yn y gallu i weu rhamant o'r bywyd Cym- reig syml. 08 am stori swynol, bryd- ferth yn y Ddyfedeg dlos myner ar bob cyfrif gael "Rhamant y Rhos, pris yr LOll yw rlPg" ceiniog net. Ar- graffwyd y llyfr yn S wyddfa y Leader a'r Darian. Wrth ei ddarllen teim- lwn ein bod yn gweled grrug y myn- ydd yn eu blodau. ac yn clywed can yr adar man yn ymgymysgu a lleis- iau y gwladwyr yn parablu tafod- iaith D¡O Ceredigion. Y ch.wi gafodd hwyl gyda Theulu bach Nantoer" a Bugail y Bryn" ac yn av.-yddu- am wledd lenyddol arall rhowch archeb i Ifoelona am y rhamant hon.

CLYWEQJQN DYFFRYN DAR. Fod pawb, o Gwmbach i Gwm- smintan, yn fod y "byd wedi mynd ar y bendro." a ma nhw just I a bod yn reit ed, achos iiiar rulers, both long and short, yn cael 'u mwr- dro neu'u saethu i gyd, ond ruler ¡ yr Hen Gount, a 1 chi'n gwpod i gyd pwy yw hwnw! f Fod erill yn gwed ta cwestiwn y wlwch awr a 30 per cent. sy'n rlwlo conshans v coHars heddy, ond yn enin disprad km and eggs, bett sy'n riwlo'r Profiteers, y money- bags, y rackrentars a'r Bolshis eyni- deithasol o Row Moss i Hote-l de Bola, ac o Lundan Fa-eh i Gaffars' Terrace? Dyna bo^sar i I.L.P. 's y dyffrvn, sha marea Gwyl Dewi, ar ol llwnc o'r New .Boer, 300,000,000 gra vy Fod y Snecs wedi syrfletti ar bromishiadau y Cownsil, more houses, more light, more trams, less wymens, and true H wtar, a rhyw drimins Spartacistaidd felna sy'n taccu tryw eonshans pob yfflin 0 ddyn sy a tnvyri i llycad bvsnas ar j i wymad. Fod sopin o ddynon leidy o Gwm- dar wedi gatal ranks y Soshals isha na bysa'r balance sheet yn dangos yr oehor ora, neu mwn geira erith, yn dangos beth yw'r peth, neu pwy yw pwy. Fel gwetws Lord Pen- rhaw: "WhPll fools fall out and lose their .sense. All hope is lost for recompense." Fod sharad bidir am gwni Corpor- ashun i riwlo'r Snkti, ac o'r divvadd ma rhyw shap ar y cynnieciad ond Duwdishefonni, ma corpOTrashun lied deily ar y Profiteers (a rhai or ta- farnwrs ed) na wr, a wedi cwni i'r bensh hamdelmarinikld, beth fydd j ein tynged, a'r hen gownt yn y iir- gan? Gall yr Hen Geisar na vspryd Die IVnderyn fyth a pad. o.s na lw- will' y Gyfarmant i dolera'r coliars, a ma^cu rawy o ieir, rhoi planta- tions riiydd i'r s'nowldwrs, a shiff- to'.r Hotel de Bola i'r Pare, a jinareo'r casgis A PINT." Fod dynon sensibi y Cop (nid un o' I. Committeemen, coiiwch) yn gwed yn Itlaeni fotl isha cwmpo prish di- eflig y I)W,vd, aeeor y canal a docks Cwmhadl i gal can neu fflwr chep- acli. a. eliroei tua hanar cant o fwtsliwrs. fel gallv ii ni gal lamb l gino dy Sul, a thynelli o fint saws yn rhydd i bawb yn y Fii-chnad fel y Soup Kitchens slawar dydd, a wetin delsa geira unfavvvol y Powet Jiorrett yn \\ir. set '■ Fe ddaw, O le dda w, fy mhobol fach, Gwell amser pan udaw pin-vb yn iaeli. Und m:if"ll hi.. otnadwy vn dod! Pan <r\\■ nip iff yr haul. j>han ddaw y wlieeli awr, O! syndod y byd, bydd yn nei' ar y llawr' Ai- i'r Showdliwi"- i gvd bvdfl v clod!" F()ddynoti<i<"t; yucaru cwni yn mhlith y Sn^ns y dyddiau hyn, ac un o heny nliw r dyn wetws pwy noswath j>c bysa pena'r cownsil 1 gyd yn cal i clymu gyta'u giddy 1, nela nhw ddim un French, Foeh, na fflaggon gwcrth etrach arno, a gatal Maer Tresamwn milS, wrth -s, aehos ma. fe o'r acha wit cyn son am yr Electric. Fod' pawb VIA Hchwyn ar brish dychrynllyd ddlad a scitsha a hyd v nod oorderey— £ 1 y llath, nid llath y fnwch, cofiweh, er fod hwnw yn ofnatsanadwy trwy gymorth y pishtyll a scames amal y Bolasham- ist-s, etc., etc., Loo numerous to men- tion, heb son am dybble-tap Boni- XX-tax, ewvrth or Brewe<ld-dy Sdim rhyfadd too pawb yn gwed un fn ddim shwd bicil ar v Phvyf oddar amsar Seec-nali, pa 12 odd yr oil yn ciwro'r x'hiwmatics, y ffynbagla. yn eal'n Uosgi, a mwn bythti wthnos wetin pwr yn whilo mas :im v (hdprit i gal i S-osgi ynta. ,t'od (iynoii call yn gwed there'll-' he no strike, a eora gyd ed, os nag i mynd i dlilyn style Rwssia, lie mse wedi mynd yn dra'd moeh ys 1 cetyn. a phiiwb m nithir just fel y mynan uhv/ revolution dil>en-draw hpl) un cyfraith na baw, pawl) f ) yn ofni mewn Ihwu Oraw, am ar- -i s-wydol ddydd a (daw, pan yr euog 1 < gwag oi ben lethir byth tuhwiit lien, oes y profiteers ar ben, Snecs boh 1111 yn gwed Fod local talent yn troi mas 0.'1-X j yn y byd dramayddol, paliticol moneymakol,«ond sdun enad o a.11 stopo'r hen gowni, na dy*'e v Cluck Alawr i'r peutra" i gat^ (Greenish Time. Fod son nawj- fod Hwtar y Ph:dl yzi itiyiid I zitgyfedi. Os na mwy o svv n neu v, ynt yn i lalS na'r cownsil siti-ili j I rhai o f911' gers dienad y trams, dyn helpo P" am gwni c\n breewast i drc10 1 llaw i gal hen gownt gen y PACKMAN KEWYDJ),

COLLIERY FATALITY. Mr. R. J. Rhys held an inquit> oll Monday into the circumstances of death of Mr. John Jeffrey- collier living in School Street, A cwmboi, who was injured by 3. e of roof in his working place on 15th inst., and died on the name at the Aberdare Hospital. James James and Michael LYOJ!t' fellow-vrorkers, gave evidence tf» cffect that the deceased was in j. act of taking down some top when a stone, weighing about haji ton, fell on him. He was injured jui the pelvis. r evidence w.J -,iven I)v Evan E,ans, a fireman, lister Vittle, of the hospital, was callc,ti. A verdct of Accidental dea< was returned.

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0 BOB PARTH. I GAN PARTHSYLLYDD. i Nid peth hawdd yw cytuno ar y cwestiwn pa un yw yr englyn goreu yn yr iaith mwy na phenderfynu pwy yw y bardd goreu yn Nghymru. Modd bynnag dadleuai un tiynvdd- oedd yn ol mai yr englyn a ganlyn waith Cadfan ddylai gael y liawryf: Poeri yngwyneb Puredd,—cyhcuddii^ Gyhuddaw Gwirienedd; Yin mron Tostur claddu'r cledd, Taro gwron Trugaredd! Unwaith mewn anvest geiddoroi yn Harlech if ballodd—nid y gwin- ond y bwyd. 13ii raid i lu o ymwelwyr fyned ymaith ar eu cythlwng. Dyma fel v canodd Mynyddog ar yr am- gylchiad: — Mae galaru uwch y bwrdd, Esgyrn sychion, Nid oes yma ddim in cwrdd Ond plats gweigion; Chlywir yma ddim ond trwst Rhincian dannedd, Crafu'r esgyrn a chnoi crwqt Yn ddiddiwedd. Eleni yw blwyddyn jiwbili gwt>in- idogaeth Dr. Morris yn egl wys t'ed- vddiol Noddfa, Treorchy. Cymerodd ofal (Ar Noddfa ym 1869, ac yn ystod yr hanner canrif ni newidiodd ac ni cheisiodd newid ei le, mwy na gwein- idog Goldsmith. Adnabyddir Dr. Morri.9 ym myd y bardd a'r lienor fel Khosynog, ac y mae gwasg yn ogystal a phwlpud Cymru dan ddyled iddo. Cy^nerodd ran amlwe a diwyd yn mywj'd cyhocddus y Rnondda, a bu o gryn help i roddi yr iawn gy- feiriad i'w ddadblygiad yn ystod yr hanner can mlynedd y bu yn trigo yno. Brodor o Dreboeth, Abertawe, yw Dr. Morris. 'Yn y Leader dro yn ol cyhoeddwyd englynion a gyfansoddwyd gan Mitf- onwy pan olchwyd cyrff dau estron forwr i draeth Penfro, a chyfieitliiad Ap Hefin o'r cyfryw englynion. jihen arall y Dywysogaeth flvnydda u yn ol bu tro cyffelyb, pan olchwyd i draethell Rhiwfofwg yn Ynys Mon gyrff dau forwr dieithr. Claddwyd hwy yn barchus gan y preswylwyr, a dodwyd carreg fedd uwchben y gweddillion ac arni yr englyn a gan- lyn, o waith y bardd-offeiriad Berw: Gwyr yrwyd in gororau-yn waelion Ar elor y tonau; lor ei hun wyr eu henwau. Daw ryw ddydd i godi'r ddau. I Maddeuer i mi am roddi cam from the sublime to the ridiculous," ys dywed ein cymydog bwnt i'r Claw ad, ond nis gallaf yn y cyswllt hwn beidio cofio am wr lleyg yn cael ei alw i ddweyd ychydig uwch llwch crwydryn dienw a gleddid mown mynwent ym min mynydd yn Ngwalia. Efallai fod y gwr diurddau yn tybied fod y gwasanaeth claddu rheolaidd yn rhy dda i weddillion estron tylawd oedd yn cael x>i guddio o'r golwg gan swyddwyr cyflog Gweithdv'r Undeb heb ddeigryn ar un wedd, a dyma y liturgy a ddaeth allan o'i enau — Gwr wyt ti o wlad bell. 'Tawn i'n darllon y gwasanaeth fyddet ti fawr gwell; 'Rwvt ti'n mynd i orwedd gyda'th itadau, Pan gwnant hwy mi gwni dithau. Mr. Charles Kenshole. vr Uwch- gwnstabl, a Mr. W. J. Gruffvdd, M.A., fydd gwahoddedigion arbenig arwest ;Gwy I Dewi Cymrodorion Aberdar. Yn ystod y rhyfel bu illr. Gruffydd ymysg y rhai a ddisgynant mewn llongau i'r mor gan wneuthur eu gorchwyl mewn dyfroedd mawr- ion. Bu yn swyddog ar un j'r minesNeepers," a diau iddo wneyd <-i waith mor drylwyr a phan yn ys- gubo gweithiau annheilwng" beirdd yi* hen ysgol oddiar fwrdd beirniad- aeth i for anghof. Nac ofna er hyny, braidd bychan Cymrodorol, ob- legid, fol villain" y chwareu pan y tu ol i len y chwareudy, gwr mwyn at hawddgar ydyw yr Athraw a'r beirn- iad o Gaerdydd pan off duty" yn dyddanu cyfeiljion yn lie ysgubo mwnau yr Ellmyn ncu y beirdd. I Oherwydd prinder papyr bu'1' gofod yn bur gyfyng yn y Darian er ra amser bellach, ond yr wythnos ynia map y papyr wedi ei helaethu ac o hyn allan bydd wyth colofn yn fwv. C) g-ryn ddiddordeb iJr rhai a ddarjlen- asant lythyrau Mr. John Hugh Ed- wards yn y British Weekly yn ymos- od ar rai o ymgeiswyr yr etholiad diweddar ydyw y cartoon yn y Dar- ian yr wythnos yma. j

NI WAHANWYD YN ANCEU. 'Di»nnod du yn Abernant oedd dydd Iait diweddaf, dydd claddu gwr a gwraig a hunasant o fewn pedair awr ar hugain i'w gilydd. David Jones a Mary Jones oedd y persona u. Trigianent yn Windsor Terrace, ac yr oedd ganddvnt ddau o blant iouainc. Gwr boneddig yng ngwir ystyr y gair oedd ein brawd, dyn a wnaeth ddefnvdd o'i dalent mewn amser ac allan o amser. Clyw- ais ei ttxl yn un o'r glowtr goreu yn y Cwni. Yr oedd yn golofn gwf yn Kglwys Bethesda. Hefyd yr oedd yn drysorydd i'r Abernant Heroes' Fund o'r cychwyniad, ac yn gadeirydd Cymdeithns y Garddwyr; diwyd bu ei weinidogaeth gyda hon.

ROBERT OWEN. I Barn y Cymrodorion Arno. Bu Miss M. Watkin, B.A., yn anerch Cymrodorion Aberdar nos Wener. Ei thestyn oedd Robert Owen, apostol llafur, yr hwn, meadai, fel apostol mawr y Cen- hedloedd, a gafodd gylch caled x weithio ynddo. Ganed ef yn 1771 yn y Drefnewydd ym Maldwyn, Dapgosodd yn ieuanc fod rhywbeth ynddo yn fwy na'r cylfredin. Aeth i Lundain, ac oddiyno i Stamford Jif yn ol i Lundain. Yn ddilynol aeth i Fanceinion. Gweithiai ddydd a iios un amser-pan yn gwasanaethu mewn masnachdv dilledydd. Deall- odd Robert Owen sefyllfa v gweith- iwr yn ei ddydd. Gwelodd mai ei brif angen oedd addysg. Bu am amser mewn masnach ti hunan a llwvddodd yn rhyfedd. Wedi hyny bu yn oruchwyliwr i ffirm gotwm en- wog. Gallasai wneud ffortiwn VI1 gvflyni, end oredai Robert Owon mai nid ar gvfooth yn unig y bydd byw dyn, ac felly ymroddodd i ddiwyllio ei hun ac i efrvdu cyfriniaeth y gwyddon. Aeth i New Lanark, yn yr Alban, lle y daeth i'r amlwg fel meistr caredig a doeth. Gwnaeth ei oreu i wella amgylchiadau y gweith- wyr oi-,dd ganddo a'u teuluoedd. Robert Owen a sefydlodd yr ysgol fabanod gyntaf. Canmolid yn fawr y dull o drafod a dysgu y plant yn yr ysgol ion hyn. Dysgai Owen fod gallu mewn dyn i gynyrchu deng waith mwy nag oedd arno eisieu ei hun. Gwelai fod tuedd yr oefo i geisio lies porsonol yn hytrach na chysur eyffiiedinol eymdeithas. Agor- odd Gvfnewidfa Lafur er mwyn gvvneud ymaith a'r canohvr. Llaiur- icdd hefyd i ffurfio undeb or jios- beirth eynyrchiol. Ym mhellacli ffurfitxid gymdeithas adnewyddiad cenbtxlloedd. Llafuriodd dros wyth awr a "minimum wage" i'r gweith- wyr. Gafodd gryn wrthwynebiad fn ei waith dyngarol gifu hvd yn (Mxl tyddfrydwyr. Bu eryn eriid ar .obert Owen am nad oedd yn ar- ddel erofydd na ehredo. Yr oedd ymraniadau yr-eglwysi wedi dieithrio I galon tuag at broffes-^refyddol. Yr oedd er hyny yn wr teg a mawr- frydig. Credai mai peth personol oedd crefydd. Lies y werin oedd gofa-1 mawr ei fywyd ac am danynt hwy y, meddyliai pan yn marw yn ei drer enedigol yn 87 mlwydd oed. Efe oedd sefydlydd y Mndiad Cyd- w^ithvedol sydd mor boblogaidd heddyw, ac efe oedd tad Cymdeith- a.siaeth ym Mrydain Fawr. Y n y drafodaeth a ddilynodd gu- beithiai y llywydd, Ap Hefin, y byddai i lun Robert Owen gymeryd ei le gvdag eiddo Islwyn a Daniel Owen yn orielau ei wlad. Rhoed anerchiad barddol gan Afanydd a dilynodd Mr John Davies gyda theyrnged i'r diuygiwr Drefnewydd. Gofidiai nad oedd Cymru wedi cydnabod Robert Owen fel y dylasai. Credai efe gyda ivobert Owen mewn gwella YI" am- gylehedd a'r allanol i'r amcan o ber- ffeithio y mevvnol. Miss Kate Roberts, B.A., a synai fod Cymru wedi oodi y fath wr eang- frvd a Robert Owen. Cynygiodd hi ddiolch i Miss Watkin. KUiwyd gan Mr. J. Griffiths yr hwn a ddywedai nad oedd bywyd gweithfaol a ffactriol yn naturiol fel y bywyd amaethyddol. C'yfeiriodd at agwedd ymarferol bywyd Robert Owen, yr hwn nad oedd yn rhoi ei holl fryd ar bethau byd anweledig. Credai y Parch. John Lewis y bu- asai Robert Owen yn amgenach dyn 1)4, yn fwy vstirydol. Yr oedd efe yn ddyngarwr dios er gwaethaf ei ddiffygion. Mr. Ogwen Williams a duvwedai nad dyn plaid ond dyn cenedi oedd Robert Owen. Yr oedd yn brofhvyd yn ngwir ystyr y gair. Y Parch. R. J. Jones, M.A., a roddodd bwys 'ar etifeddeg yn gystal ag amgylchedd fel dylanwad ym mywyd dyn. Ategwyd y diolch i Miss Uatkin gan y Parch. John Morgan. Rhoddodd Mr. J. Griffiths adrodd- iad byr b weithrediadau y gynhad- ledd yn Nghaerdydd i drafod y mater o Ysgrifenydd i Gymru, pryd v penderfynwyd yn ffafr Ymreolaeth i Gymru yn hytrach.