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Correspondence. A FAITHFUL COUNCILLOR, To the Editor of the Penarth Chronicle Slp.Permit me to bring one fact to the notinp of the Electors of the South division of Penarth, which phould in my estimation, make them proud of Councillor Jotham as their representative on the Glamorganshire County Council, and to cling- to him as such closer than ever. He stood for the first time as a candidate for this honour, when a vacancy occurred on the Council, through the lamented death of Mr J, P* Jones and he was thon, as at the subse- quent ordinary election, retat-tied unopposed. Though an advanced Liberal in politics, Mr Jotham has had each time a quiet walk over to a seat on the Council. I This in itself is very clear evidence that he is highly respected and admired by the party opposed to his political views as a gentleman qualified in every respect to fill the office, and perform its onerous duties in a fair and just manner. Indeed it is an open secret that the most influential Conservatives were desirous he should have a seat on the Council* Now let me come to the fact already referred to. Last Saturday morning, a deputation from the Riverside Ward of the Cardiff County Borough, and from the Liberal Committee, approached Mr Jotham, to ask him to take the place of Councillor Noah Rees, who bad definitely decided not to seek re-election. Now it should be remembered, that this is the sceond time for this same Ward to ask him to stand for a seat on the Cardiff Council, since the time he has been repre- senting the South Division of Penarth on the County Council- It must have beep a very tempting offer to Mr Jotham to have a seat on the Council of the town, where he has a large business establishment, and where he is so highly thought of and honoured. He was very strongly pressed by the deputation, who pointed him to the fact which augmented that pres- sure, that there was a great desire not only on the part Df his old colleagues on the Cardiff County Council, hut by his fellow-townsmen g-enerally that he should again have a seat at that board. What was Mr Jotham's reply to the request of the deputation ? He told them he felt they had highly complimented him yet after the honour his consti. tuents at Penarth had conferred upon him, by returning him unopposed on two occasions, he could not conscientiously comply with their request. He felt he had a duty to perform, to his present consti- tuents, and it would be the height of ungratefulness for him to turn his back upon them and seek a seat on the Cardiff County Council. Now iu declining the honour the Cardiff deputation desired to confer on our able Councillor, he has given a renewed proof lof his faithfulness to his present constituents, and there is no doubt that as long as they slmll have confidence in him, he will reciprocate that confidence by always doing his best for them, by watching over their interests on the Council Board. And when the proper time comes, we have no hesitation in believing the electors of the South Divisions shall again give Mr Jotham an undeniable proof of their appreciation of his services and labours as their representative. Yours truly, ADMIRER. WEEK OF SELF DENIAL. To The Editor of the Fenarih Chronicle. t DEAR SIR.-Allow me on behalf of the local corps of the Salvation Army to thank the public of Penarth for the very liberal manner in which they responded to our appeal on behalf of our Self Denial fund. We asked for £ 20; that amount has been a little more than realized, the sum received to present being X20 78 Od. Of course, towards this amount, our own people have contributed a considerable sum. Yours respectfully, T. G.. S.M. For Captain Wood. PENARTfl LIFE-BOAT. To tke Editor of the Penarth Ghronicle. 0SAR SIR.-Do ra, the favour to inform the people of Penarth why a Brittisher is not able to take the command of a Life Boat as well as a foreigner. Signed. JEREMIAH LYNCII. DOUGLAS MEDQUGAL. HUGH KILLY. T. W. WILLIAMS. Cardiff Pilot No 59 5,. St. Augustine's Road, Penarth. J. WILLIAM^ VV. PALFERY, T. RITTEL F. WE&T, J LlfTfcrEi J MITCHELL. J
Weekly Notes by Quirkquequip.
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Weekly Notes by Quirkquequip. The Editor does not hold himself responsible for the opinions expressed in these notes. I The Council have created a precedent by admitting their liability in the matter of the wire-trce-tiettin. Tenders will s ortly be invited for a second-hand clothes shop, to be erected in front of the Council chamber, as claims of compensation for torn clothing are expected to come tumbling in as "thick 34i autumnal leaves that strew the brooks in Vallombrosa." 0 0 0 The only hope our civic fathers have is that as the trees of Vallombrosa are pine trees and not*deciluou?, and that therefore no autumnal leaves ever strew the brooks of that forest, so the expected batch of sartorial claims may prove to be like these said leaves. .00 The Penarth School Hoard's term of office is fast flickering--almost spluttering, and it,, glim, to use a sailors phrase, will soon ba doused. In view of the imminent dousing it will not be raal apropos to bold up these seven GLIMS for public analysis, and ascer- tain the true magnitude of these stars in the local oducational firmwnent. That the epitaph of these crass craaks—as a body-will be unwept, unhon- oured and nnsung," goes without saying, for out of their own months have they condemned themselves, and that at their last meeting, else why should they so suddenly have attempted to soap over the electo- rate by discussing the advisability of giving local tradesmen a chance ? Some of them have been on the Board for many years, and have given 75 per cent of its work to Cardiff. All the stationery, books. etc., come from Cardiff, and just as they are igno- riiiiiioiisly expiring, they throw down a sop and talk 1 of giving local men a chance after the election. True, they have given a few a chance, sncb as em- ploying one man in buildingHnstead of openly and fairly tendering. Again, it seems that the coal, too, has been supplied by the fame person for two years. Y These two facts should be sufficient to make the rate- payers ponder. 000 An ex-member of the Penarth School Board once told me he resigned as he could not. as a business man, listen and be comfortable while his colleagues haggled half an hour over a half.crown fender. 0 0 0 This haggling appears to be a chronic infirmity with this sage Hoard, who look upon their meetings as a symposium, and with a sublime disregard :o order, chatter till, sometimes, well into midnight. 0 0 Q Mr. G. C. Thompson would doubtless ber.efit the ratepayers, and save gas, if some one sent him a book called The Chairman's Handbook." 0 0 0 Everyone, or at least those claiming the pleasure of hewing this learned banister, must have suffered from this gentleman's painful prolixity. We heard him as a political renegade at the last general elec- tion. and I, unfortunately, havo had to sit out, pro- ft-ssioinally, a prolong-ed School Board meeting, and do ti-ne and penance by being so compelled. If the same members are retni-iif-d-Hetveu forfend !—let a stipulation be made that the Board meet in the dny I time. 3temember those who went in on the Noncon- formist I acks last election. « 0 0 I The question of amalgamation is exercising the ¡ general mind in no small degree. The utility and fairness of a coalition twixt the two Boards must commend itself to all right thinking men, even if solely on the ground of equity. Penarth is admit- tedly wealthy, whilst Cogan is grunting and sweating under a burdensome school rate. If Cogan is one with us in the General District Rate why should she be aloue with the School Board Rate ? If we possess any advantage over the less fortunate Cop;anites, then it lesolves itself into a matter of duty and right that we should nn.ke an equalisation. 000 And that reminds me when the joint meeting took < ^place on the 23rd ult", members of both bodies vied with one another — save Mr. Pavey—In eulogising the proposed union. When, however, the pinch I came, the Rector of Penarth, ignominiously turned tail, and cried the amalgamation down, observing that it would.be more econ mical for Penarth parish to remain unamalgamated. 0 0 0 W hat are th« motives actuating this turn-coat pro- cedure? Is the Rector posing as a God send by saving the Penarth rates a trifle ? How much does the Rev. W. Sweet-Escott himself pay towards the ratds ? It would be interesting to read the Rectoes replies to these questions. e t) < For the first time 10c1 Liberals made a brave show at the Revision Court last Friday. By dint of Pit.,en- uous work they ferreted out the rank 'uus, and so were successful in nullifying 68 Tory votes. Mr. Joseph Henry Jones was the legal adviser of the Liberal party, and he was wonderfully aided by Messrs. J. Mortis and Liewellytt Davies. The work of these gentlemen was simply invaluable, and none better could have been selected to carrv out this work. Appended are the re,,Qults:-Liber;il claims put in, 85; allowed 56. Conservative claims put in, 85; allowed, 44. Net Liberal gain, 12. Liberal objections sustained, 38; Conservative objections sus- tained, 27. Grand net Liberal gain, 2■?. All these were lodgers claims, the occupiers calling for no con- tention.
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Penarth 0 h ii r DEDICATION OF A NEW ORGAN. At St. Augustine's Church, Penarth, until quite recently there* was only a ont -:u¡mua] organ, which was afterwards enlarged to two manuals, and thea found to be quite inadequate for the church. The necessity for a new instrument becoming palpable, the rector—the Rev. W. Sweet-Ercolt -decided to obtain one, and in this resolution he received the spont- aneous support of his choir, who are the generous donors of jCIOO towards the fund. This practical sympathy encouraged the rector to persist in the movement, and he received the support of a number of his leadingparishion^s as well a,3 t') (- liheral dona- tion of jE500 from the Lord Lieutenant (Lord Wind- sor). The instrument which is more tha i the ordinary church organ cost XI.200, and another flOO for structural alter ations made a total of £ 1,300 required for the work. Towards this the Rev. W. Sweet-Escott has received;:—The Right Hon. Lord Windsor, f500 the Choir, fl.00 Mr L- Wood, J.P., f20; Mr T. Gibson X 10 10s; Ifr I). Duncan, X 1 (4 CaptCortield £ 10 Mr R. Forrest, J. P., .£10; Rev. W. Sweet-E cott £ 10; Mr H Snell, 110; Mrs Sti-aiiaghf-n, £ 10; Mr W. Hoult, f5 5s; Mr J. S. (W^man, £ 5 5s; Rr R. Wain, £ 5 5s; Mr W. Riley, £ 5 os; Mr A. W. Travis f5 5a; Messrs Cory Bros, and Co, f5 5s; Mr D. H,ee, f5; Mrs Young, f5; Mr A. DUllcan, £ 5; Mr J.H. Jones. f5; MiA Rons, X5; Mr J. W- Mo; ris £ 5. and Mr H. W. Ricp, f5. Numerous ol hei- amounts t ave also lu received, the total at present reaching Ahont XoOt). The ict chni-ch of St. Paul's benefits considerably hv this alteration, for they receive the old organ, which whilst inadequa'e for the older c urch, wilt be a great boon to the congregation of the mission church. The new orgn hAS been erected by Messrs Willam Hill and Son, of London, and iL rebounds to the credit of that firm. It consist of three manuala, with lull pedal. The mechanism has the advantage of the builders* patent in tubular pneumatic arrangement flur the man- uals, pedals, and draw-gtops. t his ensure,* mstaneous action to the finger or foot. conjoined with ligbtnei^ and elasticity of touch. Both the swell and the pedal reeds are on separate wind pressure. There are two independent bellows at different wind pressure. The front pipes are tastefully decorated iu colour, and the interior pipes are almost all of*he finest, spotted metal Altogether the mechanism and other detail mark the highest development in modern orsran building. The instrument is built ill the south transept. The dedication service was conducted in the church on Wednesday afterr;o-)n, by the Lord Bishop of L'andaff. Fdlowiny this Rervice there was an organ recital by Mr C W. Perkins, organist of the Town Hall, Birmingham. in the eveninc there wtis a harvest festival service with Garrett's {.larve^t, Cantata. The Rev. F J Beek. M Vic ir of St. Margaret's, Ruath was the preacher.