Rhondda Leader Maesteg Garw and Ogmore Telegraph

Photos. Photos. -+- L. LADD, PHOTOGRAPHER, 21, Dunraven Street, TONYPANDY, Wishes to inform his numerous customers, and the public generally, that his STUDIO will be Open during Xmas and New Year Holidays When an opportunity offers itself to Families, Parties, etc., who come together at Xmastide to be photographed. OPEN DAILY from 9 a.m. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Note the Address— Next door to Oliver's Boot Shop, And Opposite Danix's Temperance Bar. 5212

FOR SALE. FOR SALE.—6-roomed house with every convenience, close to trams and Tony- pandy.—Apply 32, Hughes Street, Penygraig. cl 17/26 FOR sale, very cheap. Fish and Chip Range. Apply to D. Morgan, 174, Trealaw rd., Trealaw. cllo 27 FOR SALE—Two houses in Trealaw Road. Rental 30 and 26/- respectively. Apply Box, 03, Rhondda Leader" Office, Tony- pan dy. LADDERS. Ladders for builders, painters farmers, window cleaners, &c. exten- sion ladders always in stock also painter's steps, tressles, &c. Special offer to painters. Send for full particulars and price list.—3, Darran Street, Cathays, Cardiff. 5018 ARTIFICIAL Legs, Arms, Surgical Appli- ances.—Visit South Wales periodically. List free.—J. Gillingham and Son, Chard, Som. C23/38 TO LET. FURNISHED Apartments for one or two f single gentlemen. Bath. &c Five minutes Tonypandy and Penygraig (G. W.R.) Stations. Apply Box 9, Leader Office. WANTED. WANTED at once, good general, must be experienced. Apply, Mrs Duckworth, Gwessin House, Tonypandy. 5171 GENTLEMAN wants confortable furnished apartments (bedroom and sitting room), in Tonypandy—with attendance and board if possible-State lowest terms to X Y. Z., "Rhondda Leader" Offices, Excelsior Buildings, Tonypandy. APARTMENTS. LODGINGS for two respectable young men (sitting-room if required). Apply Box 12, Rhondda Leader" Office, Tonypandy. c112j26 INVENTIONS. HUGO Lester, Patent Expert, Inventors' Supply Depot, 32, Queen Street, Cardiff, does all business in patents for inventors in South Wales. Call or write. 5074 INSPECTOR OF MINES. PRIVATE LESSONS BY POST. M INE Managers' Exams. Scholarships and Aesociate- ship in Mining, etc. Candidates prepared. Miner- alogy, Geology. Coal and Metal Mining, Placer and Hydraulic Mining, Ore Dressing, Miliiog, Mining, Mining Mathematics, Electricity, and Surveying. Certificates awarded. Write for Syllabua.-The Cambrian Mining School, Gianffrwd, Porth. Glam. ci5/2! MUSICAL. For High-Class Ventriloquial Entertainments GIVEN BY Mr. F. T. STUDD, the famous London Artiste, send to Mr. STUDD, Manager, OLYMPIA SKATING RINK, PENTRE. -+- Entertainments lasting up to 1t hours. Moderate Fees. 5208 CHURCH AND tHAPEl ORGANS BUILT ON THE LATEST SYSTEMS, Tracker, Pneumatic, and Electro-Pneumatic, with per feet repetition, answering all requirements of thermos- fastidious players. Detached Keyboards a Speciality. TUNING, REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS, etc., etc. Wm. H. HARMSTON, Organ Builder. Nat. Tel. 91. PONTYPRIDD. 4815 entertainers for Christmas Parties. Conjurors, Sleight-of-hand Artists, Ventrilo. quists, Musical Entertainers, etc., of a retined character, suitable for Church Societies, Guilds, Children's Parties, etc., at VERY REASONABLE TERMS. LESTER & Co., 72, Llewellyn St., PENTRE. 5763 p T! CHINN, The Celebrated Concert- X\). inist, also Miss E. M. Chinn, Society Entertainer (with Songs at the Piano), now booking eagagemeats, 4, Pearson Street, Cardiff. PIANOS FOR SALE. £19 Cash, Fine Walnut Piano, Best Action and Iron Frame, as new, fully warranted for ten years. Terms arranged. Waddington & Sons, Post Office Buildings, Porth. Banjo-Piano, the finest value ever offered. Bv using a third Pedal you can get beautiful Banj 0, Mando- line and Guitar effects, besides playing the Piano in the ordinary way. Before deciding to purchase you must bear this. Post office Buildings, Porth. £37 Cash, a Waddington Gold Medal Overstrung' Piano, Full Metal Frame, real Ivory Keys and Solid Walnut Case. This Instrument is only Shop Soiled and a Work of Art, Tone Superb, terms arranged. Wadding- ton & Sons, Post Office Buildings, Porth. 17 Gns. Oash Rosewood Piano, practically new, only used a few months, terms arranged. Post Office Buildings. Porth. You are invited to write for our Illustrated Catalogues of Pianos and Organs, a call to inspect our Instruments is solicited before purchasing elsewhere to Waddington & Sons, Post Office Buildings, Porth, or City Road, Cardiff The Noted Farrand Organs are a Spec- iality. Write or call for our Illustrated Catalogues to Waddington & Sons, Post Office Buildings Porth, or City Road, Cardiff. 5083 MISCELLANEOUS A- E. TRIMNELL, the Cardiff Herbalist, Mona Terrace, Cardiff. Sent free on application, The Trucure Herbal Book. Note the Address. c43/26 NURSE WILLIAMS' OVALOTDS for Ladies. Price 2/9 3/9 & 10/9 per Box post free, Send stamp for descriptive leaflet.—New Life Remedy Co., 59, Bute St., Treherbert. A D V ICE F R E E for Stamp.—Mrs X Stewart, Lady Specialist.—Address: 9, Guinea-street, Bristol. c87/26 Grey Hair permanently and speedily restored to its original colour by using Harrison's Hair Colour Restorer. It is not a dye, but by natural means acts as a restorative. Contains nothing injurious, and is beneficial to the growth and beauty of the Hair. In bottles, price 1/6 (postage 3d. extra). Manufacturer:— G. W. HARRISON, Hair Specialist, Reading. Sold by Chemists. Agents-for Tonypandy: Emrys Richards, The Dunraven Pharmacy. Pentre: David George, Chemist. B975/41 SAFEST, cheapest and best to gain health and strength are Culpeper's O.K. Remedial Herbs, specially pre- pared for stomach and kidney troubles. Three 6d. packets for 1s.-Ped Williams, Herbalist, Treorchy. Agents wanted. 5021 EDUCATIONAL. "31 A~~ Class on Friday mornings for Painting, Pastinello, Marquetry, Wood Carving. Miss Bolt (of Cardiff). At Miss Elias, Aber- rhondda Post Office, Porth. c86/26 IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS. Every Mother who values the health and cleanliness of her child should use HARRISON'S "Reliable" NURSERY POMADE. One application kills ail Nits and Vermin, beautifies and strengthens the Hair. In tins 4td. and 9d., postage Id. George W. Harrison, Chemist, Reading. Sold by Chemists. Agents, Emrys Richards, Oheniist, "OoedyaieiMon, Tonypandy; D. E. Davies, Chemist, Treorchy W. R. Williams, Chemist, Medical Hall, Tylorstown; J. P Lewis Chemist, Medical Hali, Ynyshir. cSll,,77 MONEY. CHEAP. MONEY RE-PAYMENTS EASY. F,5 repayable 5s. per week, total charge, 7s. 6d tio 10s. „ „ 15s 925 25s. JJ „ 37s 6d 250 JJ 50s. „ „ 75s Other Sums at similar Rates. Apply for prospectus to — I he WESTERN FINANCE ASSOCIATION (LTD.), 17, Working Street, Cardiff. MARXET-SQTJARE CHAMBERS, CHURCH STREET, PONTYPRIDD Attendance at Pontypridd Mondays. 4.30 till 7 p.m. Wednesdays, 11 till 2. Fridays, 4.30 till 7. 3913 FIELDINGS, OLDEST-ESTABLISHED, LARGEST, AND BEST- KNOWN FINANCIERS IN WALES. £10 TO P-20,000 To Lend on Approved Note of Hand, Reversions. Life Policies. Personal or other Securities. Trade Bills Discounted. Privacy and Promptltute Assured. Dis- tance no object. Terms simply and plainly stated before completing business. Apply HAYES BUILDINGS, THE HAYES, CARDIFF. b866/ll MONEY. rFHE OLD-ESTABLISHED PROVINCIAL UNION BANK continues to lend immense sums daily, from zio to A5,000, on Note of Hand Alone, or other Security, at a few hours' notice, to all classes in any part of England and Wales, repayable by easy instalments. No good application is ever refused. All communications strictly private. Moderate Interest. Special rates for short periods. The largest, best known, and most honourably conducted Business in the Kingdom. Thousands of our regular customers have expressed their entire satisfaction in repeated transactions with us. If desired, one of our Officials will attend at your residence at once with Cash, and carry out the advance THERE AND THEN. Call, or write (in confidence), to the MANAGER, MR. STANLEY DOWDING, 1. QUEEN SQUARK. BRISTOL. yOU CAN jgORROW Direct from the Actual Lender- MR. PHILIP MORRIS, 80, TAFF-STREET, JpONTYPRLDD, Manager of the South Wales Loan and Finance Co., ANY SUM FROM 95 TO f:1,000 Upon your own Promissory Note and Re-pay to suit your circumstances. No sureties required. Lowest interest charged. Strict privacy observed in all transactions. Call or write in Confidence to- PHILIP MORRIS, at the above address. Applications from all parts receive prompt attention. £ s. d. MOST MONEY U LENT. 0 Best Prices GIVEN On any article of value, at lowest interest in the district. Note our only Address- lhl. CARDASH, Jeweller, Pawnbroker, & Clothier, 37, DUNRAYEN STREET, TONYPANDY (Opposite Library) Safes for Storage of Valuables. Special con- tracts strictly confidential. Great Redemption of Pledges weekly. All sold below cost. 5054 PUBLIC NOTICES. Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway. PASSENGER TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS CHRISTMAS, 1909. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23rd.— Market Tickets will be issued to Port Talbot (Aberavon Station), Neath and Swansea. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24th.—Excur- sion Tickets will be issued to Newcastle Emlyn, Cardigan, ABERYSTWYTH. and other stations in West Wales via Briton Ferry from Taff Vale and Rhondda and Swansea Bay Stations. MARKET TICKETS will be issued to PORT TALBOT (Aberavon Station), NEATH and SWANSEA. The Saturday Service of Trains will be run, also a SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN from PONTYPRIDD and other T.V.R. and R. & S.B. Stations to Llanelly, CARMARTHEN, and all stations beyond, with Through Coaches to ABERYST- WYTH. In connection with this Special Train a Road Motor Car will run from Lampeter to Aberayron and from Llan- dyssil to New Quay. The 11 p.m. Market Train from Swansea will be extended to Treherbert. The G.W.R. Down Train due to leave Briton Ferry at 4.54 p.m. will convey passengers for all stations between Car- marthen and Newcastle Emlyn. Toe G.W.R. Down Train due to leave Port Talbot at 10.11 p.m. will convey passengers for all stations between Swan- sea and Carmartnen except Carmarthen Junction. CHRISTMAS MORNING, DECEMBER 25th.-For the convenience of SHOP ASSISTANTS AND OTHERS a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave TREHERBERT at 12.30 a.m. (Saturday morning, after the arrival of the T'aff Vale Train due at Treherbert at 12.19 a.m.) for all Stations to Swansea. There will be no connection for Neath. This train will form a con- nection with a SPECIAL G.W.R. DOWN TRAIN which will be due to leave Briton Ferry at 2 a.m. Connecting trains off the latter will run on the under-men- tioned Branch Lines:- Llanelly to Brynamman and Llan- dovery. Carmarthen to NEWCASTLE EMLYN and ABERYSTWYTH. Whitland to Cardigan. Whitland to Pembroke Dock. Clynderwen to Fishguard and Goodwick (via Rosebush). Johnston to Milftird Haven. There will also be Motor Car connec- tions from Llandyssil to New Quay, Lam- peter to Aberayron, and from Carmarthen to Llanstephan. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25th (XMAS DAY).—The usual Sunday Service of Trains will run. MONDAY, DECEMBER 27th (BOXING DAY).—The usual Saturday Service of Trains (with certain exceptions) will run, and the 11 p.m. train from Swansea will be extended to Treherbert. EXCURSION TICKETS will be issued to PORT TALBOT (Aberavon Station), NEATH and SWANSEA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28th.-In addition to the Ordinary Service, Special Passenger Trains will leave Swansea at 7.25 p.m. and 10.55 p.m. for Treherbert, calling at intermediate stations with the exception of Danygraig, and a Special Passenger Train will also leave Treher- bert at 9.10 p.m. for Swansea, calling at intermediate stations with the exception of Aberavon Seaside and Danygraig. EXCURSION TICKETS will be issued to Port Talbot (Aberavon Station) and SWANSEA. For particulars of Times, Conditions, and further information, see Bills, which may be obtained at the Booking Offices. JOHN DAVID, General Manager. Swansea, December 18th, 1909. 5206 Rhondda Urban District. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a Special Meeting of the Rhondda Urban District Council called in pur- suance of the Borough Funds Acts, 1872 and 1903, and held in the Council Cham- ber at Pentre on Friday, the 10th day of December, 1909, at 2.15 o'clock in the afternoon, the following resolutions were passed by an absolute majority of the whole number of the. said Council (namely): — 1. That the Council do make applica- tion in the next Session of Parliament for an Act for effecting all or some of the following objects and purposes (namely): (1) To authorise the Council to con- struct additional Tramways in the District. (2) To empower the Council to work or lease such Tramways. (3) To authorise the Council to lease such Tramways to the Rhondda Tramways Company, Limited, and to purchase the same at the ex- piration of the lease on such terms as may be agreed upon or pre- scribed by the Bill. (4) To empower the Council to make street widenings, new roads, and other improvements. (5) To confer further powers upon the Council in connection with their gas undertaking, including the payment of a minimum charge by persons having a separate supply. (6) To confer further powers upon the Council with regard to streets and buildings, including the prevention of soil, &c., from being washed into streets, the lopping of trees over- hanging streets, provision of means of escape from buildings in case of fire, regulations as to dustbins, the imposing of penalties on owners of houses without water supply, and other matters. (7) To make further provision with regard to sanitary matters, includ- ing the imposition of penalties for the improper construction of water closets or drains and for throwing rubbish into streams, regulating the manufacture and sale of ice-cream, the provision of urinals for work- men, the removal of infectious persons to hospital, and other mat- ters. (8) To enable the Council to subscribe money to hospitals and other objects. (9) To confer special powers upon the Council to deal with the choking up and flooding of rivers and streams, and to improve the Rhondda Fawr and the Rhondda Fach Rivers, and to prohibit or regulate the deposit of material and the erection of buildings, &c., in and over those rivers. (10) To make special provision in regard to the consolidation with the Poor Rate of any rates, rents and charges leviable by the Council, and for the collection and recovery thereof. (11) To enact that the parish of Ystradyfodwg shall be known as the parish of Rhondda. (12) To empower the Council to borrow money for any of the purposes of the Bill. (13) To confer on the Council all such powers, rights and privileges in reference to the aforesaid matters as may be considered expedient. 2. That the costs. eWgpai n-icvcl of or in relation to the said application be charged on the District Fund and General District Rate or other Public Funds or Rates under the control of the Council. Dated this 13th day of December, 1909. W. P. NICHOLAS, 5178 Clerk to the Council. Porth Cottage Hospital. TENDER. TENDERS are invited for the supply of JL Bread, Meat, Provisions, &c., for the ± orth Cottage Hospital, for Six months from 1st January next. Forms may be had on application to the Matron. Sealed Tenders must reach me not later than twelve o'clock noon, 29th inst. THOS. H. DAVIES, Hon. Sec., 5210 Pantglas, Porth, WINNING Numbers of Prize Drawing to John Mathews, Penygraig :—154, 517, 1189, 2173, 1657, 1369, 1088, 1083, 1946, 2005, 2057, 1993, 193, 204, 941, 972, 1039, 207, 34, 1177, 1262, 949, 1864, 863, 2293, 505, 328, 2017, 538, 12, 1815, 1009, 902, 1971, 1238, 2197, 595. Secretary-Jehrr Morris, 63, Hughes Street, Penygraig. It will pay you to buy from J. H. DYER, LATE MANAGER FOR THE SCHOLASTIC TRADING COMPANY (CARDIFF). XMAS PRESENTS; Fountain Pens from 10/6 to 30/- Writing Desks from 5/6 to 15/- Writing Cases from 1/6 to 21/- Gents' Pocket Books and Letter Cases, Purses and Writing Albums. Children's Annuals, Picture & Story Books. Playing Cards, 9d., 1/ 1/6, 2/- Packet. Diaries and Almanacs for 1910. XMAS CARDS—Immense Variety. Discount 3d. in the 1/- off Books not Nett. JPark Ilail Buildings, 95, Queen St., CARDIFF. Orders by post receive personal attention, 6160 Fine Musical Attraction at TON-YSTRAD. Boxing Day, December 27, The World renowned Organist Mr. E. H. Lemare In TWO Organ. Recitals, At Jerusalem Chapel (C.M.) FIRST VISIT of this Eminent Musi- cian to the Rhondda. Splendid Vocal items will be contributed by Miss CARRIE JONES, R.AM., and Mr. WILLIE RICHARDS. Doors open at 2-15 and 6-45 p.m., to com- mence at 3 and 7-30 p.m. Admission- Reserved Seats (Unnum- bered) 2/6; Front Seats, 1/6 Sec- ond Seats, 1 5200 MOSES nvmoiwns- Aecountantant, Certified Bailiff and Insurance Agent Of MaesyrhaL TYLORSTOWN, ALSO ATTENDS AT The Glamorgan Restaurant, Penygraig Is prepared to Collect Rents at a low Commission. Distance no object. Tel. No. 14 National, Ftrndale, 57G5 "Troch Gwla d nag Argiwydd." EXCELSIOR BUILDINGS, DE WINTON STREET, TONYPANDY Telephone No. 77 P.O. Tonypandy.

Editorial Notes. The Christmas season is once again upon us. It is the period of peace and good- will among men. It is the period when the implements of warfare should be laid down and all to foregather round the festive board, exchanging toasts of good- will and good feeling. But it is not easy to enter that sweet spirit when we are in the throes of a great social and historic agitation. Christmas comes and Christmas goes, but there must be in the record of each passing period a progress which brings us nearer to that good time when man with man can claim from the State an equality of treatment and opportunity to pursue the tenour of everyday duty and responsibility. Despite the tact that we I are in the midst of a festive season, it will be difficult to suppress and restrain the recent events which have roused the battle spirit of the people to determinedly re-adjust their traditionary relations with the hoary-headed institution called the House of Lords. The Budget, which is the all-absorbing subject of the day, and its ignominious overthrow by the House of Lords, must intrude itself into every festive gathering of the people this Christmas. But when the day is past, then all the stirring principles which underlie it will leap like flames and inaugurate one of the greatest social con- flagrations which the country has ever witnessed. The position of the House of Lords will be the central arena principle in the strife. Attempts have been and are now being made to obscure this domi- nant issue, but it is clear as daylight that if the Budget of Mr. Lloyd George had not been contested by the House of Lords, the flag of battle would not be now streaming above us. The year that is coming is pregnant with great events for the weal or woe of the people of this country., A great constitutional issue has to be decided-Shall the people or shall not the people rule, and decide their destiny as they will it? If the people will realise the momentous issues that lie entombed in the present conflict., they will arise in their mighty power and bring about such a resurrection that will produce a beacon of hope and a command of realities of life which will mark an historic period never to be erased. The Peers havej in their treatment of the Budget, deliberately challenged the People to a struggle which ought to have but one end. By their continued and ever- growing use of the veto, which the people have so long invested them with, and which the Crown has not exercised for over a century, and this their latest action, makes it absolutely necessary in the interests of self-government and free- dom that the People should rid them- selves of the absurd and vexatious anomaly of an irresponsible hereditary Chamber with a veto on popular legis- lation, the majority of whose members are for the most part as ignorant of and unsympathetic with the needs and aspira- tions of the masses of their fellow- countrymen as they are unfitted by train- ing and social environment to discharge any legislative functions whatever. We have to congratulate our young friend, Mr. Edgar Jones, upon his signal success as the chosen Liberal candidate for the. Merthyr Boroughs in the coming electoral fight. He holds the unique posi- tion of being the first genuine Rhondda resident to win this coveted honour. We feel confident that in the selection of Mr. Edgar Jones the matured political ex- perience in Merthyr and Aberdare have made no mistake. We lay no claims to prophetic pretensions, but we venture to promise that his success at the polls will be certain, and further, with the develop- ment of the contest, that his candidature will evoke an enthusiasm in support which wff/l only witnessed in the Boroughs in the days when Henry Richard in the 'sixties carried the electorate with him. Our Rhondda candidate has in him all the elements which make for a reat and popular favouritism. His youth, his scholarship, and his clean and nobly aspired intentions are just the qualities which the people love and long for. He comes right from the people, and has struggled and worked with the single pur- pose to devote his energies and talents to the cause of the peonle. He has held to his principles through the struggle of life, and though young, he is swayed by a ripeness and calmness of reflecting thoughts singularly rare in one of his years. The chosen nosition which he holds to-day is not the precipitate urging of premature ambition; in fact, not a single candidature that we know in recent years was less solicited. There has been no wirepulling and other methods of self-seeking which are so apparent in our political ambitions. He left himself to be elected, and he was chosen because it became a conviction with the solid people of the district that he was a young man who had within him all the attributes of political potentiality which will make a social power in the future. For one so young ripening to such acceptable maturity, and that straight-away from the peonle, he makes a parallel with the late Tom Ellis, and our great living power, Lloyd George. In his political disinterestedness,, too, he is, further, of a very similar type. He has no profession but that of a teacher, and as a teacher, not of youths, but of the people., he will remain. We are oftentimes suspicious of I Parliamentary aspirants, particularly if they are lawyers, that they are seeking the honour with an eye to the many entrances to high judicial offices that ) bestrew the path of the successful worker. We believe that Mr. Edgar Jones' devo- tion to politics in the nast was a sincere dedication of service to the people and for the people and, therefore, by the

^T^YOtTB^BTBS I WAGE EARNERS. » Anything short of perfect vision diminishes the earning powers. In these I days of ru«h and worry, good eyesight is an absolute necessity. It will 1 probably be money in your pocket to have them attended to now. 0- W. P. CARYL, F.S.NJ.C F.I O, 16, High Street, Arcade, CARDIFF. (Between High Street and St. John's Square.) J L.YMPIA, PENTRE ROLLER SKATING RINK. The Rinking Rendezvous of the Rhondda. A MAGNIFICENT SUCCESS £ £ fSiSi ^12* 3L £ 2^ Hft 1H 4081# HL JBL 10-30, 2-30, and 7. Admission—Mornings Free to All Free Admission Afternoons to Ladies. Popular Prices Admission 6d Hire of Ball-bearing Skates, 6d.; Use of Floor, 6d. No charge for Floor, if own Skates used. Before Buying SKATES, Try Ours. Samples of Special Models on view at Rink. OLYMPIA LADIES' BAND Afternoons and Evenings. Refreshments at Popular Prices. Special Annexe for Learners now being constructed. New Year's Eve (Friday, December 31st, 1909)— G d-% ff I Grand Fancy Dress Carnival Seven Valuable Fvizes (3 Ladies and 3 Gentlemen), For Best Historical-Comical and Advertising Costumes and to Final Couple in the NOVEL <( DIAMOND CARNIVAL." Augmented Band. All Skaters at Carnival must wear Fancy or Evening Dress. Costumes on Hire at Rink. Carnival Prices: Admission 1/ Skating, 1/6; Double Inclusive Ticket (Lady and Gentleman). 4/- Doors open at 7.30 o'clock. Reserved Seats to view Carnival, 6d. extra. Plan at Rink. Tickets may be had of Mr. S. Timothy, Photographer, Pentre and at Rink. Skate the Old Year Out and the New Year In. 5205

Cymmer Workmen's Club, Porth A most enjoyable evening was spent by the members of the above club on Sunday last, when Mr. Stuart Lane, the popular lecturer and musical conductor, visited the club with his orchestra. Choosing for his subject most appropriately Club Life and Management," the lecturer drew startling pictures of the methods adopted by the anarchist, nihilist and Socialist clubs of the Continent, many of which he had visited, and compared them with the privileges and freedom enjoyed by the working men's clubs of Great Britain. He urged upon the committee the need for the utmost care in the exercise of their duties, and upon the members the neces- sity of good conduct, strict observance of rules, &c. The lecture was followed by a sacred concert, when a short but exacting programme, including such note- worthy masterpieces as the overture. "William Tell," and Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody were magnificently rendered by the orchestra, under Mr. Lane's direc- tion. Mr. Roland James contributed two sacred solos, Thou art passing hence (Sullivan) and O Divine Redeemer" (Gounod). At the conclusion, votes of thanks were accorded the chairman, Mr. J. P. Davies (chairman of the South Wales Branch of the Club Union), and Mr. Stuart Lane.

Trealaw. An instrumental entertainment was given at the Brithweunydd Road Wes- leyan Mission, Trealaw, on Wednesday evening by the Llwynypia Wesleyan Chapel Band (conductor, Mr. J. H. Tudball, A.Mus.L.C.M.). Among the items were three marches b- the band, two of which were composed by the con- ductor. A pianoforte solo by Miss Emmie Meredith was followed by. Mr. F. W. Tudball, who gave a fine display on the tenor horn. Miss Lizzie Tudball gave some excellent vocal renderings, violin solos were given by Messrs. J. V. Tudball and Sam Tudball, whilst solos were iven on the clarionet and mandoline by Mr. J. H. Tudball. The programme ended with a selection by the band from II Trovatore."

people he will march along. We hope that every Rhondda resident that has a per- suasive influence in Aberdare and Mer- thyr—and they are many in the district —will give a helping hand to our young friend in this campaign. Hwre for Mabon will be the ringing cheer that will be heard loudest in these Valleys in the coming weeks, and well- deserved they will be. Mabon is the grand veteran of the South Wales coalfield, the man more than any other who has averted many a disastrouer crisis, without, too, im- peding that measure of industrial pro- gress which, step by step, were accepted reasonable and right at the time of nego- tiation. He is a born diplomatist. For 24 years without interruption also he has represented the people of the Rhonddas in the British House of Commons, and shall continue to do so as long as he wishes it. That is a true and correct estimate of Rhondda gratitude to its long- serviced veteran. Folks there are who have differed with him on details, but none are there who dared to pursue such opposition which would displace him from his honourable representation. It is, therefore, to our mind, brutally unkind, the more because hopelessly foolhardy, to give opposition to an old collier with such sl record. o £ consisfcGTiXJ service "fco his account. The Tory Party chiefs are again sending another to "play" at Parlia- mentary aspiration. Seriously, it is playing," for no man outside an un- named institution in which sanity of mind is not a speciality believes that Mabon can be dislodged. The Rhondda people are not disturbed with the ultimate result of this contest, but views it as if a lightweight champion entered the ring against a champion of the heavyweight type. The National Sporting Club" would not sanction such a ridiculous con- test in the area of the ring. Do the Tory Party chiefs think that they are en- hancing their reputation for sound judg- ment by forcing such an unequal fight as Lloyd v. Mabon in the Rhondda? If the Tariff Reformers think that they. are going to cajole the Rhondda people with their bluffing tactics they are much mis- taken. A challenge by Freddy Welsh to the heavyweight Johnson would be indeed ridiculous, but not half such a madcap adventure as that of Harold Lloyd-the Cardiff lawyer and political traveller- against such a tried and trusted leader of the people as our Mabon. To assail the conqueror of many fights for the democracy of the country is not a joke. Mr. Harold Lloyd surely cannot be spend- ing his own money in this reckless fashion. If so, he cannot be a very safe custodian of the people's interests. Generally, a reasonable guarantee of personal thrift is expected in a member of Parliament. Without it there is very little hope for finance when such get power over the public purse. Such men are the sort who shout, We want eight and cannot wait." It is but right to let such prodigality know that such wholesale throwing away of money is very disquieting. It would be much better for Mr. Lloyd to seek some seat where a reasonable chance of success is possible. He has our sincerest sym- pathy if he has been led to understand that he has the barest chance of success in this fight. Cardiff is not so far from the Rhondda, and he should know some- thing of the ground before coming here to throw good money away recklessly upon the most convicted of all forlorn hopes. Child Training for the Nation. An interesting little album, entitled For God and Country," is being issued by Dr. Barnardo's Homes, giving in a very attractive form agood general im- pression of the ramifications of this great work. Photographs are shown of some of the Ever-Open Doors throughout the country for the reception of de,tute children at any time of the day or night, and the pictures include the proposed Boys' Garden City, with a general out- line of the scheme. 12,376 apnlications have, we learn, been made to the Homes during the past 12 months, and 2,558 children, many of them physical sufferers, have, during the same period, been admitted from the of the fatherless, the motherless and the destitute. 69,550 children in all have been rescued by these Homes in the past 48 years, and 8,595 are now under their care. 238 further awlications come to them every week from all over the King- dom. These Homes have been described as the best kind of Christian Imperialism. They effect a work for the State in many respects more successful than that carried on by the Poor Law. In dealing with the whole problem of child-rescue YA-id train- ing, they use their best efforts to eradi- cate any taint of pauperism and to bring up every boy and girl in the high prin- ciples of religion and with that independ- ence, yet ordered discipline, which the best home-life secures. The boys are taught trades and the girls domestic pur- suits, to fit thvua for the battle of life and to prevent them from swelling the ranks of the unskilled unemployed. 21,638 hape been emigrated to Canada, and 98 per cent. are successful, proving that the methods adopted are on a right basis. The Homes are in urgent need of sup- port to carry on the winter's work in all its efficiency. The honorary director is Mr. William Baker. M.A., LL!B., 18 to 26, Stepney Causeway, London, E., and it will relieve his burdens and the bur- dens of the Council if readers who sym- pathise with this work would remember it when making out their Christmas cheques and postal orders.