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Notes and News. Is there a Welsh Party ?—If so, Where is that Party now ? PEMBROKESHIRE was a surprise to the official Liberals. At the Party headquarters they were prepared for a defeat. MR. ROCH, the new member, is Dot a Welsh-speaking Welshman; yet he is an ardent Welsh Nationalist, and a believer in the preservation of the Cymraeg. ACCORDING to Mr. Keir Hardie the working men of Wales do not care two straws for Disestablishment. That shows the ignorance of Mr. Hardie as regards Welsh life. DURING the past thirty years it is the working men of Wales who have demanded Disestablishment; but the workmen of Wales are not to be judged from the few beery and irreligious followers of Mr. Keir Hardie at Merthyr. WELSH Nationalists will have to give serious considerations to Merthyr Boroughs at the next General Election. In years gone by this was the premier borough of the new awakening now it lags far behind the other twenty-eight constituencies. THE London National Eisteddfod will be held on June 15, 16, 17 and 18, 1909. The morning meetings will be held at the Albert Hall, and the evening concerts at the Queen's Hall. FOUR morning sessions will be held at the Albert Hall, and it is hoped that competitors from far and near will be present at the many competitions that will be held. The chief choral day will be fixed for either Tuesday or Wednesday in the Eisteddfod week. THREE great concerts will be arranged for In the Queen's Hall, probably on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights. At one of the c concerts, Sir Edward Elgar's Caractacus will be performed, while at the other two, works by Welsh composers, and Welsh national songs, will be rendered. IT is understood that the committee of the Eisteddfod is endeavouring to secure an original work to be performed on the occasion. If any of our new or prominent Welsh composers have any work on hand, this will be a fitting opportunity to have it produced under the most favoured conditions. Now that the summer vacation has com- menced, the working details of the Eisteddfod will be carried on by the principal officials. The programme will be issued during the coming week, and all details as to choral arrangements can be had from the two secretaries, Messrs. W. E. Davies and D. R. Hughes, 64, Chancery Lane, W.C. CYNONFARDD." II ONE of the most popular preachers among the Welsh population of America is the Rev. T. 0. Edwards, D.D., "Cynonfardd." As an Eisteddfod conductor or a platform orator he has a world-wide reputation, and he is expected to be one of the conductors at the Cardiff Eistedfodd on August Bank Holiday. NINE mining heroes had the honour of being decorated by the King on Tuesday last. Among the nine to receive the King Edward VII. medal was a Welshman named Morgan Ho wells, who pluckily rescued a lad overcome by firedamp in the Seven Sisters colliery accident in November last. MORGAN HOWELLS is not a fluent speaker in English, so Sir S. T. Evans, the Solicitor- General, acted as interpreter, and highly complimented the Welsh miner hero for his brave action. Sir Samuel, it may be added, is very busy these days with the prosecution of the Mile End guardians. IN the famous Mile End case, another Welshman takes a prominent part. One of the principal officers in the case, on behalf of Scotland Yard, is Detective-Sergeant D. Williams, who has been working for several weeks securing the necessary evidence to place the case before the jury. Mr. Wil- liams has had a very successful career in Scotland Yard, having been engaged in some of the most important Crown cases during the past few years. MR. J. D. REES, M.P., has of late been asking some very pertinent and sensible questions in relation to Wales in the House of Commons. The question in relation to Welsh manufactured cloth for Welsh troops, for instance, is a very important one, par- ticularly in Montgomeryshire, where there is a feeling that the well-equipped mills in that county could very well turn out the cloth for troops in Wales. GREAT interest is already being taken in the visit of the Australian Footballers to this country next autumn. They will play their first match on September 26th in Devonshire. Their Welsh fixtures include Glamorgan County, October 7th; Penygraig, October 10th; Neath and Aberavon, October 15th Llanelly, October 17th; Monmouth County, October 19th; Wales, December 12th Newport, December 19th; Abertillery, December 21st; Swansea, December 26th; and Cardiff, December 28th. Will they repeat the sensational performances of the famous New Zealand "All Blacks ? THE Gorsedd Circle at Cardiff is still standing. When the National Eisteddfod was held at the Welsh metropolis some years ago it was decided to let the Gorsedd Maen Llog, and circle remain, and as they are now railed in, a luxurious crop of ivy has grown around the stones which greatly enhances the general effect. No other town where the National Eisteddfod has been held has pre- served its Gorsedd circle, so that Cardiff is quite unique in this respect. The present Archdruid is also a resident at Cardiff