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GUNNERSBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, HIGH ROAD, CHISWICK. 157 Grand EISTEDDFOD will be held at the above Church ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, MARCH 17 and 18, 1909. "J""J'J-J' ,f,j'-f-r'F'J- Guinea Prizes for Solos ehampion Solo (any voice) 2 Guineas Orchestral Contest, 5 Guineas ehief ehoral Competition, 10 Guineas c-.r"r-r-v,.I' Programmes and full particulars may be obtained from- A Montgomery, 9, Dorset Road, South Ealing, W. or from T. Bywel Hughes, 39, Thorney flecge Road Gunnersbury. TZHZIE I CENTRAL JE-a JL Jc3L INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Guaranteed by the Liverpool and London & Globe Insurance Co. Assets exceed £ 11,000,000. Fire, Burglary, Workmen's Compensation, Accidents, Third Party Indemnity, Plate Glass, &c., &e. Write for Prospectus: He-ad Office-1, CORNH-ILL, LONDON, E.G. HUGH LEWIS, Manager and Secretary. D. COOKSEY & SON, Inexpensive and Modern Funerals. (Price List on application.) 266, UPPER STREET, ISLINGTON, and 52. AMWELL STREET, PENTONVILLE. Carriage Department 97, CHAPEL STREET Telephone Nos. 30 and 601, NORTH
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Notes and News. OUR congratulations to Mr. Goscombe John, who was elected R.A. last week. Mr. John is chairman of the Arts Committee of the London Eisteddfod. THE WELSH National Dinner will be held at the Hotel Cecil on March 1st, as usual. Several eminent Welshmen are expected to be present. IT is expected that the Eisteddfod concert, which will be held on the 11th March, will be a popular event in Welsh circles. Cer- tainly the choir is making remarkable pro- gress with the several Eisteddfod works. THE Welsh Pageant Fund of Cardiff is growing. It now amounts to over £ 3,000. It is all very well for some people to sneer at Cardiff's "nationalism," but it is a fact, nevertheless, that it is doing more solid work for Welsh nationalism than any other place in the Principality. It is easy to criticise and attribute ulterior motives to the promoters, but why did the critics not do something better themselves ? SHOULD corporal punishment be inflicted ? Newport Trades Council, the other night, discussed the question of allowing fully- qualified assistant teachers to inflict cor- poral punishment in the day schools. A motion that the assistant teachers be given power to inflict corporal punishment, the period of permission being limited to 12 months as an experiment, was lost by 32 votes to 16 We congratulate the Newport Trades Council upon their sense of humanity. THE death of Mr. John A. Hopkins, of the Western Mail, removes from our midst one of the best-known and respected journalists in South Wales He was a bright and capable journalist, and had acted as chief reporter for the Western Mail for many years. MR. D. LLOYD GEORGE, from the Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, contributes an inter- esting "word of congratulation" to Seren Gomer. Says the Right Hon. Gentleman: Wales probably has never known a time when it was more important for our young men and young women to get the best of our leaders in literature and religion to guide and assist them to face the battles of life in all directions." THE Glamorgan County Times prints some interesting details in reference to the visit of the Royal Male Choir (Mr. William Thomas, conductor) to Australia. In the inland towns and agricultural districts of Victoria the choir received a splendid re- ception, many of the patriotic Welsh farmers coming distances of over a 100 miles to attend the concerts. Many of the settlers were most demonstrative when they heard the choir sing Welsh airs. So great has been the success of the choir that although under the original agreement they were to have left the Australian shores on the 20th inst., they were induced to visit various additional towns and cities. At Laun- ceston, Tasmania, the choir visited one of the State schools, and the school band played "Men of Harlech" in their honour. The children appealed to the choir for The Men of Harlech." in Welsh, and the choir obliged with a fine rendering of the same. MANY readers of the CELT will, doubtless, remember seeing Sergeant Miller, the Gorsedd sword bearer, at the ceremony of proclaiming the Welsh National Eisteddfod in London last year. Sergeant Miller, who is now the principal caretaker at the Welsh museum, has had a most interesting career. He fought in the Afghanistan War as well as in the Abyssinian War. He wears the following medals :—Abyssinia, North-West Frontier, with Towaki clasp Afghan, with clasp (Ahmeed Khel) and good conduct medal. SERGEANT MILLER has been in charge of the regalia of the Welsh Gorsedd, which are housed at the Cardiff Museum, for the last 16 years. He bears the appropriate title of Gwisgiedydd." THE crew of the Welsh steamer "Afon- wen," which rendered such excellent work at Messina, had a splendid reception at Cardiff on their arrival at that port the other day. They were invited to the second performance at the Cardiff Empire, occupying a special box, and on their arrival the orchestra played "See the conquering hero comes," and the packed audience raised hearty cheers. The Afonwen" always flies the Welsh Dragon, bearing the Cymric motto, "Y Ddraig goch a ddyry gychwyn," at her mast. THE Welsh Church. Commission will meet in a few days to consider the draft report issued by the chairman.