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Y GENHADAETH DDWYREINIOL, BRIDGE STREET, BURDETT ROAD, E. Cyfarfodydd Blynyddol MEH. 13eg a'r 14eg, 1909. PREGETHWR- Parch. T. Twynog Davies, Caerdydd. Trefn y Gwasanaethau- SUL, MEH. 13eg, 11.0 a.m.-Boreol Weddi a Phregeth. 3.30 p m.-Y Litani a Phregeth. 6.30 p.m.—Prydnawnol Weddi a Phregeth. NOS LUN, MEH. 14eg, 8.0 p.m.—Prydnawnol Weddi a Phregeth. Darperir T6 prydnawnol Sul, am bris rhesymol H. WATKINS, Caplan. E. DAVIES, J Wardeniaid. D. LLOYD, )
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Notes and News. THE Bardic Gorsedd will be erected at Hyde Park next week in readiness for the Eisteddfod. APPLICATIONS for season tickets should be made at once in order to secure the most favourable seats. PENCERDD GWALIA is our greatest harpist, and it would be a worthy tribute to him to secure his services at one of the Gorsedd meetings. IT has been arranged that all Welsh bards, &c., who are coming to London during the Eisteddfod week, are to be made honorary members of the Welsh Club. It will be a poetic institution during that week AT the Colwyn Bay Eisteddfod next year there will be a competition for Welsh short- hand writers. Why not arrange a com- petition for a ten minutes' Welsh speech at the same place ? POSSIBLY the latter would not "take on," as very few of our public men could go in for it. If any of our young ministers were to compete, more than half the words used by them-judging by their usual pulpit examples-would be English OUR Welsh M.P.'s, however, might come to the rescue. We know they cannot speak English, at least they never do so in the Commons. It would be a relief for them to have an opportunity to unbosom themselves on such a grand occasion, and to prove- before the advent of Mr. Mond—that they are not all foreigners. THE Navy scare. Mr. Asquith sticks to his Guns." Such were the headlines of a Liberal daily last week. A Tory contempo- rary asks How can he stick to his guns when none are ordered No one has yet explained the presence of airships in South Wales, but everybody are agreed that they must have come from Germany. Possibly Mr. Mond-who has been described in Parliament as a German- can account for a few of them. THE subject of the prize englyn at Brecon Eisteddfod the other day was the airship (yr awyrlong). The subject was an interesting one, too, judging from the large number of competitors. NEWPORT pays Cardiganshire the compli- ment of naming two of its prominent streets Llanarth and Emlyn Streets respectively. A CELT correspondent, who attended a Welsh chapel at Aberystwyth the other day, was surprised to hear the members of the congregation talking English as they were leaving the building. It was not always thus. Ten or fifteen years ago one always heard in the same chapel the good old Boreu da, Mrs. Jones," or Sut yr ydych chwi heddyw, Mrs. Williams." GENERAL TYLER, in the course of a speech he delivered at a meeting of the Glamorgan Chamber of Agriculture at Cardiff, stated that Irish farmers, though badly off, were able to produce the best horses in the world, and yet Glamorgan could not supply 50 horses for the Territorial Army. General Tyler forgot that there is not much agricul- ture in Glamorgan at present; it is essen- tially an industrial district. In Cardigan- shire and Carmarthenshire the Welsh farmers can produce horses as good as the Irish article. THE absurdity of allocating the role of Owen Glyndwr to Lord Tredegar at the Welsh National Pageant in Cardiff is at once apparent. By the way, the genial Viscount described Glyndwr as a great rebel to a representative of the Daily Mail." He was nothing of the kind. He was a son of the people, a real hero who fought for the free- dom of Wales. No less than thirteen teachers at the Rhymney elementary schools applied to the Education Committee for leave of absence to attend the National Eisteddfod in London, and the committee acceded to the applica- tion, and also decided to close the schools on the day in question. They are ardent Eisteddfodwyr in Rhymney. By the way, Rhymney is one of the few towns in South Wales where the people cling tenaciously to Welsh, and speak it in daily conversation. There is more Welsh spoken in Rhymney than in any other place in Monmouthshire or Glamorganshire. THE Welsh department of the Cardiff Free Library has been enriched by 15 medals won by the late Eidill If or, at the famous Cymreigyddion y Fenni gatherings. The medals were presented by Mrs. Gwyn, of Bryn Ifor, Blaenavon, who is a daughter of the late Eidill Ifor. THE role of the wife of Owen Glyndwr, at the Welsh National Pageant, to be held in Cardiff, will be portrayed by Lady Llan- gattock. The part of Owen himself will be taken by that ever popular nobleman, Vis- count Tredegar. Mr. D. A. THOMAS, M.P., has greatly improved in health by his stay abroad. He is, however, still far from being well, and it will be some time before the honourable member will be able to resume all his duties. He is staying, at present, at his home, Llan- wern Park, Monmouthshire-a picturesque spot BEAUTIFUL weather prevailed in South Wales during the Whitsuntide holidays, and enormous crowds flocked to the various holiday resorts. A remarkable feature of the crowds was their excellent conduct. Of course, there was some rowdiness, but, generally speaking, there is a great improve- ment in the general conduct of British holiday makers. IN Wales the Eisteddfod continues to retain its hold upon the people. There was a particularly good one at Caerphilly, the entries being excellent, and the attendance a record one. In no other country in the world would it be possible to get so large and enthusiastic a crowd of people to assemble in the ruins of an old castle, on a warm day in summer, and listen for hours to singing by competing choirs and vocalists.