South Wales Daily News

I CORRESPONDENCE. W.B. (Mountain Asli).—No, there is no lodger fran- chise for county council ele ctions. E.II.E.—Estimated at 125,000. DIDHms-Being in the nature of personalty the pro- perty is equally divisible between the brothers and sisters living if one of the sisters is deseased, then her share is apportioned anions her children. E. HErs.-The "iield" Office is at 346, Strand, London. LETTERS RECEIVED AND HELD OvFR.-iNlaboit An Overworked Signalman Harold Wood.

MOULDERS' WAGES. TO THE EDITOR. Slit,—I should deem it a favour if you will iusert the following for the benefit of the moulders, as it is quite time their eyas were opened AS to the proposed meetings of all ironfounders in our district. They intend to amalgamate, and raise and keep up the price of casting iron and steel. It is weil known castings have already risen about 14-S bJ per ton, while the poor moulder lias to work for the same as be has had for the last four or five years, which is from 20S to 21 at Blackwood, while at Abercaru and lliaca they get 30s. Now, I should like to know it this is justice to mnuleork. There are labourers ac a small colliery close to Blackwood Foundry getting 25; PER week, who, I think, are better paid than tradesmen here. Hoping they will soon wake up, and look for better pay, as all other branches have, I aio, &c., BLACKWOOD WORKMAN. Blackwood, Mon.

INDIGNATION MEETING AT NEATH. TO THK EDITOR. SIR,-In your issue of the 14,H instant my attention was directed to a letter sigued George Hopes." The ground the Gwyn-hall stands upon was presented to the burgesses by tbe hte Mr Howel Gwyn. The hall was built at the expense of tbe town the organ was pre- seuted by Mrs Gwyn free of charge to the rate- payers, through the ex-mayor, on the 7th iust., on which day it became the property of the rate- payers. The ex-mayor takea the liberty of letting the organ weeks before it became the property of the town, aud which I contend ho had no right to do, and has not this gentleman's con- duct in connection with the Gwyn-ball been copdenftied in the strongest terms by the corpora- tion ? The only balls held have been the Masonic and Tennis. Mr Hopes could have attended had HE purchased or been presented with a ticket.—I OID, &c., Nov. 15, 1889. EDMUND LAW.

QUALIFIED COLLIERY OFFICIALS. TO THE EDITOR, SIR,—Now that the question of the best quali- fied colliery officials has cropped up in the public press, it may not be uninteresting to offur a few remarks on this delicate point. I bad not inten- ded to do this till I saw in print the remarks made by our senior M.P. and also thoso of Mr Wight at Cwmaman. Since then I have been discussing this question with a g-reat number of my fellow- workmen, and it seems that we are almost unani- mous in our opinion on this point, which is saying agooddeal. The roal question aeeins to be :— Who tro the beat qualified persons to carry on successfully the engineering of collieries in South Wales ? Is it the persons that have been educa- ted and brought up in connection with the peculiar nature and circumstances of the South Wales coalfield, or are those the best qualified who have been educated and brought up in and about some other coalfield, perhaps quite as different in their nature from this coalfield as two coalfields can be? Moreover, who should1 have_ tho manage- ment of property and men in this district-tlio persons that are well acquainted with this kind of property and have been brought up amongst the men, or those that are entire strangers to the nature of the strata and to the habits, tempera- ment, and requirements of the workmen ot the district ? Thesa questions are worthy of most careful consideration by all colliery proprietors and by working men. We are all quite satisfied in our own minds that many colliery proprietors in South Wales have had to suffer to the extent of some thousands of pounds per annum through employing inexperienced mill to take entire chaige of their collieries. It has cost some of these proprietors some thousands of pounds per annum to educate these men in mining in this par- ticular district. Employing unqualified officials has been almost suicidal tosome colliery proprietors. They seem to overlook the fact that some special engineering is required in this district. We all know of places where foreigners to this district were appointed engineers and managers, and the first thing that these gentlemen did was to make an attempt to apply their Yorkshire or North of England ideas to our collieries, turning everything topsy-turvy, as it were, to suit their own notioni. What has bep-n the invariable result? What could be the result ? Of course, these gentlemen found out that their foreign notions would not do in this district, and they had to abandon their foreign IDNNS, and leave their subordinates and experienced officials to return to the old ones. This has been done in many caaea, to the cost of many thousands of pounds. The worst feature of the case used to be that many of them came to this district with tho idea that nobody about here knew anything about mining-that this knowledge was confined only to themselvef. But those that were possessed of better discretion and a greater amount of common sense left the practical part of the management in practical bands. Hetico these have done better than their friends who insisted on having every- thing done m their own way. We could point out at this moment large collieries iu this and other distriet-i that are engineered by persons holding the remnants of the foreign mimog ideà, and those collieries hri not successful, mainly, we maintain, because they are carried on accord- ing to those unsuitable and inappltcable ideas. I remember well-.tlthougli many years ago—when driving in one of our large coliieriee, one of the officials telling an engineer of the above-mentioned class that the puckings prevented him carry- ing out certain instructions that he had received, and the answer war, Why don't you stop the puckingfc V and on another occasiou, "Why don't you stop the squeeze' Such answers tell their own tale. Some- one may ask, What has all this to do with me and my fellow workmen? But everyone that I has given this question a moment's consideration will understand at once that it has everything to do with llJ, because, if coliiery proprietors fail to obtain a satisfactory dividend on their capital- whether it be on account of the incompetency or the inexperience of their engineers or not-tiwy will naturally try to tqureza some of it out of the fair share that really belongs to the working men. It will be seen from thioi that lucompetent and inexperienced engineers are not only a loss to the proprietors, but to the working men as well. Therefore, the workmen ought to have their say in the matter, and be allowed to com- plain when they suiter on account of this. Of course, we are not so unreason- able as to ask to be consulted in their selection, but simply to express an opinion as to their influence on the share we receive from tho produce of our labour. As a rule those young and inexperienced engineers have only one idea as to how to make a dividend for their masters, aud that is by cutting dowu the wages of the workmen—in fact, of everybody but themselves. They manage very well somehow or other to take caro of Number One. Some may think that we are anxious to introduce nationality into the question of colliery officials, but God forbid that we should ever attempt to do this, becauee we consider that nationality has nothing whatever to do with the question. Some of the most successful and best managers in South Wales are Englishmen and Scotchmen but they were educated and brought up in the district, and therefore are thoroughly acquainted with the peculiar circumstances of the coalfield and of the men they have to deal with. These men are respected among us'quito AS well as Welshmen. They DID not arrive here, as some others, brimful of prejudice end jealousy against the people of the district. They were, and still are, thoroughly at home with their duties as engineers and among their workmen. Moreover, there are hundreds of Euglish working men in this district, and they have always been treated like ourselves, and I must confess that, as A rule, they are batter men to stand up for their rights or their fair share of the produce of labour than we as Welshmen are. "A fair field and no favour" is our watchword. We very often hoar strangers fty. I can never trust a Welshman," But Taffy does not heed any absurd insinua- tions of this kind, because he has been in the habit of hearing theiu FOR many years. The opinion about him IS changing, and be can afford to wait until all prejudice AGAINST him will be no more. In conclusion, sir, may I express a hope that the coalowners of South Wale- and Mon- moutbire may see their way clear to grant to their workmen without a struggle the reasonable and just ataendments which we ask of them in the new revised scale, so that we may in tbo future, as in the past, demand the trade which the superiority of the Welsh steam coal ought to de- mand in all the markets of the world, and that A fair share of the profits should be given to him who is working so hard and is always in danger down in the coalmine.-I am, &c., Nov. 14th. ABERAMAN.

THE MINERS' MONTHLY HOLIDAY. TO THE EDITOR. Sin,-A correspondent, has called attention to the miners' monthly holiday, and AIRKS the opinion of persons interested upon its EFFECTS. As at present utilised, it is an unmixed evil to the miners, and the only parsons who reap any sub- stantial benefit are the licensed victuallers. It has not been the means of restricting the output, for the most provident of tbe miners make up their loss by extra work, and the colliery. pro- prietors take good caM to keep the pits going at full swing all through the week. As far as public meetings to discuss grievances are concerned, my experience is that the attendances at such meet- ings previous to the adoption of the holiday greatly exceeded present attendances. With reference to the Labour and Liberal Association, the ineetings are not held regularly on the first, Monday in the month, as was formerly the case. The date uf meeting is subject to the convenience of a few, and the meetings, when held, are only attended by from 15 to 20 persons.—I am, tc., Pentre, Nov. 16, YOUNG COLLIER.

TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—In your issue of the 15th, I noticed a letter written by An Inquirer" of the Rhondda Valley asking the friends of St. Mabon's Day to give their experience as to the good it has accom- plished. Now, sir, before touching the question of experience, I would like to ask "An Inquirer" onequestton, and to grant me one request. First, from whence did the miners' general holiday or the first Monday in the month obtain its name St. Mabon, and who is its author? Secondly, we politely ask An Inquirer" to be kind enough to unveil himself, so that the public may know whence the correspondence cometh.-I am, &c., SAML. MILLS. Aberbeeg, Mon.. Nov. 16th, 1889,

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REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH GLAMORGAN. TORY MEETING AT BRIDGEND. SPEECHES BY THE EARL OF DUNRAVENANDSIR MORGAN MORGAN LORD DUNRAVEN AND THE "SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS." On Saturday evening there was a very large gathering in the Town-hall, Bridgend, to bear an address from Sir Morgan Morgan, the Conser- vative candidate for South Glamorgan. A number of ladies, some prominent members of the Prim- rose League, occupied seats in the hall. The Earl of Duuraven, as preeident of the South Glamorgan Conservative Association, occupied the chair aud on the platform were the Couutess of Duaraveu, Lady Euid Quin, Sir Morgan Morgan, Dr Naunton Davies (vice-president), Mr J, C. Vya-Parmiutcr, Mr S. H. Stockwood, Mr R. C. Griffiths, &c. Lord DUSKAVEN said that before calling on Sir Morgan Morgan to address them he wished to say a few words himself. He did not knew whether many of them had had the oppor- tunity of hearing the Chancellor of the Exchequer either at Swansea or Cardiff on the previous day if so, they bad enjoyed a great privilege. If there were many present who bad attended, he (Lord Dunraveu) ought to, apologiza for inflating on them a political speech iu so short a time. The ipeeches of Mr Goscheu were of a healthy and bracing character. He had been reading that morning what the papers of both sides of politics bad to say respecting the utterances of the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, and observed that the South Waies Daily News described the meeting at C-tdiii as a most successful Liberal mooting. He was led to wonder what the South Wales Daily News expected it to be the audieuce was cOlUpoeed cuidly of Toriet, Liberal Unionists, and Gladstonians, and the principal speaker was a member of her Majesty's Government. There- fore, he did not see how it could fail to be a con- stitutional progressive meeting with such a speaker, platform, and audience. The South Wales Daily News could hardly expect to hear from such a source ut- terances of a retrograde, Radical kind. He would remind that illustrious journal that when Conservatives and Liberal Uuionists met together that those meetings were generally suc- cessful and of a Liberal character he wn-IID go further and express a hope that the South Wales Daily Netvs will take another etep in advance and say that if they wished to see this uuity a success, thoy bad to go to Conservative and Liberal Unionist meetings. (Laughter and applause.) There was another matter on which he might congratulate that paper—that was on the purity and classical character of its style, and the brilliancy of its metaphor. It stated that at the Cardiff meeting there were present a great num- ber of G1 ads ton i au Radicals, and that they bc- haved themselves extremely well; as indeed they did, added the noble lord. They wore not afraid, said the writer, of hoariug the arguments of their opponents, and, said fill, "We know that there are Churchmen who would leap back from the entrance to a Nonconformist chapel with all the agility with which a teetotaler would pull back his nose from a bunghole." (Laughter.) Well, it was only fair that this meeting should congratulate the leader-writer of the South Wales Daily Neics on the excellent character of his English, and on the brilliancy of his metaphor. (Renewed laughter.) It was, however, a doubtful compliment to comparo a Nonconformist chapel with a bunghole. Ha should be glad to know who these Churchmen were who went about the country and indulged in such acrobatic performances. It should not have escaped attention that Non- conformist chapels were not uufrequently to bo found in every town, hamlet, and village; and if it were true that Churchmen turned these somer- saults, it surely should have attracted universal attention. (Laughter and hear, hear.) They would, he felt sure, be gratified if tha writer would give the names of such Churchmen and also their addresses. The fact was that the opposition press found it difficult to pick holes in the speeches made by Mr Goschen on the previous day. The opposition party and its press were getting rather dispirited; they talked a deal of the result of the bye- elect i o ns-(a pplause) -bti t they would observe that both the leaders of the party and their journals took their pleasure very sadly. What vr.is the reason? Well, it was very simple. That although they had been exceedingly successful in the Inst few electioiiB--(applause) — the prido and satisfaction which tliay naturally feel on that head was dashed by tiio judgmont which was to como upon them before very long. Taking the nine elections on which the Radicals prided themselves they had made considerable gains—(a'pplause)—it would be fouad as a matter of fact that in those very elections the Cou- servatives had pulled considerably more votes. They had gained 73t mora votes than their opponents 1lt these nine elections. (Applause.) Of course, it was uufortunrte that the seats had been lost, but they could not be expectcd to fuI very miserable when they had polled some 700 more votes than ^tho other party. He admitted that the Opposition had made considerable gains. (Applause.) There was 110 doubt about it. and that gain was since the general election greater than that of the party at present in power. What was the reason of that Why, that they were gradually dropping Homft Rule. ("No.") The Radicals now said to the people, "Put us brick into power, aud these measures shall be passed." But the people knew better, and that if the Radicals ffot back into power they would at onco be confronted with the Home Ruie question. The Radicals had obtained large aid, aod they had to pay back they bad made large promises to Ireland, and they would have to meet the bill. He had not such a bad opinion of the Radical party—(applause)—as to suppose, eveu if they had a majority which would place them independent of the Irish vote, thot they would be so despicably mean as to iguore their promises. He did not think that eveu Sir George Trevelyan would do that. But to expect them te be returned by a majority such as would place them in a position of indapendence of the eighty-six members of the Irish party was too preposterous. He did not believe, however, that the country would return the Liberals to power, but if in a strange aberation of intellect, which did sometimes occur to the political mind-(laughter)-tbe Liberals were returned to power, they would not have such a majority as would enable them to pass a Home Rule Bill which would satisfy Mr Parnell. lIe and his party wanted nothing but entire separation from Etigland. In conclusion, he said there were three points he would like their opponents to consider, viz., that the condition of Ireland was improving day by day, crime in that country was diminishing, and that public confi- dence had boeu grsatly restored. He asked Welshmen to be conscientious enough to admit these points, and to consider the great calamities which might arise if there was any attempt to pass a measure of Home Rule. (Long and loud applause.) Sir MORGAN MORGAN then rose to move:- That this meeting expresses its unabated confidence in Lord Salisbury's Government, and acknowledges tho great benefits which havo acuuad to the country by the wise and just policy of its Ministry. He said be appeared before them a3 candidate for the seat in that division in the Conservative interest. That form of Government he felt \Vaf!} the best for the welfare of the country, and this had been shown by the beneficial measures passed r-ince the present party had been in power. Mr BUCKLKY seonded the motion, which was carr!ed amid applause. Mr S. II. STOCKWOOD proposed, aud Mr M'GAUL eeconded a vote of thanks to Lord Dunraven and Sir M. Morgau, which wair adopted.

RATE-CUTTING IN SOUTH WALliS. ffKOM THK "UAILWAY TIlditS."I The suicidal action of the Barry and Toff Vale Railways in engaging in a war of rates which seems likely to test their staying capabilities to the utmost could but in the nature of things be followed by the Rhymney Company, whose cir- cular to its shareholders announcing the plan of campaign we print elsewhere. It is with no light heart apparently that the board takes the matter in hand, for it is careful to put in the foreground the fact that a reduction of dividend will in all probability be the coneequonce. Howover disas- trous may be the effects of this policy, it cannot be said that the Rhymney had any alternative than to follow suit if it wished to retain a fair share of the local business, and no one can blame it for adopting, however unwillingly, the course which has been forced upon it by its competitors. With them really rests the responsibility for the mischief which will ensue, and it seems difficult to apportion the censure which is their due fairly between the two. In the first place, the Barry deliberately fixed a rate lower than that sanctioned in its act, and next the Talf Vale a* deliberately adopted a scale below that of the former, although aware that its new rival was bound to follow in the same direction, no matter how low tho terms might bearranged. Thus not only has a needless demoralisation of the freighters been effected through the reckless and excessive reduction of the rates beyond the re- quirements of the case, but the dividends of the respective companies proportionately jeopardised. It is indeed a burlesque of the action lIought. to be imposed upon the other railways of the United -Kingdom by unreasoning traders through the intervention of the Board of Trade; yet, if it should have the effect of. demonstrating the silly and injurious results of such a policy, we, for our own part, should not regret it, however much the shareholders of the respective companies might do so. It might not perhaps have been amiss if the department, taking a leaf out of the book of the United States Railway Commission, had at the same time inserted a provision in its bill making it penal for railways to cut their rates to an undue extant. No greater violence to the law of contract would have been done in the one instance than in the other, but a flagrant case of the mischievous abuses of competition such as that on which we are commenting would have been rendered impossible.

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CARDIFF HOARD OF GUARDIANS. CATHOLIC CHILDREN AT ELY SCHOOLS. PROPOSED NEW DEPARTURE. At the usual weekiy meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians on Saturday, Dr Paine pre- siding, a discussion arose over a report of the schools visiting committee, drawn up at a meeting of that body lirld on the 12.h iustaot. lu their renort the committee said 'Father BntJsr having informed the committee that St. Michael's! H"me, Treforest, would be enlai-gett for the reception of Roman Catholic pauper boys, and another cfertifted institution erected within tlio limits of the Cardiff Union for the reception of Roman Catholic pauper girls, on condition that the Guardians of the Cardiff Union would gu'-irantea to send Roman Catholic pauper chiidron to these institutions, when provided, at all agreed rate of maintenance, and that such iustitutioiM would be open to inspection at all times, either by the uoor-law inspector or tll3 guardians, it was resolved j—That having heard tho séatements of •Father Butler, this committee approves generally or the principle of sending all indoor Roman Catholic pauper children in excess of those for whom there is certitied (axeltisive of sliat for the sick) to certified Roman Catholic institutions, and that any alterations that are necessary to lfily Schools, or any other arrangements for the disposal of pauper child: en,-l>e<mad« on the assumption that the Roman Catholic children will be so dealt with." The CHAIRMAN proposed tba adoption of the report. Alderman JACOBS seconded, and, in so doing, •aid if the Achema were adopted it would render unnecessary the extension of the schools at Ely. Mr E. BEAVAN moved the rejection of the report. "Why should any particular denomination be so favoijrad ? Why might not the Wesloyan denomination or the Church of England demand similar conditions? He warned them very seriously to pause before passing such a resolu- tion. Mr R. CORT seconded the amendment as a downright Protestant Disssnter who had always discouraged sectarianism. Protestants had their great homes for waifs and strityp, and yet thoy never demanded a penny from the rateii. Mr F. J. BEAVAN supported very hoartily the resolution the board had before it. He would, however, like the resolution to read in this way rather than in the way in which it stood. He should like to see added to the resolution the words, consistently also with the recognition of a similar principle in relation to Protestant chil- d ie n. Mr E. BEATAN said tho addition of the words prooosed completely aitored fchs whole thing. Father EUTLER said it would fca remembered at the meeting of the schools committee he dis- tiuctly expressed a hope that other denomina- tions would follow tue example, of his own. (Hear, hear.) Eventually it was decided to refer the matter to a sub-committee,

SOUTH MONMOUTH DISTRICT. A conference of workers was held at Polity pool on Saturday in connection with the South Monmouth District I.O.R. Amocg the officers present were Messrs Fred W. Brett, D.S.J.T., of Cardiff (who presided); J. Welch, A.S.J.T., Newport; B. Rossor, J.I.T., Porstypool; G. H. Dunu, J.I.S., Newport; ana E. Booth, district trustee, Abercarn.—Represmtatives—some 30 or mo-werci present from tha teats at Abercaru, Newbridge, Ctumliu, Kiss*, Newport, Maindee, Machen, Cwmbran, Griffithstowu, Pontypool, Puntnewyziydd, etc.-Tho Chairman, after a brief review of the half-year's work, referred to the progress of juvenile Rschabitism in the district, now returning 881 members. The finances were in an equally encouraging state, aud tho several tents appeared to vie with each other in the work r.f organisation. There were now iiora than 7,000 Rechabites in South Wales alone, and the outlook was very bright and cheering. A paper was thgn read by Mr Samuel Fisher, D.S.J.T., of the Cardiff District, on Our Juvenile Branch —How to Work it." The paper referred to the details of successful working, and was full of helpful and practical FiijjgestiouA. An animated discussion followed, and at the closo a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Fisher. After an adjournment for too, kindly provided by the local tent, matters affecting the welfare of the district were considered, and steps were taken to push on the work of the order during the ensuing winter.

RECHAB'S HOME TENT No. 1,230, CARDIFF. The twelfth anniversary of tho above tent was held on Saturday at tho Friends' Meeting House, Charles-street. At 5,30 a tea meeting was pro- vided by Mr Huxtable, of Cathays. Upwards of 200 members and friends were present. In tho evening a well;attendod public meeting was held, under th presidency of his Worship the Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman W. Sandnre, J.P.), supported by Dr Fiddian, Messrs T.Jones-Parry (High Chief Ruler of the Order), J. A. Jenkins (raem- ¡JAr of tho board of director*), H. Love, D.C.R.. W. T. Raper, D,T., T. Sandy, D.S., W. Harries, P.D.C.R.. and Councillor 10. lieavau.—The secretary (Mr F. Gravii) reported that there WHS now a imnuiberuhip ot 200, with upwards of £ 700 in the sick fund. No deaths had occurred lor two years, and only four deaths during the existencg of the tent.-Addresses were delivered by his Worship the Mayor, Me.s»rs Jonas-Parry, W. T. Raper, E. B.javau,]aud Dr Fiddian. Songn, recitations, aud a coruet 1101.. were given by Messrs Harrison, Bond, and Griffiths, accom- panied by Mr Roeser. The usual votes of thauks were accorded, and a pleasant event was spent.

A CARDIFF SHIPPING CASE. WORMS. JOSSE, AND CO. V. JORS AND Co.— In tho Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, London, on Saturday, the case of Worms, Jesse, and Co. v. Joues and Co., came before Mr Justice Cave, sitting without a jury- This was an action brought by the plaintiff-, merchants, at Cardiff, against the defendants, stiipbrokers, at Liverpool, to recover damages for an alleged breach of charter party. The defen- dants, in defence* denied liability.—Mr Witt and Mr Meager appeared for the p!amtiff<, while Mr J. Walton represented tho (iefetidantv.-iNiv Witt, in opening the case for the plaintiff*, said that his clients chartered of the defendant* the Kiel, to wino to Cardiff between the 16th and 18th of February last, and to load 0 cargo of Welsh steam coal for Tunis, the freight being 12 per ton. The vessel arrived nt Cardiff on tho 22nd of February, when it was dis- covered that her crank shaft was broken. On the 25th of February,the defendants, who had a time coarter of the vessel from the real owner, wrote to the plaint ff^i to the effect that before the necessary repairs could be completed their time charter would expire, and, as the owners had chartered the steamer for other business, they feared that the owners would not extend the time charter to enable them (defendants) to couiph.la the charter entered into with them (the plaintiffs). In consequence of this the plaintiffs had to charter another vessel at 13i per ton, and they now sought to recover the additional freight. —Mr G. W. Moore, chartering clerk in the em- ploy of the plaintiffs, and Mr Reed, chartering clerk in the employ of Messrs Towiey, Thomap, and Company, gave evidcuce in support of the plaintiffs'case.—Mr Walton, on behalf of tin defendant's, submitted that the latter of the 25th of February from the defendants to the nlaintiffa did not justify the latter in chartering another vessel before the former ha-d had an opportunity of seeing whether the owners would extend their time charter to enable them to perform tho i.,h arts r-Pirty entered into with the plaintiff*.— His lordship held that the plaintiffs were justified in chartering another vessel, and that the defend- ants must pay the difference ill" the freight, and accordingly he entered judgment for the plaintiffi for the amount claimed— £ 62 108-and coats.

THE PYLE WORKS. IN RiIJ PYLII; WOBKS, LIMITED, AND TilE COM- PANIES' Aci'S.—In Mr Justice Stirhng'ti Courr, 111 the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, 011 Saturday, Mr Graham Hastings, Q.C., appeared in support of the first of three summonses adjourned into court in this matter, and commenced by saying that tbe first of them was before hili lordship in July, but his lordship then considered that not the proper time for dealing with it, and it stood over with liberty to the liquidator to pay claims uuder directions of the judge in chamber*. The first summoni was taken by Mr Gaul tier, who advanced to the '-conipariy the sum of £ 4,000. secured by a deed of 10th of August, 1887, which recited that the capItal of the eompauy was £100,000. divided iuto 10,000 £10 shares, of which 6,000 bad been issued, and that, as. 5,000 of those shares, 26 per share haa been called up aud paid, and this deed mortgaged to Mr Gaultier the remainimr L4 per share still un- called. The loan by Mr Gaultier was made for a tarm of twelve inouthu. The company having gone into liquidation, the liquidator had, by virtue pf his office, called up and got the uncalled capital, and the question now was whether the mortgage to Gaultier wag effective agaiust a call made by the liquidator. Counsel cited the Pheenix Bessemer Company, in which the late Master of the Rolls held that such a charge was good against the property, but said that his lord- ship appeared to have ovelookcd the case of tha Birmingham File Company, where it was held that it was necessary for the company to have power to borrow money.—His lordship said that the Mastep of the Rolls did not discuxs the ques- tion now before the court.-Mr Buckloy, Q.C., appsarad 011 tbe second summons, which was taken by Mr Gotto as ona mortgagee, under the dead of 3.rd May, 1886, given to Mr Thoray and Gotto, and he asked for an account of what is due and to enforce his security.—The arguments ware not concluded when tbe court rose for the day. _+-

SOUTH WALES TONIC SOL-FA CONFERENCE. To-day there is likely to be a large attendance of loveirs !of music at tbe Tredegarville Baptist Chapel; The Parade, Cardiff, on the occasion of the Tonic Sol-fa Conference. The council meet at 10.30 a.m., and there will be a general meeting at 11.30. A £ r Venablos, of London. will give a uiodel fflssoa on "Choral Drill "at 2 30 p.m. At 7.30 Pvo. TLie Village Children "(by D. Jenkins) will be-performed, and the choir will sing choruses from "The Fairy Tribe" (D. Emlyu Evans). The conference, ba it noted, takes place at Tredc- garville Chapel, and net at Salem Chapel, as was aunouueed 111 a vernacular paper.

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THE TITHE AGITATION. FARMERS' DEFENCE FUND. There were a few slight discrepancies in the list from Pontardulais published iu cur Saturday's issue, but the totil amount of the fund was correct as given, viz., E497 17s 3 £ d. From thip, however, has to be tt the sum of £ 2 17s in respect of expenses in connection with the collec- tions at Hiiv/ain. Thill will reduce the total to £ 495 0s 3 J. We cannot spsak in terms too com- mendatory of the efforts put forth on behalf of the fund at Hirwaiu and Pontardulais. Neither place is very t)opulour, but the residents have displayed a unanimity of sentiment in this matter which will briug gratification to the heart of every patriotic Welshman. Mr D. E. Williams, J.P., who has himself contributed a handsome sum towards the fund, pertinently observes in the letter we publish belo.v that tha action of the hard-workisg mon of Ilircvain should stimulate other places to go and do likewise. In connection with the Pontardulais fund, recognition should ba made of the self- sacrificing zeal with which the Rw P. Phillips:, the hououred minister of the Calvinistic Methodistf, has devoted himself to the cause of the oppressed farmers. To-day we have the pleasure of acknowledging a further addition to the fund. Amount already acknowledsed -«. £q95 0 3A CWMAMAN. ABKRDARE. Per Mr Thomas Humphreys Thomas Jones 0 2 6 J. A. Williams 0 2 6 A. Baviei 0 2 6 D. Rees 0 2 0 B. James 0 2 6 W. Phillips C 2 6 J. Jones 0 lo 0 Rees Davies 0 2 6 nev D. W. Monis 0 2 0 XV. F.vans 0 2 0 Mrs Jones 0 2 0 J. Jenkins 0 2 0 R. Evans 026 010 C J. Isaacs 0 2 t) K. J.atle 0 2 6 D. Edwards 11 2 0 H. Owen 9 2 0 K. Kdwavds 0 2 0 J. Thomas 0 2 0 W. Jenkins 0 2 6 J. Morgan 0 2 0 'I'. Bolitho 0 2 0 J. Kingliervy 0 2 0 P. Pilillip-, 0 2 C John Jones 0 2 6 T. P. White 0 2 6 nee lees, Cottage. C b 0 Rev. H. A. Davies 0 2 0 Thomas Thomas 0 2 6 Smaller um 6 19 6 fONTUKTYN (Fir=t List).— Collecting Book No. 16, per Kev Alderman Aaron Davies IJev Aiderinan Aaron Davies 10 0 Isaa Phillips 1 0 () Rev J. P. Williams, C.C 0 5 0 William .Sanders, 16' Merchant-straec 0 2 6 Rev J. P. Williams, Independent minister 0 2 6 Thomas Dn.vies, 3, Greentield 0 2 6 J. Davies, 10, Greenlield 0 6 JJenjumin John, 8, Greenfield 0 2 6 Wiliiam Jones. 10. M.-rchant-street I! b 0 Alfred White, 1, The Square 0 2 6 D. Hopkins, Pontlottyn 026 W. Williams, grocer 0 2 6 D. Sanders, 1, Church-street 0 2 0 — Williams, 21, Merchant-treet 0 2 6 E. Kuwards 0 2 0 W. Mow.aii. Tynewydd Farm 0 P. n W. l.ewis William?, 2, Farm-road 0 2 6 Smallir sums 0 17 0 Total £ 511 3 Si Total E511 .3 TO THK EDITOR. Sir?,—Would you allow ma to state thr,T, ALTHOUGH Hirwaiu contains a population of only about 4,000, the great bull: of whom are working people, the collection made here TOWNVDS the Anti-tithe Sufferers' Fuud has exceeded R,31, and it is uow hoped that other places may BE stimu- lated to follow the good example set them by tho inhabitants of Hirwain.-I am. &C., D. E. WILLIAMS. Hirwain, Nov. 14, 1889. TO THE KDTTOIT. SIR,—By information just received from Mr D. E. Williams, J.P., I am very glad to UNDERSTAND that Hirwain, with a population of about 4,000, niontiy working men, lias already collected over £ 51 towards the above fund. Hoping other tdaces will follow this excellent EXAMPLE, I IlrD, &c., MORGAN EVANS. Oikiord, Nov, 16, 1889. _JlL-

VISIT OF Ilt CHARLES DICKENS TO SOUTH WALES. We have much pleasure in announcing that the eldest son of the illustrious Charles Dickens will visit South Wales during the present week, and give a series of readings from his father's works. To-morrow (Tuesday) evening he commences at the Market Hnll. Pontypridd on Wednesday at the Colonial Hall, Cardiff; on Thursday at Mcrthyr; oil Friday fit Aberdare; and on Saturday at Neath. At Pontypridd he h::s arraugaii to read the originally-selected chapter.') from "David Copperfield," with which his eminent father has thrilled and delighted many a crowded audience in .England and America in the days when people travelled long distances to secure places to hear him read. Tie follows this with the trial from "Pickwick," and at Cardiff with "Bob Sawyer's Parly," from the same book. Tha London prnxf, tho chief provincial newt- papers both in England and Scotland, and the principal papers of America, agree that tho son is very little, if any, behiud hit brilliant father in elocutionary power. Admirers of Dickens should not mils these opportunities. Mr Dickens comes to Wales under the cluipicas of the National Union of Teachers, through its local branches, the n.onbars of which ara endeavouring by this means to raise funds for their PROFESSION! CHARITABLE institutions.

RHONDDA COLLIERY FIREMEN. CONFERENCE AT POnTE. I A crowded meeting of tilo firemen employed at the several collieries of the Rhondda Valie.ys was held on Saturday evening at the Washington Hotel, Porth, to discuss their grievance?, aud cousidor what stepn should ba taken with a vie,, of securiug an iuc^easo in waRe". There wero 52 fireman present, but it was stated that. had the meeting been given sufficient publicity there would have been A very much larger attendance. The action of the South Wales Daily News in cailiug attention to the meeting in its news columns was very favourably commented upon. It was resolved to request the firaman of each pit to corn- municate witii the secretary as to tha number of hours and tbo mode of working in their respective collieries, 80 that these matters might be fully discussed at the noxt meeting, which it was decided should he held that night fortnight. oø-

A MAN BUIUED ALIVE NEAR SWANSEA. The coroner, Mr Edward Strick, has received I the notification of the death of John Howe, liv- ing at Llausainlet. Howe, who is 47 years of age, was engaged digging clay 011 the marsh near the Foxhole Speltor Works, Lhmaamlet, when soma of the earlij gave way, burying him. Soma time afterwards he was recovered, but lie was quite dead. Deceased's bkull was fractured. An inquest will be held.

SHOCKING FATALITY AT VA A very sad occurrence took place at Penlau Houses, Varceg, near Aber.-yciian, on Saturday. A young married woman, wite of Benjamin .Joup, lost her life through burning in hei own house. Her clothing caught fire by same meanf, and unfortunately there was 110 ono else in the house, the husband being at work. Whan lie returned home a ghastly scene presented itself, his wife being a charred corpse. Close at hand was tho infant child, which was quite exhausted, but fortunately un!y slightly injured.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CARDIFF FREE LIBRARY. In order to make the public better acquainted with recent book addett to the lending depart- ment and available fur issue, an ingenious arrange- ment has been adopted. A beard is hung in the library on which are placed tickets containing the author, title, and number of such book as have been added during the previous three months. If a borrower wishes to obtain one of 61 these, he removes the card and hands it to an assistant, who, when lie has found the book, put the ticket in a box. Tha entry is thus removed from the notisa board, to be re-placed when the book is returned, and so on until the book has been in circulation three months, when it is alto- gather removed to make way for more recsut additions to the stock. In order to assist inquirers in their search for information thfe chief librarian will in futuro attend M the reference library every Saturday evening from 7 to 9, and will be glad to give every assistance in his power to student?, art'zans, and others in search of books on special subject". This arrangement is not designed to supersede tho frequent and important applications for assistance which are now made at other timl), but rather to supplement them.

A STATIONMASTER KILLED. Mr Francis Copeland, stationmaster at Leek, on the North Staffordshire Railway, was run over and killed early on Saturday by a Manchester goods train.

The first batch of letters of regret to applicants for shares iu Dorman. Lon. and Co., Limited, were poated to-day. The applications received were five times in excess of the number of shares offered. THE Royal Commission on Sunday Closing in WaleB clearly proves that in the Cardiff district a very large increase has taken place in the con- sumption of baer in small casks and in bottle. How much of this is due to tho act aud how much to a legitimate demand for family use is a matter of opinion, but it is certain tbat Messrs Wat Kins and Son have scored a great success by exac NY hitting the public taste In their Golden Sunlight Ale, which is brewed from home-grown materials in the fertile hop and barley district of Hereford. It is'bottled in quantity at the head office, 93-, St. Mary-otreot, Cardiff, .ind is raid in cask AND ill screw-stoppered bottles there, and by 15 agentB in all parts ot Cardiff aud suburbs. Numerous agents in all parts of Wales. 9119

-_A I THE LOSS OF THE j ZEPHYR. BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. JUDGMENT. SEVERE STRICTURES BY THR COURT. 011 Saturday afternoon JUD^INC-NT -Nis dslifertd at the Town-hall, Cardiff, in tha Board :).' Trad« inquiry in regard to the loss of tho s.o. Zephyr ii-, the Bristol Caunnsl on the 29:1. SO-.»i«A.»ber last. Mr T. W. Lewis, the president, w%; again accompanied by Captains Anderson AND Daviee, nautical assessors. Mr Wuldrou app.T.reci for th-j Board of Trade, and Mr Vachel! i. c the NIAAAJRIOG owner and THE master. The court fouud that when tha ZEPHYR last left bull below the deck WAS apparently sound, but tha bulwarks and wooJeii V-NG^AYS wero very weak, and sourcos.of DAIIG^R when sha was fully ladeu. In the opinicu of the court, therefore, the vessel was not at that lime ;11 A good andseaworthy condition. Toe ventilators aad all other deck erections—except as subsequently mentioned—were properly constructed and fitted. The ventilators were improperly placed, and the only means of securing them in bad weather was by fastening caavas over them. Neitber plugs nor CAPI were provided—an omission which, in the op nion of tbo court, was improper. The evidence as to the position of the disc Was conflicting. Mr Reed, the t)'.vnet'¡ marine superintendent, and John Power, the ship's car- penter, who respectively determined the position of and placed the disc, stated that the bar was lit. gfn. from the deck. Mr Rsed, who hsd been in practice as a marine engineer for a period of nine years, was eutrusted by tho owners with the scle responsibility of determining tho positiou of the disc. He stated that he had never, eithrr alone or in conjunction with other, beiii pre- viously charged with the duty of determining tLe position of a load-line disc, and also that on the Zephyr he had determined the position by a rough calculation of allowing 17-16 inches to every foot depth of hold. On the other hand, Mr S'.oggett, the Board of Trade surveyor, utated that when he measured the ship on thf 19cii September, ho calculated the position of TH'i disc to be 1 foot 5^ iuches from the deck. bli Sloggott also on itio same day, in conjunction with Mr Thomas Richards, a Board of Trade sur- veyor, made a calculation in accordance with the load line committee's tables to ascertain the proper freeboard for this vessp.L, and thereupon A letter dated 19,h September, 1S89, was written by Mr Richards to Mr Duncan, tne acting owner, stating that 1'ne Zephyr ought to have A summer freeboard of 2 lest 6i inches in salt water. Mr Duncau made no reply to that letter, nor did lie dispute the accuracy of Sloggett and Richaius' estimated tree board, but made en* qniries on or about the 22tid September-ail itileci-witii a view to having Lloyd's free board assigned. Whether the position of the disc b, taken at 1 foot 9 inches, as given by Mr REED, or at 1 foot 5 inches, as given by Mr Sloggett, the court iiouesitatsugiy said that had tne vessei been loaded down to either she would have beer considerably overladen. The evidence tended to show that the dead weight carriEd. on the last voyage—the Flushing voyage was the same within two or three tons as that carried ou tho immediately preceding voyage—tha Brest voyage. Whart then, was the dead weight. carried ou the Bresc voyage? According to the evideuce of Mr W. I B. Thoma". outside superintendent of tbe Troedyrhiw Coal Company,• >11 the 17th September last, e<he was loaded with 854 tons 9 cwt. of coal, 12 tons 18 cwt. of coke, aud 4S tons 17 cwt. of bunker coal, making a total ot 916 tollS 4 cwt. The bunkers betore loading contained an estimated weight of 25 tons, so that, assuming as correct tll;) estimated capacity of the bunkers to be 74 tone, the total dead weight when loaded was 941 tons. Oil the following day, September 18.li, Mr Sloggett, in cousequenco of information conveyed to him, weut on board the Z.phyr in the West Bute Basin, Cardiff, when ha examined and measured her, and having made « calculation according to the ioad-liue committee's tables, arrived at the conclusion that she wa* in fresli wat'T inches too deeply immersed. The next moruiug, the 1Gel), that information was conveyed to Mr Daucau, who at ones volun- teered to lighten tho ship. On the 20th Mi Sioggett again visited her,and fouud that fhe had risen about, eight inches, 3S tons of coal having been discharged from tho aiterhold, and her fore tank pumped out, and in such cond itiou pro- nounced her fi: to proceed to sea. Thereupon, with a defld weight of 941 tons, the proceeded OIl her voyage to lires' and the court W:\7 of opinion that, inasmuch as she would then have had in salt watev a freeboard of 2ft 61ill, she was on that voyage not overladen. With reig.-ird to the dead weight carried when tho ship Istc Cardiff oil the 28:11 September for the Flushing voyage, the court was inclined to believe that it was tha same within t vo or three tons as that 0:1 the Brest voyage, and cousequauMy tlvt she was 1101. overladeu when t-ha last left Cardiff, Nevertheless, although not overladen according to the table?, which were framed for vessels of the highest class, yet in their opinion she was loaded to her extreme limit. The court would have been better satisfied if, in addition to the evidence of dead weight carried 011 the Flushing voyage, evidence had been adduced shewing tha draught of water forg and aft. The conrt, after much deliberation, and with much regret, expressed tha opinion that sevetC strictures shculd oe passed on the Board of Trad* officials charged with the duties ot watching and detaining over-laden vessels at Cardiff Docks for their lack of viijilanca over the loac'ng of tho Zjphyr during the period of tour and a half months that she traded from the port of Cardiff. Tho documentary evidfince and the testimony of the master, Mr Sloggett, and Mr Frank Swan oonchisivsly established that the was 011 many occasions grossly overladen on leaving Cardiff, and on the 13il; September uo action was taken by the officials until set in motion by private individiiilg kzid, further, although a portion of tho cargo was then discharged (the ship being then overladen), alip did not appoar to have been looked for or seen when she returned to Cardiff uiue days later, aud was loaded for the last time. The loss of tha vessel was due to the washing in of the gangways, and the consequent giving way of the bulwarks, which, tailing against the starboard ventilator, wrenched the flango from the deck, causing a hole through which the. water fl iwd into the hold aud t hence into the stoko bole. Up to 10 on the 28th September tha vessel was navguied with proper and jseauianlika care, but not afterwards. The master should thon have put the vessel's head towards the Welsh coast,and have endeavoured to get her into smooth water. The court found the master in default for not at once making for the Welsh coact whell the dangerous state of the bulwarks was reported to him but taking into consideration his lotifj service at sea., his high character and tho very trying and (liflloull position in which lie was placed through the uu. seaworthiness of his ship, the court, did not deal with' his certificate, bl.t reprimanded and cau- tioned him. The court found Mr John Thomas Duncan, the acting owuer, to blame in that b,G did not use all reasonable means and tak? ali necessary precautions to ensure the seaworthiness of the Zephyr. Tho actual total cost of the vessel to the, ownlro up to the day of foundering, including liabilities, amounted to £ 4,105 15; lid. Mr Duncan's in- accurate statements respecting the coot or the vessel, and the want of candour displayed by him when first in tbo witness-box in withholding full information, caused the inquiry to be much prolonged, and the court was thereby much 'em. barrassed in tlia discharge of its duty. The course pursued by the court in inquiring into aud sifting the question of tho cost ot the vvjtssel, and the amount of insurance thereon, was much com plained of by Mr Duncan, through his advocate, but in the opinion of the court those questions had a very important bearing on the loss of ths vessel, for if over-insured, 0110 of 'che most power- ful incentives for keeping a vessel in good condi- tion and seaworthiness was removed. Tb8 court was clearly of opinion that the outside value of the vessel was £ 4,000. The following insurances were effected, nnll apportioned as follows, viz., £4,000 on the hull and machinery (of which Mr Duncan stated the owners held £ 500)., on the freight £500, and on the premiums L400. The court condemned. the owners ;u the costs ot the inquiry. Wo understand that an appaal against tn, decisioa will bo entered.

«"0' BEER AND BIBLE. Presiding at the ammil meeting of îbt Church of England Temperance Society, the nati Mayor of Birmingham said it had been ascertained from inquiries at Somerset House that cut of 66 shareholders in local breweries there were llf clet-gymeu aud womou. • ■

-=-==-====== ;.c- On THOSE TROUBI.ESOMJC TiiiNas.-My corn* my corns.—"Muiulay's Viridinu" is the only successful remedy for corns and warts; numerous testimonials received from all parts of the world announcing that by its use corns and warts are Mire to be removed, and without paiu. Perhaps the h..t testimonial coined from the facs that since J. Munday introduced this remedy numerous have been tin imitations or it, and many users of these have asserted that "Viridine"lias rured when these imitations have failed. Sold in l> )t.iies, 1:9 by pest, Is 2d, by the sole proprietor, J. MUNDAV. Chemist, J, ili>>;h-stieet. CirUiff. 107J

CARDIFF AND SWANSEA COLLIERY COMPANY. A well-informed correspondent writes :Thif company seems at last; to be on tha high road tc success. The new senm at Pentre is yieldiuf excellent coa], and they ha vo now passed through tho troubled grouud they met with for a IIhort time after starting. Th-i output from Pentre and Church now exceeds 4,000 tons a week. Tbo now pits at Resolves, whu-n struck the coal iu th« beginning of tho year ara now producing coat regularly, and v/eek by week aro increasing in quantity. Under these circumstances, and witb coals at present prices, it cauuot take very long to pay off the cost of sinking these pits, and a the company has. 110 other liabilities, tbe prospect of a dividend comes within measurabla distance; and success is ^apparently assured. The stijim holders have evjry reason to be satisfied with the prospects. A virgin seam at Pentre acd 4,0M acres of coal at Resolven should produce a feel satisfactory result.