The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory

It is understood that a private meeting of the members of the Tenby Town Council will shortly be held for the purpose of selecting a Mayor for the ensuing year. 000

The demand for the "Red Plus" golf ball, for which Mr A. W. Randall, of "The Motor House," Tenby, is the local agent, has been most gratifying, the excellent qualities of the ball being its best recommendation. 0*0

In connection with the Lord Mayor's Show, the Great Western Railway Company will run a special excursion from Tenby to London on Monday night, November 8th, particulars of which appear in our advertisement columns.

Visitors to London for a few days will find excellent accommodation at the "NORFOLK SQUARE HOTEL," just opposite the arrival plat- form at Paddington Station. Moderate Tariff. Porter.

At the Tenby Police Court on Monday morning, Miss Beard, licensee of the Royal Lion Hotel, Tenby, applied for and was granted an extension for last (Wednesday) night in connection with the presentation of the Sir George Armstrong Cricket Cup.

During the last Church year at Tenby a. sum of nearly one thousand pounds was raised in connection with the Parish Church, the chief items being Clergy Fund j3296 Church Ex- penses Fund, £294; and collections for special purposes, j3215.

During the heavy gale which raged at Tenby last Saturday comparatively little damage was done to property, the most serious item being injury to trees. A considerable number of vessels sought shelter in Caldey Roadstead where they weathered the gale out.

"Four Point Seven," who sends an anony- mous communication to the editor of this paper, is informed that no notice can be taken of the matters he refers to unless he furnishes his real name and address, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith.

We would call special attention to Mr Billing's fruit advertisement in our columns to- day. We have had an opportunity of sampling the lines" in which he specializes, and for soundness, flavour and quality both apples and pears are to be highly commended.

The Court of Directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company recommend out of the profits of the current year the payment of an Interim Dividend at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum (less Income Tax) on the Preference Stock. The Dividend Warrants will be posted to the Proprietors on November 1st. 000 ■

The Rev. A. J. Sharp, of London, will occupy the pulpit of the Tenby Wesleyan Church next Sunday morning and evening, whilst in the afternoon, at a quarter to three, under the chairmanship of Mr K. W. Hicks, he will address a meeting on behalf of Foreign Missions. At all the services a collection will be taken up on behalf of the Mission cause.

Owing to pressure on our space this week reports of tke annual meeting of the Tenby Golf Club, held at the Cobnrg Hotel; the Tenby Cricket Club Presentation Cup Dinner, held at the Royal Lion Hotel, last (Wednesday) night, together with various other items of local interest are unavoidedly held over till our next issue. Ml

At the Tenby Police Court on Monday morning Mr George J. S. Lyons, assistant over- seer for the parish of St, Mary-in-Liberty, Tenby, presented to the Bench for signature the account, which amounted to £3 10s., in connection with the recent finding and burial of the body of an unknown man on the South Sands. The account, it was understood, would be paid by the County Council authorities.

The following were at the Tenby Police Court on Monday morning sworn in as Special Constables for the next twelve months :— Messrs. John Thomas, St. Mary Street Walter Evans, Church Street Isaac Thomas, Lower Frog Street William Smith, Cresswell Street Hermann Thomas, St. Julian Street George Jones, Saltern William Jenkins, The Norton and John Thomas, Lower Frog Street.

We are requested by the Hon. Secretary of the Tenby Hunt Week theatricals to state that the stewards have made arrangements with Mr Richard Williams, L.R.A.M., for the produc- tion of the following pieces: —On Monday night a comedy in two acts and a musical play. On Thursday night one of Gilbert and Sulli- van's operas, further particulars of which will be announced hereafter.

Police Constable George Phillips, who whilst a member of the Pembrokeshire Force was stationed at Tenby, where he distinguished himself by stopping a runaway horse in The Norton, for which heroic act he was compli- mented by the local Bench of magistrates, has now been appointed a member of the Great Western Railway Detective Department, his headquarters being at Cardiff. After leaving the Pembrokeshire Constabulary Mr Phillips went to America, where he spent eighteen months. He returned to this country eight months ago and joined the Traffic Department of the Great Western Railway, from which grade he has, as stated, been promoted to the Detective Department, upon which success his many Tenby friends will no doubt be pleased to congratulate him.

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of the Province of South Wales was held at Haverfordwest last week, when the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master Bro. Robert Lock, M.A., 30° presided. The reports from the various Lodges were read, found to be very satisfactory, and with a con- siderable increase in the number of brethren. The report of the Grand Purposes Committee was read and approved. The Treasurer's Accounts were submitted, passed, and a hearty vote of thanks, was accorded him for his past services. Bro. Dr. Tatham Thompson was re-elected Treasurer. The Pro. Grand Master appointed and invested his officers for the en- suing year. A sum of twenty guineas was voted to the Mark Masonic Charities and the lodge was then closed in due form. The brethren afterwards lunched at the Salutation Hotel, when the usual patriotic and masonic toasts were given. w

Colonel Ivor Philipps, M.P., last week having asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider the desirability of discontinuing adver- tisements of patent paints, prayer books, hosiery, and other goods in the small red stamp books supplied by the Post Office, Mr Sydney Buxton replies in Parliamentary Papers: "I am glad to turn an honest penny for the Post Office by means of the advertisements in the books of stamps, and I do not think any objection can be taken to the advertisements mentioned. If my honourable friend will supply me with other advertisements that will bring to the revenue a larger sum of money than those to which he refers I will gladly consider them." Colonel Philipps further asked whether the half-penny charged for the books covers the full extra cost to the Post Office for binding the stamps into book form, and Mr Buxton states that it not only covers the special cost of preparing and distributing the books, but leaves a profit.

SPEECHES BY MRS. SWAN (LONDON), ME55R5. C. F. EGL'IVTON ALLEN, K. W. HICKS AND J. HOWELL. Under the auspices of the Tenby Women's Liberal Association, of which Mrs C. F. Egerton Allen is the president, Mrs Thomas (The Chalet) the treasurer, and Miss Maggie Da vies the hon. secretary, a very successful and largely attended meeting was held in the Public Hall, Tenby, on Wednesday evening of last week, for the purpose of hearing an address from Mrs Swan, of London, on the Budget. The President of the Tenby Liberal Association (Mr C. F. Egerton Allen, J.P.) oc- cupied the chair, and on the platform with him were in addition to Mrs Swan, Mrs Egerton Allen, Mrs Thomas, the Rev. J. Lloyd Williams, B. A. (Congregational), the Rev. Benjamin Lewis (Presbyterian) the Rev. Lodwig Evans (Baptist), Mr K. W. Hicks (Chairman of the Tenby Liberal Association Committee), and Mr John Howell. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, which throughout were of a most enthusiastic character, said he was very glad that they had come in such numbers to hear Mrs Swan, who would give an address which he thought would fully repay them for the trouble they had taken. The address would be a political one on the Liberal position. The cause of Libera- lism, he supposed, occupied the thoughts of most of the audience. Women, they found, were determined to take their share in politics, and politics were after all nothing in the world but trying to make the world better trying to remove grievances trying to get laws passed which would make the people of the country happier and healthier than we found them. (Hear, hear). He, however, by no means wished to arrogate to the Liberal Party the full and exclusive desire to pass good laws. He fully believed that the Conservative Party were just as anxious to pass good laws for the relief of grievances and to help the weak and helpless as the Liberal Party. A good many years ago there was a flourishing Women's Liberal Association in Tenhy, but although it flourished at first it did not continue; and some twelve months ago a lady came down to the women Liberals in Tenby, with the result that the women Liberals had re-started the Association. Mrs Swan, who was on the executive of the Women's Liberal Federation, now came down to address them, but if he might be allowed to say so he thought it was a pity, an anomaly, that the Women's Liberal Federation did not put a woman in the chair. (Langhter). After further remarks on the aims and aspirations of women in politics, Mr Allen called upon Miss Maggie Davies, who gave a tine rendering of "Dear Land of Hope." Mrs Swan, who was given an enthusiastic reception, then delivered an excellent address, the central theme of which was the Budget, al- though in the course of her remarks she touched upon various aspects of Liberalism and the current political situation. At the outset she referred to the great work which women had done for the Liberal Party, and said that in 1906, immediately after Sir Campbell Banner- man's party had been returned to Parliament, the National Liberal Federation met in council when one of the first resolutions they passed was one recording the grateful thanks of the Liberal Party to the 94,000 women of the Women's Liberal Federation. Touching on the personnel of the existing Government, Mrs Swan said they had at the head Mr Asquith, a man who had never failed to redeem a pledge when made whether out of office or in. (Hear, hear). Then they had the Chancellor of the Exchequer,—and the gratitude of the Liberal Party was due to Wales for sending such a Welshman to the Cabinet. Then there was Mr Winston Churchill, the brilliant Presi- dent of the Board of Trade, whom she had fol- lowed in the contest in North West Man- chester, and where she had been again and again impressed with the greatness of the man. It was only in that black hour of defeat when Mr. Churchill was turned out of North West Manchester that she knew the great man they had in their Cabinet. When Mr Winston Churchill came into the Reform Club he was cheered by his devoted workers and supporters, and in the course of his remarks said "Friends, we have been beaten to-day, but the principles for which we have fought cannot die, for the principles of Liberalism are immortal." (Ap- plause). Continuing, Mrs Swan said that they were proud to be Liberal women. They knew that the present Government had a sad heri- tage after nearly twenty years of Toryism, which in the future meant Taritf Reform. The speaker then referred to the fiscal question, and said it was a choice between Mr Lloyd George's Budget and Free Trade and Tariff Reform. The present Government went back to carry out its great programme of social reform, but since a Liberal Government had been in power they had been harrassed and crippled by an heriditary House of Lords in carrying out their pledges made to the people. But still there lay before them the possibility of a contest with the Lords. Lord Lansdowne could not have a meeting at his house every day once perhaps in a Parliament he might rally his Peers around him as he did over the Licensing Bill, and if ever there was a Bill that was necessary for the welfare of this nation it was the Licensing Bill (hear, hear)—but whilst the country might stand that for a little time it was now faced with the great question what the Lords were going to do with the Budget. It seemed that even now Lord Lansdowne had lost some of his influence in the House of Lords with some of the younger and more reckless Peers, who had taken the bit between their teeth. The question was coming—Who was to rule, the Peers or the People ? Referring to the ques- tion of the enfranchisement of women, Mrs Swan said that when a deputation went to Mr Asquith on behalf of the Women's Liberal Federation on the subject, he said that before the present Government went to the country they would bring in a Reform Bill, and au amendment to be moved in House of Commons might be for the enfranchisement of women if it were so the Government would uot resist that amendment which if carried in the House of Commons would be part of their Bill. (Hear, hear). With regard to the Budget, Mrs Swan, amidst cheers, said one of the first things it did not do was to tax the food of the people. Mr Lloyd George had determined when he made the Budget that no larder should be poorer because of any tax which should be put on food. In passing Mrs Swan referred to Old Age Pensions, which had come from a Liberal Government, although the Tories had promised them, but did not keep their pledges. Other matters with which Mrs Swan dealt in the course of her speech were Afforestation, Labour Exchanges, and Unemployment. The Chairman, at the close of the address, thanked the audience for the attentive way in which they had listened to Mrs Swan. Mrs Egerton Allen then submitted a resolu- tion to the effect that the Finance Bill now be- fore the House of Commons was honest and well directed for the equitable re-adajustment of the burdens of taxation in the public inte- rest, and met the national expenditure by cer- tain levies on the luxuries aud not the neces- sities of life. The meeting therefore recorded its unfailing confidence in the general policy of his Majesty's ministers it} their efforts to carry out their pledges to the country as embodied in their programme of social reform. Mr K. W. Hicks, in seconding, said' he must most sincerely congratulate the chairman upon such a magnificent meeting as the present one. He congratula:ed#Ir Allen particularly, because on his shoulders had for so many years rested the burden of leading them in the fight for Liberalism in Tenby. He (the speaker) was glad that the chairman had such a maguifi- cent sister Association to help him in the great fight which was before them in future. He (Mr Hicks) was proud to be at such a meeting as the present one, because they had always received support from the Liberal women of Tenby and he was glad that they were realizing and had realized the importance of concentrating their efforts upon so splendid au organization has had been launched in their midst. (Applause). And it was opportune that their first meeting should concentrate its power, its energy, its enthusiasm in supporting a Liberal Government in carrying forward .this truly Liberal Budget which was now before the House of Commons. It was opportune that the Liberal uomen of the country should con- centrate upon carrying forward what he claimed to be a just measure of taxation. (Applause). The great question for every voter was are the proposals contained in the new Finance Bill right or wrong; is the Bill just, is it fair? They stood upon sound, moral ground if they stood for that which they knew to be right. Mr John Howell, supporting the resolution, referred to the work of the present Govern- ment. They knew, he said, that there were a great many reforms very much overdue, and he felt.,sure that those men and women who thought for themselves would never vote against the present Budget. At all events, he could not understand any working-man voting against it if they would only think what it really meant. He supported this Budget very strongly, not because of what it had done, or is doing, but because of what he could see it must in the future do. They could talk about this Budget without being personal; they had such a good case that they bad no need to at- tack individuals. (Hear, hear). They had one of the grandest things to fight for that. any people ever had, and if only the working men and women of England would think for them- selves their future was assured. He had been reading an appeal made to moderate Liberals. He had nothing to say against moderate Libe- rals, but he was afraid he was not one of them. (Laughter). They had men and women in their midst and in Tenby who were moderate Liberals, very moderate indeed some of them were an appeal was being made to these to help the Tory Tariff Reform Party in the coming struggle. If they supported the Tory Tariff Reform Party they would be supporting the Party who gave the country the Education Act of 1902, under which so many of them were suffering. He would say to moderate Liberals who cared anything for temperance to remem- ber that it was the Tory Tariff Reform Party who opposed the late Licensing Bill, and which was rejected by the House of Lords. If moderate Liberals cared anything about the good of men and women they could not support the Tory Tariff Reform Party. He was glad that Old Age Pensions had been granted, and glad that the taint of pauperism was going to be taken off so many of their people. (Ap- plause.) The singing of the Land of my Fathers," by Miss Maggie Davies, brought a most success- ful meeting to a close.

WASHED OVERBOARD. Louis Lewis, a well-known Tenby fisherman, was drowned from the steam trawler Neyland, whilst off the Bishops, last Saturday morning, the news reaching Tenby, through Mr Thomas Lilly- crop, fish merchant. It appears that the unfor- tunate man, who was 29 years of age, was making his first trip for the winter season. The weather was extremely rough when the accident happened, the crew at the time being occupied in getting the trawl aboard. It was whilst these operations were in progress that Lewis was washed overboard. Everything possible was done to try and save the unfortunate man, even to the cutting away of the trawl, but was unavailing. Deceased was the youngest son of the late Skipper George Lewis, and brother of Mrs Thomas Good- ridge, Southsea House, and Mrs Blackler, 3, St. Julian Terrace. On board the Neyland at the time of the sad occurrence were Jeffery Goodridge and George Rees, two well-known Tenby men. A reward has been notified for the recovery of the body.

MISS NELLIE WRIGHT. It is with much regret we record the death of Nellie, the second daughter of the late Mr H. Wright, station-master at Lamphey, at the age of 19. after an illness of about three years. Her sickness was borne with such patience that everyone was impressed with her Christian re- signation. Her pastor (the Rev. B. Lewis), who officiated at the funeral, spoke very highly of this trait in her character, and of her won- derful calmness in passing away. There was a large attendance at the funeral, which took place on Wednesday afternoon of last week, and part of the way to the cemetery the coffin was carried by young ladies of the Tenby Presbyterian Sunday-school, of which deceased was a member.—Mrs Bevan wishes to warmly thank her neighbours and numerous friends for the great sympathy and kindness shown in her sorrow. The following is a list of wreaths and flowers received — Wreath—" In affectionate remembrance "-from Willie and Martha. Spray—" In sympathy "-from her sincere friend, Sarah. Spray — "In affectionate remembrance" from Ethel and Mildred. Spray—" With sincere sympathy "-from Ewart John. Wreath—" In deepest sympathy "—from Mr and Mrs Thompson, Portsmouth. Spray—"In deep sympathy and in loving memory of dear Nellie "-from Mr and Mrs H. Davies. Cross-" In loving memory of dear Nellie "-from Tom and Maggie John. Spray—" In sympathy "-from Mr and Mrs Brown and family. Artificial JVreath-" In loving memory of Nellie"— from friends of the Presbyterian Church and Sunday-school. Spray—"In affectionate remembrance from Mr and Mrs Snoxell, Marsh Dairy. Wreath—"With sincere sympathy"—from M. Pryce, 3, Bellevue. Spray — "In sympathy"—from Sergeant-Major and Mrs Wilmott. Cross- In sympathy "-from E. Thomas, 2, Harding Villas. Spray—"In loving remembrance and deep sym- pathy "—from Mrs Evan Jones. Spray — In affectionate remembrance -from Lillie. Spray — "With deepest sympathy" — from Blodwen. Spray—" In loving memory of dear Nellie"- from Edith. Spray-" With all true sympathy "—from W. C. Evans, florist. Wrcath-" In affectionate remembrance "-from Jim and Maggie. Spray—"With loving sympathy"—from Mr and Mrs F. Lewis. Wrcath-" In loving remembrance "-from Nellie E. Nicholls. Wreath-" Gone to be with Jesus "-from her sor- rowing Mother, Uncle Harry, Sister, and Brothers. Wreath-" With deepest sympathy "—from her Uncle Val and Aunt Pat, Attleborough, Nor- folk. Spray-" In deep sorrow "-from Gran. Spray—from Aunt Sue, Uncle Abs., Annie, and Leslie. Spray—from Aunt Ann and family, Neath; and Lizzie, 15, Norton. JVrcath-" In loving memory of dear Nellie "— from Aunt Charl. and family, Laugharne. Spray—"With deepest sympathy"-from all at Wood Park. Spray-In affectionate remembrance"—from Mr and Mrs Ormond, Marsh Dairy. Spray—" With sincere sympathy "-from Mr and Mrs Billing. Cross — In sympathy" — from Mrs Lea and family.

Three Important Points to be considered when buying tea:—Weight, Value and Price. Hornimans offer you Full Weight, Full Value and Fair Price. Don't be put off with cheapness only, but insist on having Full weight without the wrapper," and full value with best quality. In fact, insist upon having .HORNIMAN'S. Try a packet and you will USE NO OTHER. Sold by all leading Grocers, Provision Dealers and Co-opera- tive Societies throughout the United Kingdom. Sold in:— TENDy-Davies, Baker and Grocer, Frog Street. MILFORD HAVEN—Meyler, Chemist. SAONDERSFOOT—Griffiths, Chemist. NARBERTH—Morgan, Chemist. WIIITLAND-Caleb Rees, Grocer, Whitland House (Wholesale Agent). WHITLAND-Roblio, Grocer. t October 22nd has arrived, and al- though a member of the Tenby Town Council no other member of that august body has thought fit to discuss with me the selection of a gentleman to fill the mayoral chair for the coming year. A short time ago I endeavoured to have the question discussed in the Council Chamber, but could not secure a single supporter. This means that the Gas Company's directors besides possessing a majority in the Town Council are permitted to choose the Mayors of Tenby in secret. I object to this policy because I think it bad for the town, so I am off for a change of air and scene. My doctor tells me it will do me a lot good, but that I am on no account to let the doings of Bumbledom upset or worry me if I can avoid doing so, be- cause they are so blessed aggra- vating." If I see anything amusing on my travels I hope to communicate them to 'you, dear readers, in due course. I am going in search of something to laugh at, and if I can make you laugh also shall be doubly repaid. If Still October 22nd, but nearly mid- night. Taxicabs are rushing past my window with a succession of toot, toots," broken now and then by the jingle, jangle of bells telling of a stray hansom cab. I have just returned from the Pavilion Music Hall after sitting out a long programme of very mediocre talent. Clarice Mayne, a very charming artiste, and Little Tich (whose quaint humour and eccentric dances always rouse one's enthusiasm) saved the evening from being a dull one but I cannot help being astonished at the stuff that Londoners put up with now- a-days it seems to me that country folk are much more particular in de- manding real talent from their enter- tainers. The discovery of the North Pole is a favourite subject for sarcastic hits." One artiste after talking about Cook's querying Peary and cooking Peary's goose, etc., demanded "What is the difference between an aeroplane and an explorer?" Well one is a high flyer and the other is a Great applause intentionally prevented him completing the sentence. Little Tich dressed in goatskins said he didn't know much about Eskimos, but Ikey Mo was a particular friend of his and would swear he had been up the Pole many times. October 23rd.-In the afternoon I paid a visit to Lieutenant Shackleton's much talked of ship the Nimrod, a three-masted schooner with auxiliary steam power, laying at the Temple Pier. Seamen of the present day would no doubt describe her as an old tub." She is by no means a large vessel or well fitted a few scratches on the bluff of her bows are labelled Marks made by ice." A couple of pieces of new bulwark planking bears the announce- ment "Bulwarks stove in by a gale." The windlass, of the old barrel type always seen in sailing ships forty years ago, is inscribed This windlass has been in use 43 years." It certainly looked like it, and so did the Nimrod. The men's quarters, engine-room and holds were not on show, but the crowd walked through the deck-house, in which the captain and Lieutenant Sliackleton had a cosy cabin, also the room for meals or scientific calculations. What struck me was that there was no sign of protection of iron work from being handled in the intense cold. The rigging was wire, and even chain ont- hauls were visible. A pole compass interfered with the setting of one fore and aft sail,and the funnel with another. She carried no jibboom, and altogether seemed to have been navigated under steam generally on her passages, and not to have had to study economy in fuel anyhow. *#* In Savoy Street two large rooms con- tained endless photos and sketches, a slight canvas tent, fur garments and waterproofs, a couple of sleighs packed with gear, a beautifully set up tableau of seals, penguins and other birds, but altogether the impression remained that the farthest South expedition was a glorified pic-nic, costing some £1.3,000; but if the Scientists and others who defrayed the cost are content, and they certainly seem to be, why all's well! The Little Damozel at Wyndham's Theatre, with Charles Hawtrey and Arthur Playfair in the principal parts, is well worth a visit. The plot is a pithy little one, and the acting splendid, and the same may well be said of the staging. The lady taking the principal part is an actress who will, I believe, go far, though I am told she is a new addition to the London stage. # October 24th proved a breezy Sab- bath, but no rain fell until the after- noon and then did not last very long. In Hyde Park I missed the old coloured preacher of the Gospel and his wife the weather perhaps was too cold for them, or sickness or even death may have claimed one or both. Joachim Kaspary, who for 43 years has tried to teach his doctrine of Humanitarian Deism to the cosmopolitan crowds who always surround his rostrum, was as usual denouncing religions of all kinds, but as he declared gratefully, always free from disturbance of any kind until the previous Sunday, when a Mohame- dan applauded when he denounced the Jews, cried out Very true, very true when Christ was ridiculed, but when he laughed at Mahomet" the Islamite wanted to fight Joachim, much to the astonishment of the feeble old man. If people would but carry out the tenets of Humanitarian Deism, this world would be a Paradise, and the Arch- bishop of Canterbury ought to be ashamed of himself for remaining in office, because Kaspary has sent him his book so he cannot pretend to be ignorant of the truth. "Much more to the same effect. Three other groups listened to advocates of Christianity of different sects but the most ex- cited were those around men who in quick succession denounced the London County Council and all its doings. At least one Tenby man beside myself lis- tened to the orators, male and female. » t Hampton Court Palace and lovely grounds were pretty crowded in the afternoon. I took an electric car from Shepherd's Bush via Brentford and Twickenham, returning through Bushey Park and Richmond on a motor 'bus. The gorgeous tapestries, the pictures, the stately rooms and quaint furniture seem to become more interesting the oftener one inspects them, the glorious old vine still bearing a few bunches of our good King's favourite grapes, the flower beds still showing masses of bloom, the ponds, the river, the crowds all go to make Hampton Court Palace one of the most glorious places within reach of the City of London. if. October 25th, 9.30 a.m. Going to business, so no more frivolous notes this week from F. B. M. THE TATLER."

SIR GEORGE ARMSTRONG'S CANDIDATURE. The adopted Conservative candidate for the Pembroke and Haverfordwest Boroughs, Sir George Armstrong, Bart., R.N., addressed a largely attended meeting at the Assembly Rooms, Tenby, on Tuesday night, when the chair was occupied by Alderman Leach, who was supported on the platform by many prominent local Unionists. The Chairman, in opening the meeting, referred to it as the commencement of the campaign for the contest that must very shortly take place. Sir George required no introduction; they looked upon him now as a very old friend. He had given them many valuable speeches and instructed them in various ways upon the duties that they ought to perform in order to get rid of the pernicious Government now in power. (Applause.) Sir George, by his repeated visits to the constituency, had at least shown that he was in earnest in his intentions and honest in his endeavours to win the seat for the Unionist cause at the coming election.. Seeing that Sir George had shown him- self so industrious, it remained for the electors of the Pembroke Boroughs to back him well up. One of the most pressing questions of the present time was that of unemployment, which was greater than it had ever been before; and he would ask what the present Government had done to assuage the great wave of unemployment which had passed over the country. The present- Government had done really practically nothing. They had given the country the Budget, it was true, and this Budget was the panacea for all the evils that the country was suffering from but Unionists believed that the remedy was not to be found in this Budget should it ever pass through the House of Lords-and about that there ap- peared to be very considerable doubt. But whether it got through the House of Lords or not Unionists believed that the true remedy for un- employment was not to be found in the Budget. They said with all earnestness and all seriousness that it was a question of Tariff. (Applause.) If the workmen of England and Wales were to be employed in their own country it must be by trying to keep the foreigner out by every legiti- mate means. The foreigner had had a good look in for many years past; and the remedy for un- employment was to be found in putting a tariff on manufactured goods that came into this coun- try. Whatever side issues might bs switched on, whether it was the destruction of the House of Lords or anything else, he thought they must look upon it as a side track, something to take attention from the great issue. At Tenby they prided them- selves that they always had a big majority in favour of the Conservative candidates at local elections, and had always placed them in posses- sion of seats, At the last election in the Boroughs there was a majority in Tenby for the Conserva- tive, and he now appealed to them to try and make that majority very much larger in the coming election than it was in the last. (Ap- plause). If they did that Sir George Armstrong would have more of a sporting chance of winning back for the Unionists the seat in the Pembroke Boroughs which they lost in 1906. Before re- suming his seat the Chairman explained the ab- sence of Mr Yerburgh, M.P., who was to have spoken (litigation in connection with the Navy League detaining him in London) and read letters of apology for absence from Mr Clement J. Williams and Mr Jeffery J. Allen. Mr R. Churton Miln, of London, a vigorous and attractive speaker, then addressed the meeting, his speech being received with marked enthusiasm by the large audience. In opening he said he had been speaking at Swansea the previous night, and had formed the opinion that there was more than a sporting chance there for the return of the Unionist candidate at the next election. With regard to Sir George Armstrong's chances in the Pembroke Boroughs, he believed that he had a splendid opportunity of carrying the seat back to the Unionist ranks. (Applause). Looking round the walls of the hall he noticed the names of Unionist victories, and to these they would soon be able to add the word Ber- mondsey." On Thursday night or Friday noon they at Tenby would pet the news, and they would find that the Uniouist candidate had swamped the Socialist and Liberal candidates put together. (Applause). The state of public feeling in this country at the present time was one of great irritation because of the Govern- ment's financial policy, illustrative of the ruinous character of which he quoted several figures. The finances of the nation ought to be discussed absolutely detached from parly. Could they conceive any good reason why a paternal Govern- ment should stand idly by and see the industries of its own country crushed and its workmen driven into the ranks of casual labour or the workhouse, whilst the foreigner was exalted, without lifting a finger to change that condition of things? As a prescription for the amelioration and remedying of the present condition of affairs, Socialism was impossible, as it was outside the realm of practical politics. Then from the Liberal Party there came the Budget. The speaker then subjected Mr Lloyd George's measure to a most destructive analysis shattering its financial proposals and pouring ridicule on its ungotten mineral and other aspects. During the course of his speech Mr Miln was admonished by a member of the audience from the gallery to remember that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was a Welshman, to which the speaker, admidst cheers, quickly re- joined that he remembered Mr Lloyd George was a citizen of Great Britain. In conclusion, lie re- ferred to the House of Lords, and said that if there was ever a. chance for the Second Chamber to show its utility the present was the hour and the time. (Loud applause and a voice Where did they get it from ? "). Sir George Armstrong, who was given a cordial reception, in the course of his speech, dwelt at some length with the statements made by Mr Hemmerde, M.P., while speaking at Pembroke- Dock meeting some two or three weeks ago. One statement made by Mr Hemmerde was that never in the history of the Pembroke Boroughs was the lladical cause in such a flourishing condition than it was at the present moment. He (Sir George, in answer to that thought he might truly say that in Tenby the present meeting rather belied that statement. Since that campaign had opened in the Boroughs the Unionists had held at Haverfordwest the biggest meeting—either Radical or Conservative, or non-political—that had ever been held in the Masonic Hall of that town in the whole history of the Boroughs. (Applause). That did not suggest that the cause of Unionism was a dying cause in the Pembroke Boroughs. Mr Hemmerde's speech, which was a sensational one, had ever since its delivery been the theme of discussion in the Boroughs, and he (Sir George) had no hesitation in saying that he had seldom read a speech which contained a greater collection of grossly false and exaggerated statements than did this one. The speaker referred in passing to the Old Age Pensions lies told by Mr Ure. Coming to the question of the Navy, Sir George said that this question at the present moment was being smothered by the enormous discussion over the Budget and Tariff Reform. The Navy with the Radical Government was a mere pawn in the party game, and they had done everything in their power to cut down the estimates by hook or by crook. On the Unionist side they had a party who were not merely in favour of a stronger and greater Navy, which they considered necessary for the defence of our shores, but through their leaders were pledged to a greater Navy if returned to power. (Applause). Alluding to the publica- tion of the corresponaence which had passed be- II tween Lord Charles Beresford ",nd the Prime Minister, the speaker said that Lord Charles was not only a great leader of men and a great tacti- cian, but also a man who was loved in the Service. Last week a very interesting dinner-the Trafal- gar Day Dinner of the Navy Club-took place in London, at which Lord Charles Beresford pre- sided. Despite the implied censure of the Govern- ment upon him, far more officers (including no fewer than eighty admirals) attended that dinner than on any previous occasion of the history of the Club. (Applause). More eloquent proof of the popularity of Lord Charles in the Navy could not possibly be adduced, and it meant that the Navy was all for him. Lord Charles had the Navy at his back, that great silent Navy whose voice was so seldom heard, and which, if it had its way, would never speak in public at all, but which had been forced by the condition of affairs introdueed into the Navy and fostered and encouraged under the eyes of the present Government into the feel- ing that they could stand itno longer. Through Lord Charles Beresford the Navy would speak in no uncertain manner. When Lord Charles pointed to those monstrous examples of intimidation, favouritism, and terrorism, he had told the coun- try of a condition of things against which the whole soul of the Navy revolted. Nelson won Trafalgar, not because he had so many ships and so many guns, but because of his band of brothers. If when the great day came those who led the Navy had not also round them a band of brothers, then God help their country. Mr Lort Philipps proposed, and Mr Robert Lock seconded, a resolution declaring that the present Government had forfeited the confidence of the country, and that their policy was not in accord with the wishes of the electorate or conceived in the best interests of the country. The resolution was carried with but one dis- sentient. Captain Troughton proposed and Mr Sackville Owen seconded a vote of thanks to the speakers, whilst the Chairman, on the proposition of Mr C. W. R. Stokes, seconded by the Rev. S. B. Williams, was accorded the thanks of the meeting for presiding.

THE NOMINATIONS. NO CONTEST. For the four vacancies on the Tenby Town Council the same number of nominations were handed in to the Town Clerk on Monday, and consequently there will be no contest. The following candidates were nominated :— GEORGE LORD, draper. High Street. EDMCSD PALMER, grocer, High Street. GEORGE HESRY SAXDERCOCK, grocer, St. Julian Street. WILLIAM HEXRY THOMAS, builder and con- tractor, Nelson Cottage. I Mr Palmer, who is an ex-president of the Tenby Tradesmen's Association, which he was mainly instrumental in establishing, takes the place of Mr Thomas Angel, the fourth re- tiring member who does not seek re-election. Messrs. Lord, Sandercock and Thomas enter upon their second term of office, having been first elected in November, 1906, when a contest took place. The four new members being Conservatives the political complexion of the Tenby Corporation remains unchanged. The annual meeting of the Council will take place at noon on Tuesday, November 9th, when the chief business will be the election of Mayor for the ensuing year.

During next week a United Christian Mission, under the auspices of the Free Churches of the town, will take place at Tenby, conducted by the Rev. R. B. Jones, the well-known Welsh inissioner. The order of the services is as follows Wesleyan Chapel Monday, Nov. 1st Baptist Chapel. Tuesdav, „ 2nd Congregational Chapel. Wednesday, 3rd Presbyterian Chapel Thursday, 4th Baptist Chapel Friday, 5th at 7.30 each evening. At Monday evening's meeting the Rev. A. J. Sharp, of London, will deliver a special address on Temperance. United prayer meetings in connection with the mission will be held in the Presbyterian Chapel this (Thursday) evening at half-past seven, and on Sunday evening at a quarter to eight in the Baptist Chapel.

PENARTH BOUND VESSEL. RESCUED BY G.W.R. STEAMER. On Sunday afternoon distress rockets were fired at Fishguard, calling the lifeboat to the steamer Lribitarte, of Bilbao, bound from Liver- pool to Penarth, light. When two miles off Strumble the machinery went wrong and the vessel commenced to drift before a fierce north- north-wester. To prevent the vessel going ashore Captain Rio put down twojanchors, but, fearing, dragging, he signalled to the coastguard at Strumble. Fortunately the Great Western steamer Pembroke sighted the vessel on the home- ward voyage from Rosslare, and Captain Evans came alongside, taking twelve of the crew to Fishguard Harbour. Owing to the heavy sea the Pembroke's boat was abandoned after taking off the crew, who were transferred with the utmost difficulty. The tender Drake afterwards pro- ceeded to the vessel, with the object of towing her into Fishguard. Two seamen were surgically attended at Fishguard, being injured in the transfer from the distressed vessel. Early on Sunday morning a large steamer was observed t.Nelve miles off Fishguard, flying signals of distress, but eventually she managed to steam away without assistance.

TENBY COTTAGE HOSPITAL. The following subscriptions and donations are acknowledged with thanks:- Congregational Collections:— Tenby Presbyterian Church, per Mr Bennett Roberts jgl 5 g Penally Congregational Church—Har- vest Festival service, per Mr J. W. Griffiths 0 13 0 Saundersfoot Baptist Church, per Mr J. Laurence l 0 0 H. (donation) 3 1 6 G. E. MAINLAND, Hon. See. and Treasurer.

Major Hoggan, who has been promoted to the vacant majority caused by the retirement on half-pay, owing to ill-health, of Major Moor- land, 1st Battalion the Welsh Regiment, is now serving with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa. Major Hoggan received his commission in January, 1894, after five and a half years' service with the Cameron Highlanders and obtained his company nine years aao. fie was adjutant of the 1st Battalion Bengal-Na^pnr Railway R.V., 1904-6, and he has theTirahnnd South African Campaigns to his credit. He is in his forty-third year.

BURIAL OF JUDGE OWEN. The funeral of Judge Owen took place, amidst universal manifestations of sorrow, at the Parish Church, Llantilio Pertholey, near Abergavennv, on Saturday. Although the funeral was of a semi-private character there was a considerable attendance of County Court registrars and officials from his Honour's district, as well as counsel and solicitors. About midday the mournful cortege left the residence, Ty Gwyn, for the cemetery. A short service, conducted by Archdeacon Bruce, Monmouth, and the Rev. H. J. Bates, vicar of Llantilio Pertholey, was held in the church, after which the remains were laid to rest in a aross- lined grave on the south side of the church. The coffin was of plain oak, with heavy brass furniture, and the brass plate bore the following inscription —" Vvilliam Stevenson Owen. Born February 1st, 1834; died October 20th, 1909." The chief mourners were Captain William Owen (son) Mr H. Owen, Poyston, Haverfordwest (brother) Mr Arthur Owen, Haverfordwest (nephew); Dr. W. D. Steel, Abergavenny (son-in-law) Mr J. Parkins, London (son-in-law) Messrs. O. and H. Steel. Abergavenny, and George Parkins, London, (grandsons).

The BELGRAVE HOTEL, Esplanade, Tenby, is now open with every convenience and accom- modation for visitors.