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RESIGNATION OF MR WM. DAVIES,…
RESIGNATION OF MR WM. DAVIES, M. P. An adjourned meeting of the Liberal Three Hundred for the county of Pembroke was held at the Bethesda Schoolroom, Haverfordwest, yesterday. Mr R. Ward, Sodston, presiding. There was a very large attendance of members. The preliminary business of the meeting was to appoint a president and two vice-presidents. On the proposition of Mr ItKEs MAIJRICK, seconded by a member, it was unanimously re- solved that Lord Kensington, Mr Ivor Evans (Cardigan), and Mr Robert Ward (Sodston) be re-elected president and vice-presidents of the association. THE RKSIGNATHON OF ME Wl. DAVIES. Mr WM. DAVIES, M.P., on coming forward to address the meeting, was enthusiastically cheered. Referring, to his resignation the hon. member said; After due consideration, and acting in accordance with the advice of several medical gentlemen, I dare not consent to allow myself to be nominated by the Liberal Association of this county as their candidate at the next general election. I am not now equal to undertake the responsibility of representing this county, a position which frequently necessitates my travelling a distance of 600 miles in one week, and sometimes in three days, to say nothing of sitting in the House of Commons very often until after midnight. When I was a younger man these were matters of which I thought nothing, but that time, gentlemen, is lJast. and now, when I see before you an opportunity of electing a younger man, I think the time has arrived when I must ask yon to name my successor. Whoever you elect I shall, of course, continue to hold my seat until the end of the present Parliament, which will probably last another year or so. My interest in the Liberal cause will not cease with my resigna- tion, and whoever you select here to-day I have great pleasure in saying that it will afford me much satisfaction to do all I can to secure that gentleman's return—(applause)—and I shall have great pleasure in accompanying your candidate through the county during the forthcoming summer. But remember that candidate must be :1 man Qf your own choice. I wiU have nothing to do with anyone who is not selected by the chosen representatives of the Liberals of this county. (Applause.) The hon. member then proceeded to refer to the last general election, and accounted for the reduced Liberal majority by saying it was due to a march stolen on them by their opponents, who, until the last moment, gave out that it was not their intention to again contest the seat. The hon. member concluded by saying he trusted they would select a candidate who was a good Liberal, and one in whom the Liberals of this county would have confidence. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN- said they had heard from Mr Davies that it was not his intention to offer him- self for re-election, and it now devolved upon the meeting to name a candidate as his successor. The Rev B. THOMAS (Narberth) hoped the meeting would not disperse before they had recorded their appreciation of Mr Davies' unparalleled services to the Liberal party in this county. (Applause.) He would also pro- pose as their future candidate the name of Mr W. Rees Davies. (Loud, applause.) Mr Rees Davies was a Radical, bred and born he was also a Nonconformist from birth. He (Mr Thomas) also thought that, for his age, Mr Davies could hold his own as a speaker with any of the young Welsh members now occupying seats in Parliament. (Applause). Mr WM. WILLIAMS (Haverfordwest) paid a, high tribute to the services rendered by f\1J: Davies to the Liberal cause in Pembrokeshire, aud seconded Mr Thomas's proposition. Mr LEWIS JAMES suggested that the resolution, embodying a vote of thanks to their present member, should be put to the meeting first. This was subsequently done and the resolution carried with acclamation, each member rising to his seat and cheering vociferously. Mi- DAVIES, in acknowledging the compliment, said the knowledge that his services had given satisfaction was ample reward tor any sacrifices he might have been called upon to make during the time he had occupied a seat in Parliament. Mr LEWIS JAMES (Brynbank) cordially agreed with all that had passed, but remarked that it was possible for them to proceed a little too fast. If any gentleman had any ocher candidate in view, now was the time for him to say so. They did not intend to appoint a nominee of the Eresent member, but the chosen candidate of the liberal Three Hundred. (Applause.) The Rev B. THOMAS said he understood the meeting was quite aware that they had perfect liberty to mention any other name that might occur to them. Mr ISAAC SMEDLEY asked the chairman whether that meeting had power to fijjally select a candi- date. He thought their business that day con- sisted in accepting the resignation of their present member. The Rev. B. THOMAS, in view of Mr Smedley's remarks, asked the chairman's permission to modify his resolution to the effect that Mr Rees Davies be recommended as the Liberal candi- date, instead ofselected. Mr WILLIAM WILLIAMS seconded the resolu- tion in its amended form. One or two other members agreed with Mr Smedlcy that this meeting was called more for the purpose of accepting Mr Win. Uavies's resig- nation than to select his successor.—This view was opposed by a large majority, who asserted that, notwithstanding the terms of the circulars convening the meeting, they were aware from what occurred at the last meeting that the business to-day most certainly included the recommendation of a successor to their present member. Mr LEWIS .J AMES moved that Mr Rees Davies be asked to address the meeting. This was seconded, and on being submitted to the meeting was carried with only two dissen- tients. Mr REES DAVIES, on coming forward, was loudly cheered. He said he understoood it was the wish of the meeting that he should state the views he entertained on the current political questions of the day. (Applause.) He was a Liberal of the progressive school, and an en- thusiastic follower of Mr Gladstone—(applause)— and most heartily supported his Home Rule policy for Ireland, and hoped that the temporary disruption in the Irish National party would not retard an early settlement of the question. (Applause.) The question of disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales was the next question in the Liberal programme. It was, he .was glad to le-mi, to be a prominent question before the Welsh constituencies:1t the next election. (Cheers.) Mostheartily did he support it. (Renewed cheers.) In the first place he supported it because he believed that a State Church in a Principality where two- thirds of the people were Nonconformists, was an anomaly and an injustice. (Applause.) In the second place, he supported it because he was a Nonconformist and the son of a Nonconformist— (applause)-and as one whose family for many years had been actively identified with Noncon- formity he rejoiced at the approaching settle- ment. Referring to the tithe question, he charac- terised the present bill of the Government as useless, and as a wretched sop to the clergy. (Cheers.) He was in favour of one man one vote and also manhood suffrage, the shortening of the registration period to three months, and also of woman's suffrage, which must of course be confined to widows and spin- sters--(laughter)-believing that the good influ- ence they exercised over men in other walks of life would politically go in the right direction. (Applause and laughter.) Local Government he was 111 favour of extending, especially in Wales. The powers of the county councils should be enlarged, and the police should be under the entire control of that body. Licences should be trans- ferred from the magistrates to the county council. He was in favour of mending or ending the House of Lords, and would prefer the former course pro- vided that assembly could be brought in touch with the popular vote and made a. representative body. (Cheers.) The heredi- tary peerage should be abolished, and the bishops as representatives of the Established Church should be relegated to a more con- genial sphere. (Laughter and cheers.) He would vote for free and unsectarian education, which he considered in this advanced age of enlightenment and education was very necessary. He would support a measure of land reform, and was in favour of abolishing the laws of primo- geniture and entail. Local option he would also support. In conclusion he said he was a young man and of necessity his experience in politics was not great, but if his experience led him to err he would take care that he erred on the right side. (Loud cheers.) Questions were then invited, and replying to a question whether he would snpport Home Rule for Wales, Mr Davies said that was an indefinite term, but should the question evar crop up he should consider it his duty before supporting it to cousult his constituents. (Loud cheers.) The meeting, which throughout was charac- terised by the greatest unanimity, terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
THE PROPOSED CANDIDATE.
THE PROPOSED CANDIDATE. Mr William Rees Davies is the eldest son of the sitting member. He was born in 1863, and educated at Eton and at Trinity Hall, Cam- bridge, where he took his B.A. degree in 1885. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1287, and practises cn the South Wales Circuit. He is a J. P. for Pembrokeshire and for Haver- fordwest is a member for the Reform and Eighty Clubs, and has done some active work for the Liberal cause in the metropolis in connection with the latter, He is an energetic Liberal and a Nonconformist.
DISESTABLISHMENT IN WALES.
DISESTABLISHMENT IN WALES. At a monthly meeting of the West Merioneth Calvinistic Methodists, held at Harleeh on the 9th March, 1891, the following resolution relative to the disestablishment of the State Church in Wales was unanimously passed :— Thoroughly convinced that the union of the Church with the State is unseriptural, and that the recognition of any civil supremacy for one section of the Christian Church over every other is often the occasion of painful injustice in various ways, especially in the rural dis- tricts of Wales, by giving the power for certain of the clergy to boast that they have the sanction of the law to insult Nonconformists in connection with the burial of their dead and other parochial rights, we as a meeting rejoice to sec the steady progress in the opinion of our representatives generally with regard to the propriety of disestablishment in Wales, as shown in the cldnte and dhisioll on the subject in tlw House of Commons on Friday, the 20th February, and that we earnestly request all who supported the resolu- Lion by speech and vote tfl persevere ill their effects, until this anoinaJy and injustice is entiiely removed from our land.
A LOCAL GLOVE FIGHT.j
A LOCAL GLOVE FIGHT. TRAPP, OF CHELTENHAM, AGAINST JOHN, OF CARDIFF. A WIN FOR THE CARDIFFIAN. On Thursday night, outside the city of Gioucos- ter, a glove right of ten rounds between George Trapp, of Cheltenham, and" Oily" John, of Cardiff, for a of £10 was brought off in the presence of a select company of patrons of the noble art. The fight, was under Marquess of Queens- bury rules, with four-ounce gloves. Trapp was seconded by his brother, and James Betheridge acted as second for John. The result was a win for the Cardiff man, though all through the Cheltenham lad made a very game fight, and showed capital form.
....-.. " JUDAH " AT THE THEATRE…
JUDAH AT THE THEATRE ROYAL The now famous play of Judah, which ran 400 nights at tho Shaftesbury Theatre, will be pro- duced at the Theatre Royal next week with all the original scenery and effects. The play, written by a Welshman, and dealing with Welsh character, hardly needs more than mention to secure for it in these districts large popular patronage. It is one of the dramatic successes of the age. The part of Judah Llewellyn will be rendered at Cardiff by Mr H. B. Nelson, whilst Miss Clare, of Ivanhoc celebrity, will appear as Vashti Dethek. Amongst the other principal members of the cast will figure Mr J. F. Graham, 1 the original Rev Robert Spalding in the Private Secretary Mr J. B. Gordon, the original Pro- fessor Peck in On 'Change. Mr Langley RusseU,so well known for his success in the favourite play of Uncles aad Aunls, and Mr Ernest Clifton. It is safe to predict for the play an exceptionally pros- perous run at Cordiif. I
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THE LABOUR CONFLICT INI CARDIFF.
THE LABOUR CONFLICT IN I CARDIFF. "GOLDEN RULE:' REPLIED TO. A TRENCHANT LETTER. MIS-STATEMENTS OF FACT CORRECTED. PLEA. FOR THE STRIKE LEADERS. TO THE EDITOK. —X»e thouglit-shavings of "Golden Rule" n your contemporary's issue of yesterday seem at fst sight an important contribution to the littva- tltre of the Cardiff strike, but these "shavings," as ey are very appropriately called, need but little air to disperse them, for their very thinness is a grantee of their floating capacity. Two or hl'e objections are raised against some of the ^ders of the strike, particularly against Messrs 'Ison and TiJIett. The first is based on the ,1¡tries they receive, and it is stated on the Charity of some papers that Mr Wilson receives IOOQ a year. Kow, the twentieth part of that IS the salary that gentleman receives as the general secretary of the Seamen's Union, and the sum is well earned. To have started an organi- ijtion that has reached such gigantic proportions i3 that of the sailors and firemen, and to carry it in the manner in which it lias been and is ing carried on, notwithstanding the rapidity of growth, entails an amount of work and responsi bility for which the salary I have mentioned {jj but a moderate remuneration. Of Mr Ben yllett's salary I know no more than the fact that dockers, like every other body of sensible aieH, will pay no salary that is not commensurate, I>r nearly 0, with the work done and the benefits truing from such work to the union of which he Isthe representative official. The seamen and the dockers themselves ought to know better than else whom to employ as their leaders, and the salary they deserve as such. Both leaders been selected by their respective unions, 4tld are not self-constituted, and in such a crisis 18 the present it is their duty and privilege to be J*esent in Cardiff to conduct the campaign, aided their assistants, the local leaders. The h.trge, even if sustained, that Mr Tillett cannot his mother tongue with anything ap- j^oaching correctness, proves very little as to his unfitness to lead a body of men though unable to write or speak their Ila.tive language with grammatical accuracy, <*hfeel the wrongs they sustain, and vividly de- ^*ribe them when occasion calls for it; and if -ir leader at times sacrifices grammar to his esire to impress his thoughts more clearly and 'orcibly upon the minds of his hearers or readers, e does no more than what has been often done hy the greatest masters of English style, and bat when the latter had no such need as Mr ulett often has of employing language more on level with that used and understood by those "hont they addressed. The next objection insinuated against these ^ers i.s that of nativity. The strike is located 111 ftrdiff, and Cardiff is in Wales, and consequently J,e leaders should be Welsh, and not London Professional agitators." I trust that on this Point I am uot misunderstanding the run of the ^gUinent employed by Golden Rule," and fur- "sr that none will have the slightest occasion to heve from my remarks that I under- the great and important services tfilldered to the working men of Wales by such I\¡en as Mabon, David Morgan, and others, whom their native land is proud. But even \1¡e8 men, self-sacrificing and honourable as they e> are paid, and their salaries, I venture to ert, are not much under those paid Messrs Vllson and Tillett. The Welshmen are every ait as professional both as regards the work ► ey do and the salaries they receive as the ^doners, and the application of the term in an v"idiou3 sense to the latter is both unjust and easonable. invaluable services in 6 great London Dock strike have given him his Sltion with the Dockers, just as those rendered j^Iabon on a similar occasion in Wales have ^ed him where he is with the miners. Both men w their opportunities and were equal to them. Wilson. a practical sailor himself, and as such Roughly cognizant of the needs of his class, the necessity of organization to better the 9 "^ition of those who toil upon the great deep, in nofcon|y but worked indefatigably both out of season to make the organization i'es t 1S t>day- ^'le practical good that has Ca ted to sailors and firemen both in their ^tion and wage from his work is the best ^sWer to those who would, if they *vk- deprive him of the honour ;s hjg for t|ie r,art he has played, that these men, were they offered better r: ,y that these men, were they offered better } would leave thr'r Cardiff followers in the is simply to make an assertion for which p^re is no foundation whatever. "Where the ^ey is, there the vultures are gathered together." p,, ^ot that sentence just as applicable to the jj. flstians and industrial captains of the type of ^!chard Cory and Sir W. T. Lewis as it is to 'ett and Wilson 2 If the size and quality of prey is any indication of the direction of the gt of the vultures, were I a vulture, Mr ltf,r, I should without hesitation spread out ? wingrs and make with all speed to the spot Messrs Cory and Lewis have alighted. jjj r Harford is held up as an example ef £ nicy, reasonableness, and freedom from froth venom in his utterances. I presume—and I Hot think my presumption is unreasonable— \tt "Golden Rule" has taken the measure of d 1', Harford from the speech which he lately 4 'vered at the conference of Cardiff shipowners. which he has construed as favourable to his t^lrit of view of the question. There is no r>w°" v;bich chimes in with our and we are apt to think that man all is rational who utters thoughts which fondly believe to be in a like process 1, Solution in our minds. On what, forsooth, is tec1 the assertion of Mr "Golden Rule"— ee t the railway-men's strike would have been H in less tune and with less friction were it ^0r the presence and utterances of Mr Tillett? tqtlOt the contrary the fact? Did not the railway tllJ (111 a great measure) gain their ends owing to ^(j^dersfcanding that dockers, sailors, firemen, wou'd~:to a man, if the necessity 'l'jjje~~come to their aid ? And did not Mr on the part ef the dockers, give public to such an understanding? "Nothing aieed: like success." Mr Harford, with the other labour leaders, won a victory for the Had Mr Tillett no part in the still If victory- won by tho London dockmen ? why is Mr Harford now dubbed the t!ran". and Tillett the recruit who shoots W'le iln'. an<^ nothing? I should be the h ? l,tter one word that might be construed ^Mav.^rable to Mr Harford, but truth com- to5ne V as'c the question, which can only be e.red by himself—What assistance, if any, ^U e:; 0y hiin to his Scotch brethren in their fstruggle, and \vhat the result of such •ch "an?e -s to violoiice of language, tactics as have been disclosed within the last few ^<1 r?-s being employed by men of the Goodyer t" RÜey tamp justify every word that expresses Vliat:i and indignation r f V'cnest men. Has "i^itation been made of the charges brought these two men by the two painters who ^IQKI from the ranks of the "free labourers*' by the Tramway Company 2 Is there possible except that all is fair in t:J¡d war ? Mr Tillett's denunciation of this ,rti and the men that use it is fully warranted. Vj-Wo painters made no random assertions, but re«tdy to substantiate and prove every state- Oy v" ma^e' and the scathing remarks passed r.Tillett on the conduct of the employers was OUtjA^lence and venom, but the passionats "l^^rings of an honest heart. Mr Wilson's a'ro otten characterised by the same of honest feeling, and I am not surprised tigj. V {?lrt the rather wonder at their moderation. j r Golden Rule" come to this office for (ki^j5ay and I shall be happy to relate to him *t}w, °t the mean and pettifogging tricks that are Wil ^yed by the Shipping Federation and their P&in *n c'le^r attempts to smash the Seamen's Hi* and on his leaving I will guarantee that Wer to the question put to him, Are Wil- II peeches too violent?" will be an emphatic T break up the Seamen's Union—is that the H0 k i Federation ? Mr Pyman, a gentleman IMQ" oelonged to that federation, and who seceded it is, and publicly gave that as one t Sth why he came out from amongst He surely had a better opportunity than t to ^now the end and aim of the societj' jfifc '1 he at one time belonged. The means to says Pyman! is the federation t^ed' tv a hotter of mine some short time ago I Laws' attention to the wording of that It was to the effect that preference of Iiu^ymenfc should be given to its holders by ^tt'rierS Shipping Federation who repre- So many millions of tonnage. After the "ltion of that letter the words "preference of" I l/'rfPped, and now the ticket simply entitles to employment at the hands of the .j'X-iety. The Shipping Federation main- the withdrawal of those words is a con- hH'tiii Was there ever absurdity so great when fts of vesselsarordereddayafter day to take 1ot°n,koarcl except such as hold these tickets ? very ticket itself a direct and open tthe shipowners wish to sweep into m every sailor and fireman that belongs to 1 CM;,ona' Union ? Mr Golden Rule prates u t'l(' Flritisti subject and of Eng- ti me treedom in the face of a 's the very badge of servitude The ^le ^reat Wilson," as the writer is "ich 04111 him in a sense different to that k^fcrii* will given the epithet by the rii community of Great Britain, is compared with this. Mr Wilson 'J wy knowledge—and his late manifesto pUinly Provei: this—gone ijevond -'ir:m ..ua.j¡ the sailors and firemen of the have so much liberty left them as :t so please, to refrain from sign- A ing with non-union men. The union which he represents is one among many bona fide trade unions in the laud, and the men work har- moniously with the North of England Associa- tion of Seamen and Firemen, and were he and the other leaders of seamen satisfied that the good of the class was the motive that led to the estab- lishment of the Boarding Masters' Union and of the Slapping Federation, I am perfectly certain that the [National Union would work as har- moniously with these two societies as it does with that of the North of England. But the federa- tion gloss over the ugliness of the ticket by stating that it is merely a guarantee en the part of the sailor or the fireman that he will conform to < he provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, and here Mr Harford, like a good many more, seems to have been taken in. The objectionable words, preference of employment," have been effaced, and nothing remains but the mere promise of the seainan that he will obey the law of the land. If that is all that remains, of what earthly use is the poor remnant ? The Merchant Shipping Act is indeed but a sorry affair when shipowners com- plain of ib, inefficiency to del with seamen who refuse duty, and yet these very seamen are liable to three months' hard labour for a breach of this particular portion. The ticket, Mr Harford, is not meant as a guarantee that the seaman will obey the act when he signs and finds himself in the company of non-ul1im1 men, but is a means to compel the seaman to sign with union and non- union men alike. The ticket is the badge of com- pulsien to sign the three months hard," when the operations of signing has been gone through, is bugbear enough for the seaman, without a written promise to comply with the provisions a generous and kind law has laid down for him. The whole gist of Wilson's coercion has been that his men, who have to produce four years' dis- charges to prove their capabilities as seamen be- fore they can join the union, refuse to sign with men who have not proved themselves in any known way as capable and efficient sailers. In a word, the Union has been forced, in the interests of lives and property, to take upon itself a task which a lax law and a laxer Board of Trade had left undone. What would Mabon say or do if labourers or navvies were thrust wholesale into collieries to attempt to do the work and endanger the lives of ,the men whose interests he so nobly looks after ? Would he not have acted as Mr Wilson has done ? I venture to say he would, and even in a more drastic manner if possible. A great mistake made by many in dealing with this question is to suppose that the seaman's work is unskilled labour, and I venture to think that this mistaken supposition is the cause of much of the coolness with which this strike is regarded. No greater mistake could possibly be made, for 1 know of no employment that requires more apprenticeship than that of the able-seaman, even though we lose sight of the danger he himself daily risks, and of the responsibility he lies under for the safety of the ship he works on. Remem- bering this, and the laxity with which the law is administered in signing on crews, even now, when public attention is focussed upcn the ques- tion, Mr Harford and his fellow leaders. I feel confident, in the adjourned conference, will deal with Mr Wilson's manifesto in a fair and reason- able manner, and will not look at his contention as mere sentiment. In the meantime I would advise Mr Golden Rule," which nm;, de plume his whole letter sadly belies, to keep the hoof better concealed, and cease crowing that Mr Wilson has been beaten all along the line." British tars have won many a fight before this from inability to know wheil they are beaten, and, in spits of Golden Rule's" frantic appeals to the conference, thuy may, and will, win this if they only stick together. The Federation have a perfect right to combine, but have they a right to combine to crush the Seamen's Union out of existence ? That that is their aim I would rather take the word of Mr Pyman, who was one of them until a few days ago, and their own actions than the word of "Golden Rule" that it is not. Mr Wilson has declared most clearly that National Union men will work with men who are not so, provided they can prove their competency. In fact, so many and important are the concessions made by him that there is left to the Federation not the shadow of an excuse for their obstinacy m maintaining the struggle, except the existence itself of the Union, The dockers says Golden Rule" had no grievances at all of their own. What becomes of appeal after appeal made to Sir W. T. Lewis last year to right them, nay, even but to listen to them. Why were these pub aside time after time, now with one excuse and now with another, until hope deferred made the heart sick, and in despair the men revolted ? In conclusion, I, too, add my humble appeal to "Mabon," Harford, Morgan." Evans and Co. not to pose merely "as the guardian angels of the industry of the chslrict, but to act as protectors of that right so dearly won of workmen to combine for their own interests and those of their families. In the case of sailors and firemen this right of com- bination involves, not only their means of liveli- hood but the safety and security of life and limb, which are not hedged around even by an Employers' Liability Act. Your own position and the welfare of those who look to you for guidance demand you to stand by the seamen in this their struggle, for depend upon it if they lose the battle the Federation ticket in one shape or another will force its way into every colliery, and ride over every railroad through the land.—I am, &c,, T. JONES. Sailors' and Firemen's Union. West Bute-street, Cardiff, March 12th, 1391.
COLLIERY MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION.I
COLLIERY MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION. The National Association ef Colliery Managers have issued a circular letter in view of the motion to be made this (Friday) evening by Mr S. T. Evans in the House of Commons with reftJrence to the appointment of additional inspectors of mines, and recommending that working miners should be elected to these appointments. The circular set forth that since 1872 all collieries have been placed under the responsible charge of managers, who have given the evidence of their practical and scientific qualifications by obtaining first-class certificates, and who have had years of practical experience in the control, manage- ment, and direction of the entire underground operations and plans, as well as the surface machinery and works. It is, therefore, submitted that to appoint working miners, whose only qualification is experience in some of the details ofmanual labour underground, to act as inspectors over these first-class certificated managers would inflict upon the managers a most serious injustice, and by reason of 'the incompetency of such inspectors introduce grave dangers in working the mines. It is contended that the persons who mav be appointed to inspect the work and management of the first-class certificated managers, should be at least equal to them in practical and scientific knowledge in all the departments of a mine otherwise the inspection must of necessity be abortive.
CAERPHILLY MINERS' ASSOCIATION.i
CAERPHILLY MINERS' ASSOCIATION. A special representative meetÏIwof the Caer- philly Miners' Association was held at the Goodrich Arms, Caerphilly, under the presidency of Mr Fred Davies, the vice-chair being occupied by Mr Phillip Rees. Mr Lewis Miles (secretary) was also present. All the collieries in the district were represented at the meeting. The first ques- tion was a report by the representatives of the view sf the various collieries in this district as to the district as a body joining the South Wales and Monmouthshire Colliery Workmen Federa- tion, instead of the present mode of single col- lieries sending- their donations to this association. After carefully analysing the reports, the council unanimously decided that the whole district become members of the South- Wales Federation, and that the quarterly subscriptions be sent to the treasurer of the federation at once, and that this decision of the Caerphilly Miners' Associa- tion be forwarded to the executive council of the federation at the earliest opportunity. A report was next given by a representative that attended the Miners' Conference at Aberdare, in respect to the decision come to with reference to the late strike at the Ply- mouth Collieries, Merthyr. It was unanimously decided by the committee to appeal to the whole of the collieries in this association to subscribe another 6d levy per man (boys in proportion), in aid of the Plymouth workmen. The circular which has come to hand for an appeal to the amount of 6d per man towards the maintenance of the sliding-scale funds was read by the meet- ing. A resolution was then adopted that the Plymouth case should have the first claim upon the workmen, and the sliding-scale secondary consideration. As to the dockers' strike of fire- men and seamen at Cardiff in trying to abolish the federation ticket, a resolution was unani- mously adopted that this meeting disapproves of the actions of the Shipping Federation in attempting to strike a deadly blow at the princi- ples of trades' unionism, and recommend the con- sideration of financial support to the various eolleries in this association. As to the tramway strike, a resolution was adopted not to financially support the tramway company until every blackleg" has been discharged, and the old hands reinstated by the company. The question of an appeal for help by the Neath and Swansea district of miners to the men now on strike at the Pentre and Mynydd Newydd collieries owned by Sir H. H. Vivian, Swansea, which has thrown out of employment a large number of workmen, was considered. The meeting sugested that each representative should advocate the appeal before the collieries with a view of giving pecuniary assistance during the struggle. After over three hours' sitting, the proceedings closed with the customary vote to the officials.
BARRY AND THE FREE LIBRARIES…
BARRY AND THE FREE LIBRARIES ACT. The result of the polling in the Barry and ¡ Cadoxton Local Board District far the purpose I of ascertaining the opinion of the ratepayers as to the adoptkn of the Public Libraries Act was declared at Cadoxton yesterday, as follows For the adoption of the Act ,392 I "Against 37 Mr Arthur Hughes, clerk to the Local Board was the returning officer.
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CORRESPONDENCE. ...
CORRESPONDENCE. SCHIBO (Wills).—(1) The last will takes NO effect what- ever on the property included III the first. TIns wa" only given the wife for life, and, therefore, she caunot dispose of it at deatli. (2) Her will is, never- theless, a perfectly legal document. "e axe. sorry yon do not see the difference between illegality as "regards form, and inoperativeness as regards a portion of the contents. (3 and 5) You are clearly entitled to one-third of the property in right of your wife. You must take out administnttioll to your wife, if you have not already done so, and then bring an action against the executor of your mother- in-law (who was administratrix of the original will) for sale ann. partition. (4) Yon speak of being III America as if America lay across the Styx. Surely their addresses are known to some one. But in any case you can go on without them. (6) The executor of the administratrix steps into her shoes, and it is his ri¡!,ht and duty to effect a sale and partition of the property under our father-in-law's will, without delay. Meanwhile he is entitled to receive the rents, but must account for one-third of them to you, In conclusion we repeat our advice, that you should leave the Probate Court alone, and content yourself with proceeding III equity (probably the county court has jurisdiction) as suggested above. C. C. C. (Intestate).—The father having died without a will, and the oldest son having carried on the business, without (as you leave us to guess) having obtained letters of administration, he is what the law calls an executor de sun tort, and is liable w account for everything- he has done. The only difference made by his minority is that he cannot be sued on any obligation contracted by himself during it, but (his would not apply to his position as executor, t hough a wrongful one. The business ought of course to be valued, and all the children entitled to equal shares, but this is surely a case in which a solicitor's aid should be re::oorte1 to.
THE CARDIFF WATERWORKS.
THE CARDIFF WATERWORKS. TO THE EDITOR. StE,-—Kindly favour me with space to contra- dict Scrutator's" unwarrantable statement con- tained in that particular portion of his letter published in your yesterday's issue referring to the first contractor for the above works; viz. :— The contractor who first undertook the construc- tion of the Cardiff Resorvoir having represented to the corporation that his contract price was un- remunerative, applied to have the contract varied, and having made a proposal of a somewhat similar nature to that now made by Mr Mackay, the corporation, at Mr Carr's instigation, gave that first contractor a present of some thousands of pounds rather than defend an action at law." I deny in the most emphatic manner that there is any truth whatsoever in the foregoing assertion, and am prepared to pay a hundred guineas to any charitable institution if "Scrutator" can prove that I have ever during an experience of about 38 years on public works, in any one instance, ob- tained or even applied for a revision or alteration of prices in a contract once entered into.—I am, &c., WM. JONES, The First Contractor. Western Moor, Neath, March 13.
ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OFI COMMERCE.
ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. AN INVITATION TO VISIT NEWPORT At a fully-attended meeting of the Executive Committee of the Newport Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday, it was unanimously resolved to recommend, at the next general meeting of the Chamber, that the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United King- dom should visit Newport in the autumn of 1892. It will be remembered that at the annual meeting just held in London there were invitations from six or seven different towns. These were narrowed down to three, \7. Dublin. West Hartlepool, and Newport. West Hartlepool gave way to Newport, and Newport gave way to Dublin, on the distinct understanding, however, that if Newport renewed its invitation next year it would be accepted. The committee meeting held yesterday is, therefore, the first step towards giving practical effect to such under- standing. The town is fully alive to the extreme importance of such an event, and the prospect is sure to be taken up with abundant spirit; and enterprise. ««__
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ABERDARE BOARD OF HEALTH. The ordinary meeting of the Aberdare Board of Health was held yesterday at Aberdare, under the presidency of MrR. H. Rhys, J.P., chairman. —From the report of the committee appointed ta consider the water supply at Bwllfa, it appeared that, a special report of the surveyor upon the Bwllfa water mains was read and considered, and it was resolved to engage the services of Mr W. Fox, Westminster, to examine the Bwllfa supply and report thereon. Mr Fox had arrived, and, 'with the surveyor, had commenced his inspection, and would furnish them with a full report.—The board ratified the action which had been taken.— The Chairman called attention to ths fact that the Powell Duffryn Company had given the board notice to terminate their tenancy of the ground they had occupied hitherto for the de- positing of scavenging rubbish from the Aberaman district. The tenancy would expire on the 2nd August. At his suggestion it was agreed to add to the scavenging committee two other members of the board—Mr E. M. Hannand Mr W. Little, and to request the committee to give the matter their early consideration, and to suggest what, course had better be adopted to deal with the refuse in the future.—Mr D. Davies, J.P., said there was a com- plaint from the Merthyr Board of Health thai; they had not paid up the instalments regularly upon the joint sewerage account.— The Clerk mentioned that the Merihyr Board had actually passed the last cheque through the bank before they complained. — Mr Thomas Thomas said it was another instance of Mr David Davies, Grlebeland, being misinformed.—The Chairman said this was the last meeting before the election, and in view of contests in one or two wards, he suggested the appointment of Mr D. P. Davies, J.P., to assist hun as returning-oificcr. —This was agreed to.
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THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE. GLASGOW, Friday.—There is a fair business in the Scotch pig iron trade. The warrant market has been rather depressed, and prices of Scotch warrants have gone below 45s per ton. Cleveland and hematite iron being reduced in proportion, the inquiry for export Is quiet, and the shipments much under the average in amount. The total pig iron shipments from 1st January to date are 38,000 tons, compared with 63,000 in the corres- ponding period of last year. There are now up- wards of 20 furnaces in blast, and two others are being lighted. Several special brands of marker's iron that were exhausted during the strike are again-in the market. Gartsherrie No. 1 is quoted f.o.b. Glasgow at 60s per toa; Xo. 3, 56s: Colt- ness, 72s 6d to 65s Calder, 65s and 57s 6d Eglinton, 50s and 49s 6d. There is a great want of activity in the finished trade, and a number cf the works are running time. Common bars are quoted £6 to £6 7s 6d, best bars ranging from J36 7s 6d to £6 17s 6d, less 5 per cent. discount. At present orders for malleable iren are almost exclusively confined to the home trade. The steel trade is very quiet, and prices are nominally unchanged, but some concession requires to be made to secure orders.
J- ----MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY…
J- MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUSTEES. The Midland Railway Company and the Swan- sea Harbour Trustees have entered into an agree- ment with reference to the wharf which in 1876 the trustees agreed to lease in perpetuity to the Midland Company with certain rights and facili- ties, including the exclusive right to berth ships and vessels alongside, and to levy and receive all wharfage rates authorised to be taken by the Swansea Harbour Act, 1874. Under this agree- ment the Midland Company undertake to sur- render to the trustees the wharf above referred to, together with all rights and powers attaching thereto. In consideration of this surrender the trustees release the company from payment of the agreed rent of £1,860 as from the 14th day of last January. The reason assigned in the recital to this agreement for entering into it is that "the trustees are desirous of acquiring possession of the wharf and premises, and have requested the company to surrender the same." This agreement will bo scheduled to the Midland Railway Com- pany's bill now before Parliament.
A WRETCHED HOME AT NEWPORT.
A WRETCHED HOME AT NEWPORT. The magistrates at Newport Town-hall yes- tnrday had before them a pitiful revelation of one of the most wretched homes it is possible to conceive. To the police is due the credit of having brought to light the case. They heard rumours from the neighbours, saw poor little emaciated children going in and out, and got exaggerated accounts of the wife's habits. Arlington-street, Marshes-road, one of the densest of the poor quarters of Greater Newport, was the localty of this wretchedness, and at No. 14 lived Daniel Sysum, 32 years of age, and Fanny Sysum, his wife, aged 28. Although thus a comparatively young couple, there were no less than seven little ole--Ellen, aged 11; Edwin, 9; Clara, 7; F"1/' V Charles, 4; Henry, 2 years; and Lditli, 3 months and all these the parents were accused with wilfully neglecting and exposing m such a manner as cause injury and unnecessary suffering." Last (Thurs- day). evening Inspector Brooks and Sergeant Williams visited the house together with Mr A. H. Rees (relieving officer) and Dr Limbery (the parish medical man). The latter said it was the worst case he had ever seen in his long ex- penence. The children were all emaciated to the degree understood by shrivelled skin. They were not properly clothed, no shoes or stockings being in evidence, and, worst of all, they were not cleam. Thcm there was no food in the house. Half a loaf of bread appeared later in the evening but this was for the husband's supper. The lattr told the Bench that he earned & guinea ner week.y which fc wm, for rent, fad thVh« gave it all to his wife. This left 16s between nine —The Bench ultimately remanded the case-the 1 husband on his own recognizances, and the woman and children to the workhouse.