South Wales Daily News

THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAY AFFAIR. WE referred in our last issue to the allega- tions made against the Cambrian Railway Company in respect of dismissal of employees who had given evidence before the Select Committee on the Hours of Labour of Railway Servants. It is satis- factory to learn that the Committee are determined to thoroughly investigate these allegations, the chief case being that of Mr HooD, who had been a station-master for 20 years, and who is said to have been dismissed in consequence of evidence which he gave last session. On Thursday, immediately after Mr HOOD'S statement, Mr MACLTJRE, M.P., a director of the Cambrian Company, desired to lay before the Committee a state- ment rebutting that of Mr HOOD but the Committee refused to receive it, except Mr MACLCRE tendered himself as a witness and we understand that when the Committee re-assembles to-day both Mr MACLURE and Mr CONACHER, formerly general manager of the Cambrian Railway, will be in attendance for the purpose of giving evidence. It is stated that after these have been heard the Committee will sit with closed doors, and consider whether the incident is one calling for special notice. The case of Mr HOOD does not standalone. When referring to this matter on Saturday, we mentioned two or three other servants of the Cambrian Company, concerning whom similar allegations were made; but the Committee appear to have taken into account only that of the station- master HOOD. Unless the explanation which will to-day be given by Messrs MACLUKE and CONACHER be considered satisfactory, there is reason to believe that the Committee will report to the House what is practically a case of intimidating a witness and it is said that precedents exist for the exercise of the authority of Parliament in cases of molestation and in- timidation arising under such circumstances, these being considered breaches of privilege, and the House dealing with them in a very decided fashion. It is in the highest degree important that cases of this sort, when established, should not go unpunished, for if committees such as that named and a Commission such as that on labour are to reach anything like trustworthy conclusions upon the subjects committed to them for investigation, witnesses must have assurance that they will not suffer for evidence given, providing that evidence is correct. From Mr HOOD'S statement on Thursday last, it would appear that he had made some mistake in his evidence, a mis- take corrected by subsequent witnesses but a mistake, if unintentional, cannot be held to justify depriving him of his means of livelihood, especially a fter he has been twenty-two years in the service of the com- pany, and twenty years of that time as stationmaster.

SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH is to be asked to receive a deputation in reference to the acquisition of docks and harbours by rail- way companies, a large section of the mer- cantile community recognising that such acquisition is very detrimental to their interests. Unfortunately, the only part of the subject with which the deputation will deal is as to future acquisitions. It should, of right, deal with the condition of such properties already in the hands cf and con- i- troMfcd tyr lfAilw evmfMues. Suuwb Wales could come in with the story of its starved harbours and deserted docks of its coast line with unlimited possibilities, stunted in development by monopolistic administration.

A SPECIAL correspondent in South Africa writes with particular reference to the industrial future of Kimberley and its neighbourhood, and his letter is remarkable because it discourages the idea that diamond mining should be the chief concern. He states that the country simply abounds in minerals of all kinds, and that the agricul- tural capacities are no less remarkable. Kimberley itself, he points out, by very moderate employment of irrigation, has been changed from a dusty camp into a town full of gardens. What he contends for is that greater freedom of settlement should be provided for; that some of the powers which at present the holders of land possess should be taken from them, because the Dutch farmers are averse from selling their land except at prohibitive prices, their indis- position to part with it, he states, restricts exploration and settlement. In America and Australia the Governments have encouraged the development of the resources of the country but in South Africa the strongly Conservative element in the Dutch party has prevented this and consequently South Africa is backward as compared with other ne-y lands a fact the more remarkable when its greater resources are considered. There is no doubt that the administration of South Africa is a problem which only time can solve. Mr RHODES has been singularly successful to a certain extent; but whether he will be able to overcome the stolid inert- ness of his Dutch fellow colonists, and to induce them to encourage settlement is a question that cannot be answered. Even with all his energy, he has not yet been able to do very much in this direction. The letter of the correspondent whom we quote gives facts which should be borne in mind by intending emigrants.

THE measure to amend private Bill pro- cedure in Scotland and Ireland, introduced by Mr BALFOUR, does not go nearly far enough. This very important subject will have to be handled in a much more drastic fashion, and such proposals as those now put forward would be scarcely worth the time and trouble spent in passing the measure. What is needed is that private Bill procedure should be conducted so as to ensure full local inquiry, thus diminishing the expense and enabling the judicial authority which pronounces judgment upon the Bill to gain some personal knowledge of the districts affected. A Joint Com- mittee sitting in Edinburgh or Dublin would, to a certain extent, lessen the expenditure in Scotland and Ireland, but why should these two countries obtain a boon denied to England and Wales, or why when affecting reform should not the reform be made complete ? We note with satisfaction that Mr BALFOUR proposes to utilise still further the services of the Railway Commissioners. This is a tribunal whose duties may advantageously be extended in more than one direction, but they should be, at any rate for the present, to oversight of railway administration, so as to ensure better service for the public; and the new Private Bill tribunal should be one whose powers should extend to the whole of the United Kingdom, so that inquiry should be thorough, and as cheap as possible, con- ducted in the localities affected.

SOUTH WALES NOTES. "lBY COSMOS.] CO. JUST LOOK AT THIS JUST LOOK AT THAT. As regards the circumstances there was not much difference between the stranding of H.M.S. Victoria and the s.s. George Locket. Both of them struck on a rock through being taken too close to the land. The captain of the George Locket admitted that he committed an error of judgment, Captain the Hon. Maurice A. Bourke pleaded nothing. It is expected that it will cost more than £100;000 to repair the Victoria it is probable thlÀ quite eight new George Lockets could be purchased for this amount. In the one case the risk to life was in hundreds, whereas in the other it was not in tens. Captain the Hon. Maurice A. Bourke was reprimanded and ad- monished Captain Gilbert's certificate was suspended for a year, during which time—as a master's certificate has not been granted to him—he will be unable to earn his living at an occupation which he has fol- lowed for 38 years. Practically the offence which was committed was the same in both instances, yet hoar different are the punish- ments. The man with the greatest respon- sibility is not even dismissed frsm his com- mand the other is practically ruined for life, and thrown on the warld at an age when it is too late to learn a fresh trade or begin a new career. The Court was rather hard on Captain Gilbert. His length of service ought to have been placed in the balance and weighed down one error of judgment. A SEVERE SENTENCE. IT is a very common practice to pass between the Copperas Rock and the land. There are plenty of water and plenty of room for a vessel of the size of the George Locket. No- body would pretend that it was a foolhardy thing to do, and in a certain condition of the channel it is an advantage to these small vessels to creep in shore. On the day in question the weather was slightly hazy, and the captain misjudged his dis- tance. His ship struck on the Copperas Rock, and foundered within a short period. The captain did not de- fend himeelf he admitted his indiscretion. If it had been a reckless thing to steer the course he did, the court was justified in inflicting the penalty it awarded him on Saturday but to take away a man's liveli- hood for a mere miscalculation of distance is much too severe a punishment. Poor Captain Gilbert, after 38 years at sea, was sacrificed to satisfy that sentiment which Voltaire satirized as pour encourager les autres. The cause of mercy would not have been strained if Captain Gilbert had been "reprimanded and admonished." Just fancy if one blunder on shore were to consign us—after 38 years' service— to the workhouse Of course, I am not acquainted with Captain Gilbert's circum- stances, but I know enough of the sea to be aware that the profits can often be carried on the proverbial gooseberry leaf which figures in Dickens's novel. I am speaking generally, not specifically. In these in- quiries into the losses of ships, a court- martial is just as lenient as a civil court is truculent. Each might take a lesson from the other, which would result in a corre- sponding increase of justice. CO-OPERATIVE COLLIERIES. I HAVE been sent the special rules of a pro- posed society, to be called "The Birchgrove Co-operative Collieries, Limited." The proprietors have offered their collieries to their workmen on the co-operative principle, and have gone to the expense of drawing out a code of rules and printing them. I am asked to give my advise on this project. Well, I can see no reason why the workmen should not acquire these collieries upon the co-operative plan, but the rules forwarded do not furnish me with sufficient information to decide upon this particular scheme. I cannot make out from these rules in what manner the proprietors participate, nor why, after apparently parting with their property to the society, they should still retain the control and management of all the business. This is probably explained in the general rules, which have not come to hand. JOKING WITH DEATH. THERE are a few instances recorded of men joking upon the scaffold, the well-known words of Sir Thomas More to boot. But at present, in the St. Nazaire prison, is a youth of twenty who is awaiting the day upon which he will expiate with his life the crimes of murdering two old women. This product of modern France amuses himself in the interval by writing jesting letters to the public executioner. He varies the monotony of this correspondence by com- posing his own epitaph in verse. Whether this bantering spirit will last to the guillo- tine remains to be seen. THE BOOM IN SHIRES. THE Cardiff Shire Horse Society had great difficulty in buying a horse at the Agri- cultural Hall. The sellers appeared to have only two prices, £1,000 and £2,000. For any animal of character which had figured in the prize list, the above were the amounts demanded. And the owners were com- par&fciveto i»di £ fereut about Bar&nR ir&fc them, unless at the sum asked. How long this boom will last is difficult to say. The stud and stock increase every day, yet they do not appear to keep pace with the demand. It is ten years ago since the champion of the show, Cannock Enterprise, was sold for £1,000. This year's champion, which was second in 1891, was sold last year for £2,500. If this be a fair test then, putting Vulcan, who was last year's champion, at £3,000, Shire horses have trebled in value in ten years. THE COUNTRY BEATS THE TOWN. THE fight between the town and the country guardians of the Cardiff Union resulted, on Saturday, in a victory for the latter. But I am afraid that it will only be a paper triumph. The Local Government Board is not likely to alter its decision. The question is one in respect to representation. The meeting, perhaps, was remarkable by the number of gentlemen who put in an appearance, and who never attend except on such occasions as that. Mr F. J. Beavan* naturally resented the presence of these people, who, as a rule, take no interest in the proceedings of the Board, but allow all the work to fall upon the shoulders of the hard working few, and then on an important matter come in and swamp them. Still there is something to be said for the rural members. Mr F. J. Beavan has only to put himself into the tram, and he is driven to the Workhouse for a penny a man residing in the country has often a long journey to make, which practically means the whole day. Then the one is comparatively uninfluenced by the weather, whereas the other is not. Never- theless, Mr Beavan's censure was doubtless hurled at the heads of the ex officio mem- bers, who thoroughly deserved it. They will not toil themselves, but when an attempt is made to secure those who will attend to their duties, the ex officio members gather in strength to oppose such a reason- able proposal, and defend the obsolete privileges which the law has given them, and which are totally out of character with the age. THE LUNDY LIGHT. THE wreck of the Tunisie on Lundy Island calls attention to the position of the light. On a fine clear evening it has been averred that this light, or rather its reflection in the sky, has been seen at a distance of forty miles. But with these meteorological con- ditions there is not much need of lights. It is on such nights as that on which the Tunisie went on ahore that lights are re- quired. The Lundy light, owing to its height above the sea, is so often "capped"—in other words, hidden by the clouds or the mist—that its utility is seriously diminished. Lundy Island is big enough to be seen, except in thick weather, but the light, under these circumstances is rarely visible. The light should certainly—if possible—be removed to a lower level; and if in this case the land should obscure the view, another light should be erected at the other end of the island. As it is placed now, the light is of no use where it is most wanted. THE SMALL HOLDINGS BILL. THE Small Holdings Bill has the defect of all Tory measures. The County Councils under it have power to buy land, but it is a matter of amicable arrangement. The Bill will tempt owners to sell any poor land they may possess. But how many labourers can put down a fourth of the purchase price 1 The class which will be induced to invest will be that which ;has a little capital, and less experience. It may rather jump at the opportunity to become landlords on such advantageous terms as the State providing three-fourths of the money. Our experience of Permissive Bills is that they remain a dead letter. Possibly the best plan would be to extend the Allotments Act and make it a reality, and then give facilities to occu- piers of small and Jarge farms to purchase them, as in Ireland.

SWANSEA HOSPITAL. TO THE EDITOR. SlR,—My attention has been drawn to a letter, signed A Visitor," which appeared in your edition of February 25th. Amongst other state- ments reflecting upon the management of the Swansea Hospital, I am quoted as condemning the treatment that some of my patients have received there. I cannot conceive on what authority your correspondent makes this state- ment. At any rate, it is grossly untrue. I have neither spoken, nor even thought, in the way suggested by him, but on the contrary have but recently expressed my entire satisfaction with the treatment of my patients in the Women's Ward, the very one to which he alludes. Although the correspondence has closed, I trust that in fairness to the Hospital you will find space for this denial.—I am, &c., JOHN ADAMS RAWLINGS, Senior Physician to the Swansea Hospital. Preswylfa, Swansea, Feb. 27, 1892.

11ublir JHuiias. rp O ARCHITECTS. A PREMIUM of £20 and JB5 will be paid for the two approve* PLANS drawn to a scale 32 feet to 1 inch for the best laying out of 18 acres of land in the parish of LlandaS for building purposes. Plan of level and full particulars may be obtained on application to T. J. Masters, 29, St. Mary-straet, Cardiff. 350 LLANGADOCK ANNUAL RACES, .J (Under National Pony and Galloway Rules), EASTER MONDAY, 1892. Also TROTTING MATCH and FOOT RACES (open to all comers.) For further particulars apply to 8195 H. MORGAN, Hon. Sec. N 0 "T I C E The CARDIFF TIN STAMPING AND ENAMEL COMPANY, Limited, having purchased the Business of the South Wales Galvanizing Company, EastMoors, have transferred the plant to their own works, and are now prepared to do GALVANIZING in all its BRANCHES. All orders and enquires to be a.ddressed- The Cardiff Tin Stamping and Enamel Company, Limited, East Moors. 8191 TTNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOUTH U WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. COOKERY LECTURES. 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MONDA Y. FEBRUARY 29, 1893. ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. MR STEAD is an impressionist. He depicts in most glowing colours and scorns grada- tion or tone. The Sunday Closing Act in Wales is to him, apparently, a novelty. Certainly it is a novelty to him that the Act is badly administered in Cardiff. Cardiff people found that out years ago. In 1884-5 they had a struggle to induce the authorities to take action against the bogus clubs and again three years ago. During the past few weeks there has been some attempt on the part of the magistrates to rise to a sense of their duty in the administration of the Act and Mr STEAD comes along, with all the zeal of a novice, to spur them onward in the right course which so tardily they have chosen. He has consulted the best authorities in the town as to the work- ing of the Act, and has discovered facts which he thinks no one will dispute either "as to accuracy or as to their serious "nature." He has heard that in Cardiff there are 1,200 shebeens-places where lifluor is illegally sold on Sundays, and upon this argues that it is the duty of Cardiff to suppress the shebeens, because of the effect which such failure in the administra- tion of the Act may have upon the Sunday-closing agitation in England. Wales has nothing to do with Eng- land. As we have before remarked, when public opinion in England has risen to the level of that in Wales on this ques- tion, England will obtain a Sunday-closing Act. If anyone cites the experience of > W«ltt m «v&f&ce against tho avilomi to, close English public-houses on Sunday, Mr STEAD may be called as a witness in its favour, for he says, in his article in the Welsh Review," that the Sunday-closing Act may be described as an all-round success that it has suppressed the sale of drink in licensed premises throughout Wales that it has had beneficent results and so on. Cardiff is a failure, he contends. But even accepting his contention, there are one million and a half of people in the Principality who faithfully observe the requirements of the Act and only the 130,000 persons in Cardiff are found faulty. Yet, in Cardiff, the police force is but half as strong, pro- portionately to population, as it is in Liver- pool and other seaport towns and, even smaller, because Cardiff is a straggling town, and the length of each man's beat is so much greater. As to the number of shebeens, we are not concerned to rebut Mr STEAD'S figures. Whether they be accurate or in- accurate, it is unquestionable that the pre- valence of shebeens is a disgrace to the town; and that is the point. Nor are we disposed to waste time or words in contro- verting his reference to ourselves he has misrepresented our position in regard to the matter, but that is so well understood in this district that we need not trouble to define or to defend it. There is no occasion, either, to descend to personalities; vulgar "spite," "impudence," "ignorance," "low "conduct," and similar terms may afford amusement to the enemy, but it would be better if they were avoided. The different parties to this controversy, seeing that they have the same object in view, should unite in endeavour to attain it. Mr STEAD is not the enemy of the Act, or of its supporters, because he has criticised its operation on the contrary, his criticisms are a much-needed stimulus to its proper administration, which, until quite recently, has been very faulty. For instance, it has been in the power of the magistrates to fine the keeper of a shebeen £50 for a first offence, or in default to sen- tence him to a month's imprisonment with hard labour. What they have done has been to impose a fine of JB5 (a sum easily collected for the beerseller), and to pronounce sentence of one month's imprisonment without hard labour. Conviction for a second offence may carry with it a fine of £100 or three months' hard labour whereas the ordinary procedure has been to impose a fine of £10 only. The maximum penalties have been rarely inflicted, although those which were imposed were found to have no deterrent effect, the profits of shebeening being large and the fines easily provided for. Then, again, the procedure as to warrants is defective, the police being hampered as to their powers. In the circumstances of Cardiff, with a disproportionately large transitory population, it is no great wonder that Sunday drinking is so hard to combat. What Mr STEAD and the Temperance party have in common is to discover some method of making the Act as effective in Cardiff as it has proved to be elsewhere. Mr STEAD thinks that combination among Church members will avail, and that it is their duty to take immediate action to this end. Well, a "Civic Church" upon the lines of his idea is in course of formation in Cardiff, the first meeting to be held this week and we may soon have an oppor- tunity of seeing what it can do. The Tem- perance leaders think that if the law were more energetically administered and the penalties increased, the desired end would be reached and we incline to their opinion, for this is the course of Action which ptoved successful against the bogus clubs, and there is no reason why it should not be at least equally successful in regard to the shebeens.

MR HELM, who shirked debate at Ponty- pridd, has another opportunity now of sustaining his own challenge. The Rev GWYNORO DAVIES will meet him and discuss the Disestablisbment question. My terms of debate" may or may not be good; but it is not open to Mr HELM to dictate terms. Unless these terms" are intended to be a cover for retreat from the position he takes up in these challenges, Mr HELM will agree that a fairly-representative com- mittee of both parties shall arrange terms. After his runaway performance at Ponty- pridd, there is fear that he will not meet Mr DAVIES.

ALLEGED FORGERY AT PONTYCYMMER. A CLEVER CAPTURE. At the Bridgend police-court on Saturday, John Samuel, late of Blaengarw, an ostler, aged 25, was brought up in custody on the charge of forging a cheque bearing the signature "Singer and Buckley,' a firm of ironmongers at Bridgend (now known as Buckley and Company). It ap- peared that on the 8th of February the accused went into the shop of Mr T. J. Evans, iron- monger, of Pontycymmer, and asked to see some mirrors. He informed the manager that his wife would call in tho evening and probably select one. He asked him to change a cheque, bearing signature "Singer and Buckley," and the manager gave him the amount asked for, £6 3s. The man then departed, and was afterwards iseen in the company of a female, who passed as his wife. The cheque was paid into a branch bank of the National Bank of Wales. It was subsequently returned unpaid, and marked no account," and then the fmgwry was discovered. Information was given to the police, and the female was traced to New Quay, Cardiganshire, but no tidings of the man were obtained until Saturday morning, when he arrived by a train at Bridgend between eight and nine o'clock. He alighted and asked at the parcels office for two boxes which had been left there labelled for New Quay. He was informed that there was a certain amount to be paid for storage as the boxes had been there some time. Meanwhile, the train was signalled out, and he was left behind on the platform, and he soon disappeared. It was sur- mised that he would leave by the next train, and a telegram reaching the police authorities that he was expected to leave Newport that morning, Sergeant Row, stationed at Bridgend, was on the alert, and captured the missingr man just after he had left the Coity Castle Inn. The prisoner was lodged in the police station, and taken before the sitting magistrates in the afternoon. Evidence was tendered by witnesses, and he was remanded until Saturday next.—The prisoner (who was defended by Mr T. J. Hughes) asked to be allowed to provide bail, and the Bench said two sureties of £25 and the accused in j350 would be accepted.

THE LOSS OFTHESS. GEORGE LOCKET. THE CAPTAIN'S CERTIFICATE SUS- PENDED. The judgment of the Court which on Friday sat at the Cardiff Town-hall to hear the evidence regarding the loss of the a.s. George Locket, of London, which was stranded on the Copperas Rock, near Ilfracombe, on the 10th instant, was delivered on Saturday. Mr T. W. Lewis (Stipendiary) presided, and Captain Ward and Captain Daviea were present as nautical assessors. In delivering judgment the Stipendiary said that it was a common practice for vessels engaged in the coasting trade to go between the Copperas Rock and the shore, but as the passage through the channel is attended with risk, and affords no compensating advantages, the Court is therefore of opinion that the prac- tic should be discouraged, as, although common, it was altogether unjustifiable. The Court had come to the conclusion that the master had been guilty of gross negligence, amounting to recklessness. After reviewing the evidence which had been given before the Court, the Stipendiary said it had been decided not to cancel his certificate, but to suspend it for one year. Mr Vachell pleaded that Captain Gilbert might be allowed a mate's certificate to enable him to obtaiu a living in the meantime, as he was entirely dependent on his earnings aa a mariner. The Stipendiary replied that it had been really in consequence of Mr Vachell's urgent appeal, and the facts put forward as to Captain Gilbert's antecedents and age, that the Court had refrained from cancellinghiscertificate. He did not think under the circumstances they were justified in saying they could recommend him for a first or second mate's certificate, but said he would not give his decision then, and suggested that the matter should stand over until Monday for fur- ther consideration on that point. Mr Vachell concurred, and the Court closed.

THE GREAT CUBE FOB OORNS.- Munday's Viridine-Still further testimony. A Chemist writes Will you send me a bottle of your Viridine ? It is for my own use. I get plenty of corn cures of the same colour, but none of them appear to equal yours. N. one ought to say his corns are incurable until he has used viridine." Thousands have been cured, mo«t of whom had suffered for over 50 > oars. Bew&teof imitations. Sold in bottles la, bypoat Is 2d, by th« PT^prietor. J. Muuday, Chemist,1, Sigh-street, Cardiff

SOUTH WALES COALOWNERS' ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coalowners' Association was held on Saturday, at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, Mr W. Holland in the chair.—The Secretary (Mr W. Gascoigne Dalziel) reported having received acknowledgments of the vote of condolence which was passed at the last meeting of the Association with the Sovereign and the Royal family on the death of the Duke of Clarence. That from the Queen stated—"The Queen was much touched by your account of the meeting, and asks you to convey her sincere thanks to the members for thc-ir kind expressions of sympathy with her Majesty and the Royal family in their grief." Sir Dighton Probyn, writing from Sandrimsrhairi, said:—"I am desired by the Prince and Princess of Wales to express their Royal Highnesses' most sincere thanks to the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coalowners' Association for their V<.iry kind sympathy in the deep affliction that has fallen on their Royal Highnesses." The business of the meeting was of a routine nature. The Association admitted into membership the important collieries in Mon- mouthshire owned by the following firms:— Messrs Powell's Tilery Coal Company, Limited, Monmouthshire and Cwm Collieries Company, Limited, and the Tirpentwys Colliery Company, Limited.

NEATH, SWANSEA, AND LLANELLY DISTRICT. The monthly meeting of the delegates of the above-named district association of miners was held at the Working Men's Club, Swansea, on Saturday, Mr James Clement presiding, and there being present 39 delegates, representing 5,500 members.—On the motion of Mr Isaac Evans, it was decided to forward to Parliament, through Mr Randell, M.P., petitions in favour of international arbitration for peace.—Mr Evans also brought up the question of an Eight Hours' Bill. He said he thought that meeting should pass a resolution asking all the Welsh members to give their support in the House on this ques- tion when it comes up. If they failed to be present when so important a question in the interests of the Welsh miners was brought forward they should be called to account for their absence. In fact, no excuse should be accepted from them for their absence.—The Chairman quite agreed with Evans. The miners had made up their minds on the question, and it should be conceded.— The resolution was then put as follows :—" This meeting' again pledges itself to support legislation for an eight hours' day and it expects every member in Wales—especially those connected with the mining districts--to be in their places to support the Labour members when the question is brought before the House, and on no account to pair with respect to it."—This was agreed to unanimously.-On themotion of MrJohn Denmer, seconded by Mr David Price, and sup- ported by Mr John Thomas, it was unanimously resolved to support Mr Isaac Evans in every way in his candidature for the County Council at the Resolven district.

ANTHRACITE MINERS. The monthly meeting of the Anthracite Miners' Association was held at the Tregib Arms, Brynamman on Saturday, Mr John Morris, Gwauncaegurwen, who was supported by the secretary (Mr Enoch Rees), presiding over a goodly number of delegates.—Satisfaction was expressed that the manager of the Aberpergwm Colliery had allowed boys to work with the miners, a resolution asking him to allow them to do so being adopted at the last meeting.—A dis- cussion arose with reference to the percentage on the standard prevailing in the district, which is generally Is below that of the Rhondda district. After the last reduction the percentage at the collieries generally appears to be 7s 9d, but it appears that one colliery had a percentage of 8s 3d, thus being placed mid-way between the anthracite and the Rhondda divisions.—With re- ference to the difference which existed at the Ammanford Colliery, including the refusal of house coal by the management to the workmen, a resolution was adopted asking the company to accede to the men's claim for the coal rather than that the Association should take the matter in hand, whilst it was also decided to communicate with Mabon upon the various matters.— One of the delegates called the attention of the meeting to the fact that the trams ef coal were not emptied directly into the screen in a colliery in the upper part of the district, and a resolution was adopted that unless this be remedied before the next monthly meeting, the colliery would be named, and the district would interfere in the matter.—The vexed question of the screens was again raised by a delegate, and the secretary was instructed to write to the manager of the colliery in question to leave the screen alone, as the pro- posed alteration was objectionable to the men, and not in accordance with the screens in the district.—A discussion arose upon the question of unskilled labour, and the meeting approved of the resolution which had been previously passed that all the collieries in the district should be careful not to give to unskilled men who came to the various collieries more than the" turn" (tro) given to lads when beginning to work.—The sixpenny levy per member made at the last meet- ing in support of the men who had been on strike Pi-. the Cawder and Blaenywaun Collieries was brought by the delegates, whilst all cpl- lieries which had not sent the levies were requested to do so at the next meeting.— The printed annual balance sheets sub- mitted by the Secretary was a very com- plete and satisfactory one, and showed that the Association had £ 70 3s lOd more to its credit at the end than at the beginning of last year. The Association paid 240 during the year towards the Parliamentary labour representation. The Great Mountain Colliery headed the sub- scription list of the Association, the Gwauncae- gurwen Collieries, making a good second.

ENGINEMEN AND OUTSIDE FITTERS' ASSOCIATION. IMPORTANT MEETING AT ABERAMAN. A meeting of the men in the Aberdare Valley was held on Fridey evening at the Swan Inn, Aberaman. There was a good attendance. Mr W. Whitcombe, the men's agent, was also present.—The rtport of the Scrutinising Committee was submitted, from which it transpired that a very large majority of the men employed at each of the collieries in the Valley were in favour of tender- ing their notices, but there was a considerable minority who were not prepared to do so, and a very lengthy, and at times heated, discussion took place as to what should be done in face of the circumstance that at certain collieries it was apparent that the whole of the employees would not tender their notices. It was finally decided by an overwhelming majority to tender the notices on the 29th inafc., and arrangements were made to have the notices sent to the managers of the various collieries.

THE CRISIS IN DEAN FOREST. The associated coalowners have informed the agent of the Dean Forest. Labour Association that no notice will be given by the employers to the butties or their under hands, who will, on the contrary, be at liberty to go in during the stop- page, to keep their places in order, because no allowance will be made for any damage or falls occurring during the stoppage. So far as the day men are concerned, if the butties give notice, it will be necessary for the employers to give notices to the day men, above and below, except- ing as many as will be wanted to keep the main roads in order.

ADDITIONAL NOTICES HANDED IN. The North Staffordshire miners on Saturday handed in a fortnight's notice to cease work, in accordance with the decision of the Manchester Conference. At a meeting of the Butterley colliers, held at Ripley, on Friday night, it was resolved to act in accordance with the resolution passed at the Man- chester Conference. The whole of the miners in Durham county on Saturday received a fortnight's notice to terminate engagements owing to their refusal to accept a reduction of wages. The colliery enginemen, who have not been included, will hold a special meet- ing to-day (Monday) to consider the advisability of stopping work in sympathy with the miners' The miners are at present voting on alternative offers for a smaller reduction, but the figures already show a great majority in favour of a strike, which is looked upon as certain.

A STEAMER RUN DOWN. THIRTEEN LIVES LOST. Intelligence reached Hull on Saturday that the steamer Forest Queen, owned by Messrs Rawson and Robinson, of Hull, was run down on Thurs- day off Flamborougii Head. The steamer was on her passage from Hull to Stockton, and when off Flamborough Head she came into collision with the steamer Loughborough, the weather at the time beinsr very foggy. The Forest Queen went down at once, carrying with her 12 hands and two men who had begged a passage. Capt. Law- son was the only one saved.

SURREY (CHERTSEY DIVISION). Mr Combe (Conservative) aud Mr Baker (Glad- stonian Liberal) were on Saturday nominated as candidates for the representation of the Chertsey Division, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr Hankey, M.P. The election takes place next Thursday. The result will be declared the same night as the polling. PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. 1885. 1886. Ilankey (C) 4540 Hanlcey (C) unopposed Le Marchant (L). 2560 Majority 1980 Population, 51,807 electorate, 9,220.

DERBYSHIRE. At Derby, on Saturday, Mr Broad (Gladstonian Liberal) and Mr Melville (Conservative) were nominated to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr Wardle The polling takes place on Friday next. 1885. I 1886. Wardle (L) 6,186 Mr H. Wardle (II). 5,102 Curzon (C) 4,094 Hon. E. Coke (U.L) 3,949 Liberal majority.. 2,092 Liberal majority.. 1,153 Population, 55,200; electorate, 11,575.

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NEWS IN BRIEF. M. Reiun. the eminent French savant, was on Saturday. Mr Gladstone is expected to reach Chariflf cross from Paris this (Monday) evening. The Cardiff Spring Race meeting has been øøI ¡ for May 4th and 5th next. Mr John Tenniel, the famous cartoonist j Pwnch, is 72 to-day. Lord Dunraven has a long letter in the on yacht racing rules. M. Zola does most of his literary work in the quaint red brick and grey .1 chateau. ¡ There is a talk of extending the Free Librll1 t buildings at Pontypridd 80 as to provide a co* venient class-room for the Science and Mrs Humphry Ward has already received f i all from various sources something like for "David Grieve." Mark Twain has left London to take up JIit; abode with his family in Dresden, where daughters are studying music. Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P., delivered a speech into", phonograph in London the other day, and it fill re-delivered by the machine at Bala, to delight of the residents. Mr Alfred Lyttelton, who is the nephew Vj marriage of Mr Gladstone, is engaged to 1If: married to Miss Balfour, sister of Mr Artfntf; Balfour, and nfece of Lord Salisbury. j Dr Sydenham Jones, of the South WaJ**] Circuit, has accepted the invitation of the Isle j Thanet Liberals to contest the seat at the n«** I election against the sittinsr Conservative member Mr J. W. Lowther. A marriage has been arranged between l\o1t i Walter de Winton, 1st Life Guards, of Maesllwo11 Castle, Radnorshire, and Hylda, daughter of General and Mrs Marshall, of. Broadwater Godalmmg. The Chairman of tho Pontypridd Local Board (Mr D. Leyshon) and Mr Newbiggen, an expert have been visiting the Pontypridd Gas Wortf with a view of purchasing them on behalf of tb*' ratepayers. The advantages of the Children's Savings Bank ratepayers. The advantages of the Children's Savings Bank have been urged very forcibly at the Merthy* School Board, and now, by order of that authority* the Clerk (Mr Stephens) has issued a specif circular, in English and Welsh, to parents »0& children, in which he impresses upon them desirability of thrifty habits. Mr Gladstone has been received with a siderable amount of interest in France, and bif journalistic chroniclers announce with pride tJllt at Grasse the down express to Cannes VI" specially stopped, for the first time on record, pick up the distinguished statesman. A prosperous New Zealand merchant, no* on a visit to this country, declares that season 1891-92 promises to produce the heavif grain crops on record in that colony. Havitf regard to the enormous distance by which we"" removed from the Antipodean colony it is most striking fact that in recent years an dairy export trade has been developed to home country. j According to Woman, the Mrs Montagu who if ( charged with cruelty to her children is one of tbf most daring of horsewomen in Ireland. Set husband is known as a singularly g8D- mannered man, and one who would be inca of countenancing any act of cruelty—especiJtflf to a child. It is pretty well known that Mr E. PenHf I Jones is resigning the registrarship of sbt University College, Aberystwyth. A success0* was to have been appointed at the last meet* ing of the Council in London, but there it wt* found out that the position was not even vacant Mr E. P. Jones's resignation was sent in course, but was mislaid and had never ])e8Ø accepted 1 The famous little wayside cottage at FordhafJt just on the outskirts of New York city, where Edgar Allan Poe lived for a time and wrote aoJO0 of his best works, will soon be a thing of the pa8*" Until last autumn the cottage had been kept jø comparatively good repair by a widow, who took great pride in the place and lived in the house- But the lady moved away on account of ill-health, and a "To Let" sign is now tacked on t cottage. Newport has just now on a craze for lunited I liability companies. Everything is being pU* through the process of inviting public confidents- Aerated water, aerated bread, well-baked brickS- The latest is 111 the newspaper direction. A pany of estimable gentlemen, Who know little or j nothing about what they are embarking in. flooded the breakfast tables on Saturday morping with a prospectus of "The ModtIloùthsbirf County and Boroughs Newspaper Company' Limited." The tautology of the title betrays the 'prentice hand, but it was funny to ask Li aldermen to look over the details of an avowedly Tory affair. The fun will commence when tbe new men get to their first edition. In connection with this year's conference of the National Union of Teachers, competitions, o to the scholars of all day schools in England Wales (Higher Grade Schools included), VifltØ held in January last, and numerous prizes wef* offered for those who did best. The awards just published. Over 2,300 scholars (the pick of their respective schools) entered the lists, and Tom Lynch, a scholar who has just entered th* fifth standard in the Alexandra Board School* Newport, takes third prize for freehand drawing in his division. He is the only scholar in and Monmouthshire whose name appears amonl the prize winners in this competition. Well daD" Tom Mr Haweis, in the EngUsh. Illustrated, tells. story of Mr Spurgeon which is exceedingly characteristic :—A friend of mine was calling on him some time ago and happened to say "1)0 you know, Mr Spursreon, some people think yoU conceited ?" The great preacher smiled indul- gently, and, after a pause, said "1)0 you see those bookshelves ? They cOO- tain hundreds-nay. thousands—of my sermon* translated into every language undet heaven. Well, now add to this that ever since was 12 years old there never has been discovered or built a place large enough to hold the numbed of people who wished hear me preach, aB" upon my honour when I think of it I wonder r- not more conceited than I am." "Ap Siencyn" writes:—Cardiganshire might appropriately be terhied crimeless Cardigan, fot none appears to have paid the full penalty of the law there within the last 60 years. But I belied I am correct in saying that previous to that executions at least were carried out at Ca.rdigall- I have often heard my grandmother relating she, then a little girl of 13 or 14 years of age, had. in company with others, gone down to the of Cardigan from the neighbouring village o* Kilgerran to witness two executions (the first double execution) which were carried out witb view of thousands of spectators in the Y. adjoining the prison. The first case was that (If two men executed for murder about the 1821 or 1822, and the last that of a man for ho stealing about 12 months after. Johns's Newport Directory makes its sixteenth annual appearance with the March winds. Tb* manner and matter of the useful little book prove as it progresses towards maturity. Thørf are more Joneses and Williamses and Reeaes thaØ ever, and it is noticeable that the Morgans getting formidably long. The information at tb beginning of the book is revised up to date .0 the artistic merit of the directory is enhanced b1 a capital likeness of his Worship Alderman DaVÍ5t who looks, if one may judge by photos, as thoUgb the responsibilities of his 50 years of inunieip*' work had proved a mere feather-weight. Mrs Deacon, whose escapade at Cannes responsible for the terrible tragedy which took place last week, belongs to one of the oldest and most honoured families in the United State* Her father, the late Rear-Admiral Baldwin, wbØ died in 1887, had a splendid record. His ch half round the world of the privateer Alabatn* with the Vanderbilt brought him prominently before the eyes of the world, and when, in 1883, he represented the United States Government at the coronation of the present Czar of Russia, hf made many friends in the Russian capital. Mr Daniel Howie. who died in London 01 Friday at the age of 77, was a well-knownBaltl. end superintendent of police, from which position however, he retired as far back as 1865, aftel being in the public service for a period of years, having joined the Metropolitan force i* 1835. His first conspicuous service was in 183*1 when he was one of the 60 picked men sent bf Lord John Russell, then Home Secretary, fr<& London to Birmingham, for the purpose of aOP" pressing the Chartist meetings which being held nightly in the Bull Ring Birmingham, and were the cause of øeri disturbances. On that occasion Mr HoW* and his comrades carried on a conflict with* crowd of 20,000 persons before the military • rived to assist them. In 1843, owing to thf assassination of Mr Drummond, private secretatl to Sir Robert Peel, in mistake for that state" man, Mr Howie was appointed to a.coo pany Sir Robert whenever he appeared S the streets. In the autumn of the same year tb* Rebecca riots broke out, and Mr Howie was sergeant-in-charge of the party of police wb* arrested, in the Carmarthenshire hills, notorious leader, Slioni Scubor Fawr, then terror of South Wales.

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