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public 'Hompanits, &r. 1 The LIST of SUBSCRIPTIONS will CLOSE on TUESDAY, the llfch day of March instant, at or •, before 4 p.m.. far TOWN", an.l on WEDNESDAY, :he 20th, at 10 a.1 a., for the COUNTRY. THE CENTRAL EXPLORATION COMPANY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. LIMITED. Incorporated under i the Companies Acts, 1362 to 1893, whereby tile liabili cyof he Shareholders is liaited to the amount of th eir Shares. CAP ITAL— £ 122,000. ti 120,000 Ordinary Sh ares of %:1 each, 2,000 Deferred Shares of £ 1 e ;eh, of vi,hich 28,000 Ordinary Sha res and 2,000 Deferred Shares %-ill be allotted to the Vendors iii part payment of the p urchase money. The Directors 1 invite Subscription's for & he remaining 92,030 OHDIMAUY SHARES, Payable a s follows On Application 5 0 per Share. „ Allotment •• 5 0 Jo. Sth April, 1895 0 10 0 do. After a Dividend of 15 per ,ent. has been paid on the Ordinary Shares, and ?rovis¡)n has been made for a Reserve Fund, the D^ierred S,hares will be entItled to Dne-half ef the reiiiaii; ing profits of each year, and the Ordinary Shares to the- other ha If. After providing for the payment- of the purchase money theie will rem:iin £ 60,039, which will be re- served for Working Ca.eital, for the completion of the purchase of the propett;es, and for the general pur- poses of the Company. DI RECTORS. Sir WILLIAM G. DAVI», K.C.S.I. fOrma-IY Finan. ei.il Commissioner of tite Punjanio, and a Member of the Legislative Council of India. HARLEs HURLBATT, Esq., Worcester House, *V;*lbroofc, E.C. 3AM.ES JACK-ON, Esq., Director of J. B Roberts' Store". Limited. EDWARD KRAFTMEIERv Esq., Director of Nobels Dynamite Trust Conarj.wiy, Limited. BANKERS IN LONDON—Ji'essrs GLYN, MILLS, CURRIE and Co., 67, JLombard-street, E.C. BANKERS IN WKSTKRN AUSTRALIA—UNION BANK OF AU TRALIA, Li.Nirt bD, 1, Bank Buildings, Lothbiii y. London, E.C and its Branches. UONSULTIV; ENGINEER—WILJMAM NIC»IO I.-AS, Esq., E.G.S LondVIJ, Lecturer on.Vliniii» in the University I of Melbourne. SOLICITORS.Messrs StTTTOIf, OMMANEY, and KENDALL, 3 and 4. Great Winchester-street, E.C. MJDITORS.—Messrs IlAltVEY PREEN and CO., Chartered Accountants, Basing House, Basinghali- i street, E.C. SECRETARY AND OFFICES.—C. KL ROGERS, Esq., 2, Metal Exchanse-buikfjngs, E.C. PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed for the purpose of jonducting he business usually carried on by an Sxploration and Agency Company. Its objects in- jnJe 1. The prospecting, purchasing, and developing of olll mining and other ptoperties in the Colony of Western Australia. 2. The promotion of sub-companies to purchase, tease, or work such properties. 3 Agency for the manufacturers of minifig machinery And explosives. This Company has entered into an agreement for icquirrng Gold" Mining Properties, leases and < ptions f leases, comprising a total area of 105 acres, situated In the Coolgardie Gold .Mining District, of Western Australia. Acres. 7iz, Leases No. 1,068 and 1,069, known 3IS John Dunn, each about 12 acres 24 Lease No. 696, late 221, known as McCulloch or Hopetoun, about 18 Lease No. 638, known as Croesus Sorth, aoout 9 Leases No. 562 K, 449 K, 473 K, 533 E, known as Black Flag Proprietary, about 54 Total 105 lb is intended at an eariy date to dispose of certain Interests in some of these properties to stubsidiary Companies; and in view of the favourable reports Bade by Mr W. H. Matthews, the General Manager of Bay ley's Reward Claim Gold Mining Company, Limitf-d, Coolgarr1ie. the Directors do not anticipate "n diflknIty in dealing with such interests at a con- siderable profit to the Company. It will be seen from the reports that the samples taken from the different properties have given results which show the ore io be extremely rich. Extracts from Mr W. H. }btthew,¡; Repürts and Cable- grams, showing Workings up to date. JOHN DU5N CLAIMS. From Report, August 24th, 1394: During my inspec- tion of the above property I took three samples, which have been since tried, one from the surface outcrou, Hid two others from the openings made and mentioned. The former carried several fine colours of gold; the '.atter gave results fully eoual to t#o ounces per ton, which I consider very sati-factory indeed. From I ablegram, February 14th, 1895 Very much leased at-, the general progress made up to date. Having proved the continuity of > re body right through Southern Lease is very important. No. 1 shaft sunk 58ft. No. 2, 3ft.. well defined walls lodes vary be- weeu Zift. and rt. wide; rock exceedingly kind, ap- pearances exceedingly favourable. MCCULLOCH OR HOFETOUN CLAIM. From Report. September 1st, 1894 General.—From the very careful examination I have made, the strike and underlie of the lode, the very successful develop- ments that have taken place in Cosgrove's Mine, and thp "hort distance from the boundary of Block 221, are sufficient to place this property as a sound, legitimate invt'stn.eTK that when deveiowed will prove equally as rich and valuable a the adjoining mine. I have, ihera- fore, no hesitation whatever in recommending it to investors, believing that with a moderate expenditure i. lavjie quantity of good stone should be exposed, and the mine prove a valuable one. From Oablsgram, February 16th, 1395 Main shaft now being sunk within 66 feet, East Cosgrove ooundary present depth is 80 feiit, securely timbered. Shaft, judging from the adjoining property, will pasa through lode at 150 feet consider it very advisable at t)nce to cross-cut to lode. Developments on the ad- joining proper, y quite satisfactory. Lode is lar-e- very good stone frequently met wihh. It is reasonable to supuose hat continuity of Cosjprove ore body will extend through Hopetoun. CRCESUS NORTH CLAIM. From Report, September 27th, 1834 General-AHet »areful consideration, I have arrival at the conclusion that the prospects of this property are the best I have seen, and will fully warrant being placed befo: e the public s a sound, legitimate investment, sufficiently good to warrant the necessary capital being subscribed tor its development and the erection of machinery when required, which, when completed, should place I til -I mine on JM eqnal footing with many of the best mines throughout the district. From Cablegram, February loth, 1895 No 1 shaft, 40ft. deep, at tile bottom of the shaft lode 5fc. wide, -widening nut, well defined, improving in depth. Trial shaft. Soft, north, No. 1 shaft sunk 17ft. exposes same class as before, 3ft. wide. BUCK FLAG PROPRIETARY CLAIMS. From Report, November 14th, 1894 General.—In conclusion, I consider this a property of very large possibilities, and from the gold opened up with the limited amount of work done, and other favourable indications, points to everything being in its favour. The llJdes, without exception, are the largest and best defined I have seen in the Colony, contain ns gold ■where broken, some portions being very rich, others giving indications of being equally so if developed. I have, therefore, great pleasure in recommending this property, as from present appearances it is a fair, sound, legitimate mining investment. From February 13th, 1895 Develop- ments most satisfactory. The discovery of gold in the south end of the property is most important, and the rich ore exposed within three chains of the northern feowulary proves clearly that the lode is gold-bearing sntirely through the property, some portions being irery rich, and promises, when developed, to be one of the largest gold-producii>g mines in the Colony. ucl tease No. 562.—An open cut 4ft. deep exposes reef I7fr. wide—cap of the reef shows visible free gold, 'ivt-o cuttings furtbeT north have opened up reef 20ft. wide-showing visible free gold. Lode samples 7ozs. 13dwta. per ton. Lease No. 449.-One cutting, 63ft. long, exposes lode material entire length—showing very good gold. Two cuttings 60ft. north, expose lode 19ft. wide-disclosing very good gold. Trial-pits, 74ft. further north. In each instance showing very rich gold. Three cuttings 150ft. further north, the cap of the reef has betn removed 12ft. in width, same character rock. One shaft has been sunk 41ft., entered lode material, fine gold frequently met with, but not yet down to Main Reef. t Lease No. 473.—Three shallow trial-pits, exposing portions of lotle, each containing fine gold. One shait b<1s been sunk loft. deep. I Lease No. 513.-0ne cutting exposes lode 3ft.6ins. wide stone is worth 5ozs. lldwts. per ton. Two cuttings 150ft. further north stone worth about 3ozs. per ton. Th-ee cuttings further north expose gold. A shaft has been sunk 40f6. expect to strike hanging wall within 20ft. Two shafts have been sunk 25ft-. and i 45ft. respectively to water level. Every promise of abundant supply of water. he Directors have pleasure in stating that negotia- tion,, are pending to secure for this Company the J agencies in Western Australia of certain leading manufacturers in Europe for their supplies to the Colony, and these, in the opinion of the Directors, should prove a source of considerable revenue to this Company. The Company is also in treaty for the purchase of certain other mining properties in the Coolgardie District and elsewhere, which are now under offer to the Company on favourable terms. Arrangements have been made with Mr A. F. Gray, who has had considerable practical experience in mining in the Colony. to return to Western Australia 'i..S Local Director. Mr Gray resides in the White Feather district, and has recently visited the Black Flag Proprietary claims. In a letter dated 27th February, 1895, he refers to the outcropping gold- bearing ridge of quartz, as being 20 to 40 feet wide, rising to 3U feet above the level of the surrounding sountry, and extending for 800 to 900 feet in length in it alone he considers there is enough ere to justify She immediate erection of a battery he adds that, In some places is is so immensely rich that the stone will compare favourably with specimens taken from the best mines in Coolgardie, and leads me to expect that it will prove one of the finest properties in Australia." The .4 greement before referred to is dated the 13th day of March, 1895, and made between the Parra- matta Syndicate, Limited, of the first part, Charles Albert O'Leary of the second part, and this Company of the third part, whereby the Syndicate has agreed to sell to this Company-(a) Leases No. 1,068 and No. 1,069, .John Dunn, and No. 696 (late No. 221), McCul. locb or Hopetoun, which have been granted in respect of these properties and (6) the options held by the Syndicate to acquire the auriferous or mining leases which have'been granted, or which are under contract to be granted, in respect of the Croesus North and the Black Flag Proprietary properties. Under this Agreement the Syndicate will vest in this Company the above-mentioned properties, leases, and options of leases, subject to the payment by this Company of 231,700, the balance payable upon the exercise of the options and subject also, in the case of the John Dunn and the Black Flag Proprietary properties, to the reservation of one-sixth interest in such properties in favour of the former owners thereof. The purchase price has been fixed by the Vendors (who are also the promoters of this Company) at £6¿,GOO, payable as to 92,00,0 in fully-paid Deferred Shares, £28,000 in fully-paid Ordinary Shares, 214,000 in cash, and C18,CW in cash or fully-paid Ordinary Shares, or partly in cash and partly in shares, at the option of this Company. The balance t£60"O(JO; of the Capital will be reserved for Working Capital, for the completion of the purchase of the pro- perties, and for the general purposes of this Company. Besides tiie above-mentioned purchase agreement, there are other agreements (to which thi3 Company is not a party"i made by or on behalf of the Vendors and others with reference to the acquisition of the above properfes, leases and options, the fo mation of this C#nipai;y, and subscriptions to its Capital, which a* eements are, ov may be, Contracts within the meaning <>f the 38th section of the Companies Act, 1867. Applicants shall be deemed to have had for all 1867. Applicants shall be deemed to have had for all purposes full notice of every agreement above referred io, and to havi waived their rights, if any, to any further particulars thereof whether under the Com- panies Act of 1807 or otherwise. The original reports and cablegrams of Mr Matthews, letter from Mr Gray, and the Agreement mentioned herein, together with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, can be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors to the Company. The sampies of ore from the various claims can be I Ie en :1.0 the Offices of this Company. A Sketch Map of the District, showing the location of the leases, is enclosed herewith. Application for Shares should be made on the 2ndosed form, and sent with the reqnisite deposit to the Bankers of this Company in London. If the full number of Shares applied for be not allotted, the -.urpius pO'id on application will be applied towards subsequent instalments, and where no allotment is j.,a,!e the amount, paid on application will be returned j illil. Application will be made for a Stock Exchange j ^Prospectuses and Forms of Application can be obtained at the Offices of the Company, a.8 well so the Company's Bankers and Solicitors. London, 14th March, 1895. She of tallowing C"«»*«ias' shares may ffittfrlit ( £ amjiaims, & £ I be taken as some indication of the success attending enterprises similar to those projected by this Com- pany n:i 2 ?? Latest Capital. Dividend. We3t Australian Gold Fields. Ld £ 100,000 £ 1 Si lZhZ London and Western Australian Explora- tion Co., Ld £ 100,000 £ 1 li 20% UamDton Land and I Railway Synd.. Ld. 970,000 £1 3i lOr. London and South African Exploration J Co., Ld £50,000 10s 10 110Y. for IF94 Elcplo,-ing £ 70,000 £ 14= to 2007- Consolidated GoldS Fields of South J- £ 1,875,OX) £ 1 4 £ 15% Africa, L.I J Exploration Co., Ld. £ 300,000 4s. 1{ 25% Rodesia Exploration and Development Co. £1 8 Rand-Rhodesia Co. E50,000 £1 2. Z.i.mbesM Explore Co. £ 65,000 £ 1 The SUBSCRIPTION LIST will be OPENED on MONDAY, the 18th day of March, 1895, e.nd will be CLOSED for Town at Four o'clock on TUESDAY, the following day, a.nd WEDNESDAY, the iiOtb March, at Twelve noon, for Country. The issue of 50.000 Shares is all underwritten, but no I preference of any kind will begiven to Underwriters. The Shares applied for will be al;otted to all Sub- scribers.is near as possible pro rata to the applica- tions received prior to the closing of the List, Ac. THE ROYAL SHEBA (LIMITED).— -α Incorporated under the Companies' Acts, 1862 to 1893, whereby the liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Shares. —Capital £ 50,000, in 50,000 Shares of £ 1 each, the whole of which are OFFERED for SUBSCRIPTION (except those subscribe'I for by the seven subscribers to the Memorandum and Articles of Association). payable as follows 2s 6d per Share on Application, 5s per Share on Allotment, and the remainder as and when re- quired in Instalments not exceeding 2s 6d per Share, at intervals of not less than two months. DIRECTORS. •ARTHUR CHAMBERS, Esq. \D!5^hTtirt,«i°M»nin- Captain W. N. LISTER. J Sompanf(ii^) A. W. G. RANGER. Esq., D.C.L., 17, Fenchurch- street, E.C. tYSON CRAWFORD, Esq., 35, Lndgate-hill, E.C. *Will j,n after transfer of the Property. BANKERS.—PARR'S BANKING COMPANY and the ALLIANCE BANK (Limited), 77, Lombard-streets London, E.C. SOLICITORS.—Messrs RANGER, BURTON, & FROST, 17, Fenchurch-street, E.C. AUDITORS.—Messrs MONKHOUSE, GODDARD, & CO., 28 and 29, St. Swithin's-iane, E.C. SECRETARY ANB JFFICES pro tem.).—Mr EDWIN J. JACKSON, 4, Token ho use-buildings, London, E.C. PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed to buy and pay for in cash 31 Mining Claims, situate on the Sheba Hill, De Kaap GoldSelds, South Africa, on the same spur of hills on which the Sheba Mine is located, about three-quarters of a mile to the east of the well-known Golden Quarry on the Sheba property, about three miles from the Railway Station on the Barberton Branch Line. The Sheba Company's steam tramway passes over the ground. The Claims hare been reported on by Mr Pizzighelli, the Goverunient Surveyor, and a copy of his report ac- companies the prospectus. He reports that the work. ings are so far mostly on the out-crop claims, that the samples taken where the lode was exposed were taken by him from the entire width, without picking any particularly good or bad part of the lode, and the result of his assays are given very fully in his report. In addition to these assays made by him, certain samples were forwarded from another source to Mr Arthur Chambers, who submitted them to Mr Fred. Clauder, the Assayer to the Bank of England, whose assay results are set out below W eight of sample. Gold recovered. oas. ozs. dwts. grs. 20 0 6 12 per ton of 2,240 lb3. 19 v. 6 0 18% 1 13 0 19% 2 15 12 22 13 0 „ „ 22% 0 18 0 Water.—Mr Pizaighelli, in his report, states that a valuable wacer-rigbc has been secured from the Govern- ment in an adjacent stream, and goes with the pro- perty, and that there is etiotigh power to drive a 10- stamp battery and accessories. Coat-Owing to the completion of the Delagoa Bay Railway, the property is in direct communication with the vast coalfields lately opened up in the Middlesburg district. Coal can ba delivered upon the property at varying prices not exceeding 30s per ton. The Company secures from the Vendors the right to purchase from the Sheba Gold Mining Company, Ltd., a 10-stamp battery, and to deduct the cost thereof from the purchase money. Such battery will require to b shifted and re-erecr.ed on the site recommended by Mr Pizzighelli, and 2400 is the estimated cost of such removal, re-ereeiion, and replacement of certain portions of the machinery, anil no unnecessary delay will be occasioned in the ereceion of the machinery. A crushing of 70 tons of ore from the Royal Sheba ground is stated by Mr Pizzighelli to have yielded over 13 dwts. to the ton, and that the yield was smelted gold. and realised S3 19s lOd per ounce in London. Dealing with the cost of transport and milling, Mr Pizz glieHi reports that, taking an average, the mining and milling could be done for 12s per ton right through, and he states that the working expenses, by good management, ought not to exceed 4 dwts. to the ton. Consequently, in his opinion, the property will yield a very handsome return to investors. Taking it at the lowest possible estimate of 10 dwts. per ton, the following forecast may be regarded as moderate 10 stamps will crush 40 tons per day, and working 300 days per year = 12,000 tons. producing 6,000 oas. gold, .r an average of lit dwts. per ton. 6,000 ozs. of gold at;23 17a 6d per oz. :£23,250 Working expenses on 12,000 tons at 12s per ton 7,200 Gross profit per year £ 16,050 This profit, after deducting £ 3,550 for reasonable depreciation and management expenses, would leave £12,500 net profH-sufficient to pay a dividend of 25 per cent, on the entire ca.pii.al of the Company. The above estimate of profit is based,on the working of a ten-stamp battery only. As the lode is de- veloped, greater milling power will doubtless be introduced, with a corresponding increase in the profit lesulting. In addition to possessing the battery, the CompaDV will commence operations with a working capital of £20 0 0. Mr A. Chambers, who has recently visited the pro- perty, states that sufficient development work has been done to enable crushingi to commence imme- diately the battery has been re-erected. The plan of the property and a map showing its position with regard to the Sheba accompanies the prospectus. The price to be paid for the Claims and the ten- stamp battery is fixed at £ 30,800 by the Vendors, W. R. 1. Syndicate, Limited, who are acquiring the property from the Royal Sbeba Syndicate's Trustees, and the Vendors pay all charges and commission thereon, and expenses of the formation of this Com- pany up to allotment, and they sell to the Company at- a profit, as shown by the contracts. The following contracts have been entered into-G) An agreement, dated tie 1st day of March, 1895, and made between William Cook and Joseph Trennery Dunstan (by William Nathaniel Lister, their attorney), as Trustees of the Royal Sheba. Syndicate, of the one part, and the W.R.B. Syndicate, Limited, of the other part. (2) An agreemenc, dated the 1st day of March, 1895, between the W.R.B. Syndicate, Limited, and Arthur Chambers, Esq., for payment of a commission in connection with the gade of the property to the Com- pany. (3) An agreement, dated the 14th day of March, 1895. and expressed to be matle between the W.R.B. Syndicate, Limited, of the one part, and the Royal Sheba, Limited, of the other part. The Vendors have also entered into certain under- writing and other contracts in connection with the formation of the Company to which the Company is no party, and applicants for Shares shall be deemed to lHwe had notice of these latter contracts, and to have waived their right, if any, to the dates, of, names of parties to, oc any other particulars of or concerning same, whether under Section. 38 of the Companies Act, 1S67, or otherwise. The original report, plans of the property, assay. contracts, and memorandum and articles of associa- tion can be inspected at the Offices of the Company. Application for shares should be made on the form accompanying the prospectus, and forwarded to the Company's Bankers, together with a remittance for the amount payable on application. The allotment will be made as early as possible after the subscription is closed, and in cases where no allotment is made the amount deposited on application will be returned at once, withi-ut reduction. If the number of shares allotted be less than that applied for, the surplus will be credited in reduction of the payment on allotment, so far as necessary, and any balance will be returned. Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be obtained from the Bankers, Solicitors, and at the Offices of the Company. | London, 16th March, 1895. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. THE ROYAL SHEBA (LIMITED). TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE ROYAL SHF.BA (LIMITED). GENTLEMEN,— Having paid to the Company's Bankers the sum of £ being a deposit of 2s 6d per Share, payable on application for Shares of £ 1 each, I request you to allot me that number of Shares, and I agree to accept the same or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, upon the terms and conditions of the Prospectus, and I request you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the shares so allotted to me, and I undertake to pay the further instalments upon such allotted shares as the same shall become due, and I are. to waive any fuller com- pliance with Section 38 of Companies Act. 1867, than is contained in the said Prospectus. Name in full _» Address Description m Ordinary Signature 2196 Date 1855. ASK FOR Ift E.Y N 0 L D S' CHOICE F L 0 U R, In small bags, for the next JgJ OME ks U P P L Y. Sold by all leading Stores and Provision Merchants in South Wales. Wholesale from J. REYNOLDS AND CO., ALBERT MILLS, GLOUCESTER. ASK FOR REYNOLDS. 1396 THE SCHOLASTIC TRADING CO. (LIMITED). COMMERCIAL ENVELOPES FROM 4D PER 100. BIBLES FROM lOD EACH. ACCOUNT BOOKS FROM 6D EACH, ALBUMS FROM 4s 6D EACH. LETTER CASES, POCKET BOOKS, FROM IS. NOTEPAPER FROM 6%D PER LB. SPECIAL TERMS FOR BOOKS FOB SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND REW ARDS. WINDOW TRANSPARENCIES FROM 6D SHEET. Any Book post free on receipt of the published 1336 price. 58e "]\TEAVE'S TJ^OOD.—First Established JL l JD 18?5. Best and Cheapest. T^TEAYE'S T7100D.—For Infanta and JL Invalids. For Growing Child- ren and the Aged. EAVE' OOD.-For Iniants and II' J? Invalids. A Pure Cereal Preparation In Patent Air-tight Tins. I Sir Charles A. 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Bearers, %nd Self-attendance £ 12 12 0 2nd Class, as above, Without Shell and Bearers 9 9 0 1st Class, lin. lhn Polished Coffin, with Brass Furnitwe and Carriages and At- tendance as Above 5 10 0 With imitation Brass Furniture (En- graved Plate) 6 0 0 2nd Class, With Shellibier and Coach. 4 4 0 ONLY ADDRRGS- 80, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. 1365 1 "WHEN YOU WANT CHOIOTR IN TEA: GO TO PHIIJMPS'S, THE TEAMEN." You can buy ordinary Tea any. where. But when you want some- thing REALLY CHOICE, some. thing yon would feel every confidence in presenting to your friends,—you, of course, go to PHILLIPS'S, THE TEAMEN.1 There, you obtain the Cream of the London Market There, you get the Utmost Value for Your Money There, you find Entire Satisfac- tion PHILLIPS & CO. have been Specialists in Tea for over 40 years, and sell Much. Superior Tea to that of the ctvermge London Houses," PHILLIPS & CO.. 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CARDIFF CUSTOM HOUSE. Sir E. J. Reed, K.C.B., M.P., in answer to an inquiry on the subject, has intimated that in the coming Esbitnates provision has been made for the removal of the Custom House from the present site to the Bute Docks.
. NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEWS IN BRIEF. Mr Balfour has taken to Niagarft Is London. An objection to Sir John Gorst's candidature for the Speakership is his bad eyesight. The latest fashion among the ladies in Berlin smart society is to wear a single eyeglass. Velvet blouses are being rapidly superseded by those in silk, embroidered muslin, and net. The largest dry dock in the world is now undei construction at Port Orchard, Washington. An order has been sent by the Union-of Matcbworkers to all the match factories in Franee to cease work. Lady Henry Somerseb and her son, Mr Henry Somerset, arrived on the steamer New York af Southampton. A Capetown telegram announces that the King of Swaziland has meb the members of the Trans, vaal Commission. Two of the characters in Mr Pinero's new play devote themselves throughout life to a .crusade against marriage. There is not a province of Turkey in which yoa will not find Armenians gathered together and living and working. For equivalent professional merit, lyric artists in France are infinitely more favoured by fortrane than the dramatic. No associations of abstainers from alooholie beverages exist in France; bub there are w, temperance societies. It is said the condition of the floors of third< class smoking carriages is a fertile cause, of infection of influenza. A medical authority, who has been devoting some attention to the masher, defends him-on bt ground of his cleanliness. The report that Major von Wissmann has been appointed Governor of German East Afrioadt declared to be incorrect. Sir Joseph Lister, F.R.S., has accepted -the presidency of the British Association meeting to be held at Liverpool next year. A striking feature (and a sign of the times) at the recent Drawing Rooms was the absence-ok many well-known family coaches. The latest watch is a mavel of ingenuity. it is the size of a small solitaire, and is intnndnd tn W worn as the button of a shirt or sleeve. There is a great amount of indignation being spent in some of the religious papers on thenowly. started Association of Lady Footballers. Had not The Second Mrs Tanqueray "led the way, "The Notorious Mrs Eobsmith" would probably never have been wrilten.-Tirmo. Lady John Scott gave to the musical world Annie Laurie." The baroness still lives, and is well known for her devotion to the Crimean heroes. Mr Hugh Gibb, a venerable inhabitant and souter" of Miauchline, whose memory WAS charged with the traditions of Robert Burns, has just died. Miss May Yohe wears her wedding ring on he thumb. We are indebted for this momentove piece of information to our contemporary bin Pelican. It is nob generally known thab women have composed a majority of the well-known sentimental songs loved by men and women, saya the Mascot. At Mark Cross, Sussex, Charles Cooker was fined 10s and £1 23 costs for cutting off a cow'e' tail with a pocket-knife. The cow had to be destroyed. Mr Crockett, the novelist, is better, but he is still confined to his room at Morley's Hotel, London, and is only able to be up for an bout each day. The working of rational marriage," or of the irregular bond, is the problem with which Mr Pinero deals in bis new play produced on Thurs- day night. How foolish men are to neglect the little arts of popularity, seeing how easy it is to be oivil It is suddenly discovered that Mr Courtney has no friends. iverrting. A Birmingham firm have just completed a palanquin which a firm, trading in Central Africa, intends as a present for a native chief named Coffee Adam." It is stated in Paris that the Anarchist Constant Martin, who is at present in London, will follow the example of Duprat, and return to France ia order to purge his contumacy. The condition of M. Vyshnegradski, the Russian ex-Minister of Finance, who was recently seilad with a severe nervous attack, has become 60 serious that his life is despaired of. It is a curious fact that Lord Randolph Churchill and Lord Beaconsfield left personality of almost the same value. Lord Randolph left £ 75,971 and Lord Beacousfisld £ 76,687. Higher education for women, according tO Professor Mahaffy, is no new thing. It existed in the isles of Greece many, many centuries SIMTFFC when burning Sappho loved and sung." At the Pantheon the coffin containing the body of Victor Hugo was placed in its final saroopha- gus. Only the gvandchildren of the ireab write* were invited to be present at the ceremony. Messrs Cook are announcing an Easter excur sion to Rome, including travelling tickets, hotel accommodation, fees, conveyances, and servioeaof conductor for the unprecedented fare of £ 1315?. Miss Mary Leifcer, the jiancie of Mr George Curzon, M.P., is one of the few American womefl who have solved the problem, How to LH admired on one's own account, though an heiress.' In some new American churches smalt room! are atbached known as babies' corners," where mothers may leave their children while attending service. They are said to be distinctly populai in some of the States. Lady Arthur Hill is author of that charming ballad" In the Gloaming," and the Hon. Mt. Elizabeth Norton is responsible for that languor" ous melody "Juanitta." Mrs Scott Gatty composed Dougiag, Tender and True." A Battle of Flowers took place ab Cannes in fing weather. Among the recipients of banners fof the most tastefully-decorated carriages were tlit Prince of Wales, Lady Waterlow, Lady Bedford4 Miss W lloughby, and Miss Bernard Hit! The Brussels Labour Federation has decided k1 support a general strike should the Government Bill for amending the system of communal eloo tions be passed by Parliament. It is not thought however, that such a project would have anj. chance of succeas. According to a Blue-book just issued, tM turncock at Buckingham Palace is paid £1 as fI week, with j38 for acting as rat-catcher, Thc, Windsor Castie rat-catcher has an honorarium of £10. Payments at Kew include 930 to experbt for naming cryptogams. Jean de Reszke is the only one of the great opera singers who refuses to sing at privQttl musicales for hire. One lady, in her efforts fA secure him last year, offered him J3500 fov C single song, bub he declined, saying he preferred to be heard only from the stage. A verdict of "Natural causes" was returned on Thursday at the inquestl on Sarah Franklin, wife of a Southwark tin-plater. An annonyinoiW letter had alleged thab the husband had partly starved deceased, but the medical evidence showed that the body was well nourished. A London correspondent of a French papel states that Mr Oscar Wilde's departure forflfl London with Lord Alfred Douglas was so suddes that many of his friends are ignorant of bit destination, though it is supposed he has gone M Paris, whither he was preceded by an intitrtaW friend last week. A Stroud lady died from influenza. On tM day appointed for the interment all the mouruet were down with the same malady, AND the body was consequently removed to the mortuary. Since then deceased's two sisters, who resided with her, have also died from influenza. A triple funeral will take place. Wang-Chi-Cheng, the special Chinese envoy. sent to CONGRATULATE the CZAR upon his accession* has received from his Majesty the Order of the White Eagle set in brilliants. The otbet members of the Embassy have been decorated with the Or der of St. Anne-second class-an. the Order of St. Stanislas—third class. Just now when the habits of popular autbort are matters of public concern and inquiry, it rnaf be of interest to recall the fact that George Salid always wrote at night, and when the fever 01 composition WAS upon her, was wont to work ALL night. There is a story told of her finishing novel at one o clock in the morning, and iuilvl" diatdy taking up A fresh quire of paper AI^ vvrithig the first chapter of a new one before retired to rest. The daughter of the late Archbishop of Canterbury devotes her life to the poor 01 London. 1 hough possessing a com FORTABL* independence, she has chosen to make her BOS#* ia one of tho poor streets in tho vicinity of the old ecclesiastical palace at LAMBETL* which used to be the official residence of her dla- distingushed father. There is no work which sho regards as too menial for her hands to do, pro- vided it lifts a little the burden from the poot and agrd. SOMA more details from the Blue Book con' cerning Civil Service Estimates :—The cost o warming, ventilating, and lighting the House* of Parliament is estimated at 215,920 for the year. For dusting the books in the House o* Lords library £ 50 is to be paid, or 0610 inoro than last year. In the Serjeafib-at-Arms do. parUtieufc allowance is made for two at £ 65 a year each, and for two housemaids 2 tO each. At the Treasury women tYpewri#Wi are paid from 18A to 2BI a week. A boôkblacMJ receive? P105 a year.
Family Notices
HI RT H 8, MAltitIAGES, DEATHS I Notices of Births, Marrtages, and Deaths, Is each, ij not exceeding to ivords. and 6d for each extra 20 words BIRTH. LEWIS.—On March 14tli, the wife of Wm. Lewis, J Pentwyn, Pontypridd, of a daughter. 16 DEATHS. GETHING.—Mrs Elizabeth Gething, ITyntaldwn-road, Troedyrhiw, on March 13th, in her 76th year. Funeral Saturday at 4 o'clock. Friends please accept ¡ this the only intimation. 896 HOWELLS.—On March 13th, at 6, Berw-road, Ponty- pridd, Margaret, wife of Rees Howells. Funera on Monday, at 2.30 p.m. Friends please accept this intimation. 21?3 JONES.-On Thursday, March 14th, at Maesgwyn- terrace, Cwmdare, Aberdare, Rees D. Jones, aged 57. Funeral on Monday. 21 JONES.—On the 14th icnt., at 17, Portmanmoor-road, Sarah AnTI, the devoted wife of David Jones!, and sister of Mi-3 J T Hancock. 2198 PHILLIPS.—Mr J-hn Phillips, Hirwain, on March 14th, in his 66th year. Deeply regretted. Funeral next Monday afternoon, at Penderyn. 950
SATURDAY. MAROH 16, 1895.
SATURDAY. MAROH 16, 1895. STILL HARPING ON PROTECTION. WE learn from correspondents, in whose accuracy and competency we can place full confidence, that in several districts of Wales, and more especially in Western Pembroke- shire, the farmers, or some of the farmers rather, are hankering and eager for some kind of legislative Protection to British agriculture. We confess 1 to having felt a spasm of pained surprise on reading that" many of the farmers from St. David's to Fishguard and on towards St. Dogmael's have been smitten with the Protectionist heresy; because no one has heretofore ever indicted them for lack of intelligence, or accused them of inability to discern the signs of the times. What do the Welsh farmers, who are maundering and whimpering after Protec- tion to Agriculture, with the hopeless wail of children crying for the Moon, mean by their demand and to what extent do they expect to profit by it, if the demand was conceded ? Higher prices for farm produce They have most remunerative prices for farm produce already, with the exception of wheat and wool. But if the farmers obtained Protection, and as a consequence secured the higher prices which they contend is essential to the salvation of their industry, can they delude themselves into the belief that the cry for Protection to trade in- dustry will stop with Protection to Agri. culture ? Omitting from consideration altogether the grave injustice and wrong which would be inflicted upon the masses of the people by compelling them by Act of Parliament to pay more for every article of farm produce they consume than they pay now, what do the farmers think will be the action of other trade industries ? Will the cotton spinners of Lancashire, the wool weavers of Yorkshire, the boot and shoe manufacturers of the Midlands, tho cloth makers of the West of England, tho hardware manufacturers of Sheffield, Birmingham, London, and other large industrial centres, tamely, consent to have ¡ their profits and their wages taxed to benefit one industry of the country, however im- portant that industry might be ? Protection to Agriculture means Protection all round. The farmers may be assured of that. And if they, through Protection, should be able to obtain higher prices for their farm produce, they would, through Protection to other trades, be compelled to pay more for every article they purchase for home consumption, and for use upon their farms. And can they so egregiously deceive themselves as to believe that by the country thus traversing around the whole circle of wrong-doing, things would turn up all right for the farmers in the end ? Moreover, the landlord class would have somewhat to say on this matter if the prices of farm produce were increased by a system of Protection. High prices for farm produce mean high rents for landlords mean higher prices for every article which the farmers and their families consume and use. So that the last end of the farmers would be infinitely worse than now. A gticulture had Protection once, and had it solely. No other British industry was protected so as to raise the prices of com- modities against the farmers. They had it all their own way in the British markets then. No outside corn was per- mitted entrance into this strictly guarded Protectionist country until the prices of wheat ruled sufficiently high to yield remunerative profits to British farmers and then a heavy Tariff duty was levied upon every quarter of foreign corn which found admission. And yet these long miserable years of Protection to British farming were the most disastrous and ruinous years that the British farmer ever endured. Corn prices were high, but farm rents were proportionately higher, and farm labourers' wages were below starvation point. Farmers could not pay adequate wages because of the excessive rents caused by the keen com- petition for farms. Artificial prices, inflated by iniquitous Acts of Parliament, whilst swelling to repletion the landlords' rent returns, were the ruin alike of the farmer and of the agricultural labourer. At length the country arose in its might and swept the evil thing called Protection into the abysses. And yet there are farmers, we are told, and Welsh farmers, too, presumably intelligent and thoughtful, who are anxious for a return of these pernicious and fateful days for British farming. If the farmers cannot probe deep enough "0 discover the canker Worm in the thing they desire, the country is sagacious enough to guard them from themselves. Protection to any British trade or industry in this age of the centuries is the wildest delusion, the most bewildering phantasy, that ever found lodgment in human brain. That there are some men who indulge in the intoxicated dream we most readily concede, and can only account for it on the hypothesis that whilst considering this question they continue to eat of the insane root which takes men's reason prisoner." Another class of Protectionists to whom very little consideration or respect is owing are the men who advocate Protection to keep them- selves in evidence before the public. They are the cranks, faddists, hobby-horsists, and prigs of the craze, and their prophet is Mr HOWARD VINCENT. It is for them an advertising medium, affording them the opportunity of being talked about. They are undeserving of a second thought.
WHAT ARE TITHES ?
WHAT ARE TITHES ? SOME time since our jocular friend Punch represented a stalwart footman who hAd just answered a Tax-gatherer's knock as address- ing his fellow servant with the query, Taxes, TUMMAS. what is Taxes?" Most of our readers have. no doubt, been practically enlightened as to Taxes but with regard to Tithes there appears to exist a considerable confusion of ideas in the minds of the general pub- lic, and the peripatetic Lecturers supported by Church Defence funds are doing their best to render the mental fog still more dense. They represent Tithes as an income derived from property conferred upon the Clergy of our country by some unknown individuals described as Pious Ancestors," at a time, nobody knows when, but certainly several centimes before what. is called the Protestant Church of England was ever heard of. And they make these statements in full knowledge of I the fact that Tithes, as Tithes, have ceased to be payable since the passing of the Act 6 and 7 WILLIAM the Fourth (Chapter 71), a little more than half a century back. By the provisions of that Act a Rent-Charge on Land was substituted for a Tenth part of the quantity of certain classes of produce, which was the previous method of payment. It may be argued that this merely meant a change in the mode of collection, but very little investigation and thought are needed to show that it amounted to an entire transformation of the Impost from a tax on the produce to a tax on the Land itself. During the reign of GEORGE III., GEORGE IV., and their predecessors the manner of collecting tiihes prescribed by law was the taking of the Tenth Sheaf of Corn from the field, the Tenth Lamb of the Flock, the Tenth Quart of Milk, and so on. The buildings erected for storing such corn still remain in many parishes, and are known as the old Tith6 Barns." As this was found an inconvenient method of collection, it frequently happened that arrangements were made between the Rector and Tithe-payer for the substituted payment of a stipulated sum of money, but these were voluntary agreements of a temporary character, and not binding on successors of either party. The money payment is now a matter of legal obliga- tion, and the amount is settled by a process bearing a strong affinity to the Colliers' Sliding-scale, now attracting so much public attention. The colliers' wages have been, so far, regulated by the average selling price of coal at the principal ports of shipment the amount of Tithe Rent-charge payable in each year is regulated by the average selling price of corn in certain principal grain markets of the kingdom. This change from Tithes lawfully payable in kind to a perma- nent Land Tax has by no means amounted to a distinction without a difference, for it has altered the entire character and applica- tion of the impost. When Tithes were chargeable on produce only the payer could alter the amount payable by a change in the mode of cultivation. In many parishes hay was free from Tithe on payment of a few pence per acre-called a modus consequently by bringing a larger portion of his land under hay the farmer saved a proportionate amount of Tithe. If a landowner chose to extend his woodlands he, at the same time, freed that portion of his estate from the payment of Tithe. If he built a house and surrounded it with ornamental grounds and plantations, the rector of the parish-either Lay or Clerical- had no further interest in that Land because it was incapable of growing titheable pro- duce. Such instances might, if necessary, be multiplied. Bnt it might be urged that they do not serve to establish any practical difference between the old Tithe and the modern Rent-charge. Experience proves the contrary, however. Property is now charged with Tithe which under the old system of things was free. Formerly Rail- ways, Tramways, and Canals did not bear i any charge on account of TLthes now Railway and other Companies pay accord- mg to the proportion of ground which they i occupy-and of r?r importance to dwellers in the fast increasing towns of Glamorgan is the fact that dwelling-houses are also liable to the operation of the Tithe Rent-charge apportioned on the Land on which theystand. The same liability attaches to all Land used for industrial purposes. How then can Archbishops and Bishops hope to persuade any intelligent electorate that a Parliament, which has not only changed a tax on produce into a Land-tax, but has rendered property which was previously free now liable to payment for support of the Established Church, has no right or power to deal with the application of taxes which it has in part created, and which it has altogether altered in form and character ?
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SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. -4 POSITION OF THE HAULIERS. THE ALLEGED "CONSPIRACY." A RIDICULOUS SUGGESTION. SCATHING DENUNICATION BY MR MORGAN THOMAS. Our Pontypridd correspondent writes The panic-mongers are still at it. From the com- mencemenb of the crisis in the coal trade to the present day certain mysterious correspondents" in our local Tory contemporary have, with hysterical paragraphs, posed as prophets of name- less disasters, and endeavoured to impress the public with the profundity of their knowledge of what is behind the scenes. One day the public were asked to believe that a lock-out was inevitable," but, subsequently, when circum. stances pointed strongly to a peaceful solution, the correspondents" referred to, presumably anxious for a fulfilment of their own prophecies, appeared with a cock-and-bull story of an alleged schism among the men, whereby Mr Brace and Mr D. Morgan, by combining forces, were to OUST the Scalites from their stronghold and to unfurl the Federation flag. At the Cardiff conferences both Mabon and Mr Brace severely denounced these unworthy efforts to create dissensions among the workmen, and the final result of the conference disclosed how utterly baseless such allegations had been. Still un- daunted, these panic-mongers, with all the gusto of a penny showman, now profess once more to draw the veil, to disclose this time a so-called conspiracy among the hauliers for "the utter destruction" of certain miners' leaders and for bringing oub the hauliers on strike on the 1st of April. In mining circl33 the identity of these "cor- tespondents" is well known. They are not journalists, and it is a matter for amazement that any journal should have allowed its6lf to be thus duped. All who know any- thing of coal trade matters are perfectly acquainted with the position of the hauliers in this dispute they have long since made it clear that they desire direct representation on the Sliding-scale Beard, and that desire was some days ago conveyed by letter both to the em. ployers' and workmen's representatives on the scale. The hauli ers have repeatedly declared by resolutions, published in the Press, that their adherence to the scale depends upon the con- cession of their claim for special representation on the joint committee. They have acted perfectly aboveboard and there is absolutely no founda- tion for accusing them or their leaders of duplicity and double-dealing. Mr Morgan Thomas, the agent of the Hauliers' and Wage men's Union, called upon me yester- day, and desired publicity for an indignant denial of the aspersions thus cast upon the hauliers in the columns of our contemporary. It is utter nonsense," he declared, "to Suggest there is any conspiracy whatever. What have we to conspire for ? I always thought I was oulspokan enough, and we have made no secreb of our plans. We have sent letters to the representatives on the workmen's side on the Sliding-soale Committee, as you know, and also to the employers, stating that we will abide by and adhere to any scale provided that we are given a. representative of our own on the committee. Those letters are signed by five hauliers, constituting a special committee. We mean no mischief whatever. I have a pretty shrewd idea of the source of this RIDICULOUS STATEMENT. It has emanated, I have no doubt, from the prolific brain of the individual who some months ago, through the same journal, published that silly story about the Rhondda being honey. combed with secret societies. Why, it has been I thoroughly understood by Us as hauliers that we shall take no action whatever before giving the colliers to understand first of all what we propose to do; and we are determined to stand by the colliers in any struggle, and we are deter- mined to help them in everything we can. We are determined to remain with the colliers as much as ever we can, but of course we will leave no stone unturned in our effort to secure a great improvement in the position of hauliers." What about the allegation that you are encompassing the destruction of Mabon and Mr D. Morgan 2" Well," replied the hauliers' agent with a smile, "that is just on a par with the other ridiculous assertions, and I daresay that Mabon and Mr D. Morgan will treat it with THE SAME CONTEMPT AS I TREAT IT myself. We are never afraid of letting thfeva know what we are about to do. We are quite prepared to pull for good with anyone. lb would not benefit us to destroy Mabon, David Morgan, or any other leader. It is not the destruction of leaders that we aim at, but the benefit of the men. Then, again, it is not true that we are endeavouring to get hold of the .engineers and stokers. We have a great many engineers and stokers already as ordinary members of our organisa. tion, simply because ours is a Union of wagemen as well as of hauliers. They come in of their free will. Beyond that, we have done nothing. We don't stop them from coming in, but on the other hand we make no special effort to GET them. Of course, I attend meetings where I am sent for, and I have been sent for to many places." Were you represented ab the Cardiff con. ferences ?" Yes, there were two hauliers there repre. senting their respective collieries. We didn't send delegates there for our organisation, as we thought it better to give them a fair chance. They had said that we ought to be together. Now we have given them "A, chance to let us join but, of course, it was perfectly under- stood at our last Pontypridd conference that wli should always stick to our organisetion AA hauliers." What if your claim for separate representa- tion be not grauted ?" Well, then, we have a procedure of our own, for then, as we have already announced in your paper, we shall prefer to work on monthly con- tracts. There is no conspiracy at all about it. We consider that as we have organised the majority of the hauliers in South Wales and Monmouthshire we have a special claim to be represented on the Scale Committee. If this be not granted, we are quite content to remain outside the SCALE) for, as you know, we now get the percentage under tha scale the .am as the COllierB."
IMERTHYR MYSTERY.
MERTHYR MYSTERY. FINDING OF A MISSING BODY. It will be recollected that about thirteen weeks ago a man who was believed to be John Davies, 3, Market-square, Dowlais, disappeared near the bank of the Goitre Pond, Merthyr, leaving behind him a hat, which was found floating in the water. The pond was soon afterwards frozen lover. The police broke the i<3e and searched for the body, which they did not find. The harder frost which followed covered the water for a week with a thick coat of ice, and the circnmstanoes of the supposed drowning of a man had almost been forgotten, Yas- terday, however, a body was seen floating near the Goitre Boathouse, close to the spot where the missing man was last seen alive by the hedge- cutter. Ib was drawn to the side of the bank, and P.S. Deenefct and P.C. Evans, Penydarren, being communicated with, caused the remains to be convoyed to the Merthyr Workhouse Mortuary. The body is that of John Davies. It was much decomposed.
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IWELSH GOSSIP.
I WELSH GOSSIP. Catti Bentwyn, Ammanford, died this week, after living in the same house for 99 years. Ben Davies and Maggie Davies sang at a concert in Gibea, Brynamman, last Saturday evening; and they did sing. The echo is still there. Lord and Lady Wimborfie have left Wimborne House for 44, Berkeley-Iquare, whilst the sanitary arrangements at the former premises undergo repair. A man who was in a hnrry at Llahcaiacli on Thursday night declared almost breathlessly that he had run as hard as he could walk to catch the train." Penar is a favourite at Ammanford. He gave his lecture on Hymns and Hymn-writers at Bethany the other evening, and it was enjoyed by all who listened to it. Ffrangeon Davies sings at a concert to be given this afternoon in the Guildhall, London, in aid of the widows and orphans of fishermen lost during the recent disastrous gales. The latest addition to the fast-growing ranks of Cardiff Welshmen is the veteran musical critic and eisteddfod adjudicator, Eos Rhondda, who, 20 years since, was regarded as without peer in the Principality. Mr S. E. Prytherch, Golden Grove, Carmar- thenshire, has received a unanimous call from the Calvinistic Methodist Church, Stepney, London. Mr Prytherch is the youngest son of the late Rev. W. Prytherch, Ferryside. Mr W. Bowen Rowlands, Q.C., M.P., who has been confined to his bed for the last few days, is considerably better, the influenza having left him very weak, but he hopes to resume his Parlia- mentary duties in a few days. Mr Llewellyn Williams, the Gold King," who spent his boyhood at Tonypandy, has been entertained to a farewell dinner at the Cafe Royal, London, prior to his approaching return to the Western Australia goldfields. Two constituencies in North Wales and two in South Wales are still looking for candidates to fight the Liberal battie AT the next general election. fAltogether eight Welsh members retire at the end of the present Parliament, Two pages of the March number of the Pelydryn are given to an original poem on Pantycelyn." The poem, which is of great beauty and strikingly musical in metre and rhythm, is from the pen of Watcyn Wyn. The whole of the country between Glasgow and Liverpool remained Welsh, for generations after its nominal subjugation by the English, and as a curious proof of this, it may be mentioned that the shepherds of Cumberland still count in Welsh. A gift of books from the library of the late Rev. John Jones, Llingiwe, was presented by his son (Mr J. F. Jones, Hendrefadog House, Tylors- town) to Gwynfryn School this mouth and Dr. Griffiths, of Pontypridd, who was present at the St. David's meeting there, gave a guinea to reward the best student in the Welsh class at the school. A Mertbyr paper asks Watcyn Wyn to explain how could the late Caeronwy consistent with himself write a poem on temperance and call for a glass of ale at a country inn ? The explanation is very, simple—He called for the glass of ale before he wrote the poem How long before we cannot say. A long time before, we should think, because the poem is rather dry. The Cardiff Welsh Sunday-school Union each year offer a handsome banner to the school which obtains premier honours, in proportion to the number of its scholars, in the annual Scrip. ture examination. For the third time in suc- cession the banner has bsen secured this year by the Eynon Baptist Sunday-school of Splotlands, which is one of the youngest and smallest in the district. Mr D. Iileufer Thomas is slowly recovering from the after-effects of the typhoid fever, which has laid him low for the last three months. His illness has necessarily delayed the appearance of the report of the Welsh Land Commission, which cannot now be issued, under any circumstances, before June next. In company with Mrs Thomas, who has also broken down through anxiety and strain, he has gone to recuperate at Sidmoutb, in Devonshire. Lewis's School, Geliigaer, has already supplied two headmasters to the new Welsh Intermediate Schools—Mr W. Lewis to Llanelly, and Mr T. L. Williams to St. David's. A third, Mr D. J. Williams, B.A. (Math. Scholar, of Worcester College, Oxford), also from Geliigaer, is now iu the running for the headmastership of Betthesda Intermediate School, North Wales. Mr Williams is one of the selected candidates, and will doubt- less make a plucky fighb for the post. The will of the Right Rev. James Atlay, D.D., Bishop of Hereford, who died on December 24th 800 the Palace, Hereford, was proved at the Hereford District Registry on February 4th by Mrs 'Frances Turner Atlay, the widow, and James Beresford Atlay, the son, the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to 922,750. The testator gives, devises, and be. queaths all his real and personal estate to his wife for her own absolute use and benefit. The secretary is not the only member of the Welsh Land Commission who is hors de tonibat. Mr Brynmor Jones, Q.C., M.P., has been con- fined to his bed for fourteen days with influenza, and has gone to Brighton to seek new strength. He is very busy, however, preparing a draft of the Land Comulissionere Report, which he has now to prepare without the assistance of the secretary. Principal Rhys, of Oxford, is also laid up with a bad cold. The Welsh people of America do not forget to celebrate St. David's Day by the traditional dinner. The Youngslovm Telegram, a journal published in the town of that name in Ohio, devotes three columns of its space to a glowing account of the third annual banquet of the St. David's Society, which it describes as a memor- able event." The guest of the evening was General Thomas L. James, of New York, who, in his speech, alluded to the good old town of Cardiff as the Chicago not only of Wales, but of Great Britain." Some of the papers are making a lob of capital of the fact that Mr Lloyd George's brother was defeated by Mr Ellis Nanney in the recent county council election at Llanystumdwg. But Mr Nanney was the sitting member, and is the owner of the whole district around. Ths weather was bad on the polling day, and while the whole local squirearchy lent their closed carriages to Mr Nanney, Mr George had not a single close carriage. In spite of this, however, the poll was large than in 1892, and Mr Nanney's. mHjority was reduced from 68 to 8 Mr Cecil Owen, who has hitherto ootod as assistant secretary to the Welsh Land Commis- sion, has recently been appointed co-secretary with Mr Lleufer Thomas. Mr Owen has been doing the whole of the secretarial work in Mr Thomas's absqnce through illness, and his pro- motion is only the resulb of louf and arduous application to the work. Mr Owen comes of a good race of administrators, being the son of the present Sir Hugh Owen, the Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade, and the grandson of the first Sir Hugh Owen, tho pioneer of Welsh education, whose statue adorns the square of the royal borough of Carnarvon. The Pall Mall Gazette has sated that Mr Lloyd George will lose his seat because the majority of the newly-elected county councillors in the boroughs are Church defence men. But it should be remembered that the seats won by the Tories have been held by them since the last election in 1892, and that at that time a similar prophecy was made as to Mr George's fate. Yet, ftb the ensuing general election Mr George increased his majority from 18 to 163. In every case the majorities in the recent election in favotlr of the Tories have dccreascd. Either, therefore, the county council elections are no test, or they forebode a large majority for Mr George at the next election. A noveliiy in advertisement is rather difficult to hit upon just now, but the best thing we have seen during recent years is the one adopted by Mr J. Edward Whitty, the manager of the com- pany about to appear at the Theatre Royal, Car- diff, next week. A perfectly appointed carriage and pair of greys has been in evidence throughout the town all day yesterday, driving hither and thither. The blinds are closely drawn, and either window bears the startling announcement, This carriage is reserved for a Woman of No Impor- tance.' Those persons interested in dramatic literature will know that such is the title of Oscar Wilde's great play, which wi!! pay it" return visit to the Theatre Royal Monday.