The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

—1^Bli^^■—————g- 93, TAFF-STREET, PONTYPRIDD. 1 tOHN EVANS & COMPANY, RESPECTFULLY BEG TO INFORM YOU THAT THEIR M A ■ "WIlTTEIt SALE Is now proceeding. Owing to the mildness of the season our Stock is unusually heavy, and in order to reduce it previous to Stocktaking, we shall offer several lines below cost. + MANTLE DEPARTMENT In this Department we hold a very heavy Stock, and being pressed for room, we purpose offering in some instances at less than half cost. > FURS IN" ID FTJR TRIMMINGS. AT CLEARING PRICES. MILL I N E R Y A T HALF P R ICE. FEW PARIS BONNETS AND HATS AT LESS THAN HALF COST. a > —— -———- D ti AND HEAVY DEPARTMENT. About 5,000 ynrds from 22d. up. Special Value in French Merinos and Cashmeres. Blankets, Quilts, Flannels, Table Linens &c., &c., at lowes: possible prices. 170 PAIRS CURTAINS COMMENCE AT Is G^d. CHILDREN'S PELISSES AND UNDERCLOTHtNG REDUCED. S 2 FASCY DEPARTMENT. — Gloyes, Ribbons, Umbrellas, Laces, &c., &c., will be offered at a great redaction. • tfrst Value in Hosiery, Shirts, Ties, &c. Oilcloths, Linoleums & Carpets. V — y All parcels to be paid for before or on Delivery. WE INVITE AN EaRLY INSPECTION. TRAPNELL & CAME, COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS, 35 & 38, Queen-street, CARDIFF, Hold immerjs" Stocks of every requisite -for completely furni.-hiug, at a short notice, houses of any size. 'I- TRAP NELL AND (hijE, fos BEDSTEADS, v Over 50 designs in all sizes to select from. The InviLcible" Bedsteads, full size with two brass rails, gold ornamentation, 12s 6d; and the "Challenge, a massive bedstead, at 23s 6d., are made specially for us, and cannot be obtained elsewhere—Best value in Cardiff. TRAPNELL AND GANE, FOR BEDDING A large stock in special department of guaranteed purity, Fuil Size Wool Bed, Bolster, and two Pillows, 8s 6d. Full size Spring Mattresses, 17s 6d each. Full size Feather Bed, 32s 6d. t. TRAPNELL~ & GANE, FOR DINING AND DRAWLNG-ROOM SUITES A larger selection than any other firm, at n prices ranging from X-3 153 Od., to 40 guineas. FOR BEDROOM; SUITES, FENDERS, FIREIttONS, LINOLEUM, .i'v.KW; FLOORCLOTH, CARPETS, RUGS, ) CLT,:vi>LSS, and every requisite for furnishing. All goods marked in Plain Figures, so that purchasers may compare our prices with other firms. See adYt. on Front Page of this Paper. TRAPNELL AND CANE, I The Med House Furnishers, 35 & 38, Queen Street, CARDIFF. And ai-BristoL] [Established 70 years. I —JI.1II ■ ■ I ■ M The Best and Cheapest Shop for Groceries and Provisions IS THE Town Supply Stores, FUESTH SUPPLY of Carmarthen Butter every week; also nice selection of Caerphilly Cheese Heme cured & Wiltshire &eon always in stock mild and lean Hams, Jarge stock of Tin Goods, Jams, Marmalade, Preserves, and Pickles at the very lowest prices; splendid Flour, at 23., 2s. 2J., very I best 2s. 4d.; Teas at Is. 4d., Is. 6d., and 2s. styerti for the Pure Ceylon lea 00., London. OR* Tjial secures your regaiar custom. 'THE TOWN SUPPLY STORES, 76, Taft-street, Pontypridd, T. V. JONES, -Troprietor A Book for Every Ratepayer. j The New Local Government Act,' GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE County Government Act, In clear and coacise language, and convenient form, Price 3d, or free by Post, 3id -0- W, H. KEYt STATIONER, &c., 89 and 90, TaFF STREET, PONTYPRIDD. ISI_ — :GZT F.3AS6ftS WHY IKl J3 ""Y'S PECTORAL -1 ]r BALSAM Has a larger sale than any other similar preparation. T) r\ k TTQ"D I' bas extraordinary pro- Jj JjvijL U ui-i party of curing Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Hoarse- cese, Difficulty of Breath. -7-: ing, and all Diseases of the Chest and Langs. T)T?P A TTCT7 Ifc the Bterli°g remedy of j) HjVJ xx U the age. One dose affords Instantaneous relief; one bottle invariably cures. DPf A TTdl? °Perates ky dissolving the Jj U uLi Congealed Phlegm, conse- quently ca nsi og free expec- .r 7. £ toration, and promotes the healthy secretion of the lining membrane of the Throat and Lungs, thereby | removing entirely the most severe occasional Coughs, and giving relief in perma- nent Asthmatic Affections. DUfl jl "OCT? It is prepared from the recipe J) Jjv/XX. W of a high medical authority on diseases of the Chest and Lungs. "D A TTQT? DOEA NOT CONTA*N ANY IDJU- I) nun JJ IO J_i riou3 ingredients, and may be safely taken by persons of all ages. "DpO A TTQl? Ifc has been a lj00n and a Djij U U Jlj blessing to thousands when other remedies have failed. A TTQX2 14 801(1 at a P°Pular price, _D A U OJ» WWM bringing it within the reach of all. Um many i.mitationi3, but BECAU-SIE no equal. BE avisp T*V MtTAUt Key's Pectoral Balsam, I And do not be peraiDAded to try any similar pre. parsJjafc. Large Bottles at lid and Is each. PFIB PARED BY W. IT- ^KBY, CHEMIST (W.|H. JAWI> UBWTISI, 89 & 9G, Taft Street Vjy PONTYPEIDD. I SILOAM, GYFEILLON. CYNELIK EISTEDDFOD rtf wiBoc DYDD GWENEB. aaOGLITH, 1839. LLYWYDD- COUNCILLOR 1JilL'fER H. MOIiGAJf. PRIF W>A.BN— ■ V* I'r Cor, heb fod dan 3e e niter, a gano yB oreu yr Anthem, "Dyddiau. »j!B IfÙd fel Glaswelltyn," Gwobr £5, t Baton hardd i'r Arweicydd Buddogol. T. yr how fcrfri pwftrmiatl e'r j Cantata, "Charles olr Bala, li 0 dan Lywyddiaeth y Parch. Hugh P. Jones, Porth I BRISTOL AND WEST OF ENGLAND BANK, IJMITEL). HEAD OFFICE-BRISTOL. N °BRANrR ?^E«Y GIVEN that a at PONTYPRT^N WIL1 BE OPENED 13th init °n WEDNESDAY, the By Order of the Board, G. J. PICKIN, General Manager. Bristol, 11th February, 1889. LAW OF DISTRESS AMUNDIENT ACT 1888. I IMPORTANT TO LANDLORDS. WILLIAM S PENCE, House Agent and Rent Collector, REGS to inform the public generally,' that he ^PPointed to Levy Distresses for Rents in England and Wales. Forms for autho rising a distress kept on hand. RESIDENCE 28, Mill Street, Pontypridd. Caerphilly Castle Eisteddfod, WHIT-MONDAY, JUNE 10th, 1889. THIS EISTEDDFOD, under Distinguished L Patronage, (and by the kind permission of Lord Bute), will be held in the far-famed ruins of Caerphilly Castle, on the above date. PRESIDENT :-MAJOR JONES (American Consul.) I Vice-Presidenta—Dr. J. Llewellyn, J.P., Henry Anthony, Esq., J.P., E. M. M. Corbett, Esq., and J. S. Corbett, Esq., Caerphilly. Adjudicators-Dr Parry, Mr Tom Price,- A.C. Dafydd Morganwg, Mr Waugh, M.A. "Thanks be to God," £40; "Molwch yr Arglw- ydd," £ 10: Brass Band—"Athalie War March," £ 14; "Comrades in Arms," £ 5; Children's choir, £ 4, Solos, jEl each; Poetry, Needlework, Drawing, &c. Programmes, three half-pence by post. D. WILLIAMS, SEC., Caerphilly. — FIRBANK IKLIZKTG- Contractor, Undertaker, and Timber Merchant, BEGS to inform the Public that he has a. good Assortment of COFFIN BOARDS AND BUILDING REQUISITES kept in Stock. Jobbing Work punctually attended to. ADDRESS— UNION-STREET, PONTYPRIDD. OO AND UPWARDS advanced to House- holders, Mechanics, and others, upon their own security; no preliminary fees; repay- able to suit borrowers' convenience, by Mr J. P. THOMPSON, 72, Ada^u-street, Carditf. Office hours, 9 to 9.—Distance NO OBJECT. HOUSE TO LET, in Excellent Condition; Newly-Papered; Rent, 25/- per four weeks clear. Possession may be had in three weeks.- Enquire at-9, LLWYNMADQC STREET, GRAIGWEN RoAB, PONXXPBJDD. W. EVANS &. SON, TAILORS, BEG to inform their numerous Customers that. their STOCK of WOOLLENS for the tilL" SON is now complete. We pay special attention to LADIES' RIDING HABIT JACKETS, &c also to RIDING BREECHES, and LIVERIES, SPECIALIT-W. The new Cashmere and Plain EVENING DRESS SUITS, from S3 3s. Note the Address— i 9^, TAP? STREET, PONTYPRIDD; — — CADBUBY'S COCOA is absolutely pure. It ooncains all the essential of a perfect diet, Is free from added matter, and as a soothing, strength-sustaining beverage, is unequalled- During the next few Weeks there will be sotae SPECIAL BARGAINS in BOOTS, suitable for the coming season, at G. OLIVER, the Great Boot man, 86, Taff-street Pontypridd. 'A;. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE Bristol and West of England Bank, LIMITED, Submitted to the Shareholders at the Tenth Annual General Meeting, held at the Bank, Corn-street, Bristol, on Thursday, January 31st, 1889, at one o'clock precisely. The Directors herewith submit to the Shareholders a statement of the accounts of the Bank for the twelve months ending 31st December, 1888. After payment of all charges and expenses, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profit for the year is £18,603 7s 9d, out of which an interim dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, amounting to £6,000, was declared in July last, leaving for present disposal £ 1The Directors' recommend that from this sum £ 7,500 should be appropriated to the payment of a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 10 per cent. per aanum, free of income-tax, and that the balance of £5,103 7s 9d should be carried to the Reserve Fund, which will then be £ 50,321 13s 5d. The new Premises at Temple Gate, Bristol, have been completed, and this Branch was opened for business on the 1st May last. As conducive to the interests of the Bank and the extension of its business, the Directors have recently created and issued, under the Bank's Articles of Association, 10,000 additional Shares of jE20 each, at a premium of E6 10s Od per Share, upon which E7 10s Od per Share will be called up. Such 10,000 Shares have been rateably allotted to the Shareholders. The premiums on this issue are to be carried to the Reserve Fund, which will then exceed £115,Q.{)O. £ Mr Summers and Dr. Harrison, two of the Directors, retire by rotation at this Meeting; they are eKgible, and offar themselves for re-election. The Auditors, Messrs Turquand, Youngs, Weise, Bishop, and Clarke, and Messrs Tribe, Qlark^, arnd Co., also retire, and offer themselves for re-appointment. Resolutions will be submitted at the Meeting for the purpose of ixing the remuneration of the Directors and Auditors for the current year. The Dividend Warrants will be forwarded to the Shareholders by post on the 31st inst. JOHN GUNN, Chairman. Bank, Bristol, 16th January, 1889. BRISTOL AND WEST OF ENGLAND BANK LIMITED, 31st December, 1888. BALANCE SHEET. DR. LIABILITIES. £ s. d. £ B. d. Current and deposit ac- counts 868,319 1 6 Drafts on London agents 7,298 6 0 Interest due on De- posits, outstanding advices, &c 48,209 10 5 Total Liabilities 918,826 17 11 To Total subscribed, 20.000 shares of J620 each. 400,000 0 0 Amount called up :— 97 10s per share on 20,000 shares. 150,000 0 0 Reserve Fnnd- invested in 2i per cent. Consols as per Contra 45,218 5 8 Rebate on bills carried forward to next Account 1,915 10 11 Profit & Loss Account: Balance being nett profit ior the year 1888. 18,6C3 7 9 Less Interim Dividend paid in July last. 6,000 0 0 ———————— 12,603 7 9 'V jei.128,564 2 3 ASSETS. CR. £ 8. d. £ B. d. Cash in hand and at Bank of England, Bristol. 87,402 18 11 Cash with London agents, other Bankers, Bill Brokers at short notice, and in transit 209,891 9 8 297,294 8 7 Investments: 2i per cent. Consols- Reserve Fund. 45,218 5 8 2i per cent. conslos.. 30,000 0 0 Corporation of London Bonds, Corporation Stocks, Colonial Gov- ernment Bonds, and British Railway De- benture Stock. 77,689 13 4 152,907 » 0 Bills discounted :— Thre3 months and under 210,843 3 1 Exceeding 3 months.. 36,443 0 10 247,286 3 11 Advances on Current Accounts. 373,300 15 3 Promissory Notes to the Bank. 4,685 1 5 ——————— 377,985 16 8 Bank Premises, Freehold and Lease- hold. 48,113 14 0 Dividends and Rents due, Stamps and Sundries. 4,976 0 1 Total Assets £ 1,128,564 2 3 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. £ s. d Interest due and paid to Customers.. 13,556 18 8 Current expenses at Head Office and Branches, including Rents, Taxes, Salaries, Agents' Commission, Di- rectors' Remuneration, IucomeTax, &c 18,583 4 8 Rebate on Bills not due 1,915 10 11 Interim Dividend at 8 per cent. per annum paid in July last. 6,000 0 0 Balance 12,603 7 9 Proposed appropriation:— Dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the Half Year ending 31st December, 1888. 7,500 0 0 Reserve Fund. 5,103 7 9 .t 12,603 7 9 £52,659 2 0 JOHN GUNN, Chairman. & 8. d. Gross income for the year ending 31st December, 1888, after making pro- vision for ba.d and doubtful debts.. 52,659 2 0 v ■> I i • j; .)) ;> ■■ rj "<II; .8 £ 52,659 2 0 GEORGE JOHN PICKIN, General Manasrer. n' AUDITORS' REPORT. We have examined the balance sheet of the Bristol and West of England Bank, Limited, of which the foregoing is an abstract, and have compared it with the Books at the Head Office and the Branches, and find it to be in accordance therewith. We are of opinion that the balance sheet represents fully and fairly the position of the bank. y TURQUAND, YOUNGS, WEISE, BISHOP, & CLARKE,) TRIBE, CLARKE, & Co. ^Auditors. 16th January, 1889. ) — BRISTOL AND WEST OF ENGLAND BANK, LIMITED. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY, 1879 Capital (50,000 Shares of jE20 each) £ 1,000,000 Subscribed Capital (20,000 shares of £20 each. £ 400,000 Paid-up Capital (£7 10 0 per Share. £150,000 Number of Shareholders, about 750. DIRECTORS. V JOHN GUNN. Esq., J.P., (Chairman of the Mountstuart Dry Dock Company), Cardiff. JOSEPH TINN, Esq., Ironmaster, Bristol. AUGUSTUS WILLIAM SUMMERS, Esq. (Messrs WM. SUMMERS & Co.), Bristol. ALFRED JAMES HARRISON, Esq., M.D., J.P., Failand Loci .re, Clifton. Bristol. EDWARD JAMES SWANN, Esq., J.P., The Gables, Leigh Woods, near Bristol. JOSEPH BENJAMIN BRAIN, Esq., The Mythe. Stoke Bishop, Bristol. HEAD OFFICE: CORN STREET, BRISTOL. GEORGE JOHN PICKIN General Manager. HARRY HOUSELANDER Sub-manager. I LONDON BANKERS: THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, LIMITED. v Currfe-nt Accounts are received on convenient and advantageous terms. Temporary loans are granted. Approved Bills are discounted, and Bills pajalJle abroad are negotiated at favourable rates of exchange. Deposit Accounts.—Sums of £ 5 and upwards are received upon deposit, subject to ten davs' notice of withdrawal. For these sums receipts are granted and Interest is allowed according to the value of money. Arrangements mads to meet special cases. Transfers of money are made between the Head Office and various Branches for Customers without ^Purchases and Sales of all British and Foreign Stocks and Shares are effected upon specially advan- tageous terms, and Dividends are collected. *1.™. Bills Payable in London are retired, and the Bills, Cheques, Drafts, ana JNotes of other Bankers are collected, or received as Cash to the credit of Customer's Accounts. Drafts on London are issued to Customers at any date to suit their convenience. Drafts on London are issued over the counter for sums of £ 10 and upwards at 7 days' sight, 11,14, or 21 days' date,free of charge, and "on demand" upon payment of a small commission regulated by the amount, Drafts and Letters of Credit are also issaedfon the Bank's Agents in Scotland, Iieland, and in the principal Cities and towns yi the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. Strong Room Accommodation is provided free of charge for the custody of Plate, Deeds, and other Securities lodged by the Customers of the Bank. ,■ Every Officer of the Bank is required to sign a declaration of Secresy, ana is bouna not to disclose the transactions of its Customers. Bristol, January 1889. ç. J. PICKIN, General ZianageX. Glamorgan County Council. BYE. ELEOTION. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PONTY- PRIDD ELECTORAL DIVISION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Having been unanimously selected as the Liberal Candidate by the Representatives of the Liberal Party, last evening, I beg to offer myself as a Candidate for a Seat on the County Council. My past Services as a Member ef the Local Board and School Board of the District are so Wftll known to the majority of the Ratepayers that f, Ijjlcicifidently claim your support. J purpose holding Meetings throughout the District between this and the day of the Election, when I shall have much pleasure in placing myj views before you upon the questions which wiM have be dealt with by the County Council. have to be dealt with by the County Council. I am, Ladies and. Gentlemen^ Your obedient servant, HENRY HOPKINS. Glen view, Pontypridd, February 13th, 1889. ->- LAUGH AND GROW FAr I I-If yotnf factflties are in any way risible read Mari Gruffydd's amus- ing contributions on the British People, which ap- pear weekly in the CBBOHICLE. j GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PORTE: j ELECTORAL DIVISION. r ADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Li A Vacancy having been caused in your di- vision, I beg again to offer my servioes as your representative. My address having been so recently before you (which undoubtedly is still in your possession) I need not say any more except p t out to yotl that as yet the parish of not a single representative from Pontypridd up to Mardy, and that I shall, if elected, serve you to the utmost of my ability. I may not be able to personally wait upon you but I appeal to your intelligence and good jujig- ment in the selection of a candidate to give flop weight to the claims of one who has large interests at stake, and has spetit moat of, HI; time artfaeygt you. The election will take place on the 21st inst., and my name, you will observe, is second on the voting paper. I say this in order to prevent e*ro*s. I am, yours obediently, THOMAS JONBS. IMaindy, Porth, f 14th February, 1889. 'The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of his Correspondents. Erery communication m^st be accompanied by the name and address of the writer -not necessarily for publication, but as a guaran- tee of good faith. We eannot undertake to refcpa,. rejected communications. No communication can be inserted if a duplicate is famished to any 04" paper. A REAL TREAT TOR BREAKFAST.—Harris' MILD CURED BACON. Try it, 75, Taff Street, Ponty- pridd. Glamorgan County ,'< Council. BYE ELEOTIQ3ST TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PONTY- PRIDD DIVISION. LADIES AND GE-NTLEMEN, Jj In response to a numerously-signed petition of the Electors of the above division, I beg to offer my services as an Independent Candidate. Should you think fit to elect me as your Repre- sentative, I will endeavour to serve you faithfully, and to the best of my ability. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen. Yours obediently, DAVID LESWION. Graig Villa, Pontypridd, 12th February. 1889. Glamorgan County Council. TO THE ELECTORS OF CYMMER ELECTORAL DIVISION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A Vacancy having occurred in your Division. I have had the honour of being the selected candi- p date at a Joint Delegate Meeting, held at Cymmfle on the 13th instant, to contest the seat in the Liberal interest. I have reason to believe that my political vieWl are in harmony with the majority of the Electors. I Although I have never made politics a special study, I can conscientiously affirm that I have acted a thorough and consistent Liberal. With regard to the Home Rule Question, I am of opinion that it is the only means of solving the vexed question; and Mr Gladstone has recently stated, that when he introduces his next Home Rule Bill he will provide proper safeguards for the unity of the Empire, which Bill would have my support. I am in favour of Disestablishment and Disen- dowment of the Church of England in Wales, and am also in favour of Local Option, and further extension of the Allotments' Act. Should I have the honour of being your repre- sentative, I would study the Ratepayers' interests, and endeavor never to give cause of regret for their choice. If elected, I should act with the Gladstonian Party on the County Council. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen Your obedient servant, EVAN N. DAVIES. Grovefield, Penygraig, February 15th, 1889. j G U ..A.RDIA..N Plate Glass Insurance Company, Limited. Ifistablised 1863. Capital f 25,000. This Conpany insures all kinds of Plate and other Glass against malicious or accidental Breakage. Moderate Rates of Premium. Replacements promptly executed. Paid Losses Exceed £120,000. Prospectus, &c., on application to Local Agent, Mr John Fisher Seal, Bankruptcy Accountant. &c., 12, Middle Taff Street, Merthyr Tydfil. JENKIN WATK(NS, deceased. PURSUANT to Statue 22 and 23 Victoria, J. Chapter 35, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Persons having Claims against the Estate of Jenkin Watkins, late of Croes-y-beddau, in the Parish of Llantrissant, in the County of Glamorgan, Smith, deceased, who died on the 6th day of January, 1889, are required to send particulars thereof to the undersigned, as Solicitors to Elizabeth Watkins, the Administratrix, to 'or whom letters of administration were granted by the Llandaff District Registry on the 18th day of February, 1699, on or before the 9th day of March next, after which date the Administratrix will distribute the Estate among the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the Claims of which she shall then have had notice. Dated this 19th day of February, 1889. MORGAN AND MALE, jfovra Hall Chambers, Pontypridd, Solicitors to the said Administratrix. It