The Merthyr Express

CORRESPONDENCE. V"'oJ" The Editor wishes it to be distinctly understood that he will not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of correspondents, nor under- take to return rejected manuscript. Correspondents MrsT write on one side of the paper only. Letters of a personal character will not be inserted.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. "A Believer in Christ."—We have received your letter, but cannot find room for it.

THE REV PETER PRICE AND THE DOWLAIS SLUMS Sir,—Reading the report of the Health Com- Initree of November 3rd last, J was surprised that an attack was made on the Rev. Peter rice for having cousage to speak the truth. The truth is always objectionable to evildoers, frncl they always try to sneer it away The ques- tions asked were, "Who is Peter Price' and "How long has he been here?" I may say- that the rev. gentleman is one of those few per- pqns who exert themselves in the work of uplift- ing those who have been degraded by rack-rent- ers and others. If he has only been five years in the place he has seen more of misery in the ilums during those years than those who lived in the midst of them their life-time, because he does not shut his eyes and pass by like the priest and the Levite. He and his good wife have done noble work since they came to Dow- lais, and their hearts have been pierced by the sights they have seen, especially the degradation and the misery of the little children. A Dorcas Society has been started through their efforts in the town, and little children have bsen cloth- cd. Other things have been done by Mr. Price to uplift these little children without any dis- tinction of creed or nationality. He spoke the truth, and, it would seem, is to be persecuted for it.—Yours in anticipation, J.OHN DA VIES. 56, Muriel-terrace, Dowlais.

ARE LIBERALS IN MERTHYR READY TO FIGHT FOR THEIR PRINCIPLES.' Sir,—Will you grant me a little space in your columns to air my views on this question of Liberal organization and the representation of Merthyr Borough in Parliament? I have read your articles on'the subject with attention, as 1 know you generally give sound advice on pub- lic matters, but I think, as regards the repre- sentation of the Borough in Parliament, there are some things that you overlook. I am in agreement with your wish to see the Liberal Party thoroughly organized throughout the Bor- ough, and it is disgraceful to us as a party that we should wait to be whipped up by a Liberal newspaper before doing it. I am glad to see that we are going to organize, and hope that every true Liberal will help to makj the organization powerful and effective. Where I ditaeree with you, Sir, is on this point of being satisfied with matters as they are. That is, to leave one seat in possession of Mr. D. A. Thomas, and the other to Mr Keir Hardie. It Ls notorious that throughout the Borough there is deep dissatisfaction with Mr. Thomas's attitude towards the Government and the Lib- era' Party generally, and his indifference and aloofness towards both have irritated many of his s launch est friends. However, he hM pro- mi"d to turn over a new leaf, and to act more in a-coiclance with our wishes as Liberals. Tlvrt'-fore, I am willing to forget the past, and to lock for better things in the future. I will still b^ a supporter of Mr. Thomas. I n rn not prepared to accept the other part of he ii rrangement, and to allow Mr. Keir Hardie to keep the other seat without a struggle for it Certainly, Mr. Keir Hardie is a repre- sentative of Labour, but it is not Labour in t H'ns" that it is represented by "Mabon," Mr. Tom Richard;, Mr. W Brace, and men of their ;Lnct type. Mr. Keir Hardie's Labour is n-full blown, and nothing else. I 'don't believe, if an honest census were taken, that there are 2.000 out-and-out Socialists in the constituency. But this small fraction are long- toncMied and loud-mouthed, and they make such « noise as to create the impression amongst who don't know the real facts that the Crrat mass of the working men here are red. iiof Socialist*. They are nothing of the sort. It is t'i- 'aggressi.vene& of the minority of actual v .t, and the passiveness of the overwhelm- ing ma jority of anti-Socialists that- make a false picture of the real stats of these parties in t¡c Borough. There are a good many Tory workmen, or Tariff Reformers, but the great majority are Liberals and not Socialists; and all they want is an opportunity to show this by votes. Mr. Keir Hardie is, first and foremost, a Socialist, and he represents Labour in order to promote Socialism, and looks upon Liberals and Tories as the bitter enemies of his political creed. He never tires of preaching the gospel of war against both parties, and whenever he gets a chanc? of spoiling a Liberal candidature by setting up a Labour candidate, he does it. He repudiates all claims of Liberals to consider- ation for past services to working classes. He denies them the meanest generous instinct. They are wolves, like the Tories, and have never don? anything except for their own in- terest. Even in this Parliament, everything in the shape of social reform he claims as the work of Labour representatives; Liberals have done nothing, and would have done less if left to themselves. I wonder how the Labour mem- bers would have fared with the same great majority of Tories backing a Tory Government. They would have been absolutely helpless. It is by Liberal strength the reforms have been j passsd, but Mr. Keir Hardie says no; and whenever a Labour candidate has a minority in a constituency sufficient to imperil a Liberal seat there, he says Labour must fight and let the Liberal take his chance. In the ''Socialist Review" for this month, Mr. Keir Hardie has an article on the ap- proaching general election, and he says: "Thfe policy of the Party (i.e., the Labour Party) at the approaching election will be guided by one sole consideration—hc«v to increase its strength in the next Parliament. In addition to the seats at present held by the Party, some forty or fifty other constituencies will be contested, and anyone who will t-ake the trouble to analyse the list of these places, and note their present political representation, will s":a that, to put it mildly, the Labour Party has not gone out of its way in order to show any bias in favour of Liberalism." Thus, aacording to Mr. Keir Hardie, the Labour Party, in considering the seats to be contested, will attack Liberals w'ith just as much zest as lunioniitt, and in constitu- encies whisre it has no candidate, will help neither Liberal nor Unionist. Now, I put it to you as a Liberal, and to every Lib3ral in this great constituency of Merthyr, are we to stand idly by while Mr. Keir Hardie is doing his best to wreck the prospects of Liberals in constituencies where they have now good maj- orities, and thus weaken the hunt's of the Gov- ernment in the next Hous* of Commons that will have to daa! with the "Lords"? Are we 10 take this contemptuous flouting and kicking by tho Socialist member for Merthyr lying down, and not raig') a hand in self-defence, or do a good turn for other constituencies by pro- viding Mr. Keir Harclie with something1 to do in liia own? Emphatically, I say no. I say it is th1* duty of Liberals in this Borough to fight Mr. Keir Hardio here as heights them here and everywhere else by treating him as one of our bitterest and most irreconcilable politicel opponents who deserves not a'whit more respect and consideration for being in possession of one of the seats than he gives to Liberals in posses- sion everywhere. I say it 's the duty of Lib- erals in this Borough to fight Mr. Keir Ha-d le —-aye, to Tight and lose the battle rather than to cower in our trenches and be afraid to ex- pose our heads. Tennyson says: "I hold it good whatever befall, 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all And I hold it good whatever befalls, 'tis better for Liberals to fight and lose than not to fight at all when we have to deal with a man like Mr. Keir Hardie, whose hand is uprals-ed for i striking Liberals everywhere. whose aim is to cripple Liberals everywhere. I know that this is the feeling amongst thousands of Liberals in the Borough, and I firmly believe this, that if ths Merthyr Liberal Association does nothing towards bringing out another candidate to fight for Liberal principles along with Mr. D. A. Thomas, then if Mr. Pritchard Morgan or any other man of ability and pluok chooses to come out on his own responsibility, he will very soon get a big following, and do infinitely better at the poll than Mr. Radcliffe did at the last elec- tion. I say there are thoitfiands of working men Liberals sick and tired of Mr. Keir Hardio and his incessant attacks upon Liberals. They are not Socialists; they detost Socialism; and the more Mr. Keir Hardie lias made it clear that his one aim and purpose is to advance Socialism at any other party's expense, the more they have got to dislike his gospel and himself as a representative in Parliament. We shell be cewards indeed if we don't fight this

k Cottage Hospital, Aberbargoed. Thia building, which is now nearing com- pletion and will be opaned early in December, has been erected by the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Colliery Co., Ltd., for the use of then workmen in the Bargoed district. It will, doubtless, be the means of saving the injured much suffering, as at the present time they have in serious cases, to be carried by rail to Cardiff Infirmary, and this building will perhaps be the means of saving many a life, which would under the present lack of Mrangements bo lost. The situation could not have been better chosen, for aspect and outlook, commanding as it does, from the principal rooms, wards and verandah, an extensive and pleasant view of the Rhymney Valley in a. southerly direction, and having been built upon high ground, no- thing can be erected to obstruct the view, or prevent the life-giving air and sun from playing upon its walls. The building has be-n planned to accommodate fourteen bads. Two large Nvards with five beds in pacb, and two double- bedded wards. Besides these wards, upon the J ground floor there is a surgeon's Toqm, with re- ceiving room adjoining, entered from the vesti- bule; operating room, matron's room, nurses' room, staff dining room, with kitchen and offices. Upon the first floor are six bedrooms, with bath room, etc. In the basement is provid- ed a, large ambulance room, X-ray room, and heating chamber; and upon the far side of the THE MAYOR1 'AN1> MAYORESS OF MERTHYR (Comr. AND MRS, F. T. JAHES), Socialist. If you or anyone else says that what I advocate is certain to split the Liberal Party, then I sincerely disagree with you. I don't want to cause a division in the party, and what need is there for division? I can't see at all. There are two seats to fill. We each have two votes, and what need is there to throw away one by running a single Liberal candidate I where we can just as easily vote for two, and by so doing fight, and very likely defeat, the man who is regarded, on the strength of his own words and acts as the mcst relentless enemy of Liberals in the whole list of Labour members? I say again, it is the duty of Liber- als in the Merthyr Borough to fight. Mr. Keir Hardie: and if the Merthyr Liberal Association shirks the battle, let somebody coma forward i independently, and I am confident he will soon f show how the wind blows in this Borough.—I am, yours truly, A r lljrjrii l.NW -ulUJ!tJ:tAL-. November 6th, 1909. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING. Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a. letter under the above heading, and signed "Pro Bono Publico," in your last.issue. I am very sorry that the writer should have deemed it becoming of him to write concerning such meeting in a spirit of sneering, hatred, jealousy, ignorance, and tyranny, and nc-jr in a spirit of love. His sneering is visible in his reference to the language of the Garden of Edttn. His the language of the Garden of Edm. His hatred is plain by his remarks concerning a narrow-minded little minister of the "Cymru am byth" stamp. His ignorance is shown when he insinuates that the chairman of the meeting was such a poor linguist as to be unable to un- derstand a plain Welsh address in plain Welsh words; and, further, when he states that no one deigned to find out who the reverend gen- tleman from Bristol was. Enquiries were made, and they oeased only because they were becoming rude, and had ';P.B.P." taken the trouble to make known to the conductors of the meeting that the rev. gentleman was the secretary of the Religious Tract Society, it would have given them great pleasure to ask the gentleman to address the meeting, more es- pecially as the gentleman originally selected to move the resolution (who, by the bye, k a monoglot Englishman, and would, therefore, have spoken in English, was prevented from being present owing to illness in his household. ''P.B.P.V' ignorance is still more manifest when he condemns the delegate for complying with the request to speak in Welsh. What was the situation ? It wa,3 this; One hundred or more Welsh-speaking persons, and three, or maybe four, English-speaking persons listening to an address in English. The atmosphere was becoming quite chilly, and it was quite plain that the audience wished the speaker to address them in Welsh. "P.B.P. would wish the dele- gate to keep an audience of three or four Eng- lishmen and over a hundred Welshmen warm and attentive by speaking only in English. Why, I venture to assert that even if a Glad- stone went to Pari-, he could not keep an aud- ience of three or four Englishmen, and over a hundred Frenchmen, warm and attentive by addressing them in English. "P.B.P. jealousy is shown by his reference to the meeting controlled by a few bigots. What of the writer's spirit of tyranny? Why, he is going to prohibit the minister of the chapel he attends from making announcements about any meeting that is to be held in Welsh chapels! The Tsar of Russia is not equal to this writer in tyranny, for the Tsar, with all his faults, allows Leo Tovstoy to have his say. And what shall I flay of his demand that all meetings dealing, with international or univer- sal questions "hall be conducted in English, and in English alone? If "P.B.P." went to live in Paris or Berlin, would he dare make a demand that all such meetings must be conducted in English? I trow not. Why, then, should he make such a demand in Merthyr? Thin is the payment that this writer offers the Welsh peo- ple of Merthvr for being better linguists than almost any other nation that they should quiet- ly sit down and allow all their meetings be conducted in English. The English Govern- ment have done their best for five hundred years to kill the Welsh language, and have failed, and this writer is not going to do it either. Permit me to say that the best thing c "P.B.P." can do is to do in Merthyr what he would do if he went to live in Paris or Berlin— that is, to learn to speak the native language. I presume he is in Merthyr because of better pasturage than his native home, and the least that Merthyr people can expect of him is to learn the language of the place. There is, how- ever, I jtm glad to say, one redeeming feature even in "P.B.P- and that is, he admits Mer- thyr is a good old town. It is a good old town, because both Welshmen and Englishmen have been charitable enough to allow the use of both Welsh and English. If ever such tyranny as "P B P." candidly confesses he will work for shall ever prevail, then it will be good-bye to the good name of the town for liberty and goodwill. I have given my thoughts frealy about "P.B.P.V ideas of public meetings. Kindly altow me to make an explanation to tho sub- scribsrs of the Society why onlv one meeting was held this year. The committee decided to have two meetings—one in Welsh at Zoar, and one in English at Hope Chapel. The committee was distinctly told by a member of Hope Chape, that no special services were to be held there on the date fixed. When application, however, was made for the loan of the chapel for such meeting, the reply came that their anniversary services were to be held on that date. and ask- ing the committee to postpone the Bible meet- ing. It was then, however, too late to postpone the visit of the delegate, and the only alterna- tive was to have a mixed meeting at Zoar. Thr- programme was for throe speeches in English and three speqe ia Weieh, and the. delegate ( site is the wash-house, mortuary, and post-mor- tern room. exterior has been covered above the ground floor level with rough cast, white-washed, which makes the building a land- mark for miles around. Everything has been built in a strong and simple manner, without iiiy unnecessary ornament, making a quaint and substantial building suitablo to its environ- ments. Above the main entrance archway, set in the wall, is a carved Portland stone" panel of "Charity healing the sick," executed by Mr. T. A. Jone3, the well-known Welsh sculptor. The building is heated throughout on the low- pressure hot water system, installed by Messrs. j Hampton and Co., Cardiff. The ventilation is natural, with inlets along the walls, and extract ventilators in roofs, the fittings beimr supplied hv Messrs. Stott and Co., Cardiff. The build- » ing is lighted rhroughour, by elect ricilv taken from the company' mains. The whole of the plumbing has been executed by Messrs. Shanks and Co., London. The whole of the interior walls are coloured cream, with the woodwork painted white, the outside wood work being painted in black and white. The floors of the hall and principal rooms and corridors have been laid with patent nooring; the entrance porch is laid with marble tile; and all the in- terior angles have been coved to prevent the accumulation of dust. All stone dressings arc of Forest stone, with local stone walling. The cost of the buildings, exclusive of furniture and fittings, has been £ 4.000. The contractor is Mr. John Lloyd, of YslTad Mynach, and Mr. George Kenshole, M.S.A., of Bargoed, is the architect. to speak partly in English and partly in Welsh. It was not the fault of the conductor of the meeting that sickness prevented this being ad- hered to. I should to know how would "P.B.P." a fairer programme. Apologis- ing for taking so much space, and thanking you,—I remain, votjrs truly, DAVID BOWEN. WHAT TARIFFS WOULD ACCOMPLISH. Sir,—According to his latest efforts, Mr. Ure believes that a reform of our tariffs would not aid this country's revenue. That is an ad- mission that a tax on foreign manufactured goods would prevent a lot of them coming into this country That is just what Tariff Reform- ers aim at, as then our own people would reap the benefit instead of the foreigner, as at pre- sent, and we should still be able to tap the old sources of revenue if the need arose. At the same time, no one believes that a reform of our tariffs would keep all foreign manufactures out of this country.—Yours trulv, A. T. SMITH. 4" Castle-street, Merthyr Tydfil, November 8th, 1909. CHORAL COMPETITION TESTS. Sir,—As one interested in the preliminary programmes of the Easter EisteddfoJau, I was astounded to observe in your issue of the 30th ult. the lack of courage and retrogressive spirit displayed by the Mountain Ash Committee in the selection of their choral tests. It is simply unbelievable that a committee who professed to take such an active interest in the progres- sive movement and in the endeavour to stamp out repetition and hackneyed tests, should so soon repent and retrace their steps by adopting the practice which they pretended to deplore and to assist in remedying. This evidence of weakness is much to be regretted in a commit- tee of importance, and the act of abandoning their ideals so early is to be regretted it is another indication that their supposed interest in the welfare of choral singing is subsevient to other considerations.- Yos truly, CONDUCTOR. THE LIGHTING OF BEDLINOG. Sir, Your report of the proceedings of the Gellygaer District Conncil, published in your last issue, gave me the first intimation that a public meeting had been held at Bedlinog in connection with the question of the lighting of the place. As one interested in the subject I would very much like to have been at that meeting had I known of it. Where was the meeting held? How was it announced? Who were the conveners? Perhaps some of your readers can answer these questions.—Yours, etc. INTERESTED. RHYMNEY AMBULANCE AND-DERI DISASTER. Sir -We read with sorrow the report in your last issue of the Deri disaster, but regret that the above Brigade was not mentioned. On Fr;- day morning the men wero called from their work to proceed to Deri. This they did with promptness. When on the pit top, the cry came for volunteers, and the first to respond was one of the above Brigade (Joseph Jenkins), and he, with others, worked for over an hour repairing the pit-head, so that the carriage could be work- ed. He was with the first batch that went down the Darran Pit. Jonkins afterwards went on, and at the request of Mr. Evan Owen (un- der-manager) went to repair the air-bridge, and after that went to assist the injured. Going on the level, he passed five bodies on the sides, and afterwards found Dr. Turner. Here he worked with artificial respiration for twenty minutes. Then Dr. Davies, Fochriw, appeared, and advised the carrying of Dr. Turner back to the other side of the air-bridge. This was done, and Jenkins went on again, and this time found Mr. David Lewis (under-manager). He, with others, commenced artificial respiration. believing at the same time they would be able to restore him; Jenkins became exhausted, but when he recovered he found that Mr. David Lewis had passed away. He afterwards treated W. Edwards, and here he had to be carried out. The others of the Brigade who descended the pit were: Richard Meredith, W. Hunt, W. Short, W. H. Lewis, John Phillpotts, Gus Tho- mas. They worked upon Edmund Jones and William Thomas (under-manager), and after working upon Thomas for fifteen or twenty min- utes, brought him round. After treating minor cases, they went to the furthest point yet reached, but on the instructions of Inspector Trump, had to turn back. Here W. If. Lewis was overcome, and had to be treated by the others. When Phillpotts was descending near the bototm of the pit. the cry was, "For God's sake, men, come quick, as there are men here dying." He at once treated each case, and sa-v: them properly sent up the pit. Philpott re- mained in the mine from 11 o'clock until 5.30, and rendered great service. Gus Thomas treat- ed three oases on the surface before going down the pit, and was assisted by Thomas Gill, one of the Brigade. Although Gill was the only one of the Brigade who did not go down the pit, he did good service at the pit top. Jenkin Morgan was the only Brigade man who went down the Gilfach Pit, and lie did good work. He applied artificial respiration to two men, and assisted in bringing others out. Tins is a brief account of the, excellent work rendered by those men. who deserve ihe support, of the nublic in their voluntary work. Thanking you for space in your valuable paper,—I remain, yours, etc., G. T: THE NON-UNIONIST QUESTION í AT MERTHYR VALE AND ELSEWHERE Sir,—May I b? allowed, through medium of the "Express," to say a few words on tho Noa-u&ioa^t Questio^. JLo the fir«i place, I would like to anticipate those captious critics who are wont to treat this question as peculiy- ly their own by saying that I will not be un- conscious to the charge that will be levelled at me of trespassing en foreign territory. Al- though not a member of the Miners' Federa- tion, I am a member of the universe, and as such, am free to express opinions on everything that present,, itself to observation and reflec- tion. At the last general election, a new party made its nppraJC a party having for its object independent .L>our representation. The struggle of L:.boui ;s an industrial and political necessity, ;,iul in proof of this one has but need necessity, ;,iul in proof of this one has but need to look at strikes and lock-outs. To expect har- ¡ mony between the two in the political field, when they are fighting each other to the blood in the industrial field, is vain. Still, how many good Trade Unionists are to be found voting their masters into power, when a few days be- foro they were resisting those same masters' demand for a reduction in wages? The miner who will not join the Miners' Federation is —both politically and industrially—either a con- scious cr an unconscious individualist, ai}d vir- tually impedes the class>strugglo which, as all competent sociologists have admitted, is the only weapon the workers can effectively use in their historic mission to emancipate themselves from slavery. In spiie of its reactionary lead- ers, the Miners' Federation, like every other proletariat federation, is working inevitably for Socialism. The class struggle has forced "Mabon" and others to desert their old Liberal- ism, and in the next general election'we shall witness the spectacle of Liberals in heart forced to fight thorn selves by the grim decree of the class struggle. The Tory Party is givin- us a taste of what may be expected in the future. The leaders in- sist that the fight of the future will bo con- fined to two parties, viz., the Socialist Party and the Anti-Socialist Party. The former will contend for Socialism the latter for Individual- ism. The class struggle is fast eliminating the go-betweens. Will the non-unionists of Mer- I thyr Vale and elsewhere elect to fight Social- ism? The fact that they are non-unionists [ ma.ke3 one suspect that they are, and will be- come, Individualists and Anti-Socialists. Indi- vidualism is selfishness unfettered by State re- strictions. Socialism stands for the abolition of a system of production for profit, and the sub- stitution of a system of production for use. The Individualists maintain that sqjfislinego 13 the basic principle of human eoc.ety they claim that without the operation of this princinle, all the wealth of modern civilization would never have been obtained. Their knowledge of eco- nomic evolution in consequence of the admis- sion of the above principle is necessarily som<»>- what limited. Pure Individualism has not ex- isted, and never can exist, because of the ori ciple of interdependence of one individual upon another for the production of the means of life. We have at the present moment a system of modified Individualism, the same which Mr. Rice and others endeavour to defend. John Stuart Mill maintained that in spite of the inventions and therimprovements, they have not conduced to lighten the burden of the workers, but. on the contrary, rather to in- crease it. While people are starving for want of food, there is a surplus of food always on the market. To-day wealth is actually to keep up profits. If the produce of labour was instantly consumed, there would be plenty of work for everybody; but the anarchy of capi- talist production for profit makes a percentage of unemployed men a necessity for its own con- servation. Paradoxical as it may seem, it Î8. nevertheless, true that people are thrown out of employment simply because they have work- ed too hard. If the supply of any commodity exceeds the demand. the makers of that com- modity are discharged from work, or else put on half-time until the surplus has been con- sumed, Despite the wealth-producing capacity of the nation, the worker has become more and more a self-dependent unit upon a capitalist class. As Socialists we maintain that the social institutions of. any stage of society are deter- mined by the mode in which society gets its living. Furthermore, we maintain that any capitalist system divides society into two dis- tinct class a ruling class of idlers, and the other a subject class of producers. The few idlers appropriate a large proportion of the wealth produced by labour, leaving a smaller proportion to be divided amongst the workers. This unequal distribution of wealth causes un- told misery and pauperism amongst the many, and determines the existence of the class war. c Under present conditions, the struggle for ex- istence is the keenest; selfishness, or the law of self-preservation, is made more manifest in con- sequence. Under conditions which are not so keen. selfishness is not so much displayed, till finally, under a system of scientific Socialism, where there will be plenty to spare for all, one can but think that the struggle for existenoe will be considerably modified. After that rapid summary of social facts and tendencies, the non-unionist question will as- sume a different. light. Whether Trade Union- ists think it or not, it is they, after all, who will be called' upon in future to accomplish the social revolution. Conventional politics are being fast eclipsed by the desire for the social revolution. The time when the workers exclus- ively combined themselves is gone. They have by now been inspired by the Socialist to attack also. They have entered into politics. Non- unionists ought to be reminded that had it not been for the existence of the Miners' Federa- tion, their wages would be considierably lower.— Yours sincrely, HUW MENAI. HELP THE BLIND. Sir,—From time to t:me during the past two years, the Monmouthshire Blind Workers have given exhibitions of their skill, and held sales of their work at various oentres. On Monday next they propose to come to Ebbw Vale, and to hold one of their intresting meetings in the Workmen's Hall. They cordially invit9 any of the local blind to join them. and bring speci- mens of their work. The County Council of Monmouthshire employs two skilled blind teach- ers—one for men and one for women. Any adult losing sight by accident. or disease can be visited and taught at home by these teachers. who will be present on Monday, and it is hoped be of servico to any blind hitherto untaught who may hear of this meeting. It is hoped that the general public will 00 more interested in their blind neighbours when this opportunity is given, for seeing how the blind may be helped to help themselves. J. SHINNERTON. Hon. Treasurer, Monmouthshire Blind Aid Society.

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EVENTS OF THE WEEK. Th £1,000,000 will of a railway magnate is bgirig disputed, lnre Lab6ur moa and four Peers figure among th* new ftiayors. Mr. Lionel Bfotlgh, th4 actor, died in Lon- don on Monday hriortung. The Rev. Dr. Dallingor, the well-known Scientist, died on Sunday night. Opium smoking in East End dens ia re- ceiving the attention of the L.C.C. By 157 votes to 40 tha House of Lords on Monday rejected the London Election; Bill. Great damage was done by a fire on Tues- day afternoon at the Hotel Metropole, Cork. 1 Nine persons were hurnt to death in a Celluloid factory fire at Brooklyn, on Monday. On Tuesday the Duke of Westminster was admitted to the freedom of the city of Chester. Lord Selby, for ten years Speaker of the H6u.se of Commons, died on Saturday at his London residence. A vacancy has been creaied in the repres- entation of Portsmouth by the sudden death of Sir John Baker, M.P. A woman was murdered in the fog at South London on Saturday night, and on Sunday a man burrendered to the police. At London Sessions the trial commenced of the two men accused of stealing jewels worth < £ 40,000 from a West End cafe. A mining strike, in which 12,000 men are involved, has broken out in Australia. Fears are entertained for the coal supplies. At Brighton on Monday, Lord Tollemache, of Tarporley, was fined F,5 and costs for driv- ing a motor-car at a dangerous speed. The oldest representation of the human form in existence has been found in Germany, it being the nude figure of a female divinity. The Duke of Northumberland on Saturday laid tho foundation stone of the new Queen Elizabeth Grammar Schools at Hexham. On Saturday the memorial to three Cornish statesmen—Eliot, Godolphin, and Molesworth —was placed in position in Truro Cathedral. Mr. Arthur Randall, of Trowbridge, secre- tary to the Education Committee, fell dead while dressing on Tuesday morning at home. The King and Queen, accompanied by Queen Maud of Norway and Princess Victoria, visited a loan exhibition at King's Lynn on Saturday. No new peers figure in the King's Birthday Honours, and the most striking name is that of Lieut. Shackleton among the new knights. As an aged lady named Sheffield was alight- ing from a trap at Wittering, near Stamford, oil Tuesday, sho was killed by a passing motor- car. Incendiary fires at no fewer than four farms have occurred at Mobberley, near Winslow. Corn and hay stacks and buildings were de- stroyed. Archdeacon Baly, for many years chaplain at the church in Windsor Great Park, died at Bishopsgate, near Windsor, on Sunday, at the age of 84. Nearly 200 babies took part in a bab^' show at Grimsby, on Monday, organised by the Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor and Mrs. Frank Barrett. Mr. Michael J. Carmodv, the town clerk of Ennis, was remanded on Tuesday on a charge of falsifying the accounts of the Ennis Urban District Council. Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher and Sir Arthur Godlcv, late Permanent Under- Secretary for India, have been raised to the peoraga as barons. Pasfc *our years loans amounting to have baen sanctioned by the Local Government. Board under th9 Housing of the Working Classas Act of 1890. The Sligo constable who esc a ned from the police barracks at Aclare, after being vrested t j j mj ■r, a y°un§f woman, has been found dead, with Ins throat cut. lhe ^cotush-American banker, Mr. J. S. ^nneh/Wf ° dledin New Yo* a few days £ °i- £ 4,000,000 for charity, in- cluding £ 20,000 'to Glasgow University. /U/uPQ#?» °f ProY'ding work for the rp Bristol City Council resolved on i uesday to construct a lake and pleasure ground at Portishead, at a cost of £4,400. being-taken to bring about the tSi T7 of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland— the two largest denominations north of the Tweed. Collusion between husband and wife to bring about a divorce so that th3 husband could marry a rich young lady was alleged in the sustained. accu6ations vvere not Dunng the last financial year the nrofito on the Nottingham Corporation electro under" r'u £ ?uto i,46,5.»5.«" < £ £ 107, 345 and on ea* to fish cartV nt r11-' ntmSd L £ wson> was killed by a was bein^ li& °n Tussday- h* body J i f into a conveyance, it was id-en- tified by his distracted mother, who collapsed in the street. apsed in ton' aNCp,Sm- w Monday- Thomas Mor- ton, a Luiwell collier, was remanded on a a valuable homing pigeon The birld has not been wh^?Uew.f iOSS °LtWO*vesseJs- *he Dundee Zn fh + T 1 enj°y<xl -a fa,rIV prosperous sea- i 15 whales, 170 cwts ton. rf oU™' 3 740 ™lruJ' «"d 12» tons of oil. graduate and one an inder^'adSSte'' were on Saturday, fined b,v tpe Cambridge disturbances. & *lfth of November ChtrctfJ<;nWS.WOr6hl?pln!? in Ilford Parish pipe which fu/ "as >nJi>r?d by a +L l i 11 from the organ. The foroe °h« "»thi<* ring. c.n^Z'i'S! rtV F°"nd Jrowned" was returned fordthiri 7 a!uan ,,n?U€st at Kidlington, Ox- fordshire, on the bodies of Emilv Hall the wife of a Ùlbourer, and her two children, which were found in a canal. rioK?J7heel w,eiehinS seventy tons, at the ed cm sImT' staIybndge, suddenly snap- d on Saturday, one portion, some fifteen tons in weight, being flung forty yards. One man wa's seriously injured. VCCP? IT promment Libera!, Nonconformist, and <<TrA\nC* af'?'OC,afe- was also known as the fisherman s friend. At the opening meeting of the Eridge Hunt on Saturday the huntsmen and hounds had narrow escapes from being run down on the railway line, the fox taking to tile metals as 1 a train was approaching. The new dirigible airship which has been built in France for the British Army will, it is understood, start its flight from Paris, and the Channel via Calais and Dover about th, first week in December. I'i.e Lord Mayor of Bristol reports that a fund, opened icme time ago for tho benefit of cab proprietors and drivers thrown out of employment by the int roductiofl of taxi-Cftbs, baa the guci gf £ l,hQit j

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