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ST. DAVID'S SCHOOL SITE.
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ST. DAVID'S SCHOOL SITE. CORPORATION WISH TO ACQUIRE IT. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICES. WHY THE RECTOR AND CHURCHWARDENS OBJECT. ,m Tuesday morning, Mr. M. K. North, M. Inst. C.E., held an inquiry at the Town Hall relative to the petition of the Corpora- tion to the Local Government Board to issue a Provisional Order to empower the Council to put in force the powers of the Lands Clauses Act with respect to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement, with refer- ence to certain lands forming part of the site of the old St. David's National School, and re- quired as a site for the erection of public offices, and also for sanction to borrow 2650 for purpose of sewerage for the village of Pen- garnddu. Those present included the layol (Coun. F. T. James). Town Clerk (Mr. T. Aneuryn Reee), Coun. F. S. Simons, Dan Thomas, W. Lewis (Penydarren), and H. M. Lloyd, Dr. Duncan (M.O.H,), Mr. W. R. Harris (Borough Con- troller), Mr. A. Marshall (assistant Surveyor), and Chief Constable Wilson. The Rector of Merthyr (Rev. Daniel Lewis) attended to op- pose the application respecting St. David's School site, accompanied by his churchwardens and a number of sidesmen The Borough Controller having given the usual figures relating to the population, rate- able value, etc., the Rector of Merthyr asked him why he did not state the amount of water rate.—Mr. Harris: There is no water rate The Rector then requested that a plan pre- pared and submitted to Parliament, and signed by three parties, the Borough Council, Sir Wm. T. Lewis, and himself, should be produc- ed. That plan, he said, showed how the Coun- cil intended to erect public buildings on the Castle Field. The Town Clerk: Plans were never present- ed to Parliament. Rector: Excuse me. I am very sorry to go irito this matter. But it is of supreme impor- tance that this plan hereafter should be re- fc rod to. The Inspector: The Town Clerk says he will get all the plans he has. The Rector: Showing the proposed build- j Town Clerk: There is no such plan. He then explained that the reason of this application jv-s because the Corporation were very short of room. The Town Hall bad only been erected t<>urteen years, but since then the Local Board of Health had given place to a Corporation, And now Merthyr had been created a County Borough, and a quarter sessions borough, with control of police. They had had to provide accommodation for the Education Authority's staff, and also for the work formerly carried out by the Burial Board. Police accommodation was also needed, also a magistrates and justices' clerks' rooms. The Town Hall was totally in- adequate for the requirements of the Cor- poration and Education Authority. The St. David's School site was the most suitable one. as it adjoined the Town Hall. The Council had the option of purchasing a site at the rear of the Castle Hotel for £5,000, but the Inspec- tor would agree with him that it was not such a convenient site as the one proposed to be acquired. MORE ACCOMMODATION ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. The Mayor said the work of the Corporation could not be properly carried on, and some time ago the Council had to erect a. corrugated iron building alonside the Town Hall as an educa- tion office. Even the old School Board contem- plated erecting a separate building; at that time he was solicitor to the School Board. The education requirements were increasing very rapidly. Last year the Council had to appoint several new officers, including inspector of school children, a female inspector of midwivea, etc., who had no accommodation at the Town Hall. An organiser of education had now to be appointed. Then the accommodation at the police station was totally inadequate. The six cells were overcrowded, as very often 22 per- sons were locked up from. Saturday till Mon- day. Then a children's court had to be provid- ed, and now the Council had to appoint a cor- oner and give him a court. Many other rooms were rewired, and the County Council had threatened to cease paying rental if the Council did not provide accommodation for the county magistrates. Plans had been prepared showing how the proposed site would be laid out. It was proposed to transfer the whole of the con- troller's staff into the new building on the first floor. It was proposed to connect the two build- ings by a-toridge. The education department would occupy the ground floor, and also the or- ganiser of schools, the medical officer, weights and measures, and so on. Even then only sufficient accommodation would be left in the Town Hall for the requirements of the Corpor- ation. The Mayor then said that for the last three years the St. David's School site had been an eye-sore to the town. If the site had been properly utilised by the Rector and church- wardens, when the schools were condemned by the Board of Education one would have had some compunction in taking this step. But the original uses for which that site was. grant- ed by the owner of the freehold had not been carried out. There was no school there now. Rector That is not correct. The Mayor: I say what I conceive to be the present position. The present site, he said, had remained unutilised in its present condition for three years, from the date the children were re- moved from the schools, and had to bo pro- vided with accommodation by the Corporation in various chapels and vestries in the town. The local authority had been pressed. by the Board of Education, and the grant threatened, because they had not built new schools to provide for the children in the town district. But land had been taken, and that accommoda- tion would now be provided. If the Corpora- tion obtained the order market value would be paid for the site. The Council said it was an absolute necessity that the Town Hall should be oxtended in order that the work of the County Borough should be properly and efficiently car- ried out, and the Council were unanimous in coming to that conclusion. The Castle Field was II; most unsuitable site upon which to erect public offices. It was shut in by a row of small houses, with the backs looking on to the field, and on the other side was the Morlais Brook, a very unpleasant stream to live near. It was in the interests of the inhabitants that the Corporation sought to acquire this site. The Inspector: There is no other site you could purchase by agreement on the other three sides of the Town Hall?—The Mayor: No; we are, really driven to get this site; It was thought, he said, that the Castle Field would have been a good site for a secondary school, but since then the Council had purchas- ed Cyfarthfa Castle, which they proposed to use as a school, and plans had been provisionally approved by the Board of Education architect. So'that the need of Castle Field, so far as edu- cation was concerned, had gone. Since the no- tice was given with regard to this Provisional Order he had met all classes of ratepayers and inhabitants, and with few exceptions, they ap- proved of what the Corporation proposed to do. THE CASTLE FIELD SITE. The Rector again asked for the plan show- ing the public buildings the Corporation were going to erect on Castle Field. The Town Clerk said that there was no such plan in existence; it must exist in the Rector's imagination. The Rector: If the Surveyor was here he would bear me out. It is suppressed for an object, I submit. Did you ever see a plan showing the position of the buildings to be placed on the Castle Field?-The Mayor said a plan was prepared showing how the site was to be 'utilised, including, ho believed, law courts, free library, fire station, and baths. Rector: It is important to get that fact ad- mitted. The Town Clerk denied it. i The Mayor said the Council had' not with- drawn their proposal to purchase the Castle Field. The Act of Parliament giving them that Field. The Act of Parliament giving them that power would last up to August next year. The Rector said the ex-Mayor Btated before the last Commissioner that the Council did not intend going on with the Castle Field. The Mayor: That was his own personal opinion. There is no resolution binding the Corporation to throw up their important powera j as to the Castle Field. Perhaps the Council will require the site upon which to build work- men's dwellings, t I The Rector: Are you not aware that the Commissioner asked that very important ques- tion before the loan for the purchase of Cy- farth Castle was granted? The Mayor: The Commissioner did ask it, and I say that the Mayor was wrong in saying that the Corporation had decided not to pur- chase the site. Rector: You have the agreement. Are you aware that I was not consulted in the slighter degree as to the option to purchase which was incorporated into the Act of Parliament? Mayor: I have no knowledsre of it. I can only deal with the Act. of Parliament as it is b.for me. Rector: Have you heard it?—Mayor: i. un- derstand from the Town Clerk that you now express your surprise at the provisions in the Act, but here they are. That is your own fault. You could have employed your own agents or solicitors. The Inspector: It's no good crying over spilt milk. Rector: Do you think the buying of this piece of land will be more economical than the J.istlo Field?—The Mayor: Yes. Rector: Supposing it is quite the contrary? --Mayor: It is only hypothetical. By the time an approach road was made to the Castle Field, it would cost £ 6,000, before we put a stone on any building. If you want a site for church or educational purposes you have ample ground to build upon at the back of Victoria- street or on the Castle Field itself, where there are a lot of insanitary cottages which you could pull down and re-build, Rector: Then you think economy affects the Council and not the Church party?—Mayor: I say to the ratepayers, whatever creed they are Rector: One of the chief things is conve- nience and economy with you ?—Mayor: Yes. Don't you think that convenience and ecoiv oniv to rhe owners is of very great importance? C'ndoubtedly. Have you known at all about the unanimous opinion about this matter?—The Corporation are unanimous. The resolution was passed unanimously, and every member had & statu- tory notice to attend the meeting. It is incorrect if some differ from you?—I can only speak as to what I saw and the re- cords of the Corporation. NO ESTIMATE YET PREPARED. Have you any idea as to the amount of money required to carry out this scheme?—No. The Engineer has not submitted an estimate. You are aware that the Borough of Merthyr is burdened already?- Y es, but it is under Cor- porations of similar size. It is about JE6 a head. How much do you think the Corporation would want to carry out all the improvement* contemplated?—I could not say The Rector: It is an unknown factor. He then questioned the Mayor with regard to PoiH- morlais improvements, the widening of High- street, Pontmorlais, but the Mayor replied that there was no compulsion to go on with those works in any given time. The Rector: Are you aware that we with- drew our opposition to the Bill in the House of Commons because of the "urgency" of these matters?—The Mayor replied that Pontmorlais improvement was in hand, and so was Cefn Bridge. The Inspector told the Rector that he was going a long way from the St. David's Schoo! site. The Rector: Are you the initiator of this?— The Mayor: I gave notice of motion. I felt that the work of this Corporation could not be properly carried out without further offices. You thought to mark your year of office by doing something? (laughter).—That was not my object. The Town Clerk said that earlier in the day he understood the Rector to say that a plan was submitted to Par!iament. A block plan was prepared, but not submitted. Rector: The Mayor has admitted he saw the plan. The Inspector: But it was never submitted to Parliament. In reply to the Town Clerk, the R-sctor ad- mitted that he had received notice that the Corporation were going on with the widening of Lower High-street, but he had not seen the notices in the papers. "I don't read papers; I seldom have time to do so," added the Rec- tor. Town Clerk: How did you know about this inquiry, then? Chief Constable Wilson read a report which he laid before the Watch Committee in Sep- tember last, pointin- out the lack of police and fire brigade accommodation.—He was cross-ex- amined by the Rector as to the non-use of cot- tages in Albert-street, behind the police sta- tion, and said that the Corporation were oblig- ed to buy those premises from the County Council when they took over the police sta- tion. The cottages were not used because they were dilapidated. INSPECTOR AND CONDITION OF ST. DAVID'S SCHOOLS. Mr. A. Marshall, assistant surveyor, then I explained ttie plans snowing now the St. Da- vid's School site would be utilised. The area-, j he said, wad 1,470 sq. yards, but 700 sq. yards j would not be touched by the Corporation, which might be utilised for church purposes. The Inspector: These schools are in a ruin- J ous condition?—Mr. Marshall: They are very dilapidated. The Rector said the schools had not ceased to be used. The Town Clerk said the schools were not in a fit state, and the Board of Education gave I the Rector and Managers ample time, over 18 months, to put the premises in a proper con- dition, but they refused to do so, and the Board struck the schools off the grant list. la consequence of that the Council had to provide accommodation for the children. The Inspector: It is no exaggeration to say that they are in a ruinous condition ?—Mr. i Marshall: Quite so. I Inspector: If the Local Government Board issue this order I suppose it will be the in- tention of the Council to pull these schools issue this order I suppose it will be the in- tention of the Council to pull these schools down?—Mr. Marshall: We must do so to build I offices. The Inspector asked about the tenancy of the site.—The Town Clerk said it was vested in the Rector and Churchwardens under a trust deed for the purpose of maintaining schools for the education of the children of the poor of i the neighbourhood.—The Inspector: From az. architectural point of view there is no other l site which c«uld possibly be utilised?—Mr. Marshall: There is no vacant land any whfeis: nearer than the Castle Field. nearer than the Castle Field. The Rector: Where is Mr. Harvey to-day? f —Mr. Marshall: .He is giving his daughter away in holv matrimony (laughter1. Mr. Marshall denied that any p:an, except I a block plan, was made SDowinj: bow the Castle Field was proposed to be used. The Mayor: That is so. A block plan show- ing the area.. Rector: I shall give it in cvioence that there ing the area. Rector: I shall give it in evidence that there is a plan. This closed the case for the Corporation. I OBJECTIONS TO M.'IK SCHEME. The Rector then called L>r. W W. JOMS, churchwarden, and one oi trustees of the St. David's School site. He ^a.*o that the Ree- tor and churchwardens had been unable to use the land because of the action of the Cor- poration. They were prepared to begin the work at any tims—either to build schools or anything they were allowed to. If trust failed the land Would revert to the original owjier, the Rector of the parish. The Inspector: Haven t you been rather afraid of losing jt? (laughter).—Dr. Jones re- plied that the Board closed the schools. TJje premises had, however, been used for paro- J chial meetings. I The Town Clerk: «hy •didn't-you execute the repairs the Board of Education asked you to do?—We wanted to rebuild, and not re- Paif- Why didn't you ?—^Ve did not start with des- patch, And repeated that the Board of Educa- tion closed the premises. The Town Clerk asked Dr. Jones a. question about the trust, when the Rector interrupted with the remark: "The question of the trust does not arise in this case at all." The Inspector: I have allowed you a great deal of latitude. You must give and take. The Town Clerk: The trust is not at an end yet, when it is the land will revert to the original owner of the ground, and that is not the Rector of Merthyr?—Witness: There we join issues. Dr. Jones also said that the trustees had plans prepared and approved by the Board of Education and the Local Authority, but the work was stopped by the joint action of the authorities. Mr. T. Gunter. churchwarden of St. David's, said he attended on behalf of the congrega- tion to object to the proposal. It was propos- ed to erect a church institute on the site, as j such an institution was badly needed in Mer- thyr. The Inspector: To do so would be to act il- legally, would it not? The Rector: No; it would be approved, and be in keeping with the trust. The Town Clerk: Dr. Jones said the sugges- tion was to build a school. Witness: Dr. Jonei is churchwarden of the parish church. Town Clerk: There is a conflict of opinion as to what you would do with the ground (laughter). Ir Henry Owen, wine and spirit merchant, I said be protested against the trust being vio- I. lated or interfered with. The site was close to the church, and should be used for parochial purposes. The Rector was prepared to start with the building of the institute at once. In Wales, he said. Church schools and Church pro- pan.y had been harassed for some time, and ho suggested that if tbig site^ belonged to any sect except the Church of England the Cor- poration would not seek to acquire it (laughter). That was his opinion, because the Council would not be unanimous. The Town Clerk: You know there are other sites belonging to the Glebe'Yes, I am look- ing to convenience Town Clerk: So are we. Is there a pressing ueed for an institute ?—NV itness I think so. Mr. Rice. merchant. Brecon-road, said he ob- jected to the proposal because land available for religious purposes H! the centre of the town was getting less and less. The Calvinistic Methodists ajid the Zoar Chapel had had to pur- chase land for church cxt^r.s:on; He suggested the buildiug of an insutuie twelve ai-nths ago. j "I quite ajrree," he added, 'That u ihe ground • is to be left as it is now that the Corporation j should take it" (heajr, Lear). 1 GLEBELAND RENTALS. Mr. Stream, a sidesman at St. David's, said that the late Col. Lewis had spoken about the re-erection of the schools, and also the building of a church hall. It would cost the trustees a lot of money to find a fresh site. Town Clerk: Have you any idea what the rental of the glebe is?—No. Town Clerk: It is over £ 3,000 a year. Hector: That does not arise. That is most untrue. The question does not arise, and I deny it emphatically. My agent is here. The Rector then said that the Church lost a valu- sble supporter in Col. Lewis. From the begin- ning difficulty had arisen, he said, through the hostility of the local authority born of his hostility to the Incorporation movement. He felt that the ratepayers were going to be eoover- burdened that a large number of people, he feared, woidd repudiate their obligations so far as the ownership of property was concerned, by the losing of leases. The Merthyr Council, from the beginning of the Act of 1906. militated against the welfare of St. David's Schools, try- ing to capture them by every means possible. They were the best attended schools, and he thought without exception the best conducte-1 schools in the town. A contract had been en tered into to rebuild the girls' school, partly re- build the infants' school, and renovate the boys' school. Plans were approved by the Dspan- ment and the Local Authority, the contract was entered into, and the work begun. The contract for the boys' school was finished, and it was now one of, if not the best. schools in town as far as fabric and appointments were concerned. The Inspector: This is off the site? The Rector: Yes. Proceeding, the rev. gen- tleman repeated that the trustees were harassed by the local authority, and he challenged them to produce copies of letters to the Board where- in the Board was constantly called upon to give notice that they would not maintain the school unless they had their own recommendations carried out. The work of rebuilding the girls' school was commenced when tho Managers were notified that the school would no longer be re- cognised. The builder suffered a good deal in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, and work had been delayed, but the ambitions of the local authority brought the matter to a crisis. He (the Rector) went to the Board of Education, but could not Pft any remedy. As had been said, great hostility had been shown to voluntary schools in Wales. He would not have entered into this matter but for the rea- son that it had been put forward that the trust had failed. The trust had not failed: it was still rroing on. He desired notice to be taken of this, that if the trust had failed the property j would have reverted to two owners, and both I of those owners had not been invited to ap- j pear at the inquiry. The Rector produced a j case heard in the High Court on November 16th I last. Attorney General v. Shadwell, showing that, the site would revert to the donors. It j was not, true that the buildings had ceased to be used for three years. The trustees had a desire, i and an intention, to proceed forthwith with ¡ the building of a church institute on the site. j and but for what had occurred the work would have been commenced. He strongly opposed ) this application on the ground, amongst others, that the site formerly formed a part of the srlebe, and was given by two rectors interested j in the emoluments of the parish, and it was j cpriainlv reasonable that the former owners and worshippers of the church should have their convenience and economy considered, as had been stated. To show the animus of the local authority, they were under the impression that they could capture the schools immediately they j were stopped, but in this they were somewhat sadly disappointed. He would put alongside of that the action of the local authority in draft- ) ing the children to chapels and vestries which did not comply with the regulations laid down in the Codn so far as accommodation and san- itary considerations were concerned. Both the Corporation and the Education Board had been ioint actors in this action, which was a surprise to the inhabitants generally. He would point out that the amount of money required for the purchase of this site would be very much Wore than the amount which had been agreed upon for the purchase of Castle Field. So that really the question of economy fell to the ground, and that was an important fact. The Rector again said that the plan for the laying out of i Castle Field was suopressed for a motive. í THE MAYOR'S PROTEST J The Mayor: I enter my protest against that i observation. Coun. F S. Simons: I protest, too. I carried through these negotiations with the Rector in London, and there is no such plan. The Injector: Please keep away from these very ooniToversial matters.. Rector: It is part and parcel of it. I should never have withdrawn my opposition to the Bill if I had known that. The Mayor: Castle Field site has nothing whatever to do with this inquiry. The Rector continued to attack the Corpor- I ation, and the Inspector said he must rule the i Rector out of order. He had allowed him lati- tude, but the rev. gentleman was going into all sorts of side issues relating to Castle Field. The Rector said the Council required £ 80,000 for education purposes. j Town Clerk: This is only wasting time. The Rector said he did not engage counsel, I but he thought be had a right to some con- sideration, because be had not been accustomed to these inquiries daughter). Inspector: Keep more particularly to the j point. We are wasting a lot of time. Rector: I submit they have acquired two J sites for pub-lo offices. The Inspector: That is not before me at I a-l. The Rector My piea is a. reason that they should not acci;i*c this site now. The au- thorities in po^T-ct.-ion of the site were prepared to ruake use of it immediately. The site was one d the most valuable in the town, being in tr. centre of the principal street, and he again emphasised the fact that the question of econ- omy which had been put forward fell to the '¡ ground. He contended that the Corporation's requirements could be met by building offices on the north Bide of the Town Hall, the other side of tho ttam-road, and a bridge across the tramway could be made. He, therefore, on be- half of a very large number of people, asked that the application be not granted. The Mayor said he protested against the statement of the Rector that the inafnts' and girls' schools were abandoned chiefly in conse- quence of the action of the local authority aad the Board of Education. The Education Com- miitee would have, been only too delighted had the Rector carried out the proposals to rebuild the schools. It would have saved the ratepayers a. large sum of money. He understood from the late Co!. Lewis that the contract to rebuild was never signed. The lector denied this, and said that Mr. Jenkins, buLiJer, had the contract. The Tcm>. Clerk said the only plan prepared re Castle F>e! was a block plan, produoed to- day. *W" regard to the Rector's rambling statement e.'iotii the opposition of the local authority ;oiotly with the Board of Education, that was met" nonsense. A Government De- partment wouid not join with any public body in harassing ? Church of England School. Rector- They did 8fv Town Clerk: I absolutely deny it. The Rector: The harassing can be seen by the letters in the Council office. Secondly, as a proof of the harassing our teachers were riot paid the same salaries as tho teachers in the Council Schools, and the salaries of our teach- ers when transferred to Council Schools were immediately increased—a monstrous shame. The Inspector: I have inspected this site— and took the opportunity of viewing the church at the same time (laughter). The inquiry then closed.
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Wonders of Your Skin. MARVELS SEEN THROUGH A MICROSCOPE. Take a powerful magnifying glass and look closely at your hand. You will behold the skin like a sheet of coarse leather in rough undula- tions like the sandy furrows of a wave-swept beach. But what is more curious, you will notice that the surface is pitted all over with tiny holes, which are each the entrance to an air-shaft or channel through which the skin does breathing of its own no -less important than that which we do with our mouths. Through these air-shafts the human body gets rid. of the waste poisons that are formed inside of us by the act of living. The waste poisons that the skin has to get rid of take the form of. greese, perspiration and gas, and the weight of a day's output is two pounds. The reason this work passes so little noticed is that it is shared by no less than ten millions of these tiny pores, scattered all over the human body, there being in some parts as many as three thousand pores to the square inch. I The skin needs these openings just lika a house needs its windows and Hues for venti- lation. lation. If the purifying of the body is not properly conducted by the delicate little vessels inside the skin, the tissues will get out of order and give a footing to disease. The tiniest cut, bruise, or sore is always an open doorway to the hordes of disease-germs in the air around us. j All the old ways of treating skin disease in ex- istence prior to the discovery of Zam-buk ap-I pear to have been both deficient and disappoint- ing. It was a knowledge of the treasured Ro- man custom of anointing with secret herbal balms that recently suggested new investigations for a healer and skin cure on lines totally dif- ferent from the fatty ointments of to-day, and which led, eventually, to the beneficient dis- covery of Zam-Buk, the wod°rful herbal pre- paration with a unique power over distressing ) and obstinate skin diseases. Bu.g so refined. Zam-Buk is absorbed down the pores of the skin, where it can conquer deep- ¡ seated germ disease. Ordinary ointments, con- J taining rancid animal fat, are, on the other I hand, too coarse to get into the pores of the skin and reach the seat of disease. The worst coses of pile3, for which operation was said to b. the only cure, have been found to yield absolut ely to the use of Zam-buk: and so it is with cVronic eczema, flesh-eating ulcers, bad legs, spr&iding sores, and old wounds. Zam-buk's unique and ever-ready character, its "keeping" quality, its wide range of usefulness, and its greate? efficiency, which doctors and Ourse>§ daily adihit, explains why a box of the precious balm iit to-day kept handy in millions of homes over lood afid tea,
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I Comets and Eclipses.
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Comets and Eclipses. POPULAR LECTURES AT ABERAMAN. MISS GERTRUDE BACON S SPLENDID 0 START. The series of popular lectures organised for the second time at the Public Hall (Grand The- atre), Aberaman, commenced on Friday even- ing; last. Though the attendance was not so large as on previous occasions, the lecture eclipsed all records, and was very much ap- preciated. Mr. T. L. Davies, Cwmaman, took 'the chair, and delivered an appropriate ad- dress dealing with the need for popular lec- tures of this kind. He hoped the people of Aberaman would continue to show their appre- ciation of such movements, and thus obtain enlightenment and knowledge for themselves (cheers). Miss Gertrude Bacon, daughter of the late Rev. J. M. Bacon, then delivered her lecture upon "Signs and Wonders in the Heavens." A splendid set of lantern slides accompanied the lecture, which were thrown upon the screen by means of oxy-hydrogen light. The lantern- ist was Mr. James Ray, librarian, Cwmaman Institute. Miss Bacon got her audience into a good mood at the outset, and showed by her possession of a vein of humour that astronomy could be made interesting to the masses. The first feature of note to which she drew atten- tion was the coming comet-Ha.lley's comet- which will visit us this year after an absence of 76 years. It was an historic comet, tho first re- cord of which could be traced in China about 240 years B.C. It was the same comet that frightened the Romans and Jews of old—which foretold, as they thought, the destruction of Jerusalem. A prize was offered by the authori- ties of an observatory at Heidelberg to the as- tronomer who would best locate the date of the coming comet, and she was pleased to state that two British astronomers from Greenwich gained the prize (cheers). It was the delight of observers of the heavens to trace the history of comets, etc.. and to watch continually for new phenomena, in the sky. Our grandparents saw a magnificent comet in this country in 1858, whilst another appeared in 1882, when she was eight years old. It was said that the comet ap- peared shortly before the arrival of William the Conqueror, whose wife, Matilda, had an im- pression of its visit worked into her needlework and rugs. Then the comet appeared ae-ain be- fore the plague and the great fire of London, whilst the comet was of great portent to the Duke of Charlemagne and Louis Debonnair. The latter believed so eurely that it foretold his death that he pined away in expectancy of the approach of his own end. Since 1882, how- ever, no comet that was worth looking at had appeared in this country. Miss Bacon then proceeded to point out the nature of a comet. It was a curiously shaped phenomenon which very much resembled a puff of smoke. It had two parts, viz., a. head and a tail The head part was that in which the brightness shone, whilst the fleecy, ghostly part of the comet was ite tail. Comets came from an infinity o'f space, concerning which no one knew much. They knew, however, that it was the sfm which was the source of attrac- tion, and that comets travell^i very slowly at first. Their rate of travel increased in rapidity as they journeyed towards the sun, until they finally attained & speed of many, many miles per second. The method by which comets were sighted was by taking nightly photographs, and when a new and Ainusqal speck of light was recorded on the plates, astronomers were able to give us the knowledge they had. thus obtained. It was a curious thing that comets possessed a relationship to the sun similar to that of a courtier to the king. The comet al- ways had its head turned towards the sun, and even when departing from the royal presence it swished its tail round, and gracefully retreat- ed backwards. In the course of its departure from the sun the comet again slackened its speed and ultimately vanished into spaoe. The lantern slides at this juncture were very beau- I tiful, showing the comet in one instance with a kink in its tail, and in another showing its form as a whirling mass, which eventually re- covered itself into a complete and magnificent comet once more. The comet, continued Miss Bacon, could not possibly run into the sun be- cause the mass and density o £ the latter would always prevent it. This was according to the law of gravitation discovered bv Isaac New- ton. A great and intimate friend of Isaac Newton was Edmund Halley, who became the astronomer royal in his time. He it was. who got Newton's wosfc published, and it was he also who discovered that the comet, which had since been called after his name, regularly re- visited us after periods of 76 years', absence. He prophesied that it would appear in 76 years after its visit while he lived, and posterity had now witnessed the truth of his prophecy. over and over again. Its last appearance occurred shortly before 'Queen Victoria's ascent to the throne, while this year we should again see it in the months of April and May. All manner of things were said in the newspapers about the dangers of comet. One theory was given that when H alley's comet came into contact with the earrh we should all expire in apony, and the end of the world would have arrived. Another theory was that we should expire, not in agony, but in absolute biiss. ITiis would be a source of solace and comfort, if true, for it would mean the end of many of the unpleasant things of this life. For instance, it would mean the end of Tariff Reform (loud cheers), and it would mean the ceasing of all trouble on the part of the Suffragettes, and Mr. Asquith wou!d I be set at rest (laughter and cheery. However. be set at rest (laughter and cheers!. However, things did not go that way. and scientists could prove that if the .comet did collide with the I earth it could do no harm. A comet could only weiah a few ounces, or a few pounds at most. so that there was no ground for fear as yet that the world was coming to an end. Miss Bacon then proceeded to explain the eclipses of the sun, and described in beautiful language the corona. There was a halo of light shining forth behind the eclipsed sun, and from the state of this corona. astronomers could ■ learn the nature of the wond-erful sun itself, j The lecturer stated that an expedition waa un- j dertalien by her father and herself, accom- j panied by Sir Robert Ball--(cheers)-to the most northern town in Norway in 1896. After many vicissitudes and unpleasant experiences, they were ill rewarded, inasmuch as it became too cloudy to witness any effects of the eclipse. While operating on their instruments, the smell of fish-curing became so obnoxious that one of their- party remarked, "I never knew that eclipses smelled so strong before" (laugh- ter). Eighteen months later a similar expedi- tion was undertaken to the East. in India. Their camp was situated near Benares, the Holy City of the Hindus. This city was to the Hindu what Jerusalem was to the Jew. When the solar eclipse of the sun actually occurred there were distinguished visitors in the camp, including the Viceroy of India, and the Gov- ernor-General of Bengal. Successive sta-ges of darkness- came on until totality was reached, and then, with their powerful instruments, a glorious glimpse of the unseen world was ob- tained. Eclipse hunting, like dre-m-drinking, could not be left off when its tasr* had been acquired. So their next expedii.r>;i was to Wadesborough, in North Carolina, it was an unsoivable puzzle to the negroes bow their party could know beforehand of ths advent of the oomet. Later, they visited the observa- tory at Chicago, which was the largest in the world. The object glass of that telescope was 40 inches across. This glass enabled them to eee the moon which was dead and vaste—which was like ap enchanted ring or jewei in the vel- vety sky. Again, Miss Bacon gave illustra- tions of nebulas, or star clouds, which were supposed to represent the birth of stare. These were millions and billions of miles away and yet they record impreissions of them on photo- graphic plates. Finally, Miss Bacon stated that the world was indubitably the work of the Creator, who bad the power to direct our courses, and who also directed the course of the minutest thing on earth. His works were truly magnificent and great, and when we grovelling earth-worms had passed away, there would be new worlds in the heavens which would then be merely realising their beginning (loud cheers). At the close the chairman paid a compliment to the lecturer by stating that she was the equivalent of Sir Robert Bali for her simplicity of statement in astronomical subjects. He also emphasised the latter portion of her lec- ture relating to the earth being the work of God. Everyone went away completely satisfied with the lecture, and not a murmur of com- plaint was heard on any hand. The officers of the popular lectures comroitteee this year are: Chairman. Coun. Illtyd Hopkins; vice-chair- man,, Rev. T. Thomas, Nockifa; treasurer, Mr. J. H. Powell, Danygraig; hon. secretaries, Messrs. W. W. Price and D. Davies; executive members, Rev. J. Lewis, Hebron: Rev. J. T. Rhys, Bethany; Messrs. J. A. Williams and Wm. Griffiths, schoolmasters; Coun. Tom Bowen and Messrs. T. Job Davies and Jno. Morgan, Brook-street.
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FOOD POISONS. 00 PER CENT. OF ALL DISEASES THE RESULT OF UNDIGESTED PUTREFYING FOODS. Men of affairs, women of society and children with active brains are too often sedentary in their habits, giving little time to exercise. To this evil is added that of high and irregular living-as a result, the stomach cannot stand the demands made upon it. The abused and overtaxed stomach does not pro- perly do the work of digestion, food taken in ferments and the poison permeates the whole system. The body loses in weight and becomes a prey for the attack of whatever disease it may encounter. Did it ever occur to you how busy that stomach of yours is? It only holds three pints, but in one year you force it to take in 2,400 pounds of material, digest it and pre- pare it for assimilation into the blood. No wonder it rebels when overworked. We crowd it with steaks and pas. try. irritate its juices with spices and acids, and expect the stomach to do its work. It can't do it. All over the inner layer of the stomach are glands which secrete the juices necessary to digestion. The entrance of food into the stomach is the signal for these glands to do their work. The more the food, and the more indigestible, the greater the demand upon them and upon the muscles of the wall adjoining. Think of the tons of high-seasoned foods, sweetmeats and appetisers crammed into this little four-ounce mill, and then wonder, if you willt-why you are dizzy or nauseated or con- stipated. Don't blame your stomach or curse your fate that you should be born so un- fortunate. Blame yourself &nd apply the remedy. J First, get a small package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, taking one after each meal, and at bed-lime. They are not a medicine, but a digestive. Your stomach is worn out and needs help, not medicine. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will do the work that the stomach fails to do. There's enough power in one grain of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to digest 3.000 grains of ordinary food, so you needn't fear that anything you eat will remain in your stomach undigested. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will rout the poison because they remove the cause-food fermentation. They are nature's own cure for indigestion. The host of troubles indi- gestion is father of cannot be numbered, for a healthy stomach is the source of all health. Seize your opportunity before worse con- ditions confront you. Send to-day for a free trial package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. They will bring your stomach relief. Address F. A. Siaart Co., 86 ClerkenweU Road, London, E.C, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can be obtaigod of all chemists,* 11, 2/9 and 410 per fax*
! Mr. Edgar R. Jones, M.PA
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Mr. Edgar R. Jones, M.PA WELCOME HOME AT WATT3TOWN. j On Monday evening residents of Watt* town, in the Rhondda Fach, the home of Mr Edgar R. Jones, M.P., had the first opportuiv ity to welcome him home after the election. < air. Jones, the night of the declaration of th< poll, after the triumphal procession througM Merthyr, Dcwlais, Cefn, and the Absrdare Val- ley, remained at Biaengwawr House. Aberdare, and the following morning travelled by an early train to Carnarvon, where he spoke in support of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The whole of the following week was spent io supporting Messrs. D. Davies, in Montgomery.. shire, Vaughan Davies in Cardiganshire, and' other North Wales candidates, aii of whom ara now returned to Parliament. It having be- come known that he was returning home oa Monday evening. iirrs.agements were made to intercept hinj at Port! and to signal nis return by a torchlight process;1 to Wattstown, higher, up the valley. The procession was headed b* the Ynyshir Brass Band and ths WatÜ)ww- Ambulance Brigade, of which Mr. Jones is vioe-president. The Tyiorstown and Ynvshifi Ambulance Brigades also turned out i, strength These were followed by a. stron-i muster of the general public, numbering abortt 6,000. The route was thronged with enthus;- astic admirers, who gave vent to their flin in the heartiest cheers. At Porth, Mr. Edgm, Jones spoke briefly, and said that the GoverDIII ment had been returned with a good majority j There was enough determination in them -5 carry everything through. Mr. Jones was ac< companied in the carriage bv Dr Chalke, of Porth Mr. T. John, M.A.; Mr J Kane, M.E.J Wattstown; and th» young M-P.'s parents!^ When the prcc?sston reached Wattstown, oil meeting was held at Calfaria Chapel, which was. crowded to excess. The reception which waaj accorded Mr. Jones was most enthusiastic, an showed that lie is still their "Edgar," as he ij. familiarly termed. The chairman of the meet-f ing was th? Rev E. Christmas 'ones, the irinj ister of Calfaria, where Mr. Edgar Jones ha.!f laboured for years as a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and conductor of the Band of Hope6. The Chairman said they had gathered to giV41 their esteemed "boy" a jolly rood welcome home. He was proud to say that in Mr. Joner thev found a type of a Welsh patriot. 15,448 votes obtained by Mr. Jones shcrweqe that they were healthy voters. He wished Mr., Jones every success in the future. Mr. Janiec Rosser gave a. solo which was much appreciate ed. Speeches were afterwards delivered by Mr Tom John. M.A. Mr. J. Kane, M.E.; and Dr Chalke. Mr. D. Thomas, Wattstown, also gavo a solo. Mr. Edgar Jones, whose rising was re- ceived with the singing of "For he's a jollyj good fellow," said he felt proud of that occa* sion. He felt very grateful to them all fOtl having given him that reception. He then de-o livercd an excellent address, which was fre-i quently applauded. The meeting came to rI close with the singing of the National Anthea
. The Welsh Summer School.
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The Welsh Summer School. The following report of the Board of Education on the Welsh Summer School, held at Ba,ngor. has just been received :—" The work of the' school, held at Aberystwyth the previous summer, was fully reported upon. With regard to the work of the present school it is sufficient to say that the praise bestowed upon the worle done at Aberystwyth fully applies here, ths same high standard in the lecturing and in the quality of the teaching having been maintained^ The suggestion contained in the report for the previous year was carried out. The first hout each day was devoted to a general lecture af which all the students attended. This proved of value in helping to maintain enthusiasm and regularity of attendance. Following this the students attended lectures in three separate divisions-elementary. intermediate and 1I.d. vanced. In this way it has become possible to provide for the students a progressive course, extending over three years. The smallef classes that resulted from this also enabled the teachers to get into closer persona.1 touch with their students. It may, perhaps, be not out of place to refer to the social and recreational side, which is of some importance in the case of a holidn,y' course like this. This side was evidently well looked after, care having been taken to arrange excursions and meetings, which, while satisfying holiday requirements,' were decidedly educative in "bent. Mention must also be made of a special conference thr-i was held, Sir Marchant Williams presiding at which matters relating to the aim and work of the school and a proposal for the formation of a. Welsh Home Reading Union were diseased, A special lecture on Welsh Folk Songs was also given by Dr. Lloyd Williams, of the University College. The next Summer School will bo bfM ii Llandrindod, the Victoria Hall having beD engaged for this purpose.