The Merthyr Express

n -==-=-==:==- jp !)!! — r rnmm—«i i rw —immtiiij inn ii»iiiiiiin—mi I Madam, Marvellous I You are Values in Curtains!! I I k I k I XVIXIUIjr Beautiful patterns in Invited yzi&M g Such as you are .¡ to pay a visit to our Special Show of C tfe TOSpU | 1 new Spring* Goods to be held in every are here. iy.[ f| j| i I •: (department on Friday and Saturday We have stocked for this ]l next, March 18th and 19th. season a very wide 7 psJi range of Curtains in ii |y_ J|p ||^|(: M% II5 Following their usual wont, the heads of our all the new styles; ft'P U\ various departments have paid a visit to London elegant Lace Curtains J,;« j W | j' §3 fell i If; to ascertain first hand what will be correct aS weH as fhose that f f llT A N I attire for the coming Season. < are made stronger to Jj« kl i J stand frequent launder- I mi i j ing. All kinds at all I long and practical exper.ence has enabled prices to suit all needs. Jl) llpl 1 I I them to differentiate "between what will he but I fleeting, and that which will last in popular favour WE SHOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE THEM f 1 right throughout the season. NOW, WHILE THE RANGE IS COMPLETE 1 The models they have prepared for your delecta- 1 tion are without doubt just such as discerning Easter falling earlier this year, no time I purchasers will like to choose from, and we are • -i». I f -o should be lost m buying your New I Jaoping jor the honour of a visit from you, as J H a, Curtains. | tne onowmg we announce will contain much—very B much-that we are sure will interest you. Illustrated Catalogue with full particulars I For several years past we have stood in the front i rank of the exponents of fashionable attire. in South 1 i Wales, and we are confident that, when you come 2,500 pairs White and Ecru Nottingham Lace Curtains. 1 to inspect, you will agree that our Showing this prices from 1/1l! to 35/11 per pair. B 0 0 2 Season is even better than those w? bare made in lflQ0 palrg Ivory and Ecru Real gwiss Curtains> pr;ces I the past. ,m 8/11 to 45/11 per pair. 1 Your present and future patronage is respectfully 5,00 pairs Ivory and Ecru "Honiton" Lace Curtains, 1 solicited. prices from 7/11 to 12/11. | R. T. JONES & CO., B j Market Square, MERTHYR. | u.

CORRESPONDENCE. 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 MTTST write on one side of the paper only. Correspondents are requested to condense their re- marks as much as possible as. owing to the very great demands upon our space, we cannot undertake to publish letters of great length. Letters of a personal character will not be inserted.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Gwallgof."—We have received your letter; but we can nor insert it as it contains reflections on persons rreferred to; not only 60, buf there is no name and address attached to the letter.

"STILL IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING." Sir,—I have just returned from London, where I have been since February 24th. Last jiight a gentleman told me here that I was a dead man, etc. Will you kindly let your read- ers know-a. good many of them know me-that .1 am still in the land of the living. As to what rs. Rees, uf the Adam and Eve, said about jgiving me food, all I say is it was an under- wood matter that I should pay again. I think those who know me will believe that. As to the other aspersions they are not worth notic- ing. Mrs. Rees was a servant with my late uncle and aunt at Caemaydwn.-Yours, etc., HENRY WILLIAMS. Cardiff, March 9tn, 1910.

'AN APPEAL TO FOOTBALLERS. Sir,—May I, through the widely-read pag?e of the "Express," appeal to all football officials both professional and amateur clubs, to avoid (if possible) playing matches on Good Friday, or at any rate not until after 3 p.m. The death of Jesus Christ is an historic fact, and many sportinqr clergy and laymen feel with me that it is only right that a. Christian nation should epend that part of Good Friday when Christ .was on the Cross, viz., 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., in ^neditation and serious thought. Swinton, íHeme Bay, Farnham, Marlborough, and many Aotlwr clubs do not arrange matches on Good Friday, and one cannot but feel their example is worth copying. I would not write this ap- fieal unless those who usually cannot see a class ootball match had not another opportunity on 'Easter Monday With many thanks for your kindness in publishing this.—Yours truly, A. E. KIMPTON. Broniestyn, Aberdare.

PENTREBACH NEW SCHOOL. air.-Scme five or six months ago, the Mer- thyr Borough Council decided that an Infant*' School, to accommodate 250 children, should be

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DUTIES ON LAND VALUES V DUTIES ON TEA. Sir,—In the House of Commons the other night Mr Lloyd George said: "The House of Commons were entitled to say that they were not going to put a duty on tea to be paad for bv the poor people of this country unless land values bore their share of the burden." Bearing on this statement I wish to point out that we on this statement I wish to point out that at present the revenue derived from the Customs duty on tea amounts to £ 5,800,000, and as the tax is levied on each pound imported it falls with the greatest severity on the consumers of the cheapest quality of tea. But this is not the essential injustice. The great wrong of the indirect taxation on tea; and on all other articles of food is that it is a tax on wages, which aret obtained in most case at the expense of hard toil. With all due deference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer I would submit that the de- mocratic forces, who are behind him, and who have made this issue a national one, demand that this unjust indirect taxation be altogether repealed, and its place taken by a direct levy upon land values. We want the taxation of land values in substitution of taxation on food and comforts. The two proposals instead of being parallel should be directly opposed to one an- other. Here is an illustration of what is meant. The "Times" of 23th February, 1910, reports as follows: It is stated that a plot of land at the corner of Wall-street and Nassau-street. New York. was sold at the rate of 2164 per sq- foot, or £ 7.143.840 per acre, and that a piece of land close to the Bank of England had been sold at the rate of £100 per sq. foot, or £ 4,356,000 per acre." Now the question is, from whom shall the State justly demand the payment of taxation, from the owner of land worth £4,356,000 per acre, for whom this vast wealth is accumulated, at no risk or sacrifice on his part, or from the poor working woman, with a weekly wage of 10s. buying tea at Is. 3d. per pounJ. and paying, as she does, a tax of up- wards of 33 per cent. ou that expenditure The abolition of the breakfast table duties has long had a prominent place in the Liberal programme. As far back as 1899 the present Lord Advocate pointed out the iniquity of these taxes, declaring in a speech at Stoney- burn that "The taxation of tea. coffee, tobacco, dried fruits, and other coitimodities at present paying Customs duty, should be entirely taken away, and there should be no taxation upon these commodities. At present (1399) the in- oome was something like eighty-eight millions, fifty of which was raised by indirect taxation-- that is taxation upon tea and other commodi- ties. Working men who used as much, if not more, of these commodities, therefore, yielded the greater share of the taxation of the country. ] The extent the ioeoaif irhieh could be de II rived from land value taxation was enormous, besides it would tend to brisk building trade." Our rating and taxing laws are all in favour of the landowner. May I add in conclusion that special leaflets bearing on the nature and in- cidence of the Tea Tax, the Tobacco Tax, and tho Breakfast Table Duties have been published by the United Committee for the Taxation of Land Values, 20, Tothill-street, London, S.W., to whom your readers are welcome to apply for copies.—Yours, etc., A. W. MADSDEN. 20, Tothiil street, 2nd March, 1910. 20, Tothiil street, 2nd March, 1910.

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION IN PONTLOTTYN DIVISION. Sir,—I shall be pleased if you will allow me a short space in your valuable paper in connec- tion with the Glamorgan County Council Elec- tion-Pontlottyn. Division. It is quite true that we h-e-id a public meeting at Tirphil on Federa- tion business ou the 23rd of February, and artCtT we closed, a discussion arose re County Council election. It was decided that I should write to si-x gentlemen, inviting them to attend a public meeting to consider the matter. Five of the gentlemen ware of Liberal or Labour principles, and the other says he is independent. At the rnketing, it was decided, by a small maojrity. to ask Mr. J. E. Jones to stand. I then asckd Mr. Jones what his principles were. He replied "that he was no Liberal or Con- servative," and he hoped he would have the whole eupport. 0: Tirphil; but to clear myself, I want to state vbat I told Mr. Jones he would not do for me. I may also state that I took the chair at tlve meeting in support of Mr. William Williams, the Liberal candidate, on the Friday nighi beic-re the election. There- fore, I hope it is ciear to those who condemn me for inconsistency. I was the Liberal agent for Sir Alfred Thomas in the Genera.1 Election. I felt, therefore, I could not support Mr. J. E. Jones. My principles are-Labour first-, then Liberal, but never a Conservative.—Thanking you for your kindness in allowing me to clear myself, I beg to remain, yours, etc., COUN. W. HAMMOND, March 7th, 1910.

BRYNMAWR DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION. Sir,—As many of your readers attribute the letter signed "Ratepayer" to myself, allow me to stale over my own signature that I am not in any sense the author. My memory goes further oack than "Ratepayer's'' as to the inconsistency of Councillor James Bloor. When the Suspensory Bill was before the House of Commons we had a specimen. Re- ferring to my contest on Thursday, my opponent and myself had a very pleasant time including the weather. When it was eeen that ministers and deacons from all the chapels, but one, were fighting against me, it must have been evident that the battle was Chapel versus Church. Judge then our sur- prise to find Mr. Bloor, Church Sunday school teacher, an ex-warden, an ex-manager of the Church School, and a nominal Church- man, fulminating through the ward to, at all costs, keep the Tory Churchman out. 0 Temporal 0 Mor.eö Yours etc., WALLACE J. TONG.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGYMEN AND THE BREWERS. Sir,—In your issue for February 26th appear- ed a report of a meeting of Baptists held at Abercarn, and at which meeting you state a. certain minister of Llanhilleth said, "that it was grievous to find clergymen of the Church of England at the last General Election joining hands with the brewers and publicans," etc. On March 3rd I wrote to the rev. gentleman in question, asking him to kindly state what con- stituency he referred to, at the same time pointing out, that as the "Merthyr Express" is largely circulated here, many of its readers would conclude that the clergy in that con- stituency were meant, and that if the rev. gentleman included this constituency, then to be good enough to furnish me with the names and addresses of the clergy who did join hands with the brewers and publicans, and failing a satisfactory reply, a copy of my letter to him would be forwarded to the press. Up to the present, I have not received a reply, and inas- much as you gave publicity to the statement, I hope you will also allow a little space for this. As far as this constituency is concerned, I doubt the accuracy of this rev. gentleman's al- legation. It is obvious to any unbiassed per- son that such a charge is a very serious one against the clergy. The Bishop of Llandaff, who Is a strong advocate of temperance, has not to my knowledge, levelled out this charge to the clergy within his Lordship's diocese. Into the political aspect I do not enter, suffice it to say that party cries and shibboleths are one fruit- ful source of trouble, but if the church or any of ber clergy have erred in this respect, it would be more Christian like to go straight to the offender or the church authorities, instead of giving place for it to be blazed abroad before a credulous and hostile world. Charges against the Church are being made—made with a light heart-in the hope that someone may believe, and that damage might accrue to the Churoh. Alas, made by professing Christians, who pride themselves in preaching the true Gospel, and who claim to be more spiritual than we. If religion requires anything, it requires us to tre&t en* elhei ttj) 9, with wwrteev and charity. If fault can be found, the least I we can expect is to do it with infinite distress and reluctance, lest it should dishonour Christ or injure His Church, and if it must be spoken I of go straight to the parties concerned, and not utter it in public, knowing that once re- ported in the press, such becomes public pro-. perty. Even if the clergy did join hands with the urewers and publicans, which is not true, it is a, less disgrace to the Church than it is a re- proach to Christianity, for such to be raked up and flung about apparently with a gay heart and keen delight.—I am, yours, etc., R. H. WELLS, (Curate). Park-road, Ebbw Vale, March 8th, 1910.

THE BEDWELLTY BOARD OF GUARDIANS' ELECTION. Sir,—The election of Guardians for the Bed- wellty Union will soon take place. It is in. structive to reflect upon the grounds of appeals made by candidates to the electors. Personal friendship and even denominationalism are strings played upon by candidates. With the members of the present Board we have the ad- vantage of judging their merits or demerits by the work done in the past term. Out of justice to them we must gay that there is an improve- ment in the division of work and in the ad- ministration of affairs. The old methods of procedure have given way to more systematic and businesslike methods of work. Neverthe- less, we cannot exonerate them entirely from being careless and indifferent to the interests of the ratepayers. It will bo remembered that at the commencement of the present term a certain member of the Finance Committee re- vealed a secret of the committee to a certain bank manager in the town, which involved a loss to the ratepayers of 22M. The incident created a storm at the time among members of the Board, and a great deal of adverse critic- ism by the man on the street. Mr. Whitehead was the only member who knew who the delin- quent was. The Labour and Socialist members persistently demanded the name of the culprit. Mr Whitehead obstinately refused to divulge his name. Several of the prudent members were ingloriously silent. To this day we are ignorant of the name of this person. This does not reflect much credit upon the disinterested- ness and public spirit of the majority of the members. The ratepayers are entitled to know the name of the delinquent, ift order that sus- picion should not rest upon innocent persons. Another proof of their carelessness was the allowing a certain architect to hawe the power in his hands to complete certain extras in con- nection with the extension of the Workhouse without being authorised formally by the Board, for which negligence they were severely reprimanded bv the public auditor or account- ant. What strikes us about this affair is its arudity. This crudity can hardly be the result of inability, as many of the members are sound busineM men with regard to their own private concerns, and would not tolerate for a moment such lax and inefficient methods in the manage- ment of their own affairs. We are driven to the conclusion that there are men on the Board at the present time, who, owing to pressure of business, cannot devote the time necessary to the conscientious fulfilment of their public duties. Who these men are I leave to the elec- tors to decide. We cannot emphasise too much that we have no place for honorary members 011 our public bodies. Some of the old members should certainly be changed, and it is to be hoped they will have the wisdom to see it for themselves and act accordingly. The infusion of a little new blood into this body would be very salubrious. The few Lab- our members upon the Board have justified their position there To them is due the over- hauling of the old prejudices, and the red tape, and wire-pulling so characteristic of the old brigade. It is to be hoped that these members will be returned, and that other new Labour members will be returned also, as these have proved themselves to be as skilful in handling financial matters as they are in handling the mandril and other implements of labour. With a little unity and a little honesty among the workmen, they can easily put every Labour candidate upon the Board. In conclusion, allow me to say that there is a general desire to have fuller reports, of the proceedings of the Guard- ians. Complaints are made even by some of the Guardians that they are not fairly dealt with. Some are blown up, and other, are squashed. Whether this is due to you, Mr. Editor, or to your reporter, I do not know. I find that your reporter is fair and full in his reports of all other proceedings in Tredegar, and I find that you are very impartial in the conduct of your paper. Nevertheless, the com- plaint remains, and should be attended to, as it is not to the public interest that important dis- cussions should be stifled. truly, EVAN MORGAN. 71, Quuen-street, Tredegar. [We have consulted our Tredegar representa- tive respecting Mr. Morgan's complaint, and he wnteB: "The complaint, referred to is absolutely groundless as far as I am concerned, and, as you know, as far as the office is concerned. I have no interest in 'blowing' anyone up, or 'squashing' anyone. It would be a vqry inter. esting experience for some of those gentlemen who so frequently complain about the inade- quacy of the reports to attend the meetings of the Guardians a few times. They would then appreciate the difficulty of the reporter? in writing a report at all. Any 'suaqshing' which is done is done by the Guardians in going into si ew&t b&r* to do whenever they please. There is no ground at all for the allegation of partiality. No Guardian has ever complained to me." We can only add that the reports which reach us from our Tredegar representative are usually very full, and they display an intelligent grasp of the busines3 under discussion, and it is very rare indeed tha.t the reports are curtailed. —E.M.E.]

EBBW VALE CLERGYMAN AND SOCIALISM. Sir,—I read in your columns the other week an address by the Vicar of St. John's, Ebbw Vale (the Rev. H. S. Frank Williams), and it has puzzled me to find out what he really meant. In trying to clear some of his dark sentences, he has got into a greater muddle than ever. He says his motif was to draw a contrast between the teaching of Jesus's Social- ism, and that of some othor type of Socialism. He must mean his own type, as it differs very much from that advocated by Jesus. He has summed up the Socialism of Jesus by quoting a verse of Scripture: "Seek ye first tho kingdom of God." Does he mean the rites and cere- monies of the Church of England, or that every individual should be a member of a Christian Society before he attempts to preach Socialism? "The Kingdom of God is within you," says Jesus. Then every good deed and action in the upliftting of humanity must bo the product of that higher self which Jesus referred to as tho kingdom within. And every individual who works in the interest of humanity, whether he takes upon himself the name of Christian or not, he may be equally as good at heart as those who profess to be what they are not. Socialism is the outcome of the religious ele- ment in man. Jesus played it out in His life, thus teaching humanity a lesson of obedience to the higher relf-God within. Religion would be quite as dominant in man if Jesus had never lived. Men of religious experience lived here long before Jesus was born, but that their ideal was not so high as that of Jesus must be ad- mitted by alL Personally, I regard Christian- ity as a mere creed built upon the life of Jesus, who lived out in His life what every man is ex. pected to do; to live out the best that is in them, thus revealing to others the love and Fatherhood of God. Again, his reference to Karl Marx is unkind. He has passed away; let him rest. "Jesus re- formed men," says ho, "not institution- Were not the very men he reformed the backbone of the early Church? Socialism must be taught on the same lines before it is possible to have a social state. Again, he says: "Any man can formulate a Socialism of his own, and disown all others." That would be no Socialism at all, like that which is said to be destructive. Again, he says: "Socialism is a very difficult thing to define." Perhaps so, if we want to get at the root of it; but Socialism as understood by us is not so difficult. Here is my definition: Social- ism means the laying down of such laws or principles as will be conducive to the happiness and welfare of mankind; and as such, it must ultimately reduce in man much of the old spirit o fselfishness by forgetting sell in the interest of others. This is the sum and substance of the teaching of Jesus. There is one other point I should like to refer to. "The point," says he, "just as the Socialist demands the common ownership of capital and the means of produc- tion, so the Church held its spiritual capital in the form of grace." The Church does not hold grace at all, but God, who giveth liberally to all men, according to their calling, whether Jew, or Gentle, bond or free; the grace of God is always free. In conclusion, let me remind the Vicar that what applies to the individual applies to a. community. He should not try to claim a distinction for the Church or any other creed of Society, which they are not entitled to. URIAH S. WILLIAMS, 5, Duffryn-road, Waunlwyd.

Practically every Free Church in Carry passed a resolution on Sunday protesting against permission being given by the District Council for cinematograph shows to be given in the town on Sundays. The cyclist of to-day is not oontent with rid- ing his machine. He wants to know how Jt is made. If he is told that a particular make of machine possesses points of superiority over others, he is not oontent to take the salesman's word for it. He wants to know why it is superior. The Pualeigh Cycle Company have found that it is good policy nowadays to explain some of the processes of manufacture of the all-steed Raleigh to the public, and in pursuance of that policy they aTe at present showing in their window in Holbom Viaduct an automatic ball gauging machine. By means of this machino, all balls for bearings are gauged to the 5-10,000 part of an inch, and any ball failing to paea this test is rigorously excluded from the all-steel Raleigh. The demonstration of the automatic- gauging of tho balls naturally attracts a large crowds

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I EVENTS OF THE WEEK. Huntingdon is to become an aviation centre. The revonue returns show a deficit of nearly 19 millions. Swansea's new technical colloge is expected to cost £ 12,000. There is an extraordinary crop of flowers In Scilly this year. There is an extraordinary demand for Eng- lish labour in Canada. Ninety-two labourers have been killed in a snowslide in British Columbia. There is a debt of over 9400 on the past year's working of the Llanelly Hospital. Lord Carnwath fell dead in Great Smith- street, Westminster, on Tuesday afternoon. The hedges on the road to Parkmill, in the Gower Peninsula, are dotted with primroses. The rumouf that Stonehenge has been offered as a gift to the nation is without foun- dation. Owing to decreasing supplies, the prices of provisions in England are likely to rise still further. The Government has appointed a committee to prepare a scheme for a school of Oriental languages. The Castle Steam Trawling Company, Ltd., Swansea, are having three new trawlers built in the North. A beer boycott league, organized by Notts niiners as a sequel to tho General Election is making ogress Mr. Lever is giving the £ 91,000 damages awarded to him in the soap libel actions to Liverpool University. Liverpool boys who stowed away on a liner have been brought back to England after a trip to the Canary Islands. As a consequence of tho heavy increase in expenditure the county rate for Carmarthen- shire is likely to be increased. A German Antarctic party intends starting next October and crossing the South Polar area from Weddell Sea to Ross Sea. During the last 25 years eighteen public houses have been closed at Carmarthen. There are still over eighty existing. Great prosperity prevails in the tinplate trade in the Llanelly district, where mote than half the world's supply of tinplate is produced. "Football Sunday" was observed at Hford Congregational Church, when addresses were given by speakers closely identified with the game. A serious encounter took place on Sunday afternoon between the Berlin police and demonstrators in favour of Prussian franchise reform. An important discussion as to the growth of the German Navy in relation to the British Navy took place in the Reichstag on Saturday. Messrs. Nevill, of Llanelly, recently pro- duced a flywheel of 120 tons weight for a Newport works. This is the largest wheel ever made in Wales. Mr. Asquith, in the Houee of Commons on Monday announced that the Veto Resolutions will include proposals for shortening the duration of Parliament An international yacht race acrosa the Atlantic is announced for this year. Pre- sident Taft has consented to the trophy being called the "President's Cup." The L.C.C. election tie in Central Finsbury led to a recount, which gave the seat by one vote to the Moderates, who thus have a majority of two in the Council. Dr T A, Gregg has been elected medical officer of the Celynen Colliery workmen at Newbridge, in suoession to the late Dr. Evan Thomas. The position is worth £1,200 per annum. The Secretary for War, in his annual state- ment, gave particulars of the new scheme for the supply of Army horses, and described the steps in progress for the formation of an airship fleet. A shocking tragedy of jealousy between the "beef inkg," Mr. Cukiahy, and a million- aire banker was enacted on Monday at Kan- sas City, the former slashing his supposed rival with knives. The erection of the new tin works on land adjoining the steel mills at Gorseinon, Gla- morganshire. will shortly be begun. The ad- vent of this new industry in the district is creat- ing great interest. Colonel Harkness, C.B., on Monday retired from the command of \he 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment on completing his term of service. He will be succeeded by Major Young, second in command. In the House of Lords on Tuesday a return showing the officers held by temporal peers was sanctioned in anticipation of the debate to be raised by Lord Rosebery on the ques- tion of "reform" on Monday next. The Llanelly Urban Council supply water to manufacturers at a lower rate than any other municipality in the Kingdom, the price being Id. per thousand gallons, The consumption is over two million gallons per day. Messrs. Waddell, a LlaneUy coal exporting firm, have made a claim for 920,000 against the Llanelly Harbour Trust, and contend that the trustees have not complied with certain pro- visions in the Llanelly Harbour Act. Speaking at a Mayoral banquet at Neath the Mayor (Councillor D. Davies) said the progress I of the Corporation during the past five years had been very great, and there were evidences on all aides in proof of the statement. King Edward, travelling incognito, arrived in Paris on Monday afternoon, and was enthu- siastically cheered by the crowd on the way to his hotel. In the evening his Majesty wit- nessed the performance of "Chantecler.' Mr. J. Ballinger, chief of the Welsh National Library, says there is nothing more striking about the Welsh people than the fact that wherever they go they start an Eisteddfod, and very often a branch of the Bible Society. Miss Florence Cory has been unanimously elected president of the Cardiff and District Band of Hope and Temperance Union, in succession to her father, the late Mr. John Cory, J.P., the well-known philanthropist. Messrs. Ogston and Tennant, soapmakera, were on Tuesday awarded ;E9, damages for libel against the "Daily Record," Glasgow. A similar action against the Associated News- papers was settled by the payment of £ 4,500 and costs. Newport Town Council, at their meeting on Tuesday, decided that after March 31st next, persons, for a fee of one shilling, shall be licensed to carry on the calling of luggage porter, light porter, public messenger, or commissionaire. The owners and occupiers of three houses Eisterday sued the Brixton Skating Rink, imited, asking for an injunction to restrain the defendants from continuing a nuisance caused by the noise of the skating and the performance of the band. The Rev. C. L. Perry Jias resigned the pastorate of the Central Forward Movement Hall, the largest in South Wales, which he has held for the past thirteen years. Next Sunday Mr. Perry will preach at the Rev. F. B. Meyer's church in London. Mr. J*. C. H. Portnell, the general feaere- tary of the National Eistteddfod of Wales to be held in Carmarthen in 1911, has received a letter from General Sir D. M. Probyn con- veying the patronage of King Edward and QUtOOn Alexandra to the national festival. Sir S. T. Evans has been appointed Presi- dent of the Divorce Court, in succession to Sir J. C. Bingham, on whom the King has con- ferred a peerage. Mr. Rufus Isaacs becomes Solicitor-General in succession to Sir S T. Evans. The new legal appointments neces- sitate bye-elections in Mid-Glamorgan and Reading., In the House of Lords on Monday the Marquis of Lanedowne raised the question of the "delay" of the Budget, and Lord Crewe, replying for the Government, declared that it was useless to expect the House of Commons to abandon the position it has taken up. The two financial Bills of the Government were passed through all stages The Commons on Tuesday further debated the Army Estimates, and in the division a remarkable scene took place. The Tories adopted the amendment, and voted for it while the Labour members themselves ab- stained, Mr. Haldane having announoed an important concession in respect to the Fair Wages Clauae as affecting Government workers.

i- Burning Pimples Mrs. A. Ambrose, 23, Claremon* Road, Rom- ford, says :—" About 2^ years ago my face be- Jff came covered with red pimples. I went to a | '$/ doctor for six weeks, 1 V* yr and to the hospital for fit four months. They gave me ointments and medicines, but all to nok purpose. The pimples I ■used to burn like fire,' r* • and kept my face full of inflammation. The rash got even into my eyelids and made them smart terribly. I tried many reme- dies, but got no benefit. At last I heard of Cadum and applied it twice the first day. There was a great reduction of the inflammation by the next day. In lact it seemed better already. The burning had ceased and soon after 1 was cured. Cadum is the most wonderful stuff I ever came across." Cadum is a new medical discovery for the cure of all skin troubles, including eczema., psoriasis, boils, ringworm, scaly skin, rash, i, pimples, sores, blackheads, eruptions, dialings, etc. It stops the itching at once, and begins healing with the first application. Pnce 71d., i/i £ and 2/9 per box of all chemists, er from Omega, J ————9 rpBE QUESTION OF HEALT, This is a matter which conoorns E you surely at one time or another especially when Influenza. is so prevalent a-s it is just now. It is well to know what to take to ward off an attack of piis most weakening disease to combat it whilst under its baleful influence, and particularly after an attack, for then tho system is so lowered as to be liable to th& most dangerous of complaints. GWILYM JjWANS' QUININE JglTTERS. 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erected at Lower Pentrebach. At that time it j was first proposed that a temporary corrugated j iron building would be good enough, Ald. D. W. Jones (Dofdais) contending that the Ply- mouth Collieries would be worked out in 25 > years. At a subsequent Council mseting, Coun. L. M. Jones gave figures which proved incon- I testibly that theore was sufficient unworked coal in the Plymouth Company's area, producing at the rate of half a million tons per annum, to extend, at the least, for sixty year. Now this matter was put in the hands of the Sites and Buildings Committee. The site was selected, and the Education Clerk's notice in the "Ex- press" stated that the architect was instructed to draw the plans and piepa-re an estimate of the cost. This estimate ( £ 2,500) is, I think, the lowest ever made for any school in the Bor- ough, which will meet the requirements of the Board of Education, and which Mr. Thackeray informs us, he has no fear that the Department will readily approve. Why, than, all this delay? Why does the Committee refer the matter back indefinitely? They have, to my knowledge, been several times to inspect Pentrebacb School, and have had the matter on their minds long enough to give ordinary sensitive persons nightmare of the most aggra- vated form. There are three Labour repre- sentatives for the Plymouth Ward on the Coun- cil, yet only one of them (Coun. L. M. Jones) seems to look after the interests of tha upper portion of the ward. Two of these Laoour men have actually opposed the scheme, while the opposition parties have gone out of their way to support it. It is time for these so-called pro- gressives to bestir themselves, to wipe out the stain which rests on Merthyr in allowing this project of the new school to go on in such an unbusinesslike manner. It occurs to me some- times that there must be lurking in the bosoms of the Labour members a fear that the workers will come to know as much about things jis they themselves, and consequently are doing their utmost to check progress- Let me warn them to change their attitude, or they may find them- selves left behind. I am given to understand that the New Hall is being offered to the Coun- cil at a rental as a school to accommodate be- tween four and five hundred children. I, for one, shall certain!" object to children going there. Are the children of this district still to be penalised because Pentrebach had once a voluntary school ? When are the councillors goinT to get a Council school for our children? As a resident of the district, I can confidently assert that the parents are anxiously waiting for something to bo done. This question has been before the Council for upwards of five veal's. These things will not be forgotten next November.—Yours, etc., L'ENFANT TERRIBLE.