The Rhondda Leader

Notes fpom Rhondda Boys at College. [Under this heading, we intend to place before OUr r adeis the doings of our own Rhon- dda boys, who may be students for the term at the University Colleges.-ED.) Cardiff. The fresher," as I have said, makes the acquaintance of the Registrar and Pro- soon enough, but how is he to know "ls fellow students ? The athletic students are soon known, being pointed out with Pride by the "Fresher's" friend. The other Incn-students become known through smokers" and other intercourse. But an lIttroductionto the fairer portion of the students is to be sought in the social tea. Some one has said that there is "nothing Hke experience." I agree with him, but Prevention beats cure," so that advice is Worth having, especially when a "Fresher" goes to his first social. First he gets to the appointed room, then glancing round, he nnds enough chairs for about a third of the audience. So he stands and waits for r1o0« ^a" c ?r Waiting so long that he tirs av^n8 any, one of the Stewards asKS1 him if he has had tea. With his spirits plies "N ^rosPect having ^ea> "e re~ a*^ea ^oes come, but alas, only the tea, the weary "Fresher" begins his W • r something to eat. (He thinks vp-"ke the Prodigal Son, and longingly "Di e" t° be near his full larder at his ). Tea being cold, he gets a piece of Fe,ke an inch and a half square. After eat- cim j delightful repast, he delivers his dm j saucer up. After tea, he is intro- lsn-5 a ^&dy present. Perhaps the fatter 18 a B<A > or B. Sc., and the listens with awe to the magic 3o^i n exPects to fall from a so fully all^i? ^atchelor—(of Arts). But gradu- al c out that B.A.'s are only human a confidence being restored, he spends a Pleasant evening. The next social he attends, the now-ex- Perlenced "Fresher" takes tea before he tw' 'i? f°r sake of custom, doesn't refuse Proffered tea and cake.

What our Soldiers endure Letter from a Hafod Private stationed at Colertso. day brings forth evidence of the ery battle, and the calm endurance •j- trying hardships, by valiant inJ^my -Atkins in the terrible war now rag- Ilu South Africa. His is a true concep- W+,. ^y, is shown by the following j dated October 27th, which was re- by the Rev. John Evans, curate of T Tneirw) Hafod, from his brother, Private fant°nes of the Durban Light In- vinnr^T? was at that time doing ser- "\Va v Nicholson, Colenso. He says jj0 a^e been in the field over four weeks thp La?,, dare say you have read all about Ela~j i s, the great one at milo t gte> which is only about 24 or 25 bt»A«S /i0m tnis place, and lately we have ttlorn hear the cannon roar. This in o n&' our officer took all our addresses any get killed, as we have just pot anr>S the Boers are only ten miles off, m0 We may be attacked to-night or to- readvT* are busy making everything theVvi a b°t reception for them, when roufflf0 c.ome* Things are serious and very teer us now. Two of our volun- Tv,_f? Were shot last week for giving infor- atlon to the Boers. We lost several at Wm j *Wo battles, and we had others Wo + The food is worse than ever, ov get our water from a river close by, and (lng to the heavy rains, it is as thick as Wd t still there is nothing else to drink wtisfc rbake our tea and coffee out • .bi-^akfast and tea now consist ^jbteady wlth tieA. or coffee without i P^er' J' hive not tasted since we L For dinner, we get into made .into a stew. I have iad & isit gtoceries sent «ll' e i, would have been foadly .off. After1 aH seem to be quite happy and con- "What* with what we get, as we flii ikpow ^ice i.exPect when we are on active j^er- nevertheless, a good ljasin of fft-rtr would fee very -acceptable, and I and wier Welsh lads 'here often ask one TO? yoti like soune 'ca^vl' or fe^ 6 here, and iixg + ,lt too, when we have some march- to-dpv + some Regulars here ValuaKi s^re?Kthen us, as we fc&ep a If tho -r Position, namely, two bridges, go no blow these up, the train could cation TO ^jFi_Up ^°rth, and all communi- would be cut off.

Hso'. onty with those who adver- i1 ranklin. U never lose by it.—Ben

Miners' Federation. -x- Surface Workmen's Lodge, Llwynypia. —x— A supper in connection with the above branch of the Miners' Federation of South Wales took place on Monday night last, at the Pandy Hotel, Llwynypia. The gather- ing was largely attended, and the proceed- ings were of a very enthusiastic character. The meeting, subsequent to the supper was presided over by Mr Ben Davies, miner's agent, Pentre, who was supported, among others, by the following gentlemen -Mr D. W. Jones, solicitor, Pentre Mr Biby, the district president of the Federation; Mr Sam Davies, Penygraig; Mr John Sparrow, chairman of the lodge Mr A. A. Matthews, treasurer, and Mr Wm. Beer, secretary. Mr Ben Davies, in the course of an in- teresting speech, congratulated those pre- sent upon the success of the Federation in the Mid-Rhondda district. The struggle of 98 had taught them a lesson that he hoped they would never forget. That long and bitter struggle had had a far reaching effect upon capital and labour in South Wales, and the splendid organisation they had in Wales to-day was an evidence that the strike was not all in vain, (cheers), for their Federation would have to be reckoned with, and if properly carried out, would be a potent factor in watching the interests of the colliers of the South Wales coal field (hear, hear). Mr Davies paid a warm compliment to the colliers for the spirit of patriotism displayed by the miners in the Rhondda in the efforts they were making to do some little to assist the wives of the Reservists who are serving their country in South Africa. But he appealed to the men not to forget, especially at this season of the year, the old men who were discharged from the various collieries on account of old age. A levy of a penny per man would go a long way towards brighten- ing the lives of many an old toiler who had been suddenly thrown upon the charity of the world. (Cheers). Mr Biby, district president, urged upon the members the im- portance of regularly paying their contri- butions, remarking that the strength of a Trade's Union depended, to a large extent, upon a healthy condition of its finances. The measure of their success would be the measure of the support they received from the colliers as a body-the greater their strength financially, the greater the possi- bilities for the accomplishment of those ends for which their organisation was brought into existence. (Cheers). Mr D. W. Jones, solicitor, expressed the pleasure he felt in being present, and in identifying himself with a movement which had his fullest sympathies. Trades' Unions wisely and prudently guided and controlled, would be an inestimable bles- sing to the working classes of this country (hear hear), what he was afraid was that men did not appreciate its value and im- portance, (hear, hear), otherwise, strong as their organisation was, it would be much stronger, and instead of their Society hav- a membership of 90,000, every one of the 150,000 colliers in South Wales would be a member of their Federation. (Cheers). mr oam Uavies, Jfenygraig, in the course of a brief speech, said that it was a sub- ject of congratulation that in the matter of contributions the Rhondda Valleys lodges compared compared favourably with any district in South Wales. (Cheers). Short addresses were also delivered by Mr G. Burton and others. During the evening songs were very acceptably ren- dered by Mr W. Beer, Mr J. Lloyd, Mr D. Lloyd, Mr J. Harcombe, Mr Tom Davies, Mr O'Conor and others. A most success- ful and enjoyable evening was brought to a close by a vote of thanks to the chairman, and the singing of the national anthem.

1 J Wiliiarrtstowii Lad Travels! Cheaply. But is Fined 10s. for It. I On Thursday, at the Porth Police Court, Charles Hughes, a lad of about 12 years of age, living at Williamstown, Penygraig, was summoned by the Taff Vale Railway Company for stealing 12 tickets, and travel- ling without a ticket. Mr W. P. Nicholas, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the Com- pany. The evidence of the prosecution j was to the effect that the lad was seen atj Dinas station by one of the porters by an! early morning train. He was asked what! he wanted and replied he had come to I meet his aunt. He was then sent home,J but later, he was found travelling from! Dinas to Treorchy. At the latter place, when asked for a ticket, he produced one from Blaengwynfi to Dinas. There were 12 tickets found on him of the previous day's date, all of which were from the various stations to Dinas These tickets had been left in the porters' room or cloak room at the station, the inference be- ing t-uat the defendant had stolen them. Defendant admitted giving twelve tickets to another lad and both started theiri journey at the same time in different djre.c-j tions. There was practically no efnc, Ii and defendant was ordered to receive foud strokes with the birch for the one offence,! or pay a fine of 10s., while the other charge j against him was withdrawn.. I

Cruelty to a Colliery Hors-o. Cymmer Haulier Heavily Fined. At the Porth Police Court on Thursday- before the Stipendiary and Dr. Parry—^ James Southcombe, a haulier employed at, the Cvmmer Collieries, was summoned fori illtreating his horse on the 11th November.' Mr C. Kenshole, solicitor, Aberdare, prose- cuted on behalf of the Company, and Mri W. P. Nicholas, solicitor, Pontypridd (m-j structed by Mr D. Watts Morgan) defended! The evidence of the prosecution was to th effect that the defendant was a hauh between two partings of the colliery, 0 the day in question, a haulier named! Francis brought a full journey of trams! from the face to the workings at the topi of the inner parting. Southcombe had i brought a journey, and in turning the horses at the parting Southcombe was brushed against by Francis' horse.He then seized the "gun," a piece of iron weighing about 50 pounds, and struck the horse a violent blow with it in the rump, the result being that the horse sank beneath the blow. A foreman haulier standing by told defendant to take care what he was doing. Defendant told him to mind his own busi- ness, and he then took hold of an iron pin and struck ;the horse several violent blows on the head, alleging that he had been bitten. The vtiprsis, in consequence, backed sharply, aj^d jfcly sp Soing knocked over an- other horse. The Horse had suffered un- necessary pay.i. The evidence .of the defence was to the effect that Southcombe had Ms -hdndis full and so could not "have .struck the h'oi-se with the heavy gun. Whilst" defendant was bending down Pitching his ixorse;" Fra^c^- horse bit him on the shoulder, and fie, in a passion, turned around and struck him twice with the pin only. The Bench dismissed the assertion that the horse was struck with the gun carriage, but for illtreatment with the hitching pm, defendant was fine4 P,2 and costs.

tyhoijdda District Council. Sunday Concerts objected to. Colliery Rates during the Strike. HeaSth of the District. Pontypridd Water Supply. Inefficient Fist rati on. The monthly meeting of the Rhondda District Council was held at the Council Offices, Pentre, on Friday, the chairman, Mr J. D. Williams, presiding. There were also present Alderman William Morgan, J.P., Alderman W. H. Matthias, J.P., Councillors W. D. Wight, R. S. Griffiths, Morgan Llewellyn, John David, W. T. Jones, John Samuel, Thos. Davies, Ed. Jones, Thos. Thomas,, Dr. W. E. Thomas, Evan Williams, David Williams, John Wil- liams, Dr. E. H. Davies, L. P. Griffiths, Dd. Rowlands, Tjios. Rees, Joseph Brooks, Phillip Rees, Ed. Griffiths and Morris Morris, with the clerk, Mr Walter H. Morgan, medical officer, Dr. Herbert Jones and surveyor, Mr W. J. Jones. Penygraig Railway CnossSng. The workmen of the Naval Colliery wrote stating that up to the present the Great Western Railway Company had made no provisions to erect a footbridge at the rail- way crossing at Penygraig for the con- venience of pedestrians. Some discussion took place as to whether a right of way ex- isted at this point, Mr W. H. Matthias re- marking that the Pontypridd bench of magistrates were satisfied that no right of way existed. The majority of the Council thought, however, that there was a right of way, and it was decided to call upon the railway company to restore the right of way, or erect a footbridge. iiiirach Water Supply. A letter was read from the Llantrisant District Council stating that they were willing to supply the houses in Gilfach in the Rhondda district with water at the following rates ,based upon the rateable value:—one house, 8s. 8d. per annum, 52 at 13s., one at 30s 3d., and one at 40s. This offer was conditional upon the Rhondda Council paying for the cost of laying the mains. It was decided to agree to this offer, provided the owners of the houses concerned would accept the terms. The Local Government Board wrote say- ing there had been a large number of deaths from diphtheria in the Rhondda District, and the Board now requested the Medical Officer (Dr. Herbert Jones) to pre- pare a report upon the prevalence of diphtheria, and stating what measures for its prevention had been adopted. Shakircg SVsats on Sunday. A letter was received from the Congre- gational, Calvinistic, and Baptist ministers at Ferndale, on behalf of the churches, ask- ing that the Sunday concerts at the Tudor Hall, Ferndale, should be discontinued as they were demoralising to the young peo- ple of the district. The selling of sweets, etc. on Sunday should also be prohibited, as also should the shaking of mats outside the doors on the ground of the inhaling of the dust by the passers by (laughter). It was decided to reply that no license had this year been granted to the Tudor Hall and the Council had nothing to do with th othei matters referred to in the letter, which should be referred to the police. Cymmen Compensation Case. The solicitor to the father of the lad, whose case was before the Council at their last meeting, wrote expressing his surprise at the action taken by the Council in re- gard to this matter, and stating that the Council was liable for the repairing of the road at Cymmer. The Clerk was instructed to reply stating that the Council were pre- pared, without prejudice, to hear the father's statement of the case. Gwmpark Lighting. The Gas Lighting Committee reported that a sub-committee had been apointed to confer with Mr W. Jenkins with regard to the Ocean Colliery Company's application for the Council's consent to a provisional order for the electric lighting of Cwmpark. New Watea" Works. The Committee further reported with regard to the new water works, that a re- | port had been received from the engineer < (Togarmah Rees), giving the, estimate of the cost of the three schemes connected with Llynfawr, and of sinking a pump shaft at Blaenrhondda, was considered. It was I then decided to ask Mr Rees if his esti- I mates were based on the present price of materials, and to submit fresh estimates of the cost of a tunnel between Blaenrhondda and Llynfawr, with and without brickwork. The Committee were instructed to see if better and more satisfactory terms could be made with the Ferndale Gas Company for transferring their powers for the supply of gas in respect of Stanleytown, and a por- tion of Tylorstown to the Council, and that the Committee be empowered to finally agree upon terms. The report was adopted. t Mr Sam Duckworth, of the Theatre Royal, Tonypandy, made an application for a special license for Christmas Day. In | Pontypridd, Merthyr, and Aberdare, he said, this license was always given. It was (decided to grant the license at a fee of 30s. ( Porth Improvements. | Mr J. Brooks called the* attention of the /Council to the n^eessity of putting the (Private Streets"Improvements Act in force lin Foundry Place, and the adjoining streets in Forth, jy oundry Place, said Mr BrooKs, waa in an exceptionally bad TLe Surveyor was instructed tq report as to what works were necessary to Be don-i in these streets, f v finery Rates during the 8tr;k«». The committee which had sat to consider this matter at the last meetings re- ported that they were of opinion that the coal owners whose collieries were idle during the strke had been prejudically &fiected by the JfS»>te>, and in consideration of the ^lliery- owners paying the last rate, b. next e. should be based upon tbt! Came valuation as come into force on U.o 4/h October last. Mr W, D. Wight said the Committee pere satisfied that the coMery owners^ l|^d teen prejudically affected, but tnado attempt to remedy the ina^i&rV they said, "We won\ dd^'agHiu." That w|. not the proper* %oufse ^to' pursue. jr Explained hbW the Cfenfttee'Jh^d arrived -at ;their recom- m^atioii, swMeh,: when liow put to thg me%1g>'was voted for by all, with the, «s- cept of Mr W. D. Wight: ThSpiith Wales Qo ,'s. schemffwas cbnsidefe^j ^pwer giyeu to calftpecia! consi^r «ical, .Pt-, D.r-, the medical officer of health^ report for Otober, stated birth? during that month were 1 —rf Wd 15Q girls, equal to a birth .fk per 1,000 per annum. During ponding month of last year, the birth ratS~ag 32'5. The deaths in October werte 17J.l|z gg males, and 75 femail's, equal to rate of 18'3 per l,0t)Q per num annum, omred. with 20'3 during Octo- ber last r. The zymotic death ratwas per annum. During'the month were notified 218 cases o* m- fectious diseases, divided as follows: — scarlet fever, 34; typhoid, 65; puerperal fever, 1; diphtheria, 108; erysipelas, 7; and continued fever, 3. OfifcindY2 Sewer VentSSatcrs. Dealing with the foul smells arising from the sewers, the Medical Officer stated that during the past month he had found some of the street level ventilators objectionable. The drought, and the consequent stagna- tion in the flow along the sewers were re- sponsible for a great deal of the trouble, and he thought they would be more less liable to the same annoyance until there were additional flushing tanks along the course of the main sewers. At present, there were only two of those tanks, one at Blaenrhondda, and the other at Maerdy. The former was doing good service nearly the whole summer, but the latter, having no supply of water, had been quite useless. He believed it would be -uite possible to put down tanks all along the course of the two main sewers, and in such positions that they could be fed from the mountain streams for a mere dribble of water would be of good service if a tank would discharge automatically. In providing for the effectual flushing of the two main sewers, he considered they should close up those manholes that were found to be parti -ulai Iy offensive at certain points of the sewer, especially at the highest points, and at some of the largest junctions, he (Dr. Jones) would advise the erection of a gas lamp and sewer-gas extractor comb'mid. This was not for the purpose of ventiltLin,7 the sewer in the ordinary acceptation of the word, but in order to relieve the pressure within the sewer. Pontypridd Y/s&ter Supply. On this subject, Dr. Jones reported, "The discolouration of the water supplied by this Company to a portion of your dis- trict has been a matter of comment and of report by me upon numerous occasions. I have several times expressed the opinion that the filtering was not properly carried out, and this opinion has been endorsed by your analyst, Mr T. H. Lloyd, F.C.S. On August 15th, I was instructed by the Health Committee to submit samples of water to Professor Percy Frankland, F.R.S., and to obtain his opinion as to whether the water was properly filtered as required by Section 10 of the Pontypridd Water Works Act, 1892. The Company was then just completing the erection of double filters on the Reeves principle, and I deemed it desirable to delay forwarding samples of water to Professor Frankland until the filters had got well to work. On October 13th, I took the samples required and sent them to Professor Frankland, and he has furnished me with a report upon them dated November 4th. He says the samples are all more or less turbid, and possessed of a peaty taste. The presence of turbidity in the filtered samples shows that the filtration is not of an efficient character. The process of filtration does not affect any reduction in the number of bacteria; on the contrary, the number of bacteria is actually greater in the filtered than in the unfiltered samples. The pro- cess of filtration is therefore highly in- efficient, as sand filtration properly carried out should remove upwards of 90 per cent of the bacteria. As it is of the utmost im- portance that surface waters shouU be efficiently filtered, it is highly desirable that the process of filtration to which these waters are at present subjected, should bo substantially improved." After this very pronounced opinion we ought to urge the- Company to carry out the terms of their Act. The doctor's report was adopted.

ferrldale Club Case Dr. Fa.-fy's appeal dismissed. On Friday, in the Queen's Beach Divi- sion (before Mr Justice Darling and Mr Justice Ohlmnell), the case of Evans v. Thompson and others came on for hearing. Mr Allen said this was an appeal by oii-i of the defendants in the above case-Dr. Parry-who was associated with six others as being committee men of the Ferndale Club at Pontypridd. The case was tried at Pontypridd County Court, and the action was brought by plaintiff to recover L21 5s. 6d. for services rendered for preparing plans, etc., for the club. The ground of appeal was that the County Court ought to have held that the other defendants were liable and not Dr. Parry, because there was barely enough evidence to show he was a member of the committee. The plans were prepared and submitted to the General Committee of the club, which was a work- ing men's club, and by them passed, but there was no evidence that Dr. Parry was present, or that he instructed the plaintiff to prepare the plans of certain alterations which it had been decided to make. Dr. Parry admitted he was the guarantor of the club, but that he did not attend the committee meetings. There was really no evidence at all to make Dr. Parry, liable. He urged that to make him liable it must be shown that either expressly or by impli- cation he had ordered work to be done, or else that orders had been given in his name which he afterwards ratified. Mr H. Smith, who appeared on the other side, said the Judge was not asked to taite a note" and the case was determined on the evidence before the court. The evidence of a man named Littlejohns, was that he talked the matter over with Dr. Parry. Mr Allen said Dr. Parry never made him- self responsible for the plans. There was a club there originally, and the plans were for increasing it, and that's why Dr. Parry resigned JEfe was president of the club, and Aerefore ex-officio a member of the I t] committee. Mr Justice Darling asked if the guaran- tee was for rent, or the purity of the victuals, or was it that he guaranteed the political principles of the club. (Laughter) Mr Justice Channell said the notes were very incomplete. He did not know if the Judge was asked to take a note or not, but Mr Allen had to show a negative. A por- tion of the Judge's note was produced, but on that there was no evidence. Discussion ensued as to whether- the County Court Judge tajke; note or not, but. no, could be Mr .Jmli^^arling The. appeal fce J but wijl j liberty t'o apjdy to' restore thg case to the {lists'if you Can satjsfy Qojurt that the Inote was asked for.

Novel CoU^ Box at Bridgeirsd Tl\ ftoltQwing interesting iueident ap- pears in an article by Mr Geo. A. Wade, B:A. in. a recent numhe? of the ''Temple Magazine."—"Plates, silver, gold, and 'imi- tatipii;$re. common enough for collections, but did you ever hear ot bottles used for the; purpose P Two cases, at all events, are on record where a soda-water bottle Jl.. i been filled with threepenny-bits dysjhjg. collection, and then presentca, tQt the church. One of these str^ge QQlteetion boxes was used in t\ planner aot very long ago in the pafiJlC ofr Bridgend, Gla- long ago in the pafiJlC ofr Bridgend, Gla- morgan. WLenJ' the bottle was quite full its contorts"were presented (with itself),_ at (the pry and on its being emptied Jin the vestry later, it was found that there had been contributed no less than 1,400 threepenny btis, making a. sum of £ 17 10s. The idea, may be commended to other parishes, as a collection of this sort is not to be despised by the average parish nowa- days." • ¡/. I

Two Cralld Concerts at Pentre. Rarely have the music-loving people of Pentre and neighbourhood had an oppor- tunity of listening to a better all-round concert than that which was held at the Drill Hall, Pentre, on Thursday evening, December 7th, when the following re- nowned artistes took part: —Soprano, Miss Gertie Wedlake, Cardiff (prize winner at National Eisteddfod); contralto, Miss Edith M. Jones, Dowlais (prize winner at Treorky Eisteddfod, 1899); tenor, Mr Richard Thomas, Llanelly (prize winner at several National Eisteddfodau); bass, Mr John Broad, Gelli (prize winner at National Eisteddfod) r violinist, Mr J. Williams, Cwmparc. Mr T. Evans, I.S.M., Treorchy, acted as accompanist. The hall was comfortably filled by a very appreciative and enthusiastic audience, The proceeds are to be devoted to a-from a musical point of view-most worthy cause namely, that of furthering the musical edu- cation of Miss S. James, Cwmpark, one of the most promising of our local sopranos. Miss James possesses a very full and rich voice, and only needs the necessary Academical training to make her one of our most prominent soprano singers. The chairman, E. H. Davies, Esq., J.P., C.C., Pentre, at the last minute, found it im- possible to attend, but an excellent sub- stitute was found in Rev. T. Davies, Soar, Cwmpark. The first item on the pro- gramme was a pianoforte solo, "Heroes of Wales" by Mr T. Evans, I.S.M., after which Miss James gave a splendid render- ing of "Gwlad y Delyn" for which she was heartily applauded. Next came Mr John Broad, and he selected as his song Dr. Parry's "Y Milwr Dewr." The song gave the renderer every opportunity to show his powers as a bass singer, and he certainly made every use of these opportunities. His rich and powerful voice was heard to the best advantage, and he was loudly applau- ded. As an encore, he gave "Off to Phila- delphia." The contralto, Miss E. M. Jones, gave a splendid rendering of the song, "Angus Macdonald." Miss Jones possesses a beautiful contralto voice, and she was quite at home-if one might use that phrase-with the song. A fine recep- tion was accorded Mr R. Thomas, the popu- lar Llanelly tenor. The audience un- doubtedly expected a treat, and in this they were not disappointed, for his rendi- tion of "Queen of the Earth" was excellent, the audience demanding an encore, to which he responded with "Nid dyna'r ferch i fi." Miss Gertie Wedlake next came for- ward and sung "0 na byddai'n haf o hyd," Her rendering of this song pleased everyone immensely, and will be remembered with pleasure. Miss Wedlake showed that she owns a remarkable talent as a soprano songstress and she displayed it with won- derrul torce. She was again encored, and responded with "Woman's way is the best." After this, the duet "Excelsior" was given by Messrs R. Thomas and J. Broad with much effect, and was certainly worth hear- ing. The voices of the two singers blended well together. The singing of this duet brought the first part to a close. When we inform our readers that the second part was equally well rendered and as effective as the first, they will know that the audience enjoyed a treat. We may add that the same programme was given in its entirety on Saturday night at the Park Hall, Cwmpark, the chairman on this occasion being T. H. Williams, Esq., Park Colliery. --x- On Thursday night, a grand conceal was held at Nazareth Chapel, by the chapel Band of Hope, under the conductorship of Mr Tom Rees. The cantata was composed by A. Moffat, and entitled, "The Childhood of Samuel." The following artistes took part: —Uiss Winifred Pugh (soprano), and Miss Annie Jones (contralto) while Miss Annie Miles and Miss Bessie Rees accom- panied on the organ and piano respective- ly. The chairman, Mr Walter Williams, draper, opened the meeting by a short speech in which he gave three reasons why such meetings should be patronised: (1), Natural for the parent to support the young child in all he does for religious pur- poses (2), Leads the child's mind to religious truth (3), It was the first time the Band of Hope ever performed openly. He also said this might be a kind of pre- liminary announcement to great achieve- ments of the choir. He then called upon the choir to perform their duties, which they did exceedingly well. The miscellan- eous part of the programme was also very interesting, and included a song, "Daddy." by Miss Ceridwen Rees; a recitation, by another of the Band of Hope children of "My Broken Hearted Doll." Miss C. Richards sang "The Golden City" Mr Moses Jenkins rendered "The Star of Beth- lehem" Mr Tom Pugh sang "Merch y Cadben." Miss Annie Miles and Mr Harry Evans each gave a song, followed by a rendering of "0 I yr hen freuddwydion" by Miss Hannah Jones, and "Yr Hen Gerddor" by Mr T. J. Hughes. The accom- panist of the miscellaneous part was Miss Davies, Cwmavon. Terminating a most musical and enjoyable meeting throughout was a rendering of a trio, "The Angel's Night Song," by Mr M. Jenkins and Messrs Jenkins and Evans. The meeting closed with the usual vote of thanks.

I Porth Police Court. Drunk in charge of a Van. THURSDAY—Before the Stipendiary (Mr Ignatius Williams) and Dr. Parry. Rees Rees, haulier, Blaenclydach, was charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a furniture van. He was sn by Ser- geant Edwards driving, his horses and van in Perth, frequently ran over the pave- |ment. Two previous convictions had been j! recorded against the defendant, who was now fined £ 2 and costs. Transfer of License. Mr W. P. Nicholas, solicitor, made an application for the temporary transfer of the license of the New Inn, Cymmer, to a Mr Blakeway. The application was granted. No Muzzles. Robert Green, Wm. John Davies, Jenkin Rees, Thos. Jno. Davies, Albert Lawrence, Wm. Williams, Geo. Green, colliers, Fern- dale John Leyshon, brewer, Porth; W. T. Rees, herbalist, John Morgan, contrac- tor, Morgan Williams, stoker, Enoch Mor- gan, insurance agent, Thomas Thomas, inn- keeper, Arthur Candy, Hezekiah Leyshon, | Thomas Evans, farmer, Samuel Earsley, collier, all of Porth, were all fined 5s. each.

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