The Glamorgan Gazette

Tabor. The yearly services of Tabor Welsh "Methodist. Chapel were held CHi. Sun- day ai)d Mondav. Tuere were large cosgrc- «$ions at eiic-}i_servie(.. and edifying were ^reached by the Rov..john^ A Irynseiencyn, -and the Kev. 11. h. !>»▼«*> Llandilo. Salem.011 Saturday evening, Sundry, aad Mondav. the annivo^rry services in con- ation with Salem \T(,V1 Baptist Church were held. The officio tin;! ministers were the Rer. Hernia's Evans, Cwrubwrla, Roy. Samuel Jones, Casnewydd, and the girl jirea-cher, Miss Ma ggie Bevan, Caerphilly. Ker. J). q. Howells. pastor, conducted the and powerful sermons were preached. There ■ware crowded congregations at each sernoe. The King and Tabor Chapel.—Mr. V-iluam Pressor, tailor, of Ferrior-row, recently ap- plied to his Majesty King George V. for » donation towards nw building fund oi labor C.M. Chapel, and has i( a reply from the Keeper of the Vurse expressing the King's regret that the very great number oi applications of a similar nature did not allow ài. Majesty to accede to the request. Bethel Anniversary.—A piong tlIOS. who eontributed to the programme at the arim- rersary celebrations, and who were emitted v s from the list last week were :—Miss Howells s choir, Misires Dorothy Jvyte, Katie F/sail, Master Philip Leonard (solosl Miss Annie Wattsfi Marina Welsher. Dorothy Ivyte, Mas- ters Ivor Thomas and James Foster (recita- tions). The accompanist was Mr. Richard if ertier. Mastered By Drink.—At the Quarter ses- ■siorts at Cardiff on Tuesday, sentence^ was de- ferred in the case of Emily Fowler (7), charged with neglecting her two children, *o-ed five and one respectively, at Nantv- tfyilon. The evidence of William Watson, inspector of the Society for the Prevention of L Cruelty to Children, was that after caution- ing prisoner he found her asleep and drunk, the children uncared for, and the place dirty. Prisoner told the police when they cautioned her to keep sober that "drink was her Master." Prisoner was further charged with feeing an habitual drunkard, but the jury found that she was not an habitual drunk- ard. Anniversary Services.—The third aiiiiiver- sary services of the Bethlehem Congre- v ai 3 gational Church, Kantyffyllon, presided over by the pastor, Rev. J. Morley Davies, were held on Sunday. There were large congrega- tions, especially in the afternoon at Coe-gnant Library and in the evening at the. chapel. Tha children this year contributed the three services with approprite recitations and sweet duets and solos. The following programmes were gone through :-ilIorning-Pr.alm, Nellie Tucker; solos, Dolly Ackerman, Dolly Collet, Howard Evans, Edith May Payne, and Idris Evans; recitations, George Hicks, Reprice Thomas. Mary Wynne, Muriel Preet*?, A^&elia Maud Cantle, Flora Thomas, Alec Heaven, Naomi Punter, May Ackerman, and Annie Punter. The programme for the afternoon at Coegnant Library (branch Sunday School) was:—Psalms, Naomi Punter and Willie Mitchell solos, Dora Daniel, Katie Morgan, Jennet Healey, Miss Blodwen Treloar, Howard Evans", Mrs. Davies, Hector Evans, and Mrs. Greenslade recitations, Mary Ann Morgan, Alfred Amesbury, Thomas Healey, Howard Evans, Idris Evans, Magdalene Lewis, Dolly Collet, and Gertie Lewis. A brief suitable address was given by Mr. J. R. Jones, one of the teachers, bearing on the work of the Sunday School. The evening programme comprised the follo%ving: -Psalm Annie Hicks: Scripture portion, Morgan Wil- liams: recitations, Annie Hicks, Dolly Cné, Muriel Preece, Magdalene Lewis, Annie 1 un- ter Elsie Hicks (Welsh), Howard Evans, Ger- tie'Lewis, Emlvn Davies, Maud Jeggo; duet, Joseph and jennet Healey: solos, Elsie Hicks, Agnes Drage, Mr. Daniel Lewis, Jennet Healev. Magdalene Lewis, Maud Je-ggo, Joseph Healey;Beatrice Thomas, Mrs. Greenslade, and Maggie May Lawes. An in- teresting and instructive address was given bv Mr. A. Amesbury, and many sweet chorus were sung by the choir, under the conductorship of Mr D Lew.s who had taken great pains to teach them. Mi. Mitchell very ably presided at the oigan. GARTH AND OAKWOOD COLLIERIES. On Fridav Mr. Vernon Hartshorn and Mr. ns, of Neath, agent for Elder's Navigation, Limited, had an interview, and discussed pro- posals for the re-opening of the Garth and Oakwood Pits, Maesteg. It was arranged that Mr. Rees should meet Mr. Vernon Hartshorn and a deputation of the workmen to further discuss the matter. The workmen met at the Garth Colliery on Tuesday evening to receive the result of the meeting between Mr. Hartshorn and the deputation who accompanied him and Mi. Rees, the owners' agent, to discuss any pro- posals that may be brought forward with re- gard to' the re-starting of the collieries. Mr. Philip Howell presided. Mr. Hartshorn explained to the meeting the proposals that they had suggested to Mr. Rocs Mr. Rees will consider the sugges- tions, and forward thp™ together wi^ his opinion, to Sir Owen Philipps Mr. Harts- horn stated that he had laid the whole of .the situation before Mr. Rees with the hopethat something might be done to carry on the c01- I lieries.

BABY S TRIP TO LONDON. FUGITIVE NURSE ARRESTED. The voung nurse, Dorothy Ingles, who is said to kidnapped the infant son of her mistress, Mrs. de Negri, from the Old House, Svston, Leicestershire, was arrested at Bir- mingham on Monda. Her portrait was pub- lished in some of the newspuwrs, and was recognised as that of a woman who arrived at the Victoria Hotel, in Corporation-street, on Friday. The police were informed, and she was arrested. It is said that Miss Ingles brought the child to London on Thursday, and engaged rooms at the Golden Cross Hotel, Charing Cross. She went out the same evening, and did not return. The reasons for her escapade are at present a mystery. Mrs. de whose husband is well known in Shanghai, is in Eng- land on a visit. She wanted a uurse to go back to China, and engaged Ingles through an institute at Piinbco. Ingles gave perfect satisfaction until she vanished with the cmld .on Thursday. She was charged at Leicester on Tuesday and remanded.

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MAESTEG DISTRICT COUNCIL VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS BY THE .It.j, l .J..L .j 1.. -.1. SI K E\ OK. The moeiing of the Maesteg Urban District Council, hold on Tuesday afternoon, was pro- sided orer by [r. T. E. Ho:,k:ns, (chairman). Others present were: J. Howells, J. IVrvan, J. Humphreys, J. Hock- ing, J. Ilees, T. Griffiths, lr. Lewis, Jeukin Jones, J. Thomas, A. Hicks, J. P. Gibbon, J.P., with the clerk (Mr. K. Scale), the sur- veyer OIr. S. J. Harpur), and the sanitary inspector (Mr. G. E. Howells).. THANKS. Mr. Rushes, the assistant surveyor, who 1 has been ill for some lime, wrote* thanking the I Coo noil for their kind letter of sympathy with him in his illness. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF MAINS. A letter was read from Mr. W. Goodwin Jones, builder, Caerau, asking the Council to extend their water mains in Cymmer-roacl. The mains at present were not going suffi- ciently far to enable him to put on a service for eight now houses, which were in course of erection. It wag resolved that the surveyor report on the matter, and give the Council an estimate of the cost. of the cost. EBLEY'S THEATRE. Mr. E. Ebley, theati-icel proporietor, to whom a license had been granted by the Council to erect a theatre at Caerau last February, wrote informing the Council that he intended coming on the 9tt of July. H would have come sooner but for the fact that his engine had broken down. In reply to a question, the Clerk said the license had been granted in February for six months, subject to Mr. Ebley submitting a plan. to the iatisfactiOI2 of the Council's sur- veyor. Mr. Gibbon: Has the plan been submitted? The Clerk: No. Mr. Hicks: What is the tima now at his dis- posal? The Clerk: One month from the 9th of July. Mr. Gildion: Providing the plan is submit- ted, the Council should allow Mr. Ebley six months from the time he arrives on the ground. If the plan ia not submitted, of course he will not be allowed to perform at •all. It was agreed to grant Mr. Ebley a license for six months from the time he comes to the, town. AN ALLEGED DANGER. A letter was read froru Mr. E. Reran Thomas, solicitor, on behalf of Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, of the Station Hotel, Caerau, com- plaining of the insufficient supply of water to the Hotel, which was a source of danger to the health cf the tenants. Mr. Hicks asked the Chairman if it was in- cumbent upon the Council to supply water to an unreasonable height. He understood that the lavatory and bathroom of the Station Hotel were in the third storey of the premi- ses, and it required extraordinary pressure to supply this particular place. Mr. Gibbon pointed out that it was not pressure that was required. What was wanted was an adequate supply of water. It was decided that the surveyor should re- port at the next meeting. I ANOTHER REQUEST. The Chairman referred to a letter he had re- ceived from the secretary of Jerusalem C.M. Chapel, NantyfFvllon, asking the Council to forego the fees for the hall on the occasion of their recent concert, as it was financially a failure. On the motion of Mr. Thomas Lewis, it was agreed to accede to the request. I A BARGAIN. Mr. J. M. Randall, Dunraven estate offices, Bridgend, wrote that he had met the surveyor at the culvert on the boundary of the Dun- raven Estate at Caerau, and agreed, on be- half of Lord Dunraven, to contribute to the cost of making the culvert, providing the Council gave an undertaking to put the Pri- vate Streets Act in force, and take over the road. It was decided that the Surveyor submit a report on the condition generally of the road by the next meeting. WORKMEN'S TRAINS. In reply to a communication from the clerk to the Council for the running of workmen's train 30 minutes earlier from Port Talbot to Blaengarw, Mr. Lowther, the general mana- ger of the railway, wrote that he failed to see how it would meet the wishes of the workmen to run the train 30 minutes earlier, because he understood the workmen commenced at the collieries at 6 a.m., and the train at pre- sent left Maesteg at (5.30. It would thus be necessary to run the train an hour earlier, and by this arrangement the workmen for Bryn and Maesteg would arrive an hour too soon. The only way out of the difficulty, would be to run two trains, and this he was prepared to do, providing the Council could guarantee that 3 50 workmen would avail themselves of the train at a weekly return fare of 3s. As no member of the Council was prepared to give the necessary guarantee, the matter was allowed to drop- Is. PER YEAR. Mr. H. Jones, G.W.lv. Estate Office, Neath, wrote calling the attention of the Council to a small encroachment of land near the Garth Station, where a bank of the filter beds had been made inside the Company's fencing, and asking for an easement fee of 10s. per year. As it was only a small matter, the Council agreed to pay a nominal fee of Is. per year for the land in question. CHEQUE DRAWN. The Council having previously agreed to pay their quota of the cost of erecting a I bridge over the Port Talbot Railway leading from Salisbury-road to Port-terrace, near the I Maesteg Station, a bill or the whole cost of I the bridge was submitted, and it worked out a proportionate cost for the Council of 1:45. and it was resolved that a cheque be tlrawn for the amount. TENDERS' The Council considered the question of ten- ders for the scavenging of the upper district. It was decided to insert additional condi- tions for applicants in the form of tender. Mr. J. P. Gibbon, J.P., suggested that it be stipulated that four horses be engaged every day for the proper execution of the work. Mr. John Howells added that it should be further stipulated that each of the horses should have four legs, not "three legs and a swinger. (Laughter.) SURVEYOR'S SUGGESTIONS. The Surveyor submitted the following: — "On the 8th of March last I reported that the appointment of building inspectors re- quired the immediate consideration of this Council. Including the plans before you to- day, the number of buildings approved from January last to date is 159, which is at the rate of 200 a year, representing at least 1,800 separate inspections of new buildings. Under the present conditions, I need hardly say that it is impossible to cover the whole of the ground necessary, or to follow properly the progress of the several new buildings and to reasonably carry out the provisions of your bye-laws. A good deal has recently been done in connection w ith new buildings, and in the direction of safeguarding the health ot the district, and in enforcing the proper ob- servance of the bye-laws. A good deal yet servance of the bye-laws. A good deal yet remains to he done before the Council can be satisfied tha-t, i-i such a rapidly-developing district as Maesteg, the plans for new budd- ings, streets, and drains (continually being approved) are carried out strictly in accord- ance with the powers provided by the Public Health Acts and bye-laws. I would there- fore respectfully suggest the following —(a ) The Council to appoint Mr. Howells (the sani- tary inspector) also as building inspector (b) the Council to appoint an assistant sanitary inspector, also to act as assistant building in- spector. It might be arranged that half the assistant inspector's salary be paid by the Local Government Board. The duties of the building inspector and his assistant would, generally speaking, be as follows:—(I) To note all plans approved (2) to attend to all notices received by surveyor: (3) to make necessary inspections of foundations, drains, and completion: (4) to report to surveyor all breaches of bye-laws." The matter was referred for the consider. tion of the Building Committee. PL A N S. The following plans were passed, subject to minor alterations being carried <r,u :—Three i!"iv lock-up shop,; at Ofieo-roud for .Me-rr-. Danes and Co.; now back kite!ten at the rear of ::56 Garn-road for Mr. James Thomas: new j' stable at the rear of 48 West-street, for Mr. Phiiip Rogers; six new houses at Greenfteld- torraee. for Messrs. Thomas Bros. eight new houses in Turbervill-street, for Messrs. Jewell and Whitlock: new coach-house and loft at "West-street, for Mr. David Davies: twelve :i"w houses in Turbervill-street, for In, ':<. and Davies. •' TOlE FOR ACTION. Surveyor in recommending the appro- val of a plan for four new houses at Hum- phreys-terrace, Caerau, for Mr. Henry RUllt, reported that the foundations for these houses.were already in hand and no plans or notices were deposited by Mr. Hunt previous to the work being commenced. This was v serious breach of Bye-laws Nos. 92 and 93. and the builder was liable to heavy penalties under the Council's bye-laws. He thought the time had arrived for the Council to take strong action in such cases, and' so prevent the constant recurrence of such breaches of the bye-laws. He had written Mr. Hunt, with the. result that he had since submitted plans, with an apology for commencing the work. The plan was pas.red. A FRIED FISH SALOOX. A plan of a fish and chip potatoe saloon at Caerau-road (adjoining the Great Western Railway Bridge), for Mr. R. Harding, was submitted. This building, the Surveyor re- ported, had been erected for some time with- out plaas having been submitted and ap- proved, and the position of the same formed an encroachment to the roadway as pres- cribed by Section 3 of the Public Health cribed by Section 3 of the Public Health (Buildings in Streets) Act, 1888. He could not, therefore, recommend the plan for ap- proval. If an amended platl was not sub- mitted, he suggested that tho owners be served with a notice to set back the building. and that, in default, proceedings be taken under the Act referred to. TEMPORARY OFFICES. The Surveyor reported that he had pre- pared a plan showing a proposed temporary office for the surveyor's department, which might be erected on the site shown at a small 1 cost. The present accommodation was quite inadequate, and the work greatly handi- capped in consequence. The suggested tem- porary buildings would provide room for work- ing in and storage of jnans, books, and papers for some time to come at any rate, until per- manent offices were provided elsewhere. The proposed building would be of corrugated sheeting, match-boarded inside, and painted a suitable colour on the outside. The esti- mated cost was 1:1::>8. The Council considered the matter in com- mittee. DAMP WALLS. The Sanitary Inspector reported that house to house inspections had been made at John- street, Nos. I to 24 having been visited. There was a general complaint with respect to damp walls, and, in a few instances, he had cause to complain of the sanitary condition of the premises- Notices were served on the parties responsible for the cleanliness of the premises and on the owners to do the work necessary to prevent the dampness. NOTIFICATIONS. The Sanitary Inspector reported that thir- teen notifications of infectious diseases had been received: three diphtheria, nine scarlet fever, and one erysipelas and scarlet fever. There were eight scarlet fever patients at the hospital, one diphtheria .and one typhoid. OTHEH MATTERS. The tenders of Mr. W. Isaae. Commercial- street, were accepted for supply of materials for the hospital. The Surveyor was instructed to tar paint Commercial-street.

THS MAESTEG CIRCLE-AVENUE. (By the Rev Jon-N Griffith.) I received from the literary committee of the Maesteg and District C'ottage Hospital Eisteddfod a request to supervise the erection of a stone circle, to be used in connection with the proposed "re-awakening," in bardic par- lance, of the ancient Gorsedd of Tir Iarll, the materials and the labour being supplied through the instrumentality of Mr. J. P. Gibbon, J.P. Having spent about ten years in trying to ascertain the principles of primitive architec- ture as embodied in the monuments of which the Gorsedd circle is a conventionalised repre- sentative, I was glad to have an opportunity of working into a synthesis the results of a prolonged analysis of existing ancient monuments. In designing the Maesteg work I adhered strictly to the rule of basing every feature on either actual tradition or actual practice, as far as I have been able to learn from both our traditions and our ancient monuments. I attempted further to combine in the design all the ascertained features of our ancient monuments, which features must have been contemplated by the primitive architects, and which are found to be more or less common to all ancient structures. Believing that some, if not all, of the original and fundamental principles of architecture had been recovered, I resolved, as the next rule, to let those prin- ciples dictate the design required. The re- sultant work is no copy of any existing work it is unique and original, but with the same comparative originality as that of a passable ode composed in the twenty-four bardic I metres would be; that is. original on thoroughly orthodox lines. I took the liberty of letting the old Gorsedd speak for herself in stone, untrammelled by any conven- tionalised forms and regulations. It has been my pleasure for a number of years to collect and sift all sorts of evidence bearing on the following propositions, which I the evidence goes to prove: — 1. The bardic circle and outstanding stones, as far as they are set up in accordance with traditional descriptions and regulations, represent all types or existing pre-historic monuments, which served the three-fold pur- pose of temple, observatory, court—a place of worship, of observation, and of assembly. 2. The history, traditions, ritual. laws, and regulations of the congress or parliament of the bards, reveal and represent, more so ilia than any other living institution, the original uses of the monuments referred to. It is, I hope, needless to say that my in- terest in such an inquiry is simply historical, archaeological, and astronomical. As a sub- ject involving consideration of either Welsh Paganism or Welsh Christianity, I must hasten to say that the Maesteg circle-avenue, in character and practical purpose, is neither more nor less Pagan or Christian as the Maes- teg town clock is. It is simply a town or country almanac in stone, to mark the days as the town clock marks the hours. There is not a single feature of the work which can- not be showll to have been originally a con- trivance for astronomical observation. It is a compendium of all known ancient contri- vances in stone for measuring time. From the earliest times to the present the cult or the religion of a people has been closely asso- ciated with such time. measuring contri- j vances. What was at first set up as an ob- servatorv, to meet a practical necessity, be- came a temple, and as the earliest type of priest seems to have been a king as well, the -temple became the seat of judgment. Cult, after cult, religion after religion, have been, in this country, associated with the same as- tronomical monuments, the finest of ail: our magnificent cathedrals, as well as our parish churches, having been built in the interests of the purest of all religions on exactly the same astronomical principles as Avebury and Stonehenge. When we remember that the I I L great majority of our old churches were built before the compass came into general use, we see how the same practicsl necessity for care- fully oriented alignments, which resulted in the first temple-observatory, continued, and how, to come near to Maesteg. the church (If; Llangvnwyd, which is carefully oriented to the equinox, is first and foremost a temple-ob- servatorv. Symbol, ritual, and the very re- ligion in practice must have been always of secondary consideration in designing the monuments themselves, and I wish this des- cription of the Maesteg work to be considered i as if neither symbol, ritual, cult. or religion had anything to do with its design, which is a simple fact as far as my intentions were con- cerncd.

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A SAYAGE ASSAULT. — SAVCEPAN AS WEAPON AT MAESTEC. At Bridgend Police Court OR Saturday. Thomas Williams, labourer, no fixed abode, was charged with unlawfully doing bodily harm to Llewellyn Bevan, lodging house keeper, Mae.steg. on the previous Saturday night. « Prosecutor, who appeared with his head swathed in bandages, stated that about 10 p.m. the previous Saturday night prisoner came to his house. Witness asked him if he wanted a check," and on prisoner saying that he did, inquired if he would have a four- penny one or a sixpenny. Prisoner replied that he didn't want a -— sixpenny one. but would have a fourpennv one. i W itness then turned to his wife and asked her to fetch the check, and immediately re- ceived several blows on the head, which I stunned him. He did not remember any- thing further. P.C. Trinder said lie was called to the model lodging-house, Maesteg, about 10.10 j p.m., and saw prisoner in the passage with a broom in his hand. He also saw the prosecu- tor. who was bleeding profusely from the head, and from what he was told he took prisoner into custody, and subsequently charged him with unlawfully wounding Llewellyn Bevan. In reply to the charge prisoner said, "I'll say nothing now." The Chairman: What sort of broom was it that prisoner had in his hand"-Witnegs: An ordinary sweeping broom, sir. Emily Bevan. wife of the prosecutor, said she was standing outside with her husband, when prisoner spoke to him. As she was go- ing to fetch the check prisoner picked up a saucepan (produced) and struck her husband two or three blows on the head, breaking the handle off the saucepan and stunning her husband. As soon as she recovered from her astonishment she ran at the prisoner and struck him with the broken part of the sauce- pan, and prisoner picked up a broom and ran out with it. Dr. Bell Thomas, Maesteg, said that about .10.30 p.m. he was fetched to prosecutor's house, and :there saw Llewellyn Bevan, and was told that Bevan had been struck with a saucepan and knocked unconscious. He ex- amined prosecutor, and found three wounds, one on the top of the head extending down to the bone, one on the vertex of the head, and the third over the left eye just below the eyebrow. The wounds all had the appearance of being caused by a hard sub- stance. They were not of a very serious na- ture, although deep, and were now nearly healed up. Witness also examined the pri- soner at the Police Station, and found two cuts on his head. They also were not of a. serious nature, and had the appearance of being caused by a hard substance. I Prisoner said that Bevan told him there- were no fourpennv beds. and as he was leav- ing the house prosecutor pushed him out and struck him. He picked up the saucepan to defend himself. I This story did not, satisfy the Bench, who. however, took into consideration that pri- soner had been in custody for a week, and I sentenced him to another week's imprison- ment.

;NIGRT ON AN UPTURNED BOAT. FOUR MEN DROWNED. After clinging to an overturned biat throughout the night, during which he saw four men die by his side, Mr. E. S. Cassell, .30 visitor to Boscombe, was rescued by the pleasure steamer Emperor of India shorty hefon noon on Monday. It appears that Mr. Cassell, a commercial traveller, who lives at C afford, a-cceptecl on Sunday morning the invitation of Mr. Bur- ,<Iett, the manager of the Boscombe llippo- 'dronie, to sail with him to Swan age, the other •side of Bournemouth Bay. A small yacht, the Muriel, wns chartered, the skipper, a man named FisheV, sailing the vessel. The party returned via Havennuuitii and Bournemouth, a landing being effec,.od at the letter p!:1c,>. Here Mr. Burdett invited two acquaintances to go in the yacht to Boscombe. The pier at Boscombe was reached, and then Mr. Bur- dett suggested that ns the evening was fine ihey should put out to sea for a short cruise with five passengers. When a.bout four miles I from chore the boat, overturned in a choppy sja., the passengers being thrown into the water. All were good swimmers, but Mr. Cassell was enveloped by the mainsail and with difficulty gained the keel. Time after time the men were swept from their hold. A plucky attempt was made to cut the sail adrift. Fisher, the owner, swam out, and suddenly sank like a stone. When light came Mr. Cassell, to his horror, saw his .comrades swept off one by one. Mr. Cassell during the night and early morning hailed three vessels which sailed by, d h". spar to which he was clinging being a I. last sighted by a passenger in the Emperor <h India. The captain put the steamer about, iiiid a lifeboat, under the chief officer, effected the rescue, reaching Mr. Cassell just A. time, ile was in a comatose condition. In addition to Mr. Buwlett and the owner cf the yacht, the victims were Herbert Gough, employed by a Bournemouth silver- smith, and Frank Russell, engaged at a pawn- broker'* establishment at Bournemouth.

PRESENTATION AT MAESTEG. -+- TRIBUTE BY NORTH'S OFFICIALS. At Gilbert's Skating Hall on June 23rd. Mr. J. Picton James was the recipient of « gold watch and chain, collected for by his colleagues, the officials of Messrs. North s Navigation Collieries, on the occasion of his leaving Maesteg to take up the duties of sec- retary to the Coytrahen Park Colliery Co.. Ltd. Tondu. Mr. J. P. Gibbon, J.P.. who presided, tes- | tified to the sterling qualities of Mr. James. } who had been in his employ for a period ex- tetiding over fourteen years, and said lie, could confidently attribute his successes to the possession of two characteristics, which every young man present would do well to emulate, viz., loyalty to his employers, and a proper use of his leisure hours. Mr. James a short while ago passed the final examination of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries with such distinction that he not only obtained the pre- mior position on the list. but was awarded a special certificate of merit. Following the Chairman, eulogistic speeches were delivered by Messrs. W. M. Paddison (chief surveyor), David Evans, M.E., S. Seannell (surveyor), W. Job (accountant), 11 Jenkin Jones, M.E.. E. R. Adams (accoaiii- ant), and G. Howells (sanitary inspector). Among the messages received was one from the Coytrahen Park" Colliery, Tondu, contain- ing wishes for a happy and pleasant evening, In making the presentation, Mr. Gibbon asked Mr. James to accept the present- as a small token of regard from his well wishers, to remind him of the esteem in which he was held by all who came in contact with him. The watch bore the inscription: "Presented j to Mr. J. Picton James by N.N.C. officials and friends, on his appointment as Secretary to the Covtrahen Park Colliery Co., Ltd. May. 1910. Mr. net-on .James, on risui.g. II with prolonged cheers. He said he took the opportunity of recording his appreciation of the pleasant relations which had existed be- tween him and his colleagues during the seven years he had been amongst them. He found them strangers, but left them friends. He also took the opportunity of acknowledging his indebtedness to Mr. Gibbon, who had "fathered" his career by engaging him as a junior clerk at the Ocean Collieries, Tre- harris. fourteen years ago, and for the help he had since received from him. He also ex- pressed his appreciation of the consideration received at the hands of Mr. Boyd Harvey and the Company during his period of service. It was with feelings of regret he was leaving the Company, and those who had been for many years his associates and friends, but as he was bettering his position, which was a natural desire in all, his course was l clear one. He would, however, look be with pleasure to the time he had spent their midst. He feelingly thanked all v. ho had taken part in his presentation, and for the kind sentiments expressed, concluding by wishing every success and happiness to all present. Mr. Joshua Williams read appropriate verses, which aroused much laughter. Mr. W. W\ Paddison proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Gibbon for presiding, and to the artistes for their services. During the evening solos were rendered by Messrs. Fred Ingo. Tom Thomas. Griff Griffiths, Gwih-m Williams. David Powell, and Samuel Jones. Mr. David Davies gave a violin solo. and Mr. Llew. Edwards, Caerau. a recitation. The secretarial duties were ably discharged by Mr. E. R. Adams, an-d Mr. J. G. Thomas acted as treasurer. The rendering of the National Anthem by! Mr. Myrnach Davies, mechanical engineer, Cwmdu, brought a happy and pleasant even- ing to a close. Mr. James was born at Crymmyeh, Pem- brokeshire, and received his early education at the well known school of Blaenffos, suhse- quently removing with his parents to Tr- harris, and attended Treharris Board School. In October, 1896, he was engaged as junior clerk at the Ocean Colliery Company's offices, Treharris, under Messrs. Jacob Ray, J.P., and J. P. Gibbon. His progress there was rapid, and in January, 1903. he accepted the appointment of confidential secretary to Mr. Gibbon, who had then become mining agent to North's Navigation Collieries. This ap- pointment he held until last month, when he resigned on his leaving for Tondu. He is a member of the Incorporated Society of Short- hand Teachers, the Corporation of Account- ants, and the Chartered Institute of Secre- taries. Since his advent to Maesteg he has taken much interest in local movements, and is the general secretary of the Maesteg Hos- pital Eisteddfod. Mr. James is a member of Bethania Welsh Baptist Church, and takes an active interest in its various branches of work.

LABOURER'S DRUNKEN ACT. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT MAESTEG. At Bridgend Police-court on Saturday. [ John Andrew Davies, labourer, of 18 Upper-street, Maesteg, was charged on re-I mand in custody, with attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor at Maesteg on June 18th. j Joseph Hughos, defendant's brother-in- law, said defendant resided with him. De- fondant came home on the previous Saturday night very drunk, about 8.30. He had not been in the house a few minutes before he commenced to cry and continued crying for a long while. What about, witness did not know. Witness subsequently went upstairs and almost directly on his going his wife and sister rushed upstairs and told him that de- fendant had a razor in his hand. He ran downstairs, and saw defendant sitting at a table with an open razor in his hard. Ho tried to persuade defendant to give up the razor, but he would not do so. saying tha £ he was not going to harm himself. Defendant ultimately drew the razor across his throat, cutting it. • i Dr. Bell Thomas stated that he was called abou+ 9 p.m.. and found defendant lying on the floor and being held down by a number ot men. He was bleeding from the throat, a^d i in a great state of excitement, and also under the influence of alcohol. Witness found a j wound in the throat alxmt 4 inches long. and put two or three stitches in the centre, where it was most deep. The wound was not of a J very serious nature, but witness gave it as his opinion that nnlern d^fend-i^t gave ,up I drinking lie would yirobabb' one day. vher, ill I, his fits, commit suicide. Sergt. F. Evans said that at n.idnii it I he saw tho dependant lying on a bed I suffering from a wound across the wivdrrie. Defendant's brother-in-law har-ihn? rar.or, and from what he said witness placed j a constable in charge of defendant. On Men- day defendant was arrested, and on being j charged, said. I had been drinking on an j empty stomach." The Bench advised defendant to give up ike fV:c]-. :n:d hound him over to be of gcod ;"f\- I.av.utir for six months.

Exceptional Value. Watches, Clocks, Jewellery and Silver Plate. Wedding, Keeper and Engagement Rings. I Handsome Present with Each I Z!. zn I Wedding Ring. Reliable Repairs. Special Attention Moderate Charges. D. Davies, 21, Commercial St. MAESTEG. Are you goiii- to buy Furniture? /6:it3Rji" iff^^If soit wil1 r)ay you to buy the {[f;t/i\é; best and save 30 per iff. cent. — the Foreign Agent's Profit, ns I ).\ did twelve Years a?o, /V\ I • • jj\ "$and am as woli satis- fy n\ I ^ieC^ 1-°-d«y as ever, |j" (A "!iax |nS from the GODDEN and Go., Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers, Bridge St., Kaesteg, To ADVERTISERB.-Adverti.gers who send 11. various headings of our prepaid scale, which will be found on Page 4, are requested to small advertisements that come under the kindly eend remittance with order.

«HE "POOH-BAH." Mr. C. B. Stanton, prospective Laiiour csa- G?iust« tor ftast Glamorgan. addressing a meeting at Caerphilly on Saturday, said he did not N'k honours of his own degire, as he w; invited to content Merthyr ten years ago. bat made room for a more capable'man. ..1r,fl:IRck. I.L.P. organiser in South ales, etat-ed that Liltemhbni was almost played out in Mid-Glamo:'«.>n. The Pooh- hfth" of Liberalism in South Wales (Alderman 1. J. Hughe?) had said the election of Mr. Hartshorn would mean that the workers would have to pay. The workers were ahvays prepared to pay for Ü(,ir politics, and d'id not go to the Master of Ulibank seeking money to fight tin- seat.

TRAVELLING MININ6 TEACHERS. At < meeting of the Glamorgan County Council on June 22nd, C ouncillor Hubert Jen- kins, in accordance with notice of motion. *;oved t hat the Educ-a tion .Committee he asked to take into consideration the desir- akility of there being one travelling te-acher devoting his whole time to his work to everv lo.OCK) miners engaged in the countv of Gla- morgan. At present, he said, the propor- tion of teachers to miners was one to 33,(K)0. Councillor Morris seconder! the motion, vhich was carried unanimously.

BITS FROlî BOOKS. THE iIMGl.E fOWEL. According to her pleasant hook In Three legations' tUnwia). Madame Charles do fiunsen had fcirsong her friends a yonng Russian Princess. The Bunseas were invited to fce the guests or the Prince and Princess it Menace, hut. after ilie JI;(,t cordial wel- 2ome, found the nisei re* hi the xesi i-beerless and unfurnished bedroom. They did net snow it was the custom for Russian people (If any importance to travel with all the neces- sary linen—sometimes even with their bed* —as a safeguard against the insufficiencies « £ fnne. Mad;ti*e de BÜnn tried with difficulty f« explain her (juandary to the Princess's «id Russian »urse She in her turn explained. by. sivm. fliat 7x vras waiting for nil to give her the »ews.?arT iioen. &c. Tiwc was GuJte e jolaw vir* of the ease, and I told feev I f.hè Bot travel with house-linen, and had none to produee. She looked surprised, and saiber ♦cfii .'Mipf-turns I thought,, but finaliT had the bed made, and gay", us one towel. Now I hope that you may aever bt reduced to the u* of cue iov% for two per- sons; it is neither an easy nor a pl.a.nt experi- ence. The Bext morning" C. wislied > have & bati-i in the- sea. and waited to take ir unique 'reasure with him. Of cour I opjnthk steadfastly, and clunp firmly to rfie towel! After ins wim, poor C. tried sitting in the sun en the rocks to dry, but 'the police interfered, and in- formed him that aT Slonaeo people were not allowed tu s; about without any garmetH A DEDICATION. A whole book might well be written on dedications in other books. In a. oolleciion of remarkable ones, the following from The Dop Doctor." by Richard Deli.-ij illeiue- mann), would have to be included: TO OE ACROSS THE SEA. What have tiie long years brought »>e fn.-t, with this pen for pickaxe. 1 bowed my loin* to quarry from the living rock of »ny wovUl about me bread and a. Itome wiwre Love should about me bread and a. Itome wiwre Love should smile beside the liear*;ifii:c- and chiefly for Love's dear sake. that men rhouki honour you who. above all on earth. 1 hold most in honour -& name among the writers of books that live? What have the long years brought nJ(> ell, not the things I h<,I"J. bread and clothing, fire, and a I roof-tree; the purchased 60il (,() make a grave, and a space of leisure, before that grave be needed, to write, mvwif. this book ior rue and for you.. Hope has spXwid her iridescent. Pf,ych-win\ arid left me Ambition king ago shed hers to be- come a working-ant. Low never caine to "it in the chair beside rive ingle. An ocean heaven be- tween u, only for niirntiv dreams and waking thoughts to span. Were those dear eyee to see me as 1 am m-J-iv. i wonder whether would know me' For I WW grey, and furrows deepen in the forehead the (Lear hand will never smooth again. Heme.nbcr IlW. llwn. only as I used to I my heart is the aiway.s: in it the lonr. long v-ears have wrought no change. But what Have the long years brought nie" J Experience, thai .savoury salt, ieft where old tea re have dried upon t.he shores of t: IY*. Know- ledge of my feiiow-rrien and women, of all sorts and conditions. a.n<) the iove of them. Patience to bear what may yet have 10 lx, horne. (V>u!- ago to encounter what may yet have to i en- countered. Fortitude to meet the end. where faith hokls up the C.o, Much have the jong years brought me — beside* your first smile and your la-t kiss. For yoar next. J look pat'1: death, God aiding ii;,e. tu the Eternal Life i-,evotid. THE PRIME MINISTER AS HERO. Sir H. Maxwell displays a warm admiration far Palmerston in his History of the Nine- teenth Century ( Arnold): If the esteem of jiir- fellow eonntrymen ei-ri make a man a hero, then Palmerston one. No attempt has. been mailt: in these pages to palliate or conceal his errur" as a Minister, lIr even the occasional want, of sincerity tü Parlia- ment and public, They were blemishes in a great career, and might nor have been so readily overlooked one ef unfailing atniabiliiy and kindly humour. Neirher ot. nor Irishman will grudge attributing Palme rston's universal popularity to the fact tilil he was such a thorough Englishman. lie was content to know that, the country was prospering, and its wealth increasing, W;1:H)Ur endeavouring rt- !e-], 10 I:n!H::1ee j¡;r. own reputation by launch- ing heroic schemes. Mr. Ju.tin McCarthy con- sidered that Falme;>ton'«* statesmanship low- ered the whole tone of English polities for a time. and .that, he v.«-:<s hardly to be considered a great man. It 11 one of the vices of a popular I form of Government that it encourages the mis- chievous beiief that no pxiiitician can be ranked a-; gieat who has nor associated his name with great- changes: yet he who builds and maintains an embankment. perhaps, rentiers I greater rerviee thai; he who opens the flood-gate*

CHAUFFEUR SENT FOR TRIAL. The inquest on Mr. Arthur Horatio Chandler, the cyclist who fell in collision with a motor-car on the Bath road. and was run over by another motor-car following. wa con- cluded at Maidenhead on Monday. The jurt returned a verdict of manslaughter against Alfred Edward Rogers, the chauffeur of the second car. They considered that Fred Bar- stow, the chauffeur of the first car. deserved censure for the high at which he war driving, having himself admitted that he 'nl exceeding the speed limit. Rogers was oom, mitted to the assizes on bail. The Coronei said lie did not think the manslaughter ver :1ict would stand.

So many hushanus suffering f eonsunipti-. who have large families and live in small house- have applied to the Horsham and Chuhet-fei Guardians for relief thar the Guardians art holding a joint conference on the ,-ubjeet. In a street fight between two en a; labourers at Poole, Dot, on Saturday nigh, one of them, Samuel Howarih. fell on to th< oavement and sustained a fractured skull succumbing to his injuries on Sunday morning. lief ore taiai.g poison Mr. jst.T'-rd Burton, an Oxford demist, wrote n ietu r in v. hic-h he asked that his ;J¡", *iiou>.t i.r 1,;k..¡¡ tar out tcu and thrown overboard vi itheut ecrcmony. Although a < oi-mved man <•; Gievc has lived in thi- count! f >r eight*- ve.r. :ne Local Got- crnmenr iloa-'l has ■■-•dec -b.,r be was [never uatu.-aii^.J ue uuiiul a.i Oiu-Ag« Fciiiiun.

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