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AFTERNOON COMPETITIONS.

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AFTERNOON COMPETITIONS. A BATTLE OF GIANTS. ANOTHER VICTORY FOR STAFFORD- SHIRE CHOIR. After luncheon the chair wad taken by Sir Ivor Herbert, a. wen-known South Wales M.P., *&d by now, 2.30 p.m., the huge Pavilion was crowded wth an anticipating witn StsbcJueu excitement the <$'J.'C"J.t oaorai competi- tion. the solo, "Sur lo itw" (Godard), there were sax three o| whom, calU OH the b'tage. A oapitai competition resulted in very popular victory for iyedweu JVnoe3. a. fifteen year (Ml glri naihHg 1 rom South aics, ww was mve^ted by Sir Ivor Herbert, M. IA, midst mucn ent-;iu.s..a,-tn. liAii&iU*N Y IN MA'i'iOiNAJu APP-AlRS. Sir Ivor Herbert spoke brieiiy at this junetuie, append in^- lor union aL.il harmony in national aUlkæ, Ihey coftnuiiy enjoyed naranony at that fcisteddfod, and to nvpoo tiiat would reumm Characteristic of ¡Ü3 le^aral tin the oo.e, and Clat it wo ax. bo earri~d into tii-eir oounaeio. They had i cad lately the controversy Octween NÙTtll and South, and those who were not Welshmen perhaps found it diiiicu t to realise how keen •TOongst the Welsh was the spirit of competi- tion. 0 Happily, they had aloo that foaling which accepted the result cf whatever competition it might happen to be. He was proud to gee that *4ay the representative of the great city, of Car- diff coming to Nortn to receive his badge a bard of Britain from the hands of Dyfed (applause). Sir Ivor, referring to the ensuing choral competition, said the choirs, were hot so iiunierou,-iy represented as they could >dsh. Wales was represented by only one choir, out he was proud to think that that choir oatme frQIU his Gwent (cheers). It was a etrange J^wng, but it bad happened before in history that Gwent, which was legally excluded from tie ^rincipaiiitv, had had to maintain the honour of against some of the most strenuous and brjliiant opponents that the Kingdom of England could eet against them (applause). The noxfc competitive event was the baritone competition. The test pieces wore Bach's Song <jf Pan" and "Bedd Glyrxhvr" (W. 0. Jones). Fifty-four candidates faced the adjudi- cators iii the preliminary test, six of whom were to the Pavilion. The winner -was Mr L. R. Bowen, Morriaton, Swansea. Mr David Evans, in making the award, threw O'Ut a suggestion tha't something be done to prevent winners at ono National Eisteddfod competing at another one (loud applatve). Sev- eral of the competitors in that contest were professional artistes.

I .,THE CHIEF CHORAL.

THE CONCERT.

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THE AFTERNOON PROCEEDINGS.

THE AWARDS.

LATEST NEWS.I

THE SUCCESSFUL SARD.

SECOND CHORAL CONTEST.

FULL TEXT OF THE ADJUDICATION.

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THE CONCERT.

YESTERDAY'S TAKINGS.

ITO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

FRi DA Y.

SATURDAY.

THE IRISH LADIES' CHOIR.

WELSH NATIONAL LIBRARY.

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BABDIC GORSEDD. ! i ,,

T GORSEDD COMMITTEE. j

FLINTSHIRE REVISION COURTS.

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THE AWARDS.

FULL TEXT OF THE ADJUDICATION.