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THE LATE PROFESSOR H. 0. JONES.I
THE LATE PROFESSOR H. 0. JONES. I UNVEILING CEREMONY AT PENGAM SCHOOL. I BRILLIANT TRIBUTE BY PROFESSOR TOM JONES, M.A. In connection with the unveiling of a tablet to the late Professor Humphrey Owen Jones, a former pupil at Lewis' County School, Pengam, on Wednesday in last week, a report of which has already appeared, Professor Tom Jones, M.A., secretary to the Welsh Insurance Commissioners, and an old Pengam boy" paid the following brilliant tribute to his departed colleague It is a privilege allowed to ordinary people like .ourselves to celebrate in our common-place way the greatness of men greater than ourselves. We may keep green the memory of the full lives they lived and the fine deeds they wrought in our midst, and pass the record of them on as an exam- ple to the generations which shall come after us. Within these walls the young mind of H. O.Jones opened on the kingdom of knowledge, great terri- tories of which he was presently to make his own. To-day we write his name in brass, which shall outlast us, and shall tell the boys of Pengam in the ages to come that a rich and rare spirit once dwelt here, and went forth from this school to Aberystwyth, to Cambridge, to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, to the friendship of the Alps, tt> the diviner comradeship of marriage, and to a sudden, tragic, yet glorious death. We are not met to judge, or justify, or explain happenings, upon the meaning of which the pale lamps of our intelligences can throw but alfeeble flickering light. Some regret, some hiraeth"- being human, we cannot resist for bright presences which have passed from our midst. But we are here, above all, to sing the praises of the dead to stablish them in our memories; to bless the fathers and mothers who begat them, and the Source of all Life from whom they came, and to Whom they have returned. It would be easy to linger over the outward and visible incidents of the life of H. O. Jones; his possible Scandinavian ancestry, with its love of travel and adventure his seven years of childhood in that seedplot.of able Welshmen around Gogman; the home life at Ebbw Vale, and his school life here; the scholarships and academic distinctions at college the researches in the laboratories his career as a teacher; the succession of admiring students; the fellowships of Clare and of the Royal Society; the appointment to a Royal Com. mission. Are not these all written for our amaze- ment in the chronicles of the Universities ? They are the milestones showing the intellectual dis- tance traversed in 34 years, according to the measures of this world. But what I want rather to insist on is the unity, the intensity, and the completion of the life we now contemplate and commemorate. It is agreed that ii. O. Jone? was one of the most active and productive investigators of our day." Some 60 papers from his pen are entered on the files of the learned societies. I am not competent to speak of the character or quality of these researches, but I do know that to the making of a skilled investigator, such as H. 0. Jones was, went .qualities of patience, precision, imagination, and judgment, and these very quali- ties which he displayed in the laboratory, when seeking to penetrate the mysteries of organic chemical compounds, he displayed on Snowdon and in Switzerland, when tracing untrodden paths up the sides of Lliwedd or the Matterhorn. The same powers of persistence, of endurance, of overcoming (difficulty, characterised his work in the one field as in the other. It is higly signifi- cant that his scientific friends on the one hand, and his climbing friends on the other, fasten on the same characteristics in the tributes they have paid to him. The writer, who tells of his scien- tific works, speaks of the Jmasterly lucidity of his expositions, the almost military character of his class discipline, his intense and continuous labour, and the delicate balance of his mind. The writer in the Alpine Journal" emphasises similar qualities lof his mountaineering work.- Commencing his climbing somewhat late, he set himself with the thoroughness of a highly trained mind and the enthusiasm of a Celtic nature, to master every detail and aspect of mountaineering and in the space of only a few seasons had won his way, by force of sheer intellect, helped by remarkable powers of endurance, technical skill, and an inexhaustible vitality, into the very front rank of mountaineers. As a moun. taineer, Jones's endurance, skill, and calculating courage were only equalled by his sound judgment of rock, ice or weather, by his cool decision in every variety of emergency, and by his self- control and unfailing sense of humour To us his life may seem divided. It was really one. The same life throbbed when unravelling the secret ways of chemical substances, and when scaling mountain crags and peaks of ice. And it was a tireless and a swift life crowded with activities, and charged with lofty purpose. He lived in deeds not years, in thoughts not breaths, In feelings, not in figures on a dial." He lived at a speed and with an intensity which makes it fallacious and idle to reckon its length I by the clocks and calendars of mortal men. What is 34 years to one man is 64 or 94 to another. If you can fill the unforgiving miuufce With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it." That is what H. 0 Jones did, and that is how hii few years gave to the world, a rich harvest of achievement. He lived at a pace and pressure of thought and action which is bewildering to us Hower, ;lazier mortals, who, compared with him, do but slouch through life. The passion for knowledge, and the excitement of beauty and danger, called him like martial music, and his pulse beat quickly, and his feet moved swiftly to the tune which all heroes hear, but to which we poor folk are deaf. Hail and farewell! I must arise, Leave here the fatted cattle, And paint on foreign lands and skies My Odyssey of battle. The untented Kosmos my abode, I pass, a wilful stranger; My mistress still the open road And the bright eyes of danger. I Come ill or well, the cross, the crown, The rainbow or the thund >r I fling my soul and body down For God to plough them under. Heard we the fire and drum, we, too, would step forth on the high roads of the universe our feet would be beautiful upon the mountains; our hearts would receive the incomparable pomp of eve, and the cold glories of the dawn. That is what these two lovers did, and it is only because we live in the country of the blind-in the caver. nous deeps of black coal pits—that their death seems to call for some special explanation or j usti- fication. Believe me, it does not. There is letis mystery in falling Ifrom mountain heights than in being killed by after damp. Life is one, and it is the use of it, not the end of it that matters, j And not only was there this unity and this intensity about his life, but there was about it A REMARKABLE COMPLETENESS. I do not mean that his work was done—for his powers were at their zenith, and might have con- tinued so for many years. But I do mean that he stood for a full, rich, and complete ideal of life, and not for a poor, or stunted, or fractional view of it. It is some index of the change coming over the thought of Wales that these two comrades should have issued forth from quiet Christian homes, should have met and married, and celebrated their honeymoon in the way they did. I welcome the change, for I believe the Christian ideal as it has come down to us through mediaeval channels, needs to be completed by the Greek ideal. In our inmost thoughts and deepest convictions, we are to-day not ascetics. Our national hero is a saint, but we do not imitate him. We do not really believe poverty and weakness to be good things, and wealth and health to be bad. The spiritual problem of our time is to re-state the Christian ideal so as to embrace the Greek ideal of harmony and beauty. To the Greeks the body was not the enemy,but the ally of the soul. They grasped the truth that the life of the spirit gro ws out of the life of the flesh, as the fl)wer grows out of the soil." They believed actively and frankly in health and strength, and skill and beauty. The Greeks" it has been said, "are the only people who have con- ceived athletics spiritually. So that, seen through the imagination of Pindar, the victor in the games shines down the avenue of history like a statue in verse, naked and suffused with light under a cloudless sky, quickened by songs and dances, and thrilled by the vision of Olympian Gods, divine to present him his ideal, yet human too, to spur him to its pursuit. Even the mere body, one might say, was spiritualised by the Greeks. But they never regarded the body as the end. It was the instrument of the soul; and it was in order that it might respond to her lightest motion that they would have it perfectly tuned On the foundation of health and beauty they built the temples of science and art." It was to some such ideal of physical health and trained reason and social duty that our friends had set their wills. It was a spiritual goal; they had coun ted the cost; they took all reasonable precautions. With fire in each breast and free- dom on each brow" they sought the biding places of man's power in the high solitudes which are the home of the strong. The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us, We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance." The guide made a mistake, and payment was demanded on the spot. But there arc worse things than .death—the lose of enterprise and courage, and the loss of imaginative daring. These are more precious than some of our domestic virtues, and they are much rarer. H. 0. Jones and Muriel Edwards felt the homing instinct as we all do, and came together. They heard also the call of the mountains; they responded, and they had their reward. They saw together the morning spread upon the mountains they heard the wind that blows over lonely places; they saw the tumultuous array of peaks flashing to Heaven in the sunlight, like spears, terrible as an army with banners. They watched the night approach from the far distances. The day before they had done some scrambling in mist on the Innominata, and in the afternoon, in bright sunshine, had lain out and enjoyed the views from the Chatelet. Mrs. Jones had sung to them all the evening. Mist, sunshine, song. It is good to think of them looking out on the great amphitheatre of the South face of the Monts Rouges among "the types and symbols of eternity." And now they sleep among the lonely bills." Atter singing 0 fryniau Caersalem," Mr R. W. Jones, B.A., J.P., expressed the tha-nks of those present to all who had taken part in that day's ceremony. The words they had listened to would, he said, dwell long in their minds, and the boys present would not forget the impressive speeches they bad heard. It was a subject upon which one could not speak. He was very glad that means had been found for raising that Memorial Tablet, which would keep in their minds, and those who came after them, the character of Humphrey Jones. It was a painful occasisn for Mr and Mrs. Jones, who were present, but with all the pain there must be a feeling of gratitude to God, for having enabled their son to do so much (applause).
Stomach Troubles, .
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-"X-1;1"-THE PRUDENTIAL SSUBANCE…
"X -1;1 THE PRUDENTIAL SSUBANCE 1 COMPANY. PROGRESS OF A COLOSSAL CONCERN. I Another record year of progress has been attained by the Prudential Assurance Company, Limited, and the stupendous figures in the sum- mary, which appears on another page, indicate that this old-established concern maintains its enviable position in the very front rank of such Societies. The annual report of the Company is, therefore, always welcome reading, and of general interest, because there are few homes to-day where a Pru man does not call. A cursory glance at the figures reveals the huge character of the business dealt with by this company. The total income during 1913 was X16,567,609, an increase of £ 549,670 over the preceding year. year. In the Ordinary Branch the number of policies issued was 71,359, assuring the sum of £ 6,849,224. The premiums received in the Indus- trial Branch during the year were £ 7,874,456, being an increase of XSI,894 over that of 1912. These figures alone are convincing facts of the exceptional organising skill and industry on the part of the head officials and the army of super- intendents and agents throughout the United Kingdom. Speaking at the annual meeting of the company, held at Holborn Bars, on Thursday, Mr Thomas C. Dewey, the Chairman, 3aid: ft is with great pleasure that I now submit the results of the past year, which aN remarkable for the further records added to the long list already standing to the credit of the company. The total income during 1913 was ^16,567,6^9, being an increase of £ 549,670 over that of the previous year. This addition is not due to an exceptional increase in any particular item, but is contributed to by every source from which the income of the com- pany is derived. In the industrial branch the total premiums were £ 7,874,455—an increase of £ 81,89-4. I must point out, however, that the comparison does not indicate the actual growth of our industrial business, The weekly premiums are due on Monday in each week, and as there w(-i,e 53 Mondays in 1912 it follows that 53 weekly collections were credited in the accounts, as com- pared with 52 during the paat year, If due allow- ance is made for this the actual increase is < £ 220,688. Another point to which I would like to draw attention is the increase in the annual premium income in the industrial branch, which, of course, differs from the premiums actually received. At the beginning of the year the pre- mium income for the branch was Y,7,846,057, and at the end it was £ 8,218,695, an increase of £ 372,638. This addition to our industrial pre- mium income has never been equalled. (Applause.) I venture to assert that this is a convincing proof that the popularity of industrial assurance is stronger than ever. That the Prudential in its 65th year is able to announce a record increase is striking testimony to the fact that it supplies a public need in a manner which long experience has proved to be the best possible. During the year there has been a very noticeable increase in the policies issued which are subject to the pay- ment of monthly premiums. The number in force at the end of the year was 593,656, with an annual premium income of t757,673 assuring the sum of JEH 605,990. As the premiums under these policies are only payable once in four weeks, the expenses both of collection and administration are lower than under the weekly policies, aad, ia consequence, larger benefits can be given. The remarkable progress during the past year gives a clear indication that monthly policies, which may be described as a half-way house between ordin- ary and industrial assurance, are rapidly increas- ing in popularity. BONUS MAINTAINED. I Dealing with the bonus to shareholders, &c., the Chairman said that but for the extraordinary temporary depreciation in Stock Exchange values we could have declared a larger bonus in the ordinary branch for the past year, but, although I must not promise anything definite as to the future, I am quite certain that anyone who will examine this annual report must form a most favourable opinion as to the rate of bonus for both the immediate and distant future. In the industrial branch the bonus to the policyholders continues to give great satisfaction. During the year the amount actually paid by way of bonus was .4359,572, and the amount standing to the credit of the bonus fund at the end of the year was 4226,942. For the ensuing year the appro priation to the industrial branch policyholders uader our regulations is J £ 4U0,0J0, the same amount as in the past year. This raises the amount set aside for bonus on industrial policies siuce the initiation of the bonus scheme to £ 2,080,000. During the past year many indus- trial claims were paid where the sum assured was increased by a bonus of 60 per cent., hundreds were paid with an addition of 50 per cent., and hundreds of thousands were paid in which the bonus was 40 per cent., 30 per cent., 25 p3r Sent., and so on. It should also be pointed out that, quite apart from bonus, in the majority of cases the original sums assured had already been in- creased by additions granted previously to our, existing method of bonus distribution. No small proportion of the remarkable success achieved is due to the Caerphilly District of the Company's operations. This rapidly developing district, with its teeming population, is under the capable supervision of Mr T, Davies; Denehurst," Caerphilly, who, since his advent to the Rhymney Valley, has made a wide circle of friends, and proved an expert organizer. Mr Davies, like his esteemed predecessor, has infused into the assistants and agents under him that spirit of straightforwardness and honourable dealings, f which, have doubtless, been no small factor in the progress of this gigantic concern. Prospectuses and all information will be gladly supplied by Mr T. Davies, Denehurat, St. Martin's Road, Caerphilly Mr T. R. Bevan, Assistant- superintendent, 22, Church Street, Rhymney, and the various assistant superintendents named in the advertisement, which appears on another page.
A SCHOOLGIRL'S DEATHI
A SCHOOLGIRL'S DEATH I POISONING FROM TEETH WOUND. I A. schoolgirl of Freshwater, named Made- line Victoria Campbell, aged twelve, has died in the Isle of Wight County Hospital as the result of an extraordinary accident. Three weeks ago she was playing in the school ytird when she collid.ed violently with another girl, whose front teeth caused a nasty wound on her forehead. Septic poisoning set in, and, despite skilled attention at the hospital, the girl succumbed.
SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN. I
SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN. I The Rev. Mountague Charles Goodford, Rector of Chilton-Cantelo with Ashington, Somerset, was found shot dead on Wednee- day evening with a gun by his side. In his pocket was a note in which he said his life had for the last three year.s been a misery. At the inquest a verdict of suicide while tem- porarily insane was returned. Mr. Goodford, who was sixty-two years of age and a bache- lor, had held the living for thirty years. He was chairman of the Yeovil Board" of Guar- dians and a son of the late Dr. Goodford, Provost of Eton.
BURGLAR'S TELEGRAM RUSE. !…
BURGLAR'S TELEGRAM RUSE. i An impudent burglary took place at Bir- mingham on Thursday night, and jewellery valued at over £ 100 was stolen. Mrs. Beatrice .Williams and her mother, Mrs. Taylor, lived together in the Moseley suburb, and Mrs. Taylor in the afternoon went to visit some friends in another part of the city. Mrs. Williams later received a telegram, stating that her mother was ill, and asking her to come at once. When she got there she found her mother quite well, but oil their return home they discovered that the house had been ransacked.
FAMILY FOUND DEAD. I
FAMILY FOUND DEAD. I At Conwili, Carmarthenshire, on Thursday, John Evans, a fanner, aged sixty-three, and his wife, aged sixty-seven, and daughter, aged twenty-five, were found dead in bed. Appa- rently they had been drinking "tea" made from herbs.
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HOTEL FOR OAKDALE MODELr VILLAGE.…
HOTEL FOR OAKDALE MODEL r VILLAGE. I TO FORESTALL CLUBS AND FLAGON I TRADE. At the adjourned Licensing Sessions for Tredegar ou Monday, an application was made by Mr Lyndon Moore, Newport, in the name of Mr A. S. Tallis, general manager of the Tradegar Iron and Ooal Company, for a provisional fall licence for a new hotel proposed to be erected at Oakdale Village, in the Sirhowy Valley. Mr T. J Priestly, oppdsed for the temperance party and for the Free Church Council. Mr II. S Lyne, Newport, was for the police, and Mr H. J. Beattie, London, represented the Customs and Excise. Mr Moore stated that the justices at the last Licensing Sessions had granted the application, but the licensing justices at the Quarter Sessions considered the application premature, but expressed themselves in accord with the objects of the company in promoting an hotel upon the lines proposed. Mr Moore pointed out that the application was made in the name of a gentleman whose position was a sufficient guarantee of its bona-fide nature. All profits made above four or five per cent. would be devoted to local philanthropic parposes. It was the desire of the company to curb and control the drink trade for the comfort of the people. In the absence of a properly controlled hotel, clubs would spring up, and the flagon trade would be encouraged. Mr A. S. Tallis, in supporting the appli- cation, said that in accordance with the wishes of the justices at Quarter Sessions, arrangements had been made whereby the license of the Black Horse public house, situated within 300 yards of the proposed h)tel, would be surrendered if the applica- tion were granted. When Oakdale Village was completed the sum of about Eloo,ooo would have been spent. It was being built on what they considered the most modern lines. There were 2,000 men employed at the Oakdale Colliery at the present time. Owing to site difficulties few houses could be built at the New Markham Colliery, and it was proposed that the men employed at the latter colliery should be accommodated at Oakdale Village, and workmen's trains would be run by the company, The mineral undertaking in the Oakdale district was 2,500 acres, and the estimated quantity of coal to be worked was 80 million tons. Mr Tallis said the object of the company was to promote temperance by taking control of the hotel themselves, and he considered it unkind of the chapel people to oppose the application, seeing that the company gave them free sites for their chapels in the village. Mr A. F. Webb, architect to the scheme, said that the estimated cost of the hotel was ie4,000.-Ur D. W. Phillips What is the present output of Oakdale Colliery ?—Mr Tallis Two thousand tons a day, but it has a capacity for 5,000 tons a day, and we hdpe to reach that in three years. After a short retirement the justices unanimously granted the applicatioD) and fixed the monopoly value at £ 4,500. Mr Le Brasseur, Newport, made an appli- cation on behalf of Mr William Pritchard, Cwm, for a full licence for a proposed new hotel at Tallistown, Ebbw Vale. Mr Lyn- don Moore opposed for some of the inhabi- tants. The application was refused.
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I LOVE TRAGEDY NEAR WOOLWICH.I
I LOVE TRAGEDY NEAR WOOLWICH. I RESERVIST KILLS GIRL AND HIMSELF. An Army Reservist named Frederick May and a girl named Violet Dwh were found dead in a quiet part of Gatling-road, Plum- stead. at nine o'clock on Friday night. Their throats were cut, and a razor was lying on ii, ground near them. They had been engaged for some time. The man recently returned from India, and it is stated that the girl had written to him breaking off the engagement. He called at her home on Friday afternoon, and stayed to tea. Later in the evening they went out for a walk together.
- . - -T - - ?- I .-I £ 12,500…
-T ?- £ 12,500 JEWEL THEFT. ACCOMPLICES SING TO DROWN NOISE. During Thursday night, says a .Berlin cor- respondent, a gang of jewel thieves effected a big haul from the premises of one of the biggest jewellery establishments in Leipsic. They broke open a safe and extracted £100 in money and jewels worth £ 12,606. The pro- prietor had only taken out Insurance policies to the extent of £300, the large amount of fetock being due to the fact that the present carnival time is the busiest period of the year. No trace has been found of the thieves, whose plans were evidently very carefully laid. The jewellery business is on the first floor, and immediately above it is a cafe. A number of accomplices entered the cafe and by singing and loud talk prevented any noise which might be niaxle by the gang at work below ffom being heard.
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BARGOED POLICE COURT, | FRIDAY,—Before Messrs Jacob Ray (is the chair), and David Prosser. OVER-LOADED HoRsEs.-Thomas Thomas (30), haulier, Abercynon, was fined .£1, or 14 days, for cruelly over-loading two horses on the 23rd February. —P.C. R, G. Mourton said he saw the defendant on the Bedwellty Hill, Ystrad Mynach, on the 23rd of February, in charge of two horses attached to a fur- niture van, and urging one of them to greater effort, The horses were physically unfit to take such a load up the hill, and were fagged out and out-done. A heavy chain horse was obtained, and it was then as much as the three could do to yet up the hill. The van would be about 16 cwt., and with the load of furniture must have been nearly two tons. There were several articles of furniture over the tail end of the van, and the load had been brought from Penrhiwceiber.—In reply to defendant, witness said he did not say that lie was ill- treating the horses, but that he had exhausted them.— P.S. Henry Williams said that when he heard that the van had been stopped, he went up to see it, and could corroborate what P.C. Mourton had said. On the tail end was an arm chair, four small tables, aud three other chairs. He saw it unloaded, and it contained a good houseful of furniture. The chain horse was in a particularly exhausted state, aad it was a wicked thing to bring such a load of furniture with two horses of the kind. The moving of furniture was a frequent cause of cruelty in this way. MOTOR LICENSE NOT HE NF WE v). --Frederick Rich, motor driver, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to not baying re- newed his license on the 25th February, when be was seen by P.S. H. Wiiliams driving a motor.—Defendant said it was an oversight. -Fi ied 5s., and costs. OBSTRUCTION.—James H. Edwards (26), barman, Aberbargoed, was discovered in the Wellington Inn, Nelson, on the 28th February, by P.S. W. Kelland by reason of his motor being left near the middle of the road-way and causing an obstruction for nearly two hours, and when it was getting dark. The excuse was that he cesld not get petrol for it, but the Sergeant said it could have been shifted to the side of the road. —Fined 2Os.-Thomab Garrett (26), and Fred Morris (25), colliers, of Bargoed, admitted having caused an obstruction in the roadway by quarrelling, and were each fined 10s.
SEALS IN MILFORD HAVEN.
SEALS IN MILFORD HAVEN. The longest memory in Milford Haven fails to find a parallel to the spectacle now to be seen in thf harlJcmr-an invasion of seals, though the seal frequents the western coast of Pembrokeshire under normal conditions, and has been known to enter Milford Haven on occasion. Thf creiitures in great numbers have now made their way up the River Cleddau to the fishing village of Llangwm, whore fishermen with guns have found it arduous work to drive them from the nete. Oue seal that was shot scaled 1601b.
DEATH SENTENCE ON LOVER.
DEATH SENTENCE ON LOVER. Edgar Lewis Bindon, aged twenty-one, an insurance agent, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Rowilatt at the Glamorgan Assisea for the murder of Maud Mulholland, a choir girl, aged nineteen, in a dark lane near her home in Cardiff, because she bad transferred her affections to another admirer. ø. Listened to the death sentence unmoved
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niLLIAID AND BACATBLH -I TABLK A I?w* atc?t of Now I 8..d-bwM" ,am -z4 s ?MM.Wh??L?a.??wM?U4?EtM??M??  Have you ever seen Men' s Weir ]Fly? COME TO OIZ)AL)lied oo'd CrREAT Winter Clearance Sale ON v SATURDAY NEXT, And see tha Bargains disappaar as if by magic. The motive power is a Greatly Reduced Price on every item of our regular Stock, including Overcoats, Hats, Underwear, Suits, Ties, Gloves, Shirts, Collars, Hosiery. In fact every item of goods shows a Saving In Price. The folioariag are some of the Bargains awaiting your inspection 31 Gents' Tweed Suits, various patterns, io iii usual price, 17/11. 35 Gents' Tweed Suits, newest designs, perfect cut, 12/11; usual price, 18/11. 41 Gents' Black Vicuna Suits, 16/11; usual price, 23/11. 36 Gents' Fancy Worsted Suits, latest cut, 17/11; usual price, 25/11. 41 Gents' Best Worsted Suite, various patterns, 21/ usual price, 32/6 27 Youths' Suits, 7/11; usual price, 12/n. 254 Pairs Men's Tweed and Serge Trousers, at 2 156 Boys' 3-Garment Suits, 5/6 usual price, 7/11. 39 Boys' Rugby Suits, 5/11; usual price, 11/6. 189 Boys' Tweed Sailor Suits, i/ni usual price, 3/6. 70 Boys' Velvet Sailor Suits, 3/11; usual price, 7/11. 28 Boys' Velvet Tunic Suits, Slightly Soiled, 1/6 each usual price, 8/11. Hundreds of Boys' Tweed and Serge Knickers, 61d. each. A Large Quantity of Odd Garments will be cleared regardless of former prices. All the remaining Stock of Men's and Youths Overcoats, Hall-price. Few Men's Mole Vests, with sleeves, ijtij; usual price, 3/11. 31 dozen Men's Cord and Mole Vests, 2/3; usual price, 4/6. 151 Men's Mole Trousers, i/ni usual price, 2/IIt. Gentsy Suits to Measure, from 18/11 During Sale Only. GENTS1 MERCERY DEPARTMENT. Think of the Money-Savins to be effected at this Department 115 dozen Men's Real Welsh Shirts, 4/3; usual price, 4/11. 25 dozen Men's English Flannel Shirts, full size, i/6 £ usual price, 1/111. I81 dozen Tunic Shirts (Traveller's Samples), 1 flIt; usual price, 2/nf 38 dozen Boys' 'Varsity Caps, to be cleared at 2d. each. Thousands of 6d. and 8 £ d.jCollars, all the Newest Shapes (Traveller's Samples), 2d. each, or 7 for a i in all sizes. JOB LINEa. 17 doz. Men's Natural Pants and Vests, 1/9; usual price, 2/111. 50 doz. Boys' Jerseys (Newest Colours), from gid. 81 doz. Gents' Tan Kid Gloves, 1/91; usual price, 2/61. 60 doz. Excelda Handkerchiefs, smart patterns, full size, 3id. each, or 4 for 1/ 3 doz. Gents' Umbrellas i /gi usual price, 3/11. 27 doz. Woollen Motor Scarves, i/4i usual price, i ii i J. 4 doz. Wolaey Motor Scarves, 6Jd.; usual price, 1161. 50 doz. Men's Braces, 2d. per pair usual price, 6id. Hundreds ef New Pattern Ties, from 21d. :o: No Goods Seut Out on Approval during Sale. :0:- Last Season's Sale was such a success that we had to close the Doors, To Prevent Disappointment, Come Early. Doors open at 10 a.m. Daily. Shop Closed Thursday previous to Sale. J. S. ItAVIKK & Co., 118, HlgJi Street, Bowlals.