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or .aE HISTORY OF LAND TENURE. I DR- D. R CHALK AT NEW TREDEGAR. The spacious Assembly Room at the Tir Phil Liberal Club' was crowded with an eager and enthusiastic audience or members and the general public to hear an address by Dr. D. R. Chalk. M.A., Porth, Rhondda, on The History of Land nure." Mr Robert Thomas, the veteran yolitican and chairman of the West Mon. Liberal Yosociation, presided. He said he was glad to be amongst them at all times, and he was always i^ceived by them with the greatest courtesy. Most of them would remember that a few years ".go a little Welshman, named D. Lloyd Georgo- (near, hear)—said the Liberal Party were going mto office for business. He thought they would ";1 admit that the present Government had done deal of work, and he thought they would 1:-uoinplish a great deal more before they came .),It of office. (Hear, hear). They had now arrived at the most serious occasion in the his- (ory of the country, and the Government would be called upon to deal with a matter which has caused a difference of opinion between the two Political Parties of this country for a large num- ber of years. There was a section amongst one. party who were determined, in speech, at any rate, that they would not submit to the present Government. The object of the Government was to give freedom of thought and action especially to Christian men, to make friends with every human being that exists on the face of the earth —(hear, hear)—and at the same time endeavour to meet all the requirements for the happiness of every nation. If they would do that they would be following the Great Teacher who yet lived amongst them. (Cheers). These principles must take hold of the hearts of everyone so that they could do all they could fur their fellow-men. (Hear, hear). Dr. Chalk, whose rising was the signal for an enthusiastic welcome, prefaced his address by Longratulations to the Chairman, whom he re- garded as one of the old types of Liberalism, in his very excellent speech. That speech carried them back to the days of Gladstone, Bright, and Oobden, for its enthusiasm. He would like to bear Mr Thomas give an address on Old Liberalism, as his memory must be well stocked 'vith political facts. (Hear, hear). He regarded it the primary factor in clubs of that kind to enlighten the members and others upon Political questions, and he was proud to know that the Tir Phil Liberal Club was amongst the prime movers in this respect in East Glamorgan. The speaker then reviewed the history of the Land Question, from the 11th Century down to the present, and referred to the hardships which the masses had to endure up to the year 1844 when a great struggle took place for the emancipation of the people. Prior to this, he said, labour was disorganised, and from then onward there had been an improvement in the lot of the worker. But the root evil of all this was the land question. They had had to wait, however, until the 20th Century before it became a question for the House of Lords. In the past the power of the House of Lords, composed as it was of the great landowners of the country, would veto any measure which may be brought forward respecting the land. Now, however, with the passing of the Parliament Act, that power h .d been taken from the Lords, and the will of people will prevail. (Hear, hear). For this í. cy were indebted to the Liberal Party, and for the first time in history the power of this Second Chamber, had been checked. (Hear, hear). That was the reason why this Land Measure had not been rushed to the .front before. They had had to wait until the 20th Century, when a Welshman made it possible for a Land Reform Bill to pass the Second House. One of the greatest gifts to modern politics was Mr D. Lloyd George. (Hear. hear). They all knew how extremely difficnlt it was to obtain land for the people on which to erect suitable dwellings. It was one of the scandals of the country that the workers were housed under such conditions. The bottom of all the housing question was the land problem. The health of the country was the »-ourity of the nation. There were teeming masses of people huddled together in the great cities because the land was held up. When the housing conditions were improved, and the workers—the toiling millions who make up the wealth of the nation—receive better conditions tna.t would be the greatest contribution to the building up of strong, vigorous men and women. It is with this end in view that the Chancellor of 1.10 Exchequer has gone forward with his measure for the taxation of land values. Many instances could be given in Glamorgan and Mon- mouthshire of the enhanced prices asked by landlords for a plot of land which may be required for public improvements. It was to remove these anomalies, which have existed far too long in the country to which they (the audience) belonged, that measures were now being taken (applause). Everything which was produced owed its origin to the land which had been given the people by a beneficent Creator. It could not be carried away from the people. Land depended almost entirely upon the community that lived upon it. If they treated it well, tilled it, and improved it, it would give a good return, but if held up and impover- ished, it lost a deal of its value. Having referred to the attitude of landowners towards this ques- tion, the speaker quoted instances where a man would acquire a small plot of land, merely the surface, which was worth lis. 6d. per year to the rates. Immediately he had spent X150 upon a cottage and improved the ground, he had to con- tribute 22 19s. to the rates. But under the Land Values Act this order would be reversed (her,r, hear). Why they tax. d bouses and factories and not tax the land upon which they were built, was always a mystery. At th- next General Election this will be the one prominent question before the electors. Borne Rule will have been finished with, and with the Welsh Disestablishment Bill placed upon the Statute book, and the measure of success of the land problem will depend upon the support accorded to the great political party to which they in that room belonged. In concluding he appealed to the young men in particular to study the Land Problem, as it was a subject which would be much to the front in the near future. Councillor J. Tillott, in moving a vote of thanks to Dr. Chalk, said they had listened to a brilliant address on an interesting subject. Even in the colliery districts, this land question stopped pro. gress. He referred to the recent trouble of the Bedwellty Urban Council in connection with an improved water scheme for the New Tredegar district. What was always regarded as common land—land belonging to the people—was now claimed, and permission hid to be obtained before the Council could proceed with their works on the Bedwellty Common. He referred, also, to the difficulty which the Council had to acquire land for the proposed erection of some houses behind Fothergill's Road, New Tredegar. Mr Charles Collins seconded the motion. In putting it to the meeting, the Chairman asked every member to bear in mind that within a few days Councillor Tillott would need their support and vote, which he hoped would be accorded him unanimously.—A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the meeting.

HONOUR FOR NEWTREDEGAR MAN. The remarkable progress made by Mr. William M. Thomas, the eldest son of Mr. George Thomas, fitter, Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, is the one theme of conversation in that district. Mr Thomas has secured an appointment as mining instructor at the International Correspondence School, Lon. don, and the news of his appointment has given much satisfaction to his many friends and well-wishers. He received his earlier education at the local Elementary School, but by dint of hard home study, augmented by the New Tredegar Evening Classes, he was able to win various scholarships, and has finally secured the appointment men- tioned. Among his numerous successes are the following:—1910, 1st class honours in mining, Board of Education, bronze medal- list; winner of Free Studentship and £40 per annum for three years in mining and metallurgy of the University of Wales in Mathematics, Physics, and Special Econo- mic Geology Osbeck" 1911, prize winner of the University of Wales £ 10 for mining land mine surveying; 1912, first-class in mine surveying, honours grade, under the City and Guilds Institute—first in the United Kingdom; winner of the Institute's Silver Medal, and the Goldsmiths' Com- pany's prize of Y,3 (1913); first-class in ore dressing under the City and Guilds, London Institute, second in the United Kingdom; winner of the Institute's bronze medal and the Cutlers Company's prize; first-class colliery manager's Certificate of Compe- tency und-ir the Oil',l Mines' Act, 1911; represented Cardiff University at the Inter- collegiate y mile i hampionship at Aber- ystwith, 1913, and winner of the t mile Inter-collegiate sciftcu trial race, Cardiff ¡ University Sports, 1913, winning his blue.

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JOINT HOSPITAL QUESTION. COUNTY COUNCIL INQUIRY AT BLACKWOOD. On Thursday an inquiry of great importance was held at Blackwood, by the Monmouthshire County Council, into the question of providing a joint isolation hospital for a combination of Urban Districts. The Commissioners were Alderman J. W. Mulligan, J.P. (Abersychan) and Mr. L. Forestier-Walker, who were accom- panied by Dr. D. Rocyn Jones, J.P. (county medical officer) and Mr. H. Stafford Gustard (clerk to the County Council), The following representatives were present from the Rhymney Urban Council:—Messrs. E. J. Richards, J.P. (chairman), R. Rutherford, T.P., W. T. Hopkin, Samuel Lewis, \V. Grimths, Dr. R. V. Redwood (medical officer), \V. Lloyd Marks (surveyor), and Mr. Ll. Reynolds (clerk). Bedwellty: Messrs. Sidney Godwin, J.P. (chairman), Dan H. Price (surveyor), Fred Hynam (sanitary inspec- tor), and T. J. Thomas (clerk). Tredegar:— Messrs. H. W. Morgan, J.P. (chairman), W. North, J.P', S. Filer, W. A. Orchard, and H. J. C. Shepard (clerk). Other Councils represented were Mynyddislwyn, Bedwas andMachen, Risca, and Abercarn. <3 The case for Abercarn was first explained by Mr. Gordon Edwards (deputy clerk), who stated that his Council strenuously opposed a joint hospital, for three reasons. They considered it would be much more preferable to have a hospital under their own control and manage- ment. The great need of the district was ade- quate housing for the working classes, and they thought it was far more urgent than the creation of a palatial hospital, which would result in a verv serious increase in the rates. The case for Bedwas and Machen was given m a comprehensive manner by Mr. A. E. S. Thomas (clerk). He said that his Council was the youngest in the district affected by the inquiry, as it only came into existence 111 September, 1912. They believed that the most practical scheme was to include as many Councils in the scheme as possible.-Ill reply to Alderman Mulligan, Mr. Thomas said that mention had been made of a joint hospital for the whole of the county. His Council would support that in preference to any other. BEDWELLTY COUNCIL'S CASE. Mr. T. J. Thomas presented the case of the Bedwellty Council, and said that the district was already provided with an adequate hospital, which had been highly spoken of by the County Medical Officer. It was to be extended, and plans were prepared and the money was ready. It was proposed to provide 20 beds, in addition to the 10 already provided. They were un- willing to come into the present scheme. The cost of the patients in the hospital average about 470 per year, whereas the scheme proposed would mean a rate of 3d. in the 4. MYNYDDISLWYN COUNCIL. Mr. T. C. Griffiths, on behalf of the Mynyddis- lwyn Council, said that his Council asked the County Council to give them a little more time to consider the scheme, which would cost about L45,450 for the provision of 66 beds. The assessable value of the seven districts was L3 5 3, 18 1, and that would mean a rate of ztd. for Mynyddislwyn. They had just become the proprietors of the gas supply, which cost them 428,000, They contemplated erecting houses for the working classes, and he urged the Council to adjourn this matter. The infectious diseases for the seven districts had decreased from 1,323 in 1910 to 79 in 1913. The rates were going up and there was a very serious outlook for the districts. There was no cause for a panic re- garding infectious diseases, and the matter of a hospital should not be rushed. They would join any reasonable scheme, but they were opposed to a combination of the seven districts. THE RHYMNEY CASE. The Rhymney case was put forward by Mr. LL Reynolds, who said that the matter had been before the Council for a long time, and they had come to the conclusion that the most con- venient combination for them would be Tredegar, Bedwellty, and Rhymney districts. They admitted that better hospital accommodation was essential in the district, but they were opposed to the scheme of amalgamating the seven dis- tricts. A suitable she could easily be found for a hospital for the three districts they sug- gested, which would be within easy reach of the populous parts. He believed the County Medical Officer approved of such a combination. Mr. Reynolds pointed out the difficulty which would arise if one hospital was provided for the seven districts in obtaining a site sufficiently accessible to all parts, and the objection of parents to their children being removed for ioslation purposes to a remote part of the county. The"1" had failed to get Bedwellty Council to meet them on the subject of joining with them and Tredegar.—Mr. T. J. Thomas: Bedwellty stands or falls by itself.-Ald. Mulligan You refuse their o-il--r"- %,Jr. Thomas Absolutely, and the County Council scheme as well. Mr. F. J. Wanndey, clerk to the Risca Council, said his Council opposed the scheme suggested by the County Council. I THE CASE OF TREDEGAR. The case for Tredegar was submitted by Mr. H. J. C. Shepard, who said that their case was identical with that of Rhymney. They had to admit that the present hospital accommodation was insufficient for the district. The matter of providing accommodation had been considered for some time, and the reason that no steps had been taken was due entirely to the expense which it would entail. They were now fully prepared to do all that they felt they could be called upon to do in the matter. After careful consideration they felt satisfied that it would be in the interest of their ratepayers, on the ground of expense, if they joined with other Councils. They did not consider that a joint hospital for the seven districts would be the best in the interests of the inhabitants, because it would be difficult to place it in a central situation. They were in accord with the suggestion of Rhymney that the three authorities at the top of the valley should combine. The rate of Tredegar was 10s. in the 4, and there was every prospect of an increase in the immediate future. as the result of the schemes which were being carried out in connection with the sewerage, the water and gas undertakings, and housing. This completed the inquiry and the Com- missioners will report to the County Council in due course.

I WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. I HUSBAND SHHILE ASLEEP. The trial has been concluded at Kottoyam* says a Bombay despatch, of Burton W, Swinny and Mrs. Buckingham Stephens, who were charged with jointly committing the murder of the latter's husband, a European dentist. He was shot whilo asleep in his bun- galow. The woman prisoner was found guilty of the murder, and Swinny with abetment, and both were sentenced to imprisonment for life. While he has been in custody Swinay has made a desperate effort to escape. One night after he had been allowed extra com. forts he got free from his cell, and taking two swords from the station armoury, ran away. He was, however, caught after an exciting chase. Mrs. Buckingham Stephens has given birth to a child while in custody.