The Cambria Daily Leader

The Corner Column I to, Is it as a member of the Tariff Re- form Partv that Lord Claud imports a | I manager Made in America?" Bedad, Mike, I see yer name in ihis book is oblhiterated." Sure, but it isn't. It's O'Brien." The Troublesome Telephone," is the title of a tilm in a local hall this Week. Contrary to what was expected this is a comic picture. The Earl of Onslow has resigned his appointment as assistant clerk in the. I oreign Office. Our office boy is con- sidering the situation. The German Crown Prince has been "getting it in the neck" lately, and we are not surprised at the news that he has developed mumps. •* I'm sorry, sir, I don't know what has come over me this last six months, at least twelve months." Such was the llove1 excuse proferred by a "drunk," at the Police Court this morning. Our Unknown Heroes. No. XCLVn -At 7.45 precisely this morning we saw a man working in his sbirt sleeves on the road. And we ourselves were well Buffled up and yet shivering. Open at 5 a.m. in the morning," is the inscription in a Hafod refresh- ment shop. Those who have to get up at 5 a.m. at present are not in much doubt as to whether it is morning or afternoon. Motorists sound their hooters and then go ahead, as if saying, "Out of the way, you something pedes- trians.' "Ajudge Cluer at Clerkenwell County Court vesterday. It is understood fcnat a Frenchman •ill refwee the match between. Swan- sea and Stade Francais, in Paris on Shrove Tuesday. Let us hope that the Swansea capta.in will not be ordered off tor talking to him in Welsh! Two Wrexham brothers who had Paid a visit to Cardiff for the Soccer match on Saturday, and had an "argu- ment" over a glass, found their visit protracted until Monday morning, yhen one of them had to part with Nero, in The Sign of the Cross 11'. always made to appear a thin cadaverous creature, yet in Quo vadis?" Sienkiewicz describes him as immensely fat with very thin legs. 'Beneath his lower jaw hung a double chin, so that his mouth, always too crose to his nose, now seemed almost as glued to that feature. His thick 'Ck. as usual, was covered with a silk Kerchief. This he arranged i om time f", v,.?,¡i' liaiu, -ytfiOfco' TPr~g*<wrins red hair looked almost like gory spots." "Piok-pocketing," savs Charlie the ex-convict whose bankbook was shown to the King by Prebendary Carlile, ar/1 who says that he is now "going straight to the end of the chapter," 'ain't the game it was one?. It's hard to earn a decent living at the game. A pal o' mine lifted some money once, but when they got 'im to the station they 'ad to let 'im go beoos they couldn't nnd any money on 'im. Cos why ? YIos ?e' in the ii- h'v ? (,as d put pinched P (3n-, k,?,t of, tL,,e? copper wh <)I d Pi ne h r d 'im." Amongst the stories told now that the use of the Welsh language is so prominent, is only by a well-known Welsh merchant. A lad walked into his emporium one day and handed up a slip of paper. "Who wrote this?" asked the attendant, "I did!" was the cheerful reply. "Can you speak Welsh?" the attendant asked, rather severely. Y-y-No, sid" the lad admitted, adding in answer to other questions, ttjt he had "copied it out of a, book. \Vhat he had written was: J Bwystfil ffvrnig o hadau cabbage," (a, wild beast of cabbage seed.) He had gone to the zoological section for his 4 equivalent to the word "ounce." The deca-dent office boy plaint has Sprung up in Yorkshire now. We know all about it in- Swansea, and the ob- servations of the chairman at a gather- ing of teachers at Huddersfield will be found interesting. He pointed out that twenty years ago only the cream of the elementary schools found their way ta the oounting-house or office stool, whilst to-day any average boy would go there. The merchant got his boys from a different grade entirely, and as a result was led astray in his general i- sations. Their schools were not pro- vided to produce cheap clerks at 5s. a tveek to do the work that a man ought to be paid to do. # TO-DAY'S STORY. Peter Houseman has lost his job as I engineer on the Illinois Terminal Rail- road because a black cat spad across the line in front of the train. There was no chance of the cat being hit, but House- man reversed, put on the air brake, and made a sudden stop. When the sur- prised train crew and passengers looked from the windows to find out the trouble, says the New York "World," they saw the engineer throwing snow- ,balls at a hedge tree, wherein perched the black cat. What are you doing?" inquired the Conductor. This blamed cat ran acros-s the rails, 8nd I've got to chase it hack across again to break the spell!" retorted Houseman as he gathered fresh ammu- nition. Soon he dislodged the cat, which fled back across the line. A company official was on the train. Houseman Promptly got a "pink envelope" stat- g his services were no longer needed.

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500 MILES TRIP. ——— SWANSEA TRAWLER'S REMARKABLE TONiNG FEAT CAPTAIN'S PLUCK; I A remarkable towing feat has been accomplished by the Swansea steam trawler. Picton Castle, in command of Ca-pt. W. H. Fletcher, 30, Claremont- road, Sefton, Liverpool, which last night towed into Faimoutli the London steamer Ludwig Groedel., which it picked up off the coast of Morocco with her propreller broken. The Ludwig Groedel is 2,964 tons registered, whilst the trawler is only 24d tons, and the towage of between four and rin hundred nines was accom- plished through seas. which at times completely enveloped the little craft. Tiie steamer was picked up on Friday night, and from that time until Mon- day night, Capt. Fletcher never once left the bridge. The Picton Castle was bound from Swansea to Morocco on a trawling ex- pedition, and on Friday night, when off Cape Finisterre, a big steamer was seen flying signals of distress. A galie of wind was blowing, and heavy seas continually swept the decks of the trawler. Steamer's Peril. On drawing near the big steamer it was found to be the Ludwig Groedel bound from Malta to Barry in ballast in charge of Capt. Browne. Her propeller bad snapped off, and, flying in the air, had knocked a hole in the Ludwig Groedel's stern. Another large sized steamer was standing by, but was unable to render assistance. The trawter offered her services. and after considerable difficulty, the Picton Castle wire rope wais got aboard the steamer, and it was decided to make for Falmouth. Throughout the whole of the return journey terrible seas continually battered the plucky little trawler and crew, and those on board were in an ex- hausted state when Falmouth was reached lastt night. An interview. Interviewed, Captain Fletcher, said the voyage from the coast of Morocco was the severest he had ever been in. Huge seas continu- ally flooded the decks of the Picton Castle, which behaved splendidly under trying condition's. So boist-erons was the weather that it was unfit for the. men to come on deck. When they left th, htfidfe# vo watch, they had to climb over the casing at the back of the bridge. The forecastle was deserted, the men' being unable to go "forward for four days on account of the seas. To have attempted such a thing would have meant a risk, to life. It is a mercy we are here. I was on the bridge for four days and four nights, and was unable to get any ,sleep because it was so anxious a time for me. The whole of my crew worked fearlessly, whilst the. smartness with which the engineers handled their machinery had much to do with the feat being accomplished without mis- hap." A Wonderful Feat. In the opinion of shipping men of wide experience, this was one of the smartest feats of towing ever accom- plished by a steam trawler.

MAKING OF STREETS. BENCH'S SUGGESTION ACCEPTED BY I COLORATION. At the Swansea Police Court to-day, the Town Clerk (Mr. H. Lang Coath) stated in the Pantygwvdr Estate v. Corporation cases, that he had placed the suggestion of the Benchj that the front streets should be done with tar macadam, and the back streets with limestone, before the committee, and they had agreed. Mr. Floyd appeared for all the ob- jectors, with the exception of Mr.. Lloyd. The Bench therefore made an order. Further objections which were brought before the Court were formally ad- journed owing to the absence of Mr. Oakley Walter who was on the Bench when the first case came on.

OFFICIAL STATEMENTS. SIR EDWARa WARD'S EVIDENCE IN ANMY LliEL ikCi ION. Sir Edward Ward gave evidence when the Army libel action was re- sumed vo-day..during the time he was the Secretary to the vylar Office he had he said, no control over the documents the Army Council desired to publish. He denied that he was made perfectly cognisant of the facts of Major Adam s case trom .Viajor-Gcneral COOk, as plain- tiff alleged. When witness saw Major Adam the latter made a general complaint that- he had not been treated properly by his commanding officer, and Major- General So obeli. In consequence wit- ness genuinely interested himself on. Major Adam's behali. I Hegarding Major-General Soobell's appeal to tHe Army Council for an in- quiry into the charge made against him by the plaintiff in the Commons, witness said he was not profit when it was considered. Questioned as official communica- tion published in the Press in August, 1910, witness said it was sent to him complete, and he only had to sign it.

A WARDROBE HOUSE. Eugene Poidevin, a Breton peasant, has lived for the last three years in a war drobe in the middle of a field at St. Glen (says the Express.") He cooks and eats his meals in the open and sleeps and passes most of the day in the wardrobe, no matter what the Weather i* like.

SIR HENRY JOMES I I SIR HENR.Y JONES I ON THE VALUE OF INSTRUCTION IN WELSH. LETTER TO THE LEADER. I Pro lessor Sir Henry Jones, of Glasgow, one of the greatest intellectual forces Wales has ever produced, and a thinker w hose eminence is acknowiedged by the scholars of many countries, has written to the editor of the Leader" a striking letter upon the question of in- struction in Welsh in the schools. Speaking of those who doubt the I utility of teaching Welsh in a Welsh town,.Sir Henry says: It is difficult to„ argue for what is obvious, and, as a rule, sensible people do not need it. But I may say that my old Professor of English here, John Nichol, used to maintain that the Welsh students had an ad- vantage over the uniiingual Scotch and English in his class; for no phrases were stale to them, nor was their prose so commonplace. Could the objectors to teaching Welsh show any more probatile rea- son for the stability and safety of the British rule amongst peoples of alien blood, than that it respects their customs and institutions. and fosters what is best in them, including their literary inheritance, and always sets its civil servants to learn their language. I have one son in Burma, who has learnt Burmese, and another in India, who is learning Urdee. Is Welsh less valuable than these langu- ages and in W-lies.

I CITY IN FLAMES. j ■ ■ —^i. I PANAMA PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY II t HRE The greater part of the City of! Panama has been burned down. All foreigners are safe. No further details are yet to hand. <

I FOUL PLAY ? —— II BODY OF EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL FOUND. Foul play is suggested in the case of Winnie Bellard, the eight-year-old daughter of a drayman, living in Elgar- road, Reading, whose body has been I found in River Ken net. The little one was sent on an errand I last -vening. Her skipping rope, a hat, and sixpence are m?sgiug.

-U_' I SWANSEA AUDITORS, I ELECTION TO TAKE FLACE ÐN MARCa 2ND. The election of elective auditors for Swansea will take place on Monday, March 2. Nomination papers will be received on Saturday, February 21, up till five odock; and withdrawals on Monday, February 23, up till two o'clock. The present auditors are Messrs. Trevor Evans and A. B. Davses.

I WOMAN MURDERED. I FACE BATTERED AND LOWER LIM3S I MUTILATED. In Sheffield last night a woman named Sarah Wilkinson was found by her daughter dead in the cellar of her house with her face badly battered And her lower limbs mutilated in a terrible manner. By her side was a cat, the only occupant of the deserted house. Mrs. Wilkinson lived with her hus- band and daughter, who after dinner left her in the house with her cousin's son, a youth 16 years of age. A few minutes before midnight Mau- rice Swift, aged 16, was arrested in the neighbourhood of his home, at Walkley, and taken to the police station charged I with the murder. |-|"

DEATH OF SIR FRANK BEE. I I GENERAL MANAGER OF THE j 1. & N.ii4. R.I Sir Frank Ree, general manager of the London and North Western Rail- way, died at his residence. at Pinner, Middlesex, this morning. Deceased, who entered the service of the railway in 1873, became district manager at Liverpool in 1893, and general manager in 1909. For some.,time he was a member of the War Railwav Council. He was 63. I His Successor. Mr. Guy Calthrap, who was appointed some time ago to succeed the late Sir Frank Ree as general manager of the L. and N.W. Railway, will take up his duties in the summer. Mr. Calthrap is at present at Buenos Ayres.

I MARK HAMBOURG'S AUTOCRAPF. I After the concert at Swan-sea last night, Mark Hambourg and Mme. Ada Crossley were besieged by the autograph collectors. They invaded the retiring room at the Albert Hall with their auto- graph books and fountain pens ready, and they also waited at the entrance to the hall. The famous pianist and singer were both ready to oblige. Mark Hambourg wrote his name very many times over; this possibly accounts for the character- istics of the signature here reproduced, one of the last to be given, when he was looking, and probably feeling, very tired.

Miss Marian Penley, youngest daugh- ter of the late W. S. Penley, of Char- ley's Aunt" fame, was married at Bil- bao to-day to Mr. Richard G. Edwards, son of Mr. Samuel Edwards,4" J.P., of I

A FEW HOURS FOR WALES 1 WELSH CHURCH DEBATE. TORY LEABESS CONSPICUOUS—8Y THEIR ABSENCE. THE CORE AMENDMENT. The most 6ignificant feature of last night's debate on the Welsh Church Bill amendment to the Address, was the empty Front Tory Bench! The majority on Mr. Ormsby „ Gore's amendment— which asked for another election or a referendum—was 279 to 217. This is 50 below the Government's normal majority, but the reduction is due to what one of the Lobby correspondents to-day calli fortuitous causes" and not to defections. A number of Liberals, thinking that the division would take place at 7.30, were not in the precincts of the House when it was unexpectedly called at 7.20, aud, as usual on Monday, many Labour Members were absent. Empty Tory Front Bench. But, as illustrating the zest of the Tory leaders for the Church Establish- ment, it ought to be recorded that, towards the close of the debate, Mr Balfour hurried in to say a few words, but otherwise the Front Tory Bench was absolutely untenanted save for the presence of Mr. Stuart Wortley, who did not speak. Mr. Ormsby Gore made a feature of the petition, said to be signed by 15,000 adult Nonconformists from Flint- shire, Denbighshire, and part of Mont- gomeryshire against the tlill; got up, so he declared, by a committee of most sturdy Liberals. The Bill was being carried not by demoninations so mucn as by politicians who had for years used Welsh Disestablishment and Disendow- ment as a lever by which to get jobs, honours and rewards. Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen, who seconded the amendment, .sought to show that the Welsh Bill lost votes at elections. Mr. McKenna. Mr. McKenna, however, took up the point. The ballot box, ho said. was the constitutional test. The joint majority of the three Conservative Welsh mem- bers is 3G2. The average majority of tho 27 Lib&y&l aid Labour meiiibers is (somewhere Abotio: -3,000. The one. English seat which, owing to peculiar circumstances, was fought exclusively on this issue-liolton-re-tui-ned Mr. Taylor, a Disestabisiher, by a majority of 1,200, although the previous mem- ber, Mr. Harwood, lrad from the Liberal benches mov^d the rejection of the BilL As for Mr. Ormshv-Gore, his Wel&h majority had certainly increased during 1910. In January it was 8; in December it was 9. With regard to the North Wales petition, Mr. 'cK.nna begged the House to withhold judgment until the Petitions Committee had been a-ble to examii-to the petition. In the absence of that document, ka contended there was no evidence at all of any change of feeling. What Do the Tories Want? After Mr. McKenna's speech—which was a very line debating performance and evoked warm cheers from the Welsh members—Sir David Brynmor Jones spoke. The mover of the amendment said the Bill, had not received such sup- port as would justify the Government proceeding with it. What evidence of public support would he accept (asked Sir David) as sufficient to justify pro- ceeding with it? Did he wish the people of Wales to resort to irritating guerilla warfare such as had been adopted by militant suffragettes? (Laughter.) Or would he wish them to call a convention at Cardiff and sign in their thousands a solemn covenant to make a government in Wales impossible, and establish a provisional government, drill able-bodied men, buy rifles, ammu- nition—(A Voice: Popguns) and make every town in Wales a place of arms? Short of such an expression of opinion, he asserted that no movement of such a character had ever received a longer and more constant support than that of Dis- establishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales. Where Demonstrations Differ. Their Welsh demonstration's were as remarkable as any that had been held by the minority in Wales. As to the English demonstrations against the Bill, he found that the proceedings there had not been themselves of a political character. They were not demonstrations of the same type that his friends had endeavoured to hold in Wales from time to time, but were of a definitely religious; character. They were not an appeal to the citizens, but to the obedience of the faithful. (Laughter and Mipisterial oheers). All their demonstrations for the Bill had been held on a purely secular basis. (Opposition oheers). He was rejoiced to hear that cheer, because at their meetings not one word, so far as he knew, had ever been said against the religion, or doctrines, or tenets of any church. There wa-s nothing to show that there was the slightest change in the popular will. The spirit of the Welsh people, as their history proved, was like a sword of steel: they might bend it, but they would not break it. Their hearts were set on this measure if only ae an expression of their national will, and they would spare no measure to compass the passing of the Bill, which they regarded as one of tardy justice and historicali retribution. Balfourian Detachment. Mr. Balfour came next in the debate. To him, as "P. W. W," of the "Daily News and Leader points out to-day, Wales is not a oountry, nor are the Welsh a nation. Wales and the Welsh are a fraction," and why should frac- tions have their way? If the Govern- ment had wished to work the Parlia- ment Act fairly, they would have intro- duced one Bill only, so that for two years the people might think only of that Bill. But the wirepullers have cleverly mixed up Wales and Ire- < £ ontinuod on Page 2). !«r

IY.11000 CLAIMED. TRADE UN¡Oii OFFICIAL SUES J. HAVELOCK WILSON. ALLEGED SLANDEP. The hearing of the evidence was com- menced in the Court of Session, Edin- burgh, to-day in an action by Emanuel Shenwell, of Govan, against J. Have- lock Wilson, of Londonj for one thou- sand pounds damages for alleged slander. Plaintiff at one time was secretary of Glasgow branch of the National Sailors' and Fixemen2- Union, of which defendant is the President. It was stated that in AugustJ 1912, the plaintiff a,nd several other branch officials in Glasgow received letters of dismissal from the defendant, and following upon that, a secession took place from the Glasgow branch, and a new union was formed. Plaintiff states that defendant has attacked his character in order to discredit him and the new union. He complains in particular of statements by defendant reflecting upon his hone-sty. Defendant denies he slandered plain- tiff, and pleads privilege. He states the reason it was ruled that plaintiff could not be secretary of the branch in Glasgow was that he wafe ineligible, he not being a seafaring man. The hearing will last several days.

I THE WRONG PHOTOGRAPH. I PICTURE PAPER SUED BY YEOMANRY OfJuER In the King's Bench Division to-day the Lord Chief Justice heard an echo of .the Army Canteen case. i,aeut.-Col. 'A. E. Whitaker, of Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, Retford, 6ued the Pictorial Newspapers Co. (1910), Ltd., for libel, consisting of the publication in the "Daily Mirror" of his photograph as that of Col. Whitaker, who is charged in connection with the canteen case. The case was mentioned on settle- ment, and it was announced that defen- dants would pay two hundred guineas to Retford Hospital, while the plain- tiff would receive full indemnity for costs and an apology. The record was withdrawn on these terms. Plaintiff's counsel said the photograph was published in the "Daily Mirror" on Jan. 27th. Plaintiff had been a captain the F.ii'th Northumber- land Fusiliers. For' the defendant, counsel said, no one regretted the error more than the newspaper. They were able to stop the overseas edition which was rOr printed with the absence of the offend- ing photographs., The Lord Chief Justice said the case had come to very proper termination. Defendants had done evtfr^hing they possibly could to repair what was cer- tainly a most unfortunate mistake. The record was then withdrawn on terms agreed between tIlt;: parties.

I SWANSEA WEATHER. II SOME OFFICIAL FIGURES FOR LAST YEAS. I A few hard facts about our much- maligned Swansea weather are of inter- est, for so many fables have become established with years of repetition as to the amount of rain that falls, that on a wet day there are many pessimists who will hardly acknowledge that the sun ever shines. Tile following figures are from the observations taken in the Victoria Park during the year ending December 31, 1913. The most striking feature of last year was the exceptionally fine summer. The number of hours of sunshine amounted to 1,373 against 1,220 in 1912; and the brightest day was June ht, when we had 13.7 hours of sunshine. This, how- ever, is below the record of May 31, 1912, when there were 14.2 hours. The hottest day in the shade, July 28, too was not so high as July 15th, 1912, being 78 degrees as against 83 degrees; in the sun the hottest day was July 14th, when the thermometer rose to 139 degrees, as against 13.5 decrees on June 23rd last year. The brightest month was June, when there were 200.1 hours of sunshine, the readings for the four months fa-om Mav to August being 187.3, 201.1, 183.8, 169.8. Rain and Frost Records. There were more wet days last year than in 1912-208 to 195—but the total rainfall was lower, 50.78 inches falling, against 57.31 in 1912, the wettest day being March 22nd, a Saturday, when 1.33 inches fell. On the wettest day last year 1.16 inches were recorded. On 67. nights there was v. ground frost, and on 19 days the temperature fell below zero in the shade; the lowest tempecature was 25 degrees on March 25th, the lowest on the grass being 18 degrees on February 21st. Referring to the present winter, the first night ground frost was October, when there ) were four nights of jt, and 8th and 14th respectively in November and Deecmber. The first frost during the day was in December, wiien there -were four days on which the mercury fell below zero. As usual the wind blew most fre- quently from the S.W., i.e., on 95 days, the S.E. wind coming next with 70 days.

I 3,000 MEN IDLE. The miners at the Bed was and Dyffryn Collieries, Rhondda Valley, are on strike owing to a wages dispute under the Minimuifl Wage Act. Upwards of 3,000 men are idle.

I REST AFTER SUFFERING. There will be many Swansea people who will hear with a sense of personal loss of the death of Percy Davies, son of Mr. Rees Davies, Watkin-street. Young Percy had known more suffer- ing than falls to the lot of most. His life had for years been a martyrdom of pain-pain, however, borne with a hero- ism that revealed the dauntless spirit within the frail, worn body. He never complained of his lot; a tender smile was always upon his face. To a. large circle of boy friends, whose devotion to him was very touching, his attitude to- wards life was an inspiration. He died last night, at the age of 21. His home is filled with paintings that reveal his artistic touch, and his sense of colour. With training he would have made a brilliant artist.

FOREIGN NEWS. 0. i SOUTH AFRICAN DEPORTEES ARRIVE AT LAS PALMAS. I NOT AL TOCETHER SURPRISED The steamer TJmgeni, which has on board the nine Labour leaders depoited from South Africa, cal'ied at Las Palmas yesterday for provisions, and remained there two hours. The deportees, who were spoken to from the launch, at first insisted on going ashore, but subsequently (says Keuter), in order to avoid compromis- ing the c-aptaiii and ofifcers, whose kind treatment they were unanimous in praising, they decided to remain on board. Mr. Bain, as spokesman for the party, declined to make any statement until they had had an opportunity of discussing with the trade union lea-dens of England the whole question of their deportation a.nd the means of securing redress. I Not Altogether a Surprise. I They confessed that their deporta- tion was not altogether a surprise, but, declined to give grounds for their opinion. They stated that they were without news of their wives and families. The ship sailed at 3.30 p.m., having only called to take fresh provisions. I AUSTRALIA. I- 'I The butchers, shopmen, and carters i in Sydney have struck work in conse- I qu-ence of the refusal of the employers I to grant higher wages and shorter hours of work. As a result of the strike, trade is paralysed and a meat I faming is threatened. I CERMANY. I Reuter's Agency learns in diplomatic quarters that the negotiations between Great Britain and Germany with refer- ence to African questions were initialled last sum pier, but the matter has not yet been concluded. A young Avoman who had been suffer- ing from consumption died at Posen four hours a.fter being married. r* I FRANCE. I I The Paris Temps" publiehes a telegram aeuord-lilg to which M. Sazon- off. the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has submitted to the British Government a proposal for accelerating diplomatic communications between the Powers of the Triple Entente. Accord- mg to vthis proposal, all questions under discussion between the three Powers shall, first of all, be submitted to an examination by Sir Edward Grey and Count Benckendorif and M. Paul Cambon, the Russian and French lll. bassadors respectively in London. I TURKEY. A telegram (delayed in transmission) from Constautinu?ic states that the British Embassy has addressed a Note to the Porte re(j:??ti!)? the despatch of instructions to the VaJi of Basra for the arrest ol the pen,ons guilty of the re- cent murder of the captalll of a British river sit-amer engaged in navigation on the Tigris. The murdered man was Captain Butterworth, xnastor of the Raithwaite Hall, owned by Messrs. I". C. Strict: arftl Co. The linn received a telegram last week announcing the fact of the tragedy. No further details are yet I known. Mr. F. C. Strick if. well-known to our readers, being a. native of Swansea.

THE BYE-ELECTIONS. Three. Parliamentary bye-elections take place this week. South Bucks electors will poll to-mor- row. Bethnaii Green on Thursday, and Poplar on Friday. Nominations. I The following nominations were made to-day Poplar.^—Mr. A. W. Yep (Liberal), Mr. Robertson Kerr Clark (U.), and Mr. J. Jones (Labour and Socialist). S.W. Bethnal Green—Mr. C. F. G. Masterman (Liberal), Major Sir Mathew Wilson (II.), and Mr. John Scurr (Socialist). i

PARLIAMENT. Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart asked the Secretary oi State for Foreign Affairs whether the new French tonnage tax is, or hhortly wcuild, be put into force.—Sir Edward Grey: 111C new French tonnage tax cam into force on the 1st January. Eetting: 3 to 1 on Kastcr-at-Ancs. Also ran; Matt McGrath. t • ■ Swansea Mercantile Co., Ltd. 18, PAKK STHtti, SWANSEA, MAXiS CASH ADVANCES DAILY frota ielo to £ 1,000. No Charge Unless. Business Done. Bills Discounted. Strictly Private and Oonti. dential. For further particulars, apply H. B. JONES, Managing Director. MR. JAMESGILl. (To the Editor.) Sir,-Will you please permit us to sax that it is proposed to close the testi- monial fund to Deputy-Chief Constable Gill this week. We shall be glad, therefore, if those friends who desire to participate will kindly forward their csubscriptions.- Yours, etc., Thomas Rees, Hon. Sec. Percy Moiyneaux, Hon. Treas. 19, Somerset Place, Feb. 1öth: 1914. THE WOMEN'S WAISTCOATS The ladies are always agog to cop, masculine modes. The latest idea is ihe waistcoat with pence pockets for women, the garment being worn beneath the coat of the fashionable costume. In most cases the richest and bright- est velvets and brocades are used foi these wa.isteoats. In some of the models a belt is intro- duced. .@.w.@.w-@.@.@.@.@.@..@.. Di'sErm ORATING I I i ♦ f9 6 ♦ ♦ m You can have your Painting and I Decorating carried out more satis- ? /? factorily by placing your orjers ?  <Q? e?r y zn h ??on i ear ly in t e season! | Why not let me quote you ? t.. @ $ j GEORGE SYMONS, I I ————— DECORA TOR, I Estimates Free. i Competitive 1. WALTER ROAD Prices.$ Best Materials. SWANSEA. ———— s /I ¡.

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