The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

COMING LICENSING REFORM. It is pretty generally understood, is in fact a distinct promise, that in the next session of Parliament, an attempt will be made to bring in a Licensing Bill, and to support the Govern- ment in this matter a great Temperance Con- vention was called for this week in Haverford- west. At the time of writing, we do not know what lines will be followed by the speakers at the meeting, but we may safely expect from the names of the speakers, that they will be in favour of an affective and comprehensive measure which will grapple with some of the admitted evils of our existing system. The Prime Minister has told us that "the difficult and thorny question of Temperance Reform is to be grappled with comprehensively, with a view to putting our complicated, confusing, and largely ineffective licensing laws on a sound and permanent basis." That appears to us to be the right spirit in which to approach the question, but the point is, are the extre- mists of the Temperance party ready and wil- ling to accept a statesman-like measure, such as will meet the approval of the vast majority of the people, and of such a measure as the Gov- ernment may reasonably hope to carry? It seems paradoxical, but it is true, that the great- est hindrance to Licensing Reform in the past has been the action of the temperance, or rather the teetotal, party. The vast majority of the people are in favour of Temperance re- form, but teetotallers are not a majority. It has been estimated that total abstainers from the use of intoxicating liquors are about one in ten of the electors. That fact makes it clear that no measure of reform can be passed which has not the approval of a very substantial num- ber of non-abstainers. It is because they have forgotten that one fact that the United Kingdom Alliance has so long been as "a voice crying in the wilderness." It is not what the alliance or the abstaining section would like to see enacted, that is to be considered, so much as what can be carried through Parliament with such a volume of public approval behind it as will ensure its becoming law. It is because temperance men and women, very sincere, and earnest, have not learned to be practical, that their labours for two generations have been in vain. To-day, and in the present Parliament, the temperance party are favourably placed, aiid if they have profited by the past, and can be brought to use their power with due modera- tion, their opportunity has come to put our "ineffective licensing laws on a sound and permanent basis."

ON THE SQUARE. "Should the Clergy hunt?" is a question that has just been diseased in a contemporary and namesake of burs. The correspondence has shown a wonderful difference of opinion. A certain rector, for instance, writes that "he wants neither health or sanity at the cost of the unnecessary torture of a fellow-creature," whilst another writer says "There is little doubt that tne abandonment of hunting would involve greater evils than its continuance. The man likes it, the horse likes it, the hounds like it, and the man, whether sportsman or farmer, de- rives great benefit from it. As for the fox, I believe he likes it, too. Hunting- is part of the programme of nature, and I believe merciful Providence has taken care that the hunted shall not suffer much. Long may England resound to the music of the chase!" "it "i" it At the Labour Congress held at Hull last Tuesday, Mr. Will Thorne, in supporting a re- solution for the abolition of the House of Lords did so thus: "I move that they be wiped right off the reel." Here is a member of Parliament, whose evident "Will" it is to be a "Thorne" in the side of the Unper House. 1t 1t Mr. Eustace Miles, the well-known exponent of hygiene and "the simple life," announced at the exhibition of the winter foods "nd drinks at the "Tribune" office on Tuesday that the most precious medicine in this country is the water that vegetables have been boiled in. The best time to take the elixir is when getting into bed at night. At the same time he stated that the best specific for a cold is hot honey and lemon juice, which should also be quaffed at bedtime. » 'i' A "whist drive" is the latest form of enter- tainment adopted by a Church in Haverford- west in aid of its funds. The first gathering proved such a success, that a second is soon to follow. We hear that some of the members of the institute regard the innovation with delight and hope that the introduction of cards into their midst will soon be a thing accomplished. At any rate they expect no opposition from the Church, which has long been loyal to "Kings and Queens," and has "clubs" of one kind or another attached to it, and of which the "(k)nave" is an essential part. We are sorry to say too, that some people occasionally go "nap' there." "Spades." of course, are vised in Churchyards. ? ? When an office boy in early life, Mr. Holmaii Hunt, the great artist, was alone at the desk one day, when a gentleman called and asked for the principal. He left his name; and said his business was important; but on the princi- pal's return poor Hunt was distressed to find that he had forgotten the name. His master naturally showed signs of annoyance, and there is no telling what might have happened had not the boy said: "I can't remember the gentle- man's name, sir, but I can sketch his likeness." And he did, to the astonishment of his chief. » 1t The following useful household hint is given in a favourite weekly: "When boiling eggs do not forget that, however long you boil the water, the eggs will not cook if you forget to put them in the pan." Eggs-actlyl IV v IV The only known instance of a feminine pro- posal made in Leap Year is as follows:—In 1904 it was reported that a beautiful Austrian girl had taken advantage of the privilege. It was at a ball in Vienna, where she became so infatuated with a partner that she then and there invited him to become her partner for life. Her proposal being most ungallantly re- jected, she was so mortified that she went' home and committed suicide. 1t 1t A certain Scottish minister always began the marriage service with these words, "My friends, marriage is a blessing to few, a curse to many, and a great uncertainty to all. Do ye venture?" After a slight pause, he would repeat with great deliberation and emphasis, "Do ye ven- ture?" And if no objection was made to the venture he then said, "Let's proceed." We never had a chance like that. t ? t A certain town council, after a protracted sitting, was desirous of adjourning for lunch- eon. The proposition was opposed by the mayor, who thought that if his fellow council- lors felt the stimulus of hunger the dispatch of business would be much facilitated. At last an illiterate member got up and ..irned, "I ham astonished, I ham surprised, I ham amazed, Mr. Mayor, that you will not let us go to lunch!" "I'm surprised," exclaimed one of his colleagues, "that a gentleman who has got so much 'ham' in his mouth wants any lunch at all!" » » » A doctor was called in haste to an old lady who was suddenly taken very ill. When he ar- rived he asked Her several questions as to how she felt before he ordered her medicine of any kind. Among other things he asked her how she felt when siezed with her complaint. "I had a terrible shivering," said the lady. "Did your teeth all clatter when the chill came on you?" "I do not know, I'm sure, doctor," she replied; "they were lying on the table at the time, and I didn't notice!" 1t IV In a certain school, not a thousand miles from the sea-side suburb of Haverfordwest, the infants were one day learning a new song called "The Lord Mayor's Show." The teacher, wishing to see that the children understood what they were learning, put the question: "Where is the Lord Mayor's Show held?" Sil- ence ensued-a silence which was broken by the answer of a little girl, who said, "In heaven, miss." In the same school, a boy stated that the hollow in our bones is filled with "pumpkins." ik IV it In a certain school, not a thousand miles from the "seaside suburb of Haverfordwest," the infants were one day learning a new song called "The Lord Mayor's Show." The teacher, wishing to see that the children understood t » ? There are limits to the power of every in- dividual and every public body, even a board of county school governors. Even the other governors smiled, at a recent meeting in the county, when a reverend gentleman gravely proposed that the Press report a certain item which he was desirous of seeing in print. The pressmen about thought that they were back in school again. t t It was a mixed party, and when the lights were lowered for the old-fashioned snap-dragon, young Blinks managed to edge closer to the golden-haired maiden, upon whom he had been casting glances of admiration during the even- ing. There was a three-minute scramble, and when the lights went up there arose a howl of disappointment from one of the young lads who happened to be near our friend Blinks. "What's the matter, Willie?" inquired the hos- tess. "Didn't you get any?" "Did—didn't get the clif-chance," bellowed the boy; "soon as it s-started that fellow with the eye-glasses c-col- lared hold of my hand and d-didn't leave off kiss-kissing till the g-gas was on again!" ? 1 t A young and simple servant received an invitation to a Christmas party. Having ob- tained permission to go, from her mistress, she set out. Her mistress, on going into the kitchen an hour later, discovered her sitting disconsolately by the fire. "Why, Mary," she said, "how is it you are back so soon? "Well, ma'am," she replied, "I had only been in the room five minutes, and had nothing to eat but a bun and a glass of lemonade, when a young man came up and asked if my programme was full, and I wasn't going to stand that, so I left!" "1" ? ? The conference held yesterday at the Tem- perance Hall occasionally lapsed into a state of confusion on account of the "omnibus" reso- lution which was submitted. The chairman, however, managed deftly to restore order from momentary chaos. Archdeacon Hilbers is quite a "tower" of strength in this capacity. » » 1t At the same conference there were instances of reckless disregard for the King's English. In this sense a great deal of license was taken. If this kind of license had to be paid for such meetings might become a profitable source of revenue.

THE RURAL EXODUS. Dear Mr. Editor,—I he correspondence in your' columns on the xii.vjdLib aitd paper of Mr. Reynolds which has gi\ eu ui.'c to it, prove very interesting reading. That there iff a Rural Exodus all lLr^, but iiie cause- of it and the remedy for it appear to ba ques- tions about which there is wide divergence of opinion. I suppose .11 are agreed tlia* on the, whole those who leave our rural districts go into our evergrowing v- ■ "■ r •<Vnfion statistics do not account fur a great number of them. The questions for solution appear to me, therefore, to be reduced practically tO' two, namely, Why do paople leave the country for the town? How may we induce them to' return ? The brief answer to the first question is that many go because they will, and more go be- cause they must. To some the many social ad- vantages which !.(J\\ ¡;Ff" siioti; induce- ment. They see that the town dweller en-- joys the privileges of easy and continual inter- course with a number of his fellows, of better and more sanitary dwellings, of education by means of libraries, classes and conversation, of a wider and more varied life. When they contrast these with the quiet monotoTiv of the country, the insanitary and inconvenient cottages of the peasantry, the comparative isolation and absence of every help or induce- ment to cultivate the mind which the farm hand generally experiences, they are filled with a longing, especially if they are young, to ex- change the "simple life" of the country for the more "strenuous life" of the town. Others go because they must. The conditions of modem agriculture make it impossible for numbers of them to find constant employment at remunera- tive rates, and they go to the towns ir he hope, almost in the certainty, of earning i B" cient to keep themselves and their fain.es. For, notwithstanding the unemployed prob- lems that vex our towns and cities, strong, hardy healthy countrymen, if sober and in- dustrious, are welcomed in every manufactur- ing town and readily employed. The great change which the last century saw in our national life, by the enormous develop- ment of our manufactures due to the invention and employment of complex machinery. ha& contributed more than anything else 1u de- populate our rural districts. The factory sys- tem, which, as we know it to-day, is practically a product of the nineteenth century, calls for the massing of men in towns, and if we glance over a recent map of our country, we it thickly dotted over with large towns that, 120 years ago, were but villages, if they existed at all, and whose growth is due to some vast industry rendered possible only by the intro- duction of machinery. The growth of these industrial centres could take place only at the expense of the rest of the country; and the cornfields of England have given of their best, not only of wheat but also of men, as a. sac- rifice, on mechanical altars, to our national "goddess of getting on," as Mr. Ruskin calls her. England has possibly for ever, to be an agricultural nation, and has become predominantly commercial and industrial. But a vast change of this kind of necessity could not take place without some reaction. Agriculture, deprived of its labour market, makes good the loss by the introduction of machinery, and invention is stimulated to still greater efforts. As might be expected, labour- saving appliances became the order of the day, in agriculture as in every other branch, and we find that the farm of to-day with a. machine, a pair of horses, one man to drive them, and sometimes another to look after the sharpen- ing of the blades, will mow more hay or corn in one day than his father or grandfather did with ten times tho number of men with scythes. A result of this worth mentioning is that since machinery is expensive as well aa expeditions, large farms are more economic- ally managed than small ones, for, of course, the more work you have for a machine the better it pays. Seeing this the tendency soon manifested itself to absorb the small holdings into the neighbouring farms, and in Northi Pembrokeshire to-day there are large farms which are made up of two, three, or four smaller ones. If these farms are better tilled and managed now, under one owner, which is very doubtful, that they do not support as J* many people, is not doublful at all. It is a dead certainty. The extensive enclosure of commons which took place in the early years of the nineteenth century, just when, in many districts, manufactured goods displaced domes- tic industries, tended still further to drive the peoplo away from the land. In this connec- tion also I feel tempted to quote the words of Mr. R. E. Prothero, an authority on the his- tory of agriculture. "Up to the close of the eighteenth century it was the exception rather than the rule to find the cultivators of the soil dispossessed of all rights over the land they cultivated. The characteristic feature of the period in review (1802-1832) is that within its limits this excep- tional condition became the almost exclusive rule. Between the years 1802 and 1832 ther existing system of British farming, by which the land is owned by landlords, occupied by tenants, and cultivated by labourers, became practically universal. In this country it has been so long established as to make the pre- sent generation forget that, in anything like its present extent, it is not yet a century old." This wide social revolution, which has taken place among us has naturally intensified com- petition, and agriculture, like every other in- dustry, finds itself in the thick of the fight. So keen is the rivalry that were a farm adver- tised "to let" in this issue of your paper the owner of it would find twelve to twenty eager applicants running after it before the week's end. Each one of them would be so anxious to secure it that he would try to outbid his fellows in the amount of rent he was willing to pay. Can we blame the landlords for taking advantage of their opportunity, and obtaining the most advantageous terms? They are, after all, but greedy human beings like ourselves, ever ready, as we are, to reap where they have not sown, and gather where they have not strewed. Personally, I condemn the system which makes it possible, rather than the men. I cannot blame the leech for sucking blood, but I object to his doing so from the back of my neck. The tenant, settled in his farm, often finds- that he has made a grcivous error in his calculations: that the experience and skill he possesses is not sufficient to bring out of his holding the promised rent to the landlord and still leave sufficient to keep him and his family in comfort. It often happens also that he is without the necessary amount of capital to properly stock a farm of the size he has taken, and, since he cannot well ask for re- duced terms, he struggles on as best he can with labour second or third rate in quality and quantity, because he cannot afford to employ better; thankful if he can scrape through the year without getting far into debt. He lives a life of toil and care, of pure slavery, to put a handsome sum yearly into his land- lord's pocket. Neither Tariff Reform nor any other nostrum of the kind will remedy this state of things, for while farms may be let to the highest bidder, as they often are now, and competition for possession of them is so keen, whatever relief a special arrangement of the tariff may be made to bring to agriculture will only be added eventually to the sums the competitors are ready to offer for tenancies; i.e., will find its way, with all the other profits, into the landlord's pocket. That the Small Holdings Act is a partial remedy I agree with Mr. Reynolds. I do so not because I think we shall benefit greatly by inducing a few thousand townsmen to settle again on the land, desirable though this majt be, but because I see in the Act two principles which, if further extended, will do more than anything else to relieve agricultural distress and induce the labl -Hers to return. The first is the substitution cthe State for the private landlord; and the second is the elimination of financial competition for the tendency of a holding. If I have read the Act aright the small holdings and allotments are to be let, not for the highest figures that may be offered for them, but at a rent which shall adequately cover all expenses of acquirement by the County Council, and no more. The present small holders in the neighbourhood of Letters- ton generally pay more per acre for their land than the large farmers, and this purely, in my opinion, because there is so much keener com- petition for the possession of the smaller ones, a far greater number of people feeling them- selves capable of taking a small holding than a farm. My letter has already reached such a length that I cannot here discuss the merits of various schemes for getting the land once more into the possession of the people; but in closing I would emphasise this, that the best and, I believe, the only way to bring the people bact to the land is to give the land back to the people.—Yours truly, H. A. WILLIAMS. Letterston, January 18th, 1908.

j,,¡,¡ilC,;3 HDDl'CSSCS. j '.l'\ ¡.; j'j EXCELSIOR,55 EXTRA SPECIAL SCOTCH .i"- .iI. I.J A.J _f .j J! L Has been before 11(2 for nearly a QUARTER uf a OEtlTURY. A Whisky of very it ilUit.v."—" fitilUSii il. L'lv! iIj J»)l i«N L "A safe and palatable for the sick and convalescent —"PRACTITIONER." F.6.O.P. LIQUEUR H-'XiNAC. A blend of famous v of great age, and FAR SUPERIOR to the HIGHE I' grade of Brandy in quality. 4<AN UNDOUBTEDLY GENUINE GRAPE SPIRIT." Lancet MARGRAVE BROS., Liiffi.il Commerce House, Ltd., BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR ^Sieeat CU&mca S ate OF SEASONS GOODS is NOW ÐN. IMMENSE BARGAINS In every Department, as all Season's Goods must be cleared. We are noted for GENUINE SALES, and customers can rely upon this being a splendid opportunity to secure bargains. ORDERS by post leceive prompt and careful attention. Mtr Commerce House, Ltd. Haverfordwest. I 1 jBftucattonal. Havtrfordwest Grammar School. FOUNDED 1613. Chairman of Governors R. T. P. WILLIAMS, Esq. Headmaster Rev. J. Henson, M.A., Oxon, Assisted by a Staff of Six Experienced Masters. Recognised by the Board of Education. A Secondary School providing preparation for all University and Professional Examinations and for Commercial life. Pupils prepared for the larger Public Schools. Numerous recent successes. A few Boarders can be received at low fees. For prospectus, etc., apply to the Head- master. Next term begins on Tuesday, January 21st, and parents will be interviewed on that day. se6- Taster's High School For Girls HA VERFOEDWEST. Headmistress Miss VI. E. Jones, B.A., ,p l.les. (Assisted by hitrMy qualified mistresses). FEES iEl 6s. 8d. per term. Special Subjects: Greek, German, and Painting. ,J'is. per term. Re-opens Wednesday, January 15th, at 2 p.m. Headmistress at home to parents on Monday and Tuesday afternoon. County Pupils are only allowed to board it houses approved by the Governing 5 r Body, of which a list can be ob- tained (with any other information desired relative to school arrangements), either from the Headmistress, or from Mr J. W. Phillips, Solicitor, Tower Hill, Clerk to the Governors. St. David's County School ^Chairman: THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF ST- DAVIDS Vice-Chairman: CAPT. S. ROACH. Headmaster: MR. THOMAS THOMAS, B.A. (London). Atiaistant Master: MR. H. P. JACKSON, M.Sc. (Vic.). Assistant Mistress: MISS K. M. GREEN, L.L.A. (St. Andrews), Cambridge Teachers' Diploma. Assistant Mistress: MISS E. H. MOSELEY, B.A. (Wales), with Honours. Pupils prepared for the London Matricula- tion, the Oxford and Cambridge Locals, the Legal, Medical, and Pharmaceutical Examina- tions, the Entrance Scholarship Examinations J of the University Colleges of Wales, and the j South Kensington Sciene and Art Examina j tiona. „ TUITION FEES.— £ 4 per annum, or £ 1 8s. Id. per term; two (brothers or sisters) £ 7 per per annum, or £ 2 6s. 8d. per term; three (brothers or sisters) £10 per annum, ox £3 to. Id. per term. I Pupils taking Music will be charged an extra Im. For terms and further particulars, Prosper- ing, etc., apply to the Headmaster, or to MR. W. D. WILLIAMS, T'he Registrar. Bt. Davids. flDuglcal instruments. IF YOU WANT A PIANO or ORGAN do not be persuaded by any interested person to purchase until you have ascertained the extra- ordinary value we are offering. You will save many pounds, be most liberally treated, and get the easiest possible terms by purchasing from us. -DUCK, SON. & Pinker, The Great Piano Merchants, Pultney Bridge, Bath. Catalogue and book of advice free. Naijie this paper. Oar tuners visit this district and all parts of South Wales at regular intervals—send us a post card and tuner shall call. lftp52 DrtN DA VIES, AUCTIONEER AND VALUER, Sales conducted and Valuations j made on the best possible terms. I I Omims.- ORIELTON TERRACE, PEMBROKE. Bugtnegg Stresses, THE SWANSEA MERCANTILE BANK Limited, OF 18, PARK STREET SWANSEA, MAKE CASH a DVA NCK.v DAILY FROM £ 5 to £500 TO FARMEBS and ALL CLASSES of respecv i_ able householders upon their own Note or Hand, and other kinds of securities. ALL TRANSACTIONS STRICTLY FKIVATE Apply to H. B. JONES, Manager, Or W. D. PHILLIPS, Auctioneer, Haverfordwest Local Hepresentat.ve Personal attendance every Wednesday afternoon and at other times by speoial appointment at Vic- toria Read, opposite the Dock gates, Milford lievel Notice of Removal. Y^TILLIAM BEYNON, late of the Mariners' .THo.te1' Lower Solva, and now of the ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL, UPPER SOLVA tenders his best thanks to his friends and patrons fortheirpar-c support, and hopes to receive in the fatare the same patronage as hitherto ac- corded him. Best brands of Beers & Spirits supplied. EVERY ATTENTION AND CIVILITY. Please note the address THE ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL, UPPER SOLVA. jal8 Shipping Bottceg. ALLAN LINE TO CANADA Only Line under Mail Contract with Canadian Govt. 1XPRESS WEEKLY 8ERVICE From Liverpool. lafet* Shortest Sea Passage Comtort and Cheapest Route to CANADA & WESTERN STATES "flew afast Curbine Steamers. Free from Engine Odours, N oiae and Vibration Direct Sailings from London and Glasgow at regular intervals. Best Accommodation at Lowest Rates. Handbooks, Maps, etc., free from ALLAN LINE, 5, Pall Mall, & 103, Leadenhall Street. London 19, James Street, Liverpool, or Looal Agents. SOUTH AFRICA ROYAL MAIL ROUTE UNION CASTLE LINE. London and Southampton. To Cape Colony, Natal, Deja. goa Bay, Beira, etc., calling frequently at Madeira, Las Palmas, Teneriffe, Ascension, and Sl Helena Weekly Sailings. Fast Passages. Superior Acoommodation. Best Route. For Rates of Passage Money and all further information, apply to the Managers: DONALD CURRIE & CO., London, or to Local Agents. GASWORKS, FISHGUARD. COKE AND COAL TAR for Sale, Produced from the Best Welsh Gas Coals. Please state quantities required. Prices and particulars from F. W. COLLIER, Manager. nol- Don't Read This. WANTED MEN AND BOYS of good character, for Royal Navy and Royal Marines. Good pay, and pension on leaving.— Apply, Recruiting Office, North Park Street, Pembroke Dock. WANTED in every important village and town in Pembrokeshire reliable men wishiul to increase their incomes by a first-class Life Assuranoe Company, doing both Ordinary and Industrial Business. 10s. per week easily made in spare time. Also wanted an Agent at Goodwick or Fishguard to devote whole time. Excellent terms to the right men. Guarantee Bond requi-d.-Apply, Scourfield, 30, Ire- ton Terrace, Haverfordwest. 3ja31 .¿L. WAtfXJD, OLD TEA LBAD.-Staie quantity mtt pate* County Guardian" Ottm, Ktwrfbidwee*. {public IRotices. Notice. THE COURT LEETS and View of Frank- JL pledge of our Sovereign Lord. King: Edward VII, and Courts Baron of the Ecclesias- tical Commissioners for England, will be held for the following Manors and Lordships, at the times and places undermentioned, viz:— For the MANOR OF DEWSLAND—at the City Hotel, St. David's, on TUESDAY, the 28th day of January, 1908; AT 11 O'CLOCK IN THE FORENOON. For the MANOR OF THE CITY AND SUB- URBS OF ST. DAVID'S—at the City Hotel, St. David's, on Tuesday, the 28th day of January, 1908, AT ONE O'CLOCK in the AFTERNOON. For the MANOR OF TREVINE—at the Ship Inn, in the village of Trevine, on Wednesday, the 29th day of January, 1908, at 11 o'clock in the FORENOON. JAMES THOMAS, Deputy Steward. 9, Victoria Place, Haverfordwest. January 14th, 1908. 2ja24. Cenfrer#. The Neylaud Steam Trawling & Fish- ing Co. Ltd. THE above Company invite Tenders from -L Contractors for work in connection with their MILTON TO BARNLAKE WATER SCHEME. The work, particulars erf which may be had from the secretary, will include a pipe line of about lzl miles. The Company do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. Sealed Tenders to be sent to the Secretary, at the Company's office, Neyland, on or before the morning of February 3rd, 1908, marked "Tender for Laying Pipes." FRED. HITCHINGbt, Secretary. The Neyland. Steam Trawling and Fishing Co. Ltd. TENDERS are invited for the ERECTION of an ICE FACTORY at Barnlake Point, near Neyland. Plans and specifications may be seen on and after 22nd January, at the Offices of the Architect—Mr. E. GLOVER THOMAS, Frog- more, Tenby. Sealed Tenders to be sent in. o > or before the morning ot Monday, February 1908, marked "Tender for Ice Factory," and addressed to- The Secretary, Neyland Steam Trawling and Fishing Co., Neyland. The Company do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. FRED. HITCHINGS, Secretary. 1egal. Re. GEORGE WILLIAM HALL, Deceased. PURSUANT to the Act of Parliament, 22nd and 23rd Vic. Cap. 2 J, intituled "An Act to fur- ther amend the Law of Property and to re- lieve Trustees." NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having claims or de- mands against the estate of George William Hall, late of Lanbeeth, in the parish of Pwll- crochan, in the county of Pembroke, farmer, deceased (who died on the 3rd day of January, 1907, and whose will was proved in the Princi- pal Registry of the Probate Division of His Majesty's High Court of Justice on the 21st day of March, 1907, by Samuel Hall, of Ty- newydd, Saint Brides, Super-Ely, Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan, draper; Howard William Hall, of Lanbeeth, aforesaid Farmer, and William Giffard Wynne, of Meyrick Street North, Pembroke Dock, in the said County of Pembroke, solicitors to the Executors there- in named), are hereby required to send the particulars in writing of their claims or de- mands to us, the undersigned, the solicitors for the said Samuel Hall, Howard William Hall, and William Giffard Wynne, on or before the 29;h day of February, 1908, after which date the said executors will proceed to distri- bute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands, of which they shall then have had notice, and they will not be liable for the assets of the said deceased or any part thereof so distributed to any per son or persons, of whose claims or demands they shall not then have had notice. Dated this 21st day of January, 1908, D. HUGHES BROWN & WYNNE, Solicitors for the said Executors. lja24. Itnnouncenients. NARBERTH EISTEDDFOD. EASTER MONDAY. £ s. d. MALE VOICE COMPETITION 15 15 0 (And Silver Cup value iElO 10s.) PART-SONG 7 7 0 SECOND MALE VOICE 3 3 0 JUVENILE CHOIR 3 3 0 OPEN SOLOS FOR LADIES & GENTS 3 3 0 AND OTHER SUBSTANTIAL PRIZES. Programmes may be obtained, post free 2d., of Hon Secretaries— R. J. MOGFORD, JONAH JOHN. High Street, Narberth. The Ninth Annual PLOUGHING MATCH Of the Puncheston district will be held AT CASTLEBYTHE On Wednesday, Feb. 12th, 1903 (Weather permitting, otherwise on the first open Wednesday), When good prizes, including two Silver Cups, will be given to successful competitors. For full particulars see bills, which may be had on application to the hon. sees.—J. S. EVANS, Ty- canol Stores, Pontfaen, or W. L. WILLIAMS, Longhook, Letterston. 2ja31 ffarntg anO Ibougeg TLo Xet. fro LET, Freemasons Arms,' Dinas. Apply Swansea Old Brewery and Davies (Cardi- gan) Bonded Stores, Ltd. Cardigan. sc20 TO LET, the BLACK HORSE HOTEL, Bridge Street, Haverfordwest.—Apply T. James, Brewery, Haverfordwest. 3ja24 TO LET, Market Tavern, Pembroke ^ock.— Apply to Swansea United Breweries, Ltd., Swansea. 3feb7 P.P.B. BUILDING SOCIETY, PEMBROKE DOCK. THE following house to be let or sold :—House and Shop, 22, Laws Street North, Pembroke Dock. Further particulars to be obtained from the Secretary, Building Society, Office, Pem- broke Dock. oc4— KILN PAAK, Narberth. TO LET, with immediate possession, the de- sirable residence, called KILN PARK, sit- uate within three minutes walk of Narberth Railway Station, and within five minutes of the town, comprising Ground Floor Dining Room, Drawing Room, Morning Room, Kitchen, %China Pantry, Scullery, etc: First Floor.-5 Bedrooms, Bathroom, H and C, W.C., Hot Closet. Second Floor.-2 Bedrooms and Boxroom. There is a large walled garden studded with fruit trees. The outbuildings comprise Outer Kitchen, Coach Houses and Saddle Room, Extensive Stables with Loft over, Cowhouse, and other usual out offices. An installation of Acetelyne Gas has been laid on. A small paddock of about one acre is avail- able. For further particulars and orders to view, apply, LEWIS AND JAMES, de26- Solicitors, Narberth. I CHEAP PREPAID ADVER- TISEMENTS. Our Prepaid Scale. ONE THREE SIX Insertion. Inserts. Inserts. 28 words or under. Is. Od. 2s. Od. 3s. 6d. 35 „ „ Is. 3d. 21. 7d. 43. 7d. 2" „ Is?. 6d. Js. Od. Ce. 3d. And so on at the rate of 3d. ner seven words un the First Inseitien, airj Half prica subrs quent consecutive insertions. These charges apply only to the following classes of advertisements if prepaid:—Situa tions Vacant or Wauted, To be Let, Apart- ments Wanted and To Let, Houses and other Premises to be Let, Specific Articles for Sale, Articles, Dogs, Sheep, etc., Lost and Found, and all Miscellaneous Wants. Unless paid for in advance the credit rate of double tll, above will be charged. t £ lante £ >» ANTED, an Apprentice for the Shoeing and » If Jobbing Smith. Maintenance orovided.— Apply, J. Williams, Pontiago Forge, Goodwick. del3- -_> Xl^rANTED, a good active GENERAL. Good wages to suitable applicant.—Apply, J. W. Hancock, The Million, Pembroke Dock. 3ja24 ANTED two Apprentices to ship and general ▼ ▼ smith. Apply to W. H. Jones, Tbe Quay, Milford Haven. SjaSl ~Y\7~NTEI_) General Servant. Good wages.— Apply 12 Picton Place, Haverfordwest. 3feb7 WANTED Capable Dairymaid.—Apply Mrs. Johns, Manorowen, Fishguard. 3fe7 WANTED good cook general, clean and tidy good wages family 2.—Apply Prospect House, Prospect Place, Pembroke Dock. 3feb7 CHEMISTS APPRENTICE. FP. PHILLIPS, Member Pharmaceutical • Society, Market Street, Haverfordwest, has a vucany for an APPRENTICE. 3ja24 .1lJI jfor Sale. (1ART for Sa'e large size; good quality ■J splendid condition, cheap.—R. Phillips & Co. Mathry. deii— 000 APPLE BARRELS and Grape Barreis for Sale. Apple barrels 3s per dozon grape barrels 2s Gd per do/en. Also a good serviceable counter, 5s. Oranges, Go per Is.- Sullivan, Fruiterer, Pembroke Dock. 3ja24 FOE. SALE.-Hawkers Cart, equal to new.— Apply Devonald, Holloway, Haverfordwest. 3jal7 JilOR siALE Oat straw, also potatoes. Apply T. G. Williams, Llanritm, Letterston. 2ja24 BEAUTIFUL Amazon Talking PARRCNT, JtD with strong cage; light feathered Bird; thoroughly acclimatised. Very tame talks, laughs, mimics, whistles. Reason for selling no time to attend to it. Sacrifice. Polly and Cage k2 10s. Sullivan, Fruiter, Pembroke Dock. Ija27

STRUMBLE HEAD LIGHTHOUSE. Though Strumble Head has always been a dangerous spot on the North Pembrokeshire coast, it was not until the G.W.R. made Fish- guard the port for the cross-channel traffic that the Trinity Brethren were aroused to a sense of the duty they owed to the sea-faring com- munity. They placed a temporary light about a mile east of Strumble to serve until a more permanent structure could be raised. On Tues- day the fine imposing lighthouse which will henceforth shed its beneficient rays to guard the mariner was formally opened. The struc- ture is described elsewhere, but there are a few points of interest associated with the lighthouse and the vicinity. Close by it is a stone marking the place known as Carreg-y-drewi, where the French landed in the year 1797. Of the record of wrecks and wreckages, including many a luck- less mariner, only the few veteran residents are able to part accurate particulars. But one of the most appealing points of interest is, that Strumble Head forms part of the out- lying land of Tresinwen Farm, once the resi- dence of Mr. Lloyd George (the distinguished President of the Board of Trade) great grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. David George, of whom it is recorded that they used, regularly once a month on Communion Sunday, to ride on horseback over twenty miles to a Baptist chapel on the borders of Carmarthenshire, to join other members in worship. As recently as three years ago Tresinwen was occupied and farmed by a cousin of Mr. D. Lloyd George, the widely esteemed late Aid. John Rowlands, Pembroke- shire County CouncfL The farm is now in the occupation of a nephew of the late Alderman,

COUNTY NOTES. The remarkable prosperity of Milford Haven, consequent upon the 'development of the fish industry, is shown by the enormous increase in the gas consumption, necessitating con- siderable additions to the gasworks. In 1896 the annual consumption of gas was 4,604,000 cubic feet; live years later it had grown to 7,112,000. Witiiin the next live years the Dock Company made their own gas, but despite this -tli, town, consumption had grown to much that in 1906 the figures stood at 7,823,000. In 1907 there was a further big increase, the figures reading 8,449,000; and an estimate for the pre- sent year, which ends in March, will bring the amount well over 10,000,000. We have frequent- ly'commented upon the almost phenomenal growth of Milford, and these figures show that we have not overstated the case. As Neyland is commencing both a gas undertaking aid fishing industry, we hope that a few years hence she may be able to show similar pro- gress "by leaps and bounds." At there is a growing feeling uf dis-sati-iaoiioij, amounting to exasperation, with the lax of administration of Perrot's Trust. The Trustees acquired a house and shop with a view to widening Perrots Avenue, and about a year ago the "house-breakers" com- menced pulling down thf premises. The con- UjiUur wa. allowed to dt> this at his leisure, and the debris left lying all over the road until the contractor could either make up his mind as to what he wished to keep, or could find another place to dispose of the better part of the materials. The next step was to build a boundary wall, and again the same leisure- ly tactics were followed, the wall rising at the rate of several inches per week. All this while the footpath was blocked with debris, and to complete the blockade the roadway was made equally impassablo by the tipping of some loads of big stones, intended to make a "foundation" for a new road, but allowed to settle in obed- ience to the natural law of gravitation. For twelve months one of the chief arteries of the town, leading to two of the largest churches, and two of the biggest chapels, has remained ir. a condition which would not be tolerated in any new township "out West." People are asking the reason why the Corporation does not "step in" where Perrots Trustees appar- ently "fear to tread." It is anticipated that the coming Session of Parliament will be a stormy one. We are to have an Education Bill, "short, eimple, and drastic," but nevertheless bound to evoke much discussion in the House of Commons, and much agitation outside it. Then we are pro- mised a Liquor Bill, which is to be "a large and strenuous effort to reduce the facilities fcr drinking," but will touch so many interests that it is sure to be a stormy petrel. No doubt the King's speech will contain some reference to the question of old age "pensions." As tc the necessity for some relief of this kind, there is a fairly general agreement among all parties, but there are very wide differences of opinion with respect to the details. Mr. Asquith's speech at Lancashire does not appear to de- finitely promise a Pensions Bill this year, al- though it is expected that propossfls dealing with this subject will be laid before Parlia- ment. There will bo a further reference in His Majesty's speech to the veto of the House of Lords, as a subject which is to receive the at tention of the Government. Altogether His Majesty's ministers appear to contemplate a busy session, and the Parliamentary reports of the next few months will afford interesting reading for many classes in the electorate. The bare-faced effrontery with which some people will evade their parental and personal responsibilities, and east the burden upon any- one who will bear them, is the despair of the social reformer. Two incidents which trans- pired at the Pembroke Guardians at their last meeting illustrate this very markedly. Two inmates of the House went out a few weeks ago and got married at Llanstadwell Church. They had a family to commence wicli I.) 0, and as the man was paralysed do v.i t. A side he is not likely to obtain a job easily. The inevit- able followed; within a few weeks man, wife and child were seeking maintenance at the hands of the ratepayers, and they are being maintained by the thrifty and the industrious ratepayers. Another case is that of a man who is shown to be in receipt of weekly wages amounting to 39s. per week. Yet he has four children being kept by the Pembroke rate- payers in the House, and it is necessary to take proceedings to compel the unnatural and callous-hearted father to support his own off- spring. What would be the Socialist panacea for dealing with such cases as these? We are of opinion that the Haverfordwest Bench dealt very harshly with William Byron Crouch on Saturday, when he was brought before them charged with being upon premises with unlawful intent. Crouch is an educated man of about fifty years of age, who appears to have spent the greater part of his life abroad. Coming back to England, though the master of four languages and able to write a clerkly hand, all the work he could find to do was as cook on a Milford trawler. He met with an accident which crushed one of his ribs, and for nine days he was an in-patient of the County Infirmary at Haverfordwest. When dis- charged he went to Milford Haven to draw his money, and getting back to Haverfordwest late at night, tired and exhausted, he could not find his own lodgings, but seeing the Mariners Hotel open he walked in, expecting to find, as in France, according to his story, some official who would see that he had what he wanted-a bed for the night. No one, however, appears to have seen him, and by-and-bye Crouch found his way into a bedroom and fell asleep. He was awakened to find the police and landlord around him, and hauled off to other lodgings at the Castle. That is, in the main, i^s story, and it should not have been difficult to sub- stantiate it, or upset it. The police, however, asked for and obtained a ten days' remand in order that they might investigate the matter. Surely the police in asking, and the magistrates in granting, such an unconscionable time dur- ing which a possibly innocent man is in gaol- as he says, for the first time-acted harshly. It is hardly in accordance with the well-known dictum that a man is assumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty. We are glad to hear that the Naval Base Committee will meet within the next few days, and we may hope to hear that the making of a naval base at Milford Haven has received very general support from the local governing and public bodies of South Wales. As far as we can ascertain the scheme has met with very general and warm approval, and we may, therefore, expect to find good backing when the committee make their appeal to the Ad- miralty. We sincerely hope this will be the case. Anything which can bring a little hope of brighter days to the dockyard town will be especially welcome just now. The horizon is black enough, and as every week brings nearer the time of the departure of the "Defence" there are some hundreds of men at Pembroke Dock who are anxiously asking what will hap- pen then. Let us hope that the borough Member, who is amongst us this week-end, will have a cheering message to deliver. The foolish business the Tenby Town Council embarked upon some months ago by seeking to exclude a reporter from their meetings has ended, as litigation often ends, in leaving things pretty much as they were before. It is true the judges have solemnly declared that a Town Council may exclude a particular re- porter to whom it objects, but most people frankly recognise this to be nonsense. The whole business began in an attempt to bur- lesque local government, and it has ended in a burlesque of the law. That is the light in which "the man in the street"—who is the wise man of modern life-regards the incident. There is no reason why a reporter, more than any other person, should be tolerated either in Council, committee, or public meeting, unless he will conform with the ordinary amenities governing such gatherings. If he does this, and some foolish person then "espies stran- gers," the reporter, if he knows his business, may maintain his place and dignity, and teach the busybody a lesson. But we knew this be- fore the intervention of my lords justices. In our opinion the Fishguard Urban Council was not well advised in allowing the timid counsels of red-tape to dictate the course they should adopt before throwing their influence on the side of the movement to make their harbour the fcort for the Atlantic mails. It seems curious that while the local governing bodies in the south of the county, and of Car- diff, Newport, and othertr towns should have found no difficulty in passing a resolution to support the claims of Fishguard, the town to be chiefly benefited should have discovered that it could not do anything until "notice of motion" had been civen. Well, the Fishguard Council might at least, to use a once popular phrase, have given the scheme the blessing of their "moral and intellectual" support, and added the rest after due notice had been given. The action on the part of our youngest urban council looks like a snub to (IM older bodies.