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UNIONIST PARTY IN WALJES.
UNIONIST PARTY IN WALJES. RHONDDA. DIVISION. I MONOTONOUS POLITICAL I HISTORY. THE ALLEGMD COMPACT OF I 1895. HOW OPPOSITION TO I 'MABON" FIZZLED OUT. I PB08PECT8 OF THE UNIONIST PARTY. CLUB FEUDS-GOOD WORK I SPOILED BY MEDDLING. WANTED-AN APPLICATION I OF COMMON SENSE. MR. ROTCHK18 AND TUE I KHOMDDA, TWENTY SECOND ARTICLE. I [BY OUR SPECIAL COMMISStONKR.) I 11le poJitioal bietory of the 1Utondda j., 11(" lID 1M it it 01OB(.. tOOOU8. Industrially, the dwaict ia 1IO,,binl but oœI and ii or up to a very period has hold-none but Radicala or RM\ie8.1. dÏ8,uWd Iabou- has the from 1885-whøn an a h. the LiOOral noniitiee, F. L. by 3,851 to 2,992-to the prHent time, e.mee in 1892. and In 1895. them was 16 of olipositiyik. The OOriOU8 hew the teDed oPJXlllition of 1892 out in is in the of then with the RoY. but th" of bow a in 1695 N.. yet to be written. For two or them was a talk of to and "Ywul were named oandidatew, one. being announoed as the can- was for Ur. 'r. LittJej.hu" o! Ferndale, and MI'. R. ,1. ?.;dmrds, the Coll!evative agent for the :ho&1dda, waited upon Lvrd and the Hon, Ivor Goost, in witb a oi the latcer to becoDle the candidas, 1,0rd Wimborue tu (MId after- actually paid enr) £100 towlml the of any other Cf Mr. MidcRe. ton, otIief agi-itt, to £2:íO, and tibere wu about £150 a11loil. I bl. loœlly. JDakinr a totuJ of £500, whiclJ baye been ampl. for oontiM 1..tin" a or lotm. to have 110gged the of the on the ground meetinr DlesLing was and the raferr-A kwwdlt and this ao,jden..1 ill pert, designed, playøJ the of t.hOIl8 who &<:> ayui.1 a (,nte8t. When, It the lut noniont, Mr. id. dleton wu reqUt!81Ed to IIOOd on he so ,nfonned, It IVonld be through (;on.t<rvatíve fur South Walea. l'bia 011 the eve of nomination day, tbu of the cheque through bon-ever vrupw or woll-iiitentioiied audl lIIay baYe bow, Blade its r4ceipt in the Ithuudda in for "mOlt Ilu¡:o..iblt'. tbia rt?iii?dikbout m.,h,,d d 'n the u?..?y w,u adopted in ignorm?e of tL nity for pi-otiiptitude. or it was the of CIt, by time Mr. was aware of, &Ad in aympatby with, t'lfort.8 to a are, ques- t'i.0 n whieh many Comervatives in tiko I;L?otbix: Valley would Y'elt'ODl6 hiht. F(w i? is taM there was into of the "der "Mabon" was to be m a walk-over in fie on condi- tJ1I be abstained from in other 10,a1 In some quarten it ia thA4 the for this e'Om¡>al-t were by on tJ1e Mund; III the UlOY'I1lent ia attribuW to outidezi, witb lir. Holohltia as the iJlltoNW8IIt; Nld in all it ia that powerful iut!uelloe_the 80UrcN Of wåidl were nemed to m&wertI at work to the d.red ?bny dot" were liven me. which not be here related, for wh&iever mAY or lIIay uot have ùone in 188:) the illcui40'nt Í8 only of import&nOe 111 its l, n th l futurv If Ute policy adopted bea1r 811 ?g ii w b* regarded M iDdloative of that beo followed In the future. theo tb. ot acti. CotiYe in the RhOllclda ahould be borne by thotte who hope to 100,. in other by the of It is ehe "ut. of time. money, and llnergy on the pert of the rallk Ale In the if the fruit of All their elfort ia, tot the time of gathering, to be from their Here is a qion wh,h the COJ\tIenati\'e  in the l{Jwudda ,I h ¡.Hle t o worki.g for a definite t-,(I. Z,,?ejy, ,a figm 7.1 the 81Ct; or ;hi:et;  is muM '0 them; if the had heUer to the-ir tentel IUld stay 1'11- ia one other in te- course of 81Y the MeUM thPir end8 aDd at the eave a aud trouble of 1Úwil,g the 3IId that Î8 by a i to a If it i tb1lt he proved c'OlUplair.mt 111 1835, be ?rdiwe d !o still firti.e, dibr8 t l ie d hi. ] r*ally independent bour pWy in the Houte. The rmtributiono bv nwous of A,Iiic:i Le is maintained are, I 1m informed, drawn front indel)endent of tlir 1100. thi ..0, "Mal,.m" ma.y be to h, OCIrniction tftt he allO Ikont of IlOlit.i''81 partiee. -his achieved, a aappy. peeceable miseh-, be to in the Rhondde umin which both 1)artie? ditfereu,,ft, ard Mr. Botth- kis would be lIIyed worry. TUN PRHSENT POSH'tON. I A«u'ninn. however, that future the Unionist tMdera in tlb. Rhonddt intend to txka pohttM *eriou*tv, it M necessary ¡hat I thuu'd dett with the divLtiun and it< "Jï!1Inl"ation M it Mitt to-d*y. F'n? to to tte ?eot?ph? it IUrû- ?Ilhe l:: of the two rl.=d. said 't"rtt ? Forth, httwe?nwh-ch ?nddo.. Gilftohgooh the boundMy ?h'ch dj pttee rnd ?)de< th* Mondda. from the Southern DivMicn Of the countv ruM !M*roM the outbt* ot the DinM <ftd I'so grag f rottte. 1'he Rhoodda D\viAion lanlted oiL the tMt tnd i we?t rttMotively by the EMtwn M<t MK! i,nd ?hicht t?o mM? M<<QM th? nfMthmtt boundary of the and cut i? c? from BMooMh? I" Pr-A the Khondd, Div,on t. the ..m*He? in ?the wucty MId co.iu of M.44C Me*-19.M2 beinx land Md 108 wtttt. The total elftlw- rate is tbout 15.000 Totort. divided between teventeen ]M!tm)( ditfictt. In teTef)J '9ntlW of the Rhond,d. t Divivion the Uniocitt ptrty h<n yet to be cretted. and it wtit not be brought mto nlatenfe utuwM and until prop-miy-mmaged CoMtitutiontt ctub*. w,,rking o:t ftncMv political hcet, M< estab- Imhed at 'e pt)n.« tt'u* d<&cient. P'p" organï.atlOJ1 Kmtt in all the <eT<Mtteec polling dMtricM in the division, but it is moribund in mo't p!Me<). Tb<re M< (o"r Ilourifting Con OwTat,v. c:!ubo )!i the Khondd* propet and two on the, b«und<MT. The former are Fero de!< with about MO member)). MMfdy w)th dale, TytorMtown with 2SO. )md Hwycyp< the tttter are Pe'nt!rti,( jomt with South 0<nnon;<M.. Mtd Forth, at which ttreo <-on«tt- tu<-ncie* (&'<t. South, and Rhtindda) converge. Pontre ie abmt to be ouppfied with a CoBtt)- tutional club, and for a lonll time" bM been afoot to e<t<tbii'h one at Ynythir. <o ftr without (leanite reeutt. The nc-ent hittorr of ,)ne or '"o of the debt hM bem <o!newt*t <'he<I,erad. t'M eMmpie, at Peny jtrMt the late manager wM "cMpetted by the committee Ilor the mditcretton of inviting t ftw friend* one Rtinday--a d<y on whx'h the chtb WM then cto'ed. The oommittte pro t"scIed to ettremitiet with the ma-Rr, n(1 pfttentJty found dIffllaeln. tt to<fjferhp<dt) *tth th-* bctk of the mem?ro. *'non?<t whom the tt!e ntxntjftr w«t ?er* popu)*r. tor toye tirae a M? plit tppMre?j itnmfntmt. t'ut Mr. R. J. RichttTdt. ronMrvtti''e t?at for the Hhond<t*. who rented how when the manager ttfuted to give up the key" he <ni)outK'ed his }nt<ntion of remtin'nt; in tbe ctub all niwk asi;ljred me th't now &tt was pe*f<, and that th.) ttie nl\UIAKer. tmoinot whom he hjtd ta);en a nnn sta-nd, count* him (Mr. KKhtrdt) "one of hi' be4 friend*' The ctub will take Mmt time to recowr the thi< incideitt. but lip to the the has not eventuated in an *elite oonitllionaJ qUe.tioD. emnia to tv,. th-, at Ter?(lale. "h,re tA)e C'h'b I tMtM to hRve ttrfwn out of the local CoMerv t the A?"?'"ti< c<ft)xa nm!cot)te<tt< ht*e M 'en )tnd ftTmed "a o<ttf." They etteb- )iehed )Mt _¡\Ûnn, and then rosoly-d to fortH a rm)w ph'b. hot when thit propoMJ. in the fortn of ftpptic?tion tcr ttt?re. «une bet'jre tbt ditiMoatt Mtooi'tM'a ?< ottMMim (Mt. W. ruled it out of <)<d<r. It M this ruling 'Muoh tonM the keftei o{ gran CmAitutioug << which nfw Mptttet. the UmonMt paty in the Rhondttt. ).„ the agent, who M tito «cret*ry of the diviaojooalllUlOOiaiion, Md who doee not d11gUi(\ UtefMt th*t he doe* not rogwd the Mhou of the teofdeM *< ultra vtre*. tbmwht it nght to suibulit the point to oublirtI. wbom tt <tetL'hba<f M hit "I()tMler<"—H' othef word*, I t<Mn ftom oth<t 'ourcM. Mr. HotohkM tut be<!n M)pe'M to and Mr. Hotohine hM dectded MMtKt the oh?tfMtm't t-ulw?. It M umforM- MM <t*t Mr. Hotc?K't retda? o? ooMtitu- tionfti 1*? *cd UMt? iu ?'?oti to ohiunuM thoutd JP? h'm <o ttkw ihi< *t*&d, for, judg- ing by pfeotdent fMta, H it 'tot tikeiy th*t cxt dtotunt wiU be tM?pted. I found in J?mdtl* t Tery 'tKMX feelwg of Mt*<o'u'mt tp mttr- f<KUM by uutMdon), M<d MpecmUy by Mf. Hotohkit. ol whom it if ttle<!<d tb*t. ooiu¡c oul,e invited to nt M Mbittftor in the uh)b dupute. he thowed himM? a ptftt?M, <?ud )<ttr in the «mw <vMuc)f sticdrlt: 'mn, &ud At which ttte dneectMuttf to &'rM ,lMjparate orou. 1'he ofifto 01 fbe ditptte M obtoure, while the pr?nise tt<m<ttt<<[ and lit a[ the 'iitten- tient* M not otwtf. At Femdale I WM tMmwd thtt 'ome of the tetdett o< the (tttttectMBtt Me men who for vtn-iow* reasoue have I*on Mpetted <Ktn th< FMwMe « ntligbbouri otutb*; while the agen4, Ao, coMfMy to whtt w<n the OMe tt PenygtMg. DV.. ttnd« h))Mtl{ oo the tide of the m&iooo<<n<<, dacJend the eeoedeni tmve good fround for theo- Mtion. It M alao tttted th<tt thlr dMouotaut M <h*Md by other* who am y.)t in the otub. I h*ve. boweYer. h<d ounveMtAion witt <o<ne o< thet. tttd failed to note tmy tigas of di)Mtt)*htct*on. For m- Mt-Son ThomM. ttte <tMret<ry of the blwnikehau Aoxx>atiwk, who was eo BMCtd, spoke eiithusiastically of the work iM the ne))fh- botu'hood, tmd remtrked <)Mtt his br*ch was financially by åbe Club. Aft<r do,omibing the work done )tt thf) Imt tion Mound Bi#mlloc4mu, a,t which the SMtota tnd Rh«x!da DivMionf) join, Mr. ThomM *M<1. The Khondd* is not <eU orpnlleØ, we w .a:jøltld by Mr. HotchkM *t the htt eteottOtt. He titomifed Hmt IDNl ehouM aDd withdrew iii tåe lui moment Th< flloOl¡ of the mwtter M that tte coHiery pro- ptwtert decided the tf*t lbould fot he c<'n- t<tted- The rank and Ole wtM r«tdy, but a few offi(" blocked the witole affair, Mtd Mr. HotoMtu WM their itWtl'lIIIIØnt." "Th*t M dMooutWt to the tank and ile." I rormwlfki. "Of 0:>\1J'M :t x. Thefe wowM be nothing done in th<) Rhonddt but for Ftfndtde." Ttxo Mr. (;,okiewonhv, who WM tt*o ttmed ro as on of the mahx>nt«ltAI still in Herndale Club, and who was durina a portion of my oonveon witb Mr. Thmnas, took up his &1fa.ÎnØt Mr. HctohMs. whom h< described M htTi? 'VAed up tt-s malooutent. who were expell?l from thit club." If Mr. Goideworthy (tym- }NIotbi.- with the All was to me, b, a 8iugular way of it. I from Mr. Holds worthy thttt th<. difffTenoeo botween Ftrndtde Con. and Mr. HoiLd" da4e baok to the d*vt of the farmer *tfent. Mr. Kent. Fe<ro- dale bt'ieved in Mr. Kent. <tnd Tttued hie work, wbich ia eyeh now re d with faco?(m but Mr. KeDt sema, unfortutately, not to have won Mr. H()oohki8'sapprobatw:I, and h.. I,Dt.agon..m thus commenz tus amou- tmtttd. Mr. Sam ThomM here interpo<fd to retPM'k waø lid well done in that dietrWt J n 1896 lid in Rict.an1s," added, "sent a man from Peny. to look after whitt we were here. took that so an insult, not work  Pfissing i,?to reminill'enœ of former figlits, in which he I. ad sMn muoh servIce and done mw h work, Mr. Sam ncimm Illid that in the E: Glamorgan c?)ntea of 1835 the Blaenlleolxau Coni.¿:tive C-ommittoo could obt*iit a room in 1It.irh to JDeet, and took refuge in a œUar u?ic6r a pr'vato h,)uje, from wlik-h pl- they were ;i? ejecteJ, owmr to Wplrlt of Boycott all who with the Conaer- v&tive aindidate. Of the work at  being "ri-ied on by the Union pafty m FAt tnamorgan Mr. with the utmOift and the way in whioh he was supported, !,b-. Sam The m'lney is kept b8ck by the troTH the in the name nf th9 work- men'ft "'mlDi, and the Ittttpf pty it over to thb RhM''id* Litbour and LibtMt AMOcittion -1.. a YOOl from man. I lIhould not oppoee him if he were a member and n(1t a Radical. It is øin¡{UIar that thov NPollnot live in aooordanOlll with the prir.Qjpleo< of voluut.lry18m. In Anytbing ron. nClllted with the wow I would in to Ñle majority, but too majority no to in ter- fere with II politic.1 views." I:tERVlKW WtTH THE CHAIRMAN. Yir. W. of the the in hi. interviw wt<h m<, I.Kribed the orgoni"Ai,,ti as workmft from the out into the diMt. With rwpec4 to the C<Jnteet ill 1895, the moet in of but tby Mr. Hotahkia and by Mr. Ho"d, aud it wu for t-he of a to the thm If they had had a they hue -the 1I&rty in the division, and would, haM, been iu a muoo potuioll for at the nnt elect ion. "WbAot ,f Ntr. Hotohkm'o wotk!" I Mkcd. "He ahodd a WE'11th agent to him," was the reply. i n,q tQ affairs, '1'homl)tOn -aid tht at the ,*k,'n," meeting Mr. U."hki, th. obair without beinti invited to it, and ob6d tQ the ar?t being "ked w Mire, only yielding when one oom- mitt4w insWtfd INTSRViEW WITH THE AGENT. It WU A little to find that no had been made to prevent me obtaiJling ttiformation m to the Ame of larty affairs in the Rhoudds. w So far as ite tb. ueooiatÏOn are cenwaod-ttie [Of iuatam,&-l wee any SUM from out4!Íde would have been to failure: tlhey would brook uoing ci t the kwd. But I was surp to tind the agent complai.nt and ready t,?d?lwum from evw7 point of view. He wid IU" (in to my qumtioiis) that he had not a 01 th6 fajmou3 oiroulu with other .nl8 and had be-en f.vou d ?rninif them in8t me. He said that Mr. lfotohko, when he met him once at, Oardiff, had limply inquired, in a plaoid  whether be b!\d .een me, adding,  & negaliv?- reply, thst he (the awnt) would pro- a 01111 11'0111 me premyitlv. Mr. Hctohtfie now re*Iit« thoot the effort to obtainiug infonuation involved who t-niered upon it in all unequal COli. teNt.. Anyhow, I apent with Mr. R. J. Richtrdo ou the do.y I met !?int by appoittme,it, aid I ieve i% all lilY (lueotimij straightfor-wwdl 'v. i illning at the top of the IUwnodda Vawr, "'(0 followed the valley down to anrl then went up the RhotKM* F<teh. Stated Fen-rally, the aummillf up of Uniool&t efÏort on IUI as we can." to detaae, Rjoha.rd8 is Bl&enrhoudde, and 'a 'I'm?h Ual we halvi? an ii*titute whielt t?rveo the two dikriots. We may have a club thel'6 preeectly, but the peopie on the ground think tin)(>j¡ ar-3 too bad to f!.œt a 6lub now. It Î8 not for me to a alub; if you cannot got the 10<:801 men to c-o-opemte you cannot At Treorky we Mve no organi- ottion. We want <t otub them, but they are hesitating tbout it, at) though <mttble pre- m available. With regu-d to 1 expeot the pJAU8 for the club premM &VffZY dAy. A OOIUpaDY has been to uroperty Mi<} pfOTtde premioe*. Thie is the bi1(¡¡a¡t of thll division, laid ..bout 5,()<M etttotoM oat of t totti of 14.000 to 15.0CO. A committee exi*t< here Mtd at Y IIInd Khoudd* 0*1 p*pef. Farxmeton wt* tnmttd at the iMt meeting of Ae divtoion&t t«ucmttoet to form di.tro'.ct t<MOt*tion< the<<&. At Mwynyfi* there is tt club Mth 300 membeK. ttl tontnbutimtt to the dittnot MMcittion. No, I do not &nd thtt t*t<'M worianeo'o Mtxtl oiubt MMt m the etme pt<MX M the CoMefTttive club* Ou" they mjute the )ttter. <Jthout{h thfW Mtbt'of'ptiono M'e tower Mid they Mt OJJl'n ionifer on Sund&y<L The Peny)frxi(t 0)ub na. I øbout a yimr, and bu 300 iyom- beft, who Me *J<o m<ttntent of the M*oc<*ttoc. 'The !o(*J MtOomtioM hrict together many monbert o< the pMty who do not belMve in and wi11 not join cluba even when they are Hot opened on Ie "Pute at the Penygi-&iK (n-(ib I took up t pomtion ageina the ttte Ulanage, and he M now one of my be<t fneMh ttnd hftrdeot workero. A lot of the member withdrew, but they have oome baok. At Mtrth thf!-e it a ttrontf locftt Mto- (Mtion torvmj)' three divitioM Md t club Mfeat!y opened. At Ynysbir a niovwnont to form ''tab was umifrumted two yeM<t ttfro when it WM thought thtt t(ood pfemite* oouUt be *ecurt<). Some ti<ne ?ftef I MW ? t?Mment ic the 'GlamOrpl1¡' Ttmo! <am'tmtins' from a ocrt?n ?eot!MMm, to the ett't? A'M w)tb itncther ttenttemM h? WM quite prepMred to fonn t club, provided twetv otherx would join. A lootti <Kton?tion wtt tftfrwMdt termed, and the )etdert. tuch as Mr. ,Mlkoe, of Wtttetown, tnd Mr. ThotMt JMKt. YMyfthtr. nrpd that there WM tto hurry for fofrntftt <')Mh. 'Let mt tee.' they md, 'how the attention vkll erow nnft.' After the fcni.ttKn of the moo6atiim we held amoking t-Mteert* f' nth<'r meetinp for tte bm!dH)t up of the t have (riven Mr. Richtfdt't statement with4Dut brw. bat I <m bound here to mttr- ject the re)ntr!< that in refftrd to Ynythir there exiou t0tt<< d.ivt)t[<MM<' ol ittttement M to <ht I chrooooloø¡,JIfJ tfq('en« of tvtu)<<. At fem- d<te. Mr [.itttfjnnn* Mwured me that the tMt tnotion for e..taMi''h"tjt a cl lib at N UY*hir C*nle from ?emti<Je: th*t. *rt<t thtt. the vmt tp['Mr<'d Oil the wwroa, and ttMt theratftet nothing M been dof.e. Mr. L«He)oBBt h<M- I itig of until the Mtae of the tgent't etforw was MleD. "The next p?M?" contn<o«t Mr. Rtt?Mdt. is Poatrr:w'J:h ;tb gt4cle?.t6own and Tyiors. town- 'm'lre ))) itt thi* !o<-<J«y a otub with 180 ttMwbert al4 to 'he %so DivWwn. W. tM tfotiM- to «ttbMt M twtetttMa th*M t<t (' meet the caee of Usel who wtU not Jem autx. to I *"itet< M <t ttrong atub there, I <m told," Nplied i?he "Icmt. 1149to ia an'ooi&t.ion »t and club." "Were the sesoci&W)n Mid the otub fomd! toa?har?" "No." I "Which ae the oMeff" club i. the outcome of tiM Mtooitttoo foHaed m 1893 by Mr. Kent, th<! tMBt t?t thtt tMM, W?th th« MtMttBCe Ot toeaeI<'«JCotMt*T<tiT9t." "And the otub grew out of itt' "Y<n. I beü&'f'eo." "A,a d more t4y tawther moooil*on has boon fonned!" hu "Yet." "By tbe olabt" "Nthe chtbt" :o." may speow N88OII'I" "WM thare Mty tpecMl MMon f" niunber who t*d beett tnembeK of the otub, for faMono b<Wt !ut<)T<n tu thenM?vtt, withctrew <.<td aent t reqitiaition to have thacMeIvett fanned lato 80Q "W<xdd it <t0t be okvwr to b*w only one orpnli"ou?" "Y.M; but 1 '<tU hoid that it M better to have <m )X)!M*<*Mn." "I* it MeopHMd? "Ym; b. formation wM <MtttonMd t4 a meetillJl of the diviåoall asomation he]d tn Perth TU Meocottttom WM formed in S<p- me*, I of #Ute- meet. wMch mo<HBctt'onn. Mr. MtdwiohM *t*!tM <&<.t the tpptKttion to form an Ullo('¡ation was **6 to the and he .iMtted circotM invitMitf CoMWT)ttive« and Unx)M<« to t CMet t M, to brin¡¡i.ng the before the Mtd, fufthtr, thtt hefMt the mMting WM IwW, the diviai(al ueoci..t;on tfRet, bu* M) notMe of the Femd,ls RMpoM: W a# IP.von. A.t the oloee of ')he diTi<MM4 nmvti4 the otuMtWM et the membtre—ttbout mine <? ten in aMmber, the bu& t?in? ffom Mwynypit--w«fe ?vit? the room to Cttch t?Mtf t ? MM, put t)M queetioh, "wheth<f Mr. Rt<ttt<ltt thotJd oome to =: d<de cr net." The lority voted in the t?rmttive. The negate w« tMt put, end t<t9 meeting m?ted aw?. ( "Ie U<ere <mythM? tiMjojtomt between <hM <pHt <tt t'erntMe Md t at TeoypM?!" 1 Mked '1 don't tnMW," ?e!)?ted??? ?. thohM?t. 'I dom't tcuow their reeeon ? tw?kinc aw?y. Soote tty MM tMc? MMi acme M pthtT. "Woufd 't mft be better to haie thtm Moon- <"t< "Y«, *od «Sortt tt MooMt?hJMMn Me bein? *,Y El!forts at NOOncili!iOn In! bein¡J WeM *ny of 6t<M mem etp?'?d fr<M)t the otubr' i "Idon'tknow. ? "But, ?mrtty, you )mow someihir IU-hlbat Mduced them to le?T?T' t 'I am told tame of ttem Me (heeont??ted with ttte otub't baknoe-sheet." < "Mr. Hotohktt has been buey in this mftttef!" "He ww) ttt Ftm<Me the evenidgthe Maocxt- tion WM fonned. He WM inv]t«t by the otub contnitttee to meet th<m, tnd 4inf'd the minute ixxtk, and he hetd th't :.o Mtocittion existed at Femd*!e. The oonimi<t<e ttked for delay t'?  into thM tm*ter, and M!\ HotchitM, ?)o ttftarwMds t?ttend? the meet- infr hdd by the dMMnti<nt<, 'tdvited them I tdjoufu theu- prooeedinp,, but it wM then Md there camed by 59 Tom to 11 ,;0 fonn an asomisti<,n. The inquiry Mked Mr by the club committ4* WM hetd on Septæibef 21, and Mr Hotchkit took the chair, but I WM ow, of êM ro= during a portion ot -U* prO"XR E raesit- moetingH and At the November meeting of t<)e divHoct! amooi#A-on tpplicttion WM nmde by the new tt?toowhon tor panniteion to eet?Mfh ? otub. T?M w« mM MO ?roi.%Ier by the cimdrman, and that, ruling M now questioned. No, I have not houd any u.pr,"io. of dieconteot *t Mj. H?ehkM beicg .ght in." "Mr..Uotohkit M vwy tctire in thi* divi. *Y<t. "Mofe active here than in Mi)' othtf otVt- eion f" "He may be. I do not know the othen." "And hM toMvity, I t.Tn totd, gofe to the point of meddlMomeneøs P" "I have not heard th<t optnion McpKaMd." "What do you thick of the '!()uth Walett t" "I know Vfry !itttt itboot it. ] t<tvt MVM &ieHII a balance-stioet nc,r a report." "And Mr H!1tchkisr" "He ie ;tlw*yt rMdy to Moxt ma in wlatever I Mfk bini to do. At M<tfdy," e<nd Mr. Riohttrdt, ooncluding the round ot tbx divi- tmn: thore ie ctub, but no aMocittiou. MoMy j!f :e:t:: m thia divMion to work tt properhr. We itepd t minnKunt oi' JB200 a yetr. The p!*nft," he tdded. "Me ?H retdy [or intended <.ew club premisM <tt Dwynypit." Mr. RichMd<i'< a.b<eao9 from t ponton of th' 'rocee d "gts on the occwjion Mr. in'í"o "trbt)<tte" betWKen the dit. 6t;itionts apd the club tkmmibteo )?robllllly ren. dc?ed him unable to give me pwti(?,j tar* of tio ;K'(' whioh occurred wh6n Mr. Hc,tehki#3 bur*t, ou L against Mr. Littlejohns, acoui,.ing tike latter <.{ writmf! to the p&pM* "tgMntt me" (Mr. Ït:øhir "'cd the ?uth Wtte!. ¡i5; Mj T< wh*t M!owed when member* of the oh b commtttea remonatftttd with Ur. Hotohkn tj-.d tdvited him to hold hit temper ttuder eon- Uo!. LVrLRVIEW WITH MR. LITTLE- I JOHNS. _I "The Hhonddt Cowif?hve AttootttMo,  Mid Mr. J. Uttlejo?mt. in *n mterritw w??)t?? I h?d with bua pnof tc. th** with t?e ttftnt, "wae <t*rted at Hwynypit, in 1890, CounMttoF J. ThomM txdMr tiepttd piHumum. Mr. A. Hood preeMent. Mr. W. Hood tn<MUMr. <tod j Mt. J. P. Kent, agent, dqmoting s, portion of hi* ) time to the dutitt of th*t ofiim. B"INA"i work WM done by th* iDI- org&nL"on, *od.[ from Mwynypi* it spread into H< di8t:rictr. After tht Moral deotioa of MM! Mr. K<" tt propoted tt<tftinz a bftM-h et FeKxitJe. A meetint WM hold on JtHtttMy 25, 18M. iii. wti e)t thirteen  wwt preMnt, and within :h, week* & tm)? olttb wM etttbtiehed on te)n <«- rav-ie Imes. Lad wrA run in diM n iane aru r. O1'er two Thoo the pnmÎ.le& proved too small, and we exine to those we  at preMnt. and whi<?h tittn tte now too ttUfSi. ,Wt have elected -yw 7l1O memben..lId 1 tkt nGrnuù number in giod atm"g is .oout; 350. {or it it <t nottinj! population. The otub 'dot? not undert<ti[< r?Mbrttion wott, bat tt, doot) tJt it Cfm to eduotte th« cMtf'et by mtttt of literature, open-MT meeting. Mxt am iL (htt winter programme ia nrr fuJI, and 1. up to Apll. after whim a sllmn of opt-a-&c work will be elywiged. In ""ua-uat, Mi)5, we hetd M open-fir meeting <tt Mttdy, ..00 followed it up by forming and vranging for a colub. ] IlOO the same work has beeu dolllt in other pI So good but in the of the divi. sional lla6ot'i atlon 1 was told by Mr. aOO. others at Ferndale then; anve o&uae for dinatidaction, because, ttmonptt craser Mtmgt, meN ja DO provialOn f01 a quorum, and in pmet" allY; nUÐ10er of gentlemen who tum few, may MBume to ft <m d speak m the DMM of the divi&Í<JJ1. Thus has a &t which thjto reprMpnt<ttivf of Femdtte hOllROO the whole ohow, there bI>;inlf but two oth perl101UI thtro. Thie Ie a of thing th&t Fern(12lo people don't like, ad wou!d Mt amended. 'ITien the association poø_ee no finltllce eODunittee liitJ, tinance. OOI18illts of 411 re out&- tivEw of diet-ricto and on an *bout fifteen persons turn up st?tbe m"titi often, I #in iiforme-d, men iokc. C&rry little weight in the divÎBioo. Now, yefndaJe people think that the for the ci the ouAht not- to be 1- ¡tåa¡1 twenty, "At to money," remaÙEld Mr. Mttletotmt, "them iø money in dl8 if skin in Jt. !ŒA. bmlobe8 objeot to <ub<cribo to the MMoiM on ,'btOMMt the fMt't i. ,,0 UDder cbef thumb of Mr. Hotzhki& The sumistion, ought to draw out t c,,in* fw the ::t me]4 f d .a d it.t ti. to ry it out oeeded at Yny8hiT, Peatre, Tteherbert. and Treorky. 'Ttreeoutofthenve in oxittenoe in the diVWOIL' heve rMntted from the elfort ot Famdnte it <Ae b«ftnnmt of I 1893, ninety, Ferndaie. M«r<Iy, )n)d Ty!o!wtown Clu1». Ar"d-sloli-kiousy, btellllUlli. <«ttd at the Mttvity of MenMt? tn tettbUth-  inf, What do vou think of Mr. ?.t<?M*r "He hM er?t on<rM. < Ht ttka* ton? )tM)f- Mya 8I1d 'l>uei. hi,. dml, but w.i4h !itt)e re*u!t. We h?t <)iaeH)ty in tee?in? preMite* for t<w ot? ? MMtty, tad Mt. u,,t,,hkie was ..ked to tm hia idlu$1<:e m a rtain dirwti-n. made a note tn his 1X'Qkt!' w4nt and we ver beard t I' !t ffott n!)m ntaio. In tht mtMttme th< kmat olftntuited, Mtd finally 'tM OWV way .4 7,itwiA for m to b?y t M<M* <? !M?M<?? ?<(<A dti, tnd !et t porttnn to tht, ?c!?b Mt. 'Hotohit'* p Iz?;a to e?HM? Mt. &tMoMoc M to Mrm!- gtmtMon of ?Jub )U)d? M)«)C)<t<oB, and tntde t not<* of it, but 'M h?M ??<? nothtnt fof tix "Watt of tnit d4 icotty xt F<Md<t<t" I "ked, "The men who <wetMd out from ttx dun MM the committet) to MMt tbUl1. A date w<t fited, but wtxo the c<w)Mittt<' found t.htt Mr. notchkit had Mxn inrittd t)xy re!uM)d to mfet third perll(Jfl. They h'd oppofpd Mr. H<'t<-hhi< at Prtb4 M'd knew hi' tpifit. He would (?o against m tT<!T time. N< rotMt to out- tntetinfft ond t'«MW U? ditf-Mt everythin)! "Whv dnn't ,r ? ttop th? notict' bf? tent hm: Mr. Ri<-tmKt< it your agent?" ''BeœU8e we <htft no nworjm. A few neopte vote in thf. ntmt of the, lIIIfocittion I it M not t rtpMte<tttHye mettiDtf t: M'. One mnlution pMMf! m thf .Mme at the aswc;a- ttoa wag thtM c<. Cor.%MstilO Cltnb <<)<MM be olx,nw m the mond< V'!t<T M<-ept with the MpMM Ie. of the avociption, Yet nnt tmH c!ub Sa< b«n *tMt<d by the t?-'ttif.n. They f-tnnot on)!n them thx??ive"; M"y wont let u< do so. We tM not to wofkeMtpt by Ir 1ea'fllt. t..y t 20 e.t Ieut oaP* to be t)K<ent eat of 4Ø 'momben to fomt S' y<t four, an4 somtltm- eoty thfM. to's "JA after ftœirint th. weloulys L i eb-1- 24 ho)M bet<we the mt«in)f, we tJuf tpttt )B th< ntm* of the M)OfMt!< ?? ]Uvinr,i"V .«)!W!y i-Td o< W! ? h I <1e8ed tt duk" t) e!Mf w. I tw M* l?t?S&MOt' yOther ooèaaioa, Mtd ?Mn h<)B Mot?td th? fotlowta? ?!:ir ?ny OF TtfB 1895 tNOlDBN?f. "A meeting of tht dtTXton*! MMdtt?M," <MM! Mr. LitNejohM, "w*< h<td at Poft t m AprU. 1W?, '?ea it wM Mto?td to oa .t«t t.bó ooD8tÍ.tueJl01 at the n eleotion, 1our"@f tMMMdMjXM<tbt*cMdid<t'.M, t.e., B&?.w ThonMH, of BryntWel; JMr. Ajrthor d? (]QunciHor JtJkn 'Itwmm, and mys6f. Kent wfoM to <Meh. I tubmitted the t? ? f tent to m<t tt .Mf. Hotchkijt—1 WM UBdM ) ?. diMOtioa *t th< time, betne <Mt* of the je- turwe of the Notimei UWOI1. Ria reply ,hot if it WAI the Aenerikl dalro Df the 60 ttM?t I <tbou!d <?nd, be htd no dt<j<tt- t iluu. Aia tht, others fan? « M?nt m October, 18M. Wht??t <ji<oti&n o? ]?<S wtt) upon ut the M?oaMt- tion ag?ia tOMlved to «Mt«t the t?tt. .ad .t ]?r. ]%ichnrds &ad in a% the Hon. I Tf8 Uuavk lln!' 5 toLo.u.7;k to t?t, but M* f?tf ptom?d jmOO. ?eS? IU. Mid& I and C, i!:d d Xi.. %No extent <? ?25(). Thett two <mn*. to(t<*het?it,h "'M' We could haTe aot locoll)' Iwow d??'hwaiv?e teen ocproxuo*t<iy tMU?h fof t thort con- t.xt." "I Mn WId )'011 W'Ould meed. tl,OM!" "N<)M6Me. W< wer* wtUun A funIJIIIIR of ?M?IectNC." i Mn toM Mf. Mfidltton't crier M4 with- dr<twnt" "No, it w<M not wi<'M<rMm. Jboèt. JDMt. Mtj; WMbeld tt Y IkM, when it "a &pin decMtd to aotttttt the tMt, deM<<it 46 oopatt- ddoided to oojvkmt the seat, dt* ;cl? Ing tion tion of Mr. HoKAitt). At «M<. "-1111 I dtdiMd to oontttt th<) tMt. Md i «jpomt<'d tt comtttitttt of fomr {O' In I WM o te) to peloot;§, O"id&to, $i'I'Îna' powen. I went tQ Card1!f M1". W n, btlt h? rofiioed 10 come out. (hi i okma that B ?ht I M<w CouBciHor J. ? M ftrnM for a moment, Mtd t? ut?td ttne acHo ))t<od,jtddi<)t 'Let m< !Mn? a!y 'WM Ait txM t' I?6Lwr c?tpote you <?M!t.' TtMtt WM twjt ?y< txfoM Bomtn?tton. I wtv?«t, )md ?tt) owt?m b! <B)r fhatxi< per?tttded me to ttM?L I vn?d ? L?rd W<mbofM for hw ohtqoe, ?Mh <xmf t« ht.oo on the  w red to Mr. =ie%p for hia  he KpH?d tJ?t it woaid. be «n<t dMrMt ?Mr. Hoto?. Mr. Hot??w dMMtjntt?MBf id ooNmuniotttott ?i<tt &e 11..u6Y, d <N) ooo Id n<tt &td hkri;p.,i t'?Iw o'.itoek op notMM?oa dty it f j uM?)ere. We <nr Mr. MMdCetoc ?boot a .for)?? befoM ilominuion. rb- is 1)0 dou $4 w?o dlUy-da1bed tMt d?!. tnd the ?m!t WM pM?y our TITE CHjT M <SPUTE. I 'f then tooit Mr. Libtle}rtw thMufh the hit- toi-y of the friJtion whiM hAIl ø Fern. d81e, and thlot nmoh itu been by mÎ81pprMen.¡iDc J; which a little judî. oioll8 handlinA ha, "1 long te<) Incidk-z6%lly, ha to{d me <h*t t 0. ment is likeiy to be enecfted at FerocWe by ttie of 10 olub whiioh will ovur the whole CONMIA, and 1pIJIt a Vpm-kd OOIIP] in ohar", !?Whe? ?? ?'?'' '? *?'?' "? '?*"  out. T-.e codmo. ne w he -illy Mked m,? tb ?!ook ?ter the elub u'ttH it f[ot on ito !<<?. W' now. meatbtf of <.hitt ctab— 726 M the lall n\tmbtt <o ditte—is tM'Hnber of the ben in 1M!. Now ttlre M M oeoocd Uft(IOi. tiol at Femdade. ":}tII11ed 'thftl" out of the 6v<' clubs m the Rh. -lndda. I hf'ped th*t the Ilit would Nrard me as an alay working on t:U&nt linea.. Inate*A he bM looked up.)u me fpom d) pMt«t poict oi' vie?. He h)u Mud, I )un to)d. thot th'e Wt'r)< x imtcnded tto M <t nMt in !ttt Otean. They h?ve pMv<nted ?me eat&blilbinø more clube." J't this point I (imel3, queationed Mr. LitHe- jottM on t otaiem oat I bad heMd tbj4 h- wtx a rivt.1 oandi<kl1! for the 01 Went. I need not &,0 but may tbai Ir. me that, though be was In <frt<in IØIIIN' -4, cendidttte, tte never WM a rivi4 of Mr. W dwds-a f which. I Mm Mr. RiA'n'dt, I took the cccMMn to ilDllftJS8 upon 7%0 piiv ig that tblMe twc men-Nilepfii;. Rtchtrd* and Litt!eJ<<MM— CM)Oot meet t< aether alone and (lipeim their diNtMtMM—tn'my of which <ft ephttntMl, Both dMiM th o profp-e*' of the pttrty. both 'Me :&111'1 4i*A in his p&lotA"nW a; barl wc-rken, ?ted to "p'd h'is on WAY the ri? t one, bu t both. ][ better, fM Mnenebte to TWAOD. PR()(HI:F.AS OF THE CAUSE. I rinr;' the pro?MM of UmKNuet pnn- Ft?outMOfj. 'Littlejohm Mtd:— ctp!M. Mr. "Up t« J.?t93 there were no OonMrrtttTes Fendttle. ? Now the (lOMtrv?v'tt her* Mw atrottf: <!M<))?h to turn Nie «xte *t )my eleoHott, eiro Y ly did ec *t coumty counot! ooate«t between two Li4Mt*b. But we m'Mt hay, olube, run ))011. tM(t! itYf M, everywhwo, !n the :RhcKadda, if we &r9 to < maoet<t, and a winter al-d I wmw pro- gmr,me {«f <Mh oiub. Thi- Jeoturee tad ttpftehe e delivettd tt our c!ub <p]))e'ur in the GlI.m,. Ttm* tpd we have thetn f?. pro<Qoed in pantpMet fonn. Yee, we need Omxo-vMivt) J.P.'ttt Fenida4e. Mr. HotoMd** YM, <? it ttcttve in the Rhouddt. He corner to 6" p6!'ty meetinlc. MIMOt without Mr. 011 band, and tht thMrmtt.a '){ the ttMOoittKXi oeaact rute t met trm o<tt of order withottt Mr. HotchtM'o Optl tÎoo beinlf IlØbd. No. the about yoi ) int)\tiry wtt not «t)t here. It would be tf u*f) tending it to F e1mdaJ(¡. MR. HUTCHKIS AND THK RHQNDDA. &'r. HotohkM bu!h) More IN'KeJ;r' in riie th«n in any other that I Mve written. Jtt itt meet thjt it shou'ld be "o. Moudda DiYition is di8tÎn¡fuiøllCd abovE' mOdt, if ttot <tll, the other d:vnt<uM of South Wtlet. Herx the ohtet t,ftnt M ,Mti/e. He hM mtde tM Rhondd* DiYÍliol1 tnrt of pet t)f pfut.M'e, Md M tttvtyt on band whfn tppttled to by the agent retdy to twilt, any may be ouggtsted. The l&ÐioriuiW.e pMt o< thit otherwite htppy MT80pil1f1nt M that nitmy of the MembtM of the p)Mfty un the ero<Md do c .t t*t[< idcdty K it they athjeot to Mf. Hoki. evwlaatll a&tertwrMoe with the toett organ¡sllt.iim, Md M. )M:f'0 tjte pity, Mr. HotchkM h<M failed to oppOOoo by the brjllilln 01 his th- IS IL to him down a m !dd!e<r. The <t<f.t'< Me is.,therefore, not t h*.ppy otw. On the one tide. he tt*< hit own dirxiooti iom.ia- tion to ?hi?h he ? (Hreotty MmoMi'htt. and wt'OM wi*he< thotttd tmde hM oo"dwt, MM he 'e<MB< to !Mtve oonoatved the td<t, on t? other hM)d, t"t h< 8<'wM1<JW oopuptet t. poei. tion in tome wty suboixbnvae to Mr. HotcMcie, and .tha\t tw should, t)n*reh)te. tdvift him of tH U.'et' and movement& in the wvman. One 'w?y otevoi(i iaL whet threaten! to prove *n tmp*<i*e wou!d 'be ?oufd in the divniont! M'o- Mttioo Te)ie?in? the wt of the oMoe of ittcre- ttty. lft the ttent do hit own proper work- M. indeed, he tppe*M to be ttrivinK, to <?e WnO of his (* nity, to d-and 1e4 him l,e peHevfd of <tn C; cp in ?bich, owinjr to hit ?)efott-deM!ritbe<! oli:a W':1:' ,,1in :h he « in danger of co<<tinutUy beinf brouot mto Mt)f0tu<m to hit f<.now-o<Bci&)<t in the <moc!ation. Anotter m<<hod of aVOMtMl08 he< in 31r. Hot<'<h!tu' hRnd. TtM-f are cM)- <titu«noie< in South Wx!e< in whioh row--& qmve (owtitu4ional orm- 7 De a god-send to t%- TTnooiot party, whic 4 now, in thnfe Two,coftxl with the placiditv of &atb. 'Let Mr. Hotf'hM* tn'hmit to $614- denvin- ardinsiice tnd ¡ft him«'!f for time \from thf Rho\ldd1lo Divieinn—I have jtkdi(sted <ph<re< fcr the {lXeroj.. of hi a IUpe\ij>uOOant theN is doubt now mi,,tent theM will wot<k ittdf out, and the conmrrent onthwttMtn Ie oontolidated mte Wgo. rot" me.
TRANSFER OF A CARDIFF I I…
TRANSFER OF A CARDIFF I I LICENSED BUSINESS. I ALDERMAN 014my PIETUM& t TtM buemeM cMtM on for «t utmay yeM< by M«))rt. CM-ey MMi Cot., Qu"u-stmo#, Otf- <M, M ale <tAd epirit MefehMttt, hM }m* bt<tn MquiMd ty Mr. John Yoonff. d< presumably ior Mtttrt. show-all 'X)&" bft-weM aad wKtt M<! tptnt merctMttt, with wh,om Mr. Young M oonnfcted. Th* nw owati-s wtt!. take ion in MMch Bta4, aqd we un&-stand thut A'!derm" tnt<tB<it. Mttth))! from the tMd< with wMdt ttt ",biIta ttJ and conneamd.
SWANSEA MATRIMONIALI CASE.
SWANSEA MATRIMONIAL I CASE. TELL-TALE TATTOO MAR&S. la a oMe htMd tt BwMM* Poh«-<Murt on Tht!t-sd*y aftMTtoon, in which BareA OriiMtht eu«t hM ttuebtnd for mtintenMMe, Mr. Loedfr. for the defewo, )tMd the wcmtm htd bee') guijv of immoMRty with mMt !Mtme<t MwgM Or<y Dt.vi<w. Mt4 caUtd t HMBed M<HTM, who tlilltJfted to the.fs&-The plijimtiff, it tht bo*, WM quMtiohtd M to MBM ttttfo-mwkt oc her arm, which As trot Ingtli allowed the oMeer of the oout tt iNpect. He reporttJ th*t the !ettw* wen "M. G. D. wGaklh. }j£r. her ,'lover', itutXth.—lfbe plJiintiff rit" to .tatn who had toMootd her snn.- ? w<Mt tdjc-umed for vitak.
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60!J)MB CONTEMNS *K) MUBDKB. A privttte o( tht Oxfotd tt«m<tmt, ftftt Rct!?, ?v< MtKeU op to th< Polli ?t<Jt)a ? a cu TharoJbty, ecntoxtu)? t!Mt :tá t WMtiMM ? H«t:Ha<t. !)jt Mt?etM? Tt? ? tM wot eH ?wf?ufh. *<td yj? tn o?Ma?y, wtt& M a?brhMNtt*. ? 'o?bt? him <?ha)? tmrntt. He )tM<?<«t tof W? iaMNjt? <tnd the!) ttM? hM-ta? MM- N?te. ??t) ?<a< Mn<artp?!taMtef<t)«.i<tM,.?!?, iMMhy. 'NM')MM t!i'<t b'M??)?)ttj)xM M OHit?M. f <
BfUSICAL CONGRESS AT CARDIFF.I
BfUSICAL CONGRESS AT CARDIFF. ? 4' IGBT 8IBOM THE I STAFF DOTATION, INTERESTING AND IMPOR- TANT DISCUSSION. DEPUTATION TO WAIT ON 8IKJ.GOR8T. THE BENEFITS OF THE SOCfETY OF I MUSICL&NS. Mr. Cofl Hemeoke prefdded et nund&y moming't oonfartnoe of the InoMpoftted Sodety of MvMidMe at the LM*er P<Mrk.heJL TiMre WM good attendMMe, md much ex- pectation wM mMuf«t in the tMbjeet of the momimg, "ftht SIDGMS from the St&If," it being Mttoipttted thtt t «Muewh<t wordy WM would take place ovtt the BMttor. The ClMHrm&m congnttuitted the member* of the tKxaety on the pfatperity wtMoh had attended their work during th9 h<t twelve imonttM. Ftcm the monMat the yetr 1896 wM eo htppHy Mhered in at the Mnference in kdmbuxsk it had throaghont been crowned with MMoeM. He wottM eJ<o like to ooBgmta- htte t)M Wt)oh mMabtM, and eepeaiIll1 &tt *ecti<m, on the energy tiMy had cu#pkyed m getting up the confeKmee. HoMing their e<!B<er<)M« in frafMd Mtd 8<!ottoad, Md Now ia Welw, wq"dad t&e Wt thttt their work WM <xfrM on without biM M to niaionslity. There laight he diSereMee in the nmeM of difrerua; countries, rewpecting the ehMtoterM- tict of both melody and h*n)Mny and their tree.tment, but <o f<tr M Umt Mciety wiM coMcemed K; htd but one individaal object, nMne!y, the advancement of aJt that ,,as good and noble in their Mt. Referring to the enbjeot of the dey, he etid it WM hie belief that the backw&rduto in orothMtntI mMic in W<det, M oomptred with the gfett euoceM of vocal mmic, WM dae to <t W))mt of know- !edge of the etttff aotttion <tad the pre- domintnoe of the tonic eol-f* )ywtem. SIGHT SINGING FROM THE STAFF. I The ChMrmem then introduced Dr. Oherlee Vincent. who read t lengthy puper oa "Sight Singing from the St*n." He treated the eubject M an out thM then were three rottd* to the much doosaed happy city, Mutic. ThMe rcw were the ett<f notattott, the tonic eot-fe, mid singing by eer. ]ie eooke in edvoctMy of the st&ff notation, whth way could only be renhed by nve-ttTMd eete. I (LaUlbtet.) He eppecM to iNuticiene to teech eight-sifting on the monblt. doh tyttem for the feooaxriaed muMtd "ff. To tli eot- t. te8d18N who iheiz note.tion a< a atepping.atane to the 1Itaff, end the 8t&If as 1100!1 as possible, all was due. He deprecated the to by ow, and tonio sol-fa abould be a m8M\S to 80D end. bp,sking of tocM eot-fa, in Wetee, he ttid <.<Mt the Welch tontc eo!-fM*tw did not entifeiy eøcape from the Atrge of Mngmg by e<u', M the fotiowing quotation from htt<t month's "Mmioti hoNttd" woo!d ehow:— "Eva7 Wemh choir Ie<Mier, however, know* how largely hit membert eiag by eM. The cuetom of Mnonacing the eittoddiod chorMea six montÀI or a beforehiud, of eetting the eame teet piece at moceetive ci<tedd'fed<u m the f)MM y«f, DtakeI eight. tinging' ?- ahoirs umieceMMy. Tite reauit M tsbin*g t wAen Wetah aingera t<tke up <t new work it tfiM them gPMtJy. <wpe<Mify tho !tdi<x, who, for eonM rM<)ou ot other, are, in WtJM, very poet reader*. Procetdiag to emn- mM'ie: the leMon* to be ttMrnt from hj< &Ilegc,ry, he said that mMfhr wroryoae, at totM tinM or othw, took Mt intetwt ia m'Mic, Mid aot?ed to h*Te tome acqufuntamoe! wi<? it. "ocal mMic WM by far the moat *cc«t' tibie hfMoh of the <Mt, everyone living <t Toice 01 tome idhd, though not NeoMMniy xutttbte for eoto aingiag. Almott every voice oouid be Mefutiy emptoyed in ptft mMic, but to be an emcient membec of t ohoif tt WM tb<ohtte!y neoeeMfy to be able to reaJ at <5ght. Thoee who were co)it<eet to ting by eM did not derive much p!eMure thweby, and teachers who einging were not doing their duty,. Reading from the ltAva 1t1te many-blrred gate) iran, uadottbtedty, difBca!t at Srat, bnt if pro- perty ttugnt and studied with applicatIOn the difncu)tie<! could be overcome without undue effort; then the rewnit more than re- paid for the trouble tt)te&. The tonic eoi-h nohttion woe not a ..faootory eo!u- tiom of <<te di<no)))tv, M thote whc <tudied it ooutd only be Mefut in wortt which were t.eauok&W into Mmt notxtion, while the reoog. ni<ed mueio notation wwo Med throughout the wwrid; therefore, no muaicillG oowd oonseientiouali- aa'g' in  a new notfttion, however <unpie. It WM <t nMt thought that tonic Mi-ft wooid be an intt'oduction to the atftN notetion, but mamy peepte now ttgMded it M the end, tmd not the meoM. Some mueioitnj) in London had been con8idering the qU8lltioft, and had farmed tho,maelv88 IJ1to a IJIIWIH body for the purpose of and encouraging might- tinging from the ttttf notation. The move- ment WM to take practical ahapc as a coi)ege, to be cAtied "The Movable Doh Co))6ge." or, perhtpe. "The StaE Sight Singing Coiiege." It would be founded for the tpeci&t purpote of maintaining in ootnmon uee the etaff nota- tion in teaching eiementajy voctt] mutiic. Dr. Vincent quoted the official retunu of the Education DepMtctent for 1896. which geove the foHowing of teeobing on the different <!y<tetm: Staff, M per cent.; tome sol-fa, T3 per cent.) both, 1 per cent.; ear, 20*5 per *at. The .teed WM. felt tmong te&cheM, he aaid, fof eteff notation ooUege, where they could obtain a tight tinging Ofrti- a<?tte. One reMon why the <ttC notation w" 80 neglectled in erementafY 8ohoo\e WI. th*t the pupil teMhart thenMetvee found it diCcutt to obttdm the tteceMftfy tuition ia a mumer. A vote of tJt<mtM wM pM*ed to Dr. Vincent. on the 01 the Mr. John ThomM fett enttefut to the tocietv for forwvd a subje*. If they httd brought no othef eubjeet forwMd tt <h*t eonftfeMe they would htve beea entMed to the tnttitade of *)! Waioh mu*iHMn. <OMMe.) there wtn no deMyin? ttutt <<M tozte <to? ty*- tem h*d been the ?e<tM of eMt!<n? mMtyot hie opaiptthcte to to<n h ehoHj etnomtt. But he tooted upon it M e ttepptn< etone (Ht*r. heM-J Ce theu<ht the Wehh h*d pFoved they wete ?u*Mxt Mtion by w<Mtt they h*d done with the limited tnewt?tM they bed ohMMt?d. nmite< beeeUte it WM thetr woom to devote n onthe <md mbmtbo to the ttudy of jMt e fww 'd!.CIrQI8I; wheMM if they had been M to broader osten they wouH haft done ee many MWtcftoe. (Cheer*.) Spmkiiic as M inottu- imotalist., he WM vety MMOUt to lm" Mt inter- medittte eteppiaw ttone betweee the tonie aol-l. and the old aoWiOD that lù8 DÚpt bave an 1,UD\ty of b8lldlin, end he,ve a chMoe ot <:Mttintuiehta<r thoMetvee in thet direotion ae mooh ee 'a abomt si 'Phe IJi'lNm of the movttMe doh would tthun the ob}ect; tt wooM briatt them in touch with the and they would be able to read the lan- tMfte in whith tU the Met of the etvUittd mtmag world øpoka. (Cho-) He believed it eheot<tte!y eeoetMty thet elama AouM be Mt<tNi*ed eM ot<tr the Pt)aatp)Jity fo<f tte eequiMtnent of the <te<f noeetton. <Heef. J)eer.) He wooM not <Se haÐPitJ Matil he fotted hie 'Mte &ndlom&lo. <how whet <Mt they wetw Mode -Jf tn the higheet nmJCe of xtuei. ttd eduction, 10 b<'n<[ eHe to tMtndte the ttreet of the mm"oet nmeten ? the !M<ruMe in whith thoee maoton hM e<pte<te(t their tdeM. ?S"?. H)?? (EdmbM?h) thonght tiMt, *the oMef meht in coMMMttpn witt tonM oe!-f*j wwt ? tte t?enutttc w?y in which it had been tMght MM: tpptied. (Bewr. neM-.) He == ? a MMM to eB <ad. Mr AdoMon (Dundee, canted thot <?e in<wp0!?? Society <&<xtM eend Mund the country M? <? ?'* ?' t<"a(?MM in the; ?.n?ry «?' t?e My deNnme <tep.. wert. t*?e". They cetud nevef teatove iol!t rMoJthe pabtia echooh of thio country. ]S&Bw? B.BMr (LoMt?) ?M bt M t.Mm ? <?io <o!'<*t? for twantryMM. M4 he ? iMt MhMted ef )tt. <CteM<L) H< ?Mit ? tttte «Mfe wae HMMh week that etmH ?.effMn ? t? ?-< ? tN'. M ?ey r? ? <W i'?o ? ?? ?? ? ?'?dieMtThw? '??hM. Th<M WM ? K? boS p?ee ). w.? .hh ?2S? <M. P4* 1 I;arAw ?0*t. TBU? J'tt? <f !).'<MH f? ?eMt ehXhw w?B'«)? )to? tht t<nic oot-At fof h<tM M hoor ha weaH tn<itf- t<ht to tMch th<m ett< not.atidll.. (OxxM.) Dr. Fromett <Dadt<y) Md Mr. W. J. KIdIIAW (BAM) <JM tpckt, th< !t<i<M <*dvo- cttmjt thtt there w« on eMy ro<td fron the tonM Sol-fa to t.)te old not<ttion. Mr. Jotm Taylor (L<Mtd<tn) «M<i the mov- tbte dch WM the <tmplMt thing in the uorJd. H* httd bMn m ftdvoottte of the *y<tem all Mtt life. Re(" to hn we!i-kaown m.du. t«tor, he !t)Md thot it httd been tried all over <t<e country in the Army eohooje. It ims v,stem of BMV<tbte d<th. After tix monOM of l ft yetr't teaching by it they found that boyn! in the Mhooh oouM Hmg witt eMe in Ml key. I fHetr, hMr.) Mr. H<mdtey-DtTite (0Irdiff) pointed out that th< !tnMtOtt Moiety w!M <MB wt the <pNOMt on the prtvioao night wtM Mi tmginj; from tto old notttion. That night they wouM .ban ttt opportnntty o< tMteniag to & choir I from the hij)t, who were ohMy aoi-ftmte. Mr. W. H. CMMMnga acknowledged ttmt there wot bat oae oyetem of teaching siolt- mnginjg, and that WM by the movable doh. He recognMed the efrorte of the totuo I MB. W. R BROAD. J )Ml-f)Mt<, but he UBhetitoitdngty w<mM My ttMt their nettM<m w<M e. LinOrance, M<! not t hetp. He reMem))ered wh<m the CMdin SMtety whidt h*d been referred to w« fonned. Grett diniodty w<< found in {arm- j¡¡.g e, <&otr beoMtte oj' <ate mtjority of timgen* kaomg only the t<mM <ol f<t. He fought ttte tune htd arhved when they ougiht to ct tt (i)X)m the Mctuotttion. DepM<ament to Mmtt. TJM n:1D6 had come wÅen the Government should Vike eomø øtep. TJa.11 ought to be ble My in future t-hwt the teachMx thoatd mtke tbenMtlvtx competent to teteh the <ttBf not&- tJ"m" (C<M<M.) Profeotor Prout osd they did net voat to oppoM totuo aot-fft. ][t had doM <t gnat, &itl et good. (HeM, hMf.) All they <KMd WM that it did not go far enough, Md in oonM- qvmnoo of BMtay peopte tttdng it up tnd not 9c,img beyond it <t<a WAA oaMe of mMieti pjogrett in <hx) country WM hindered. Be propoted <&e strongea obt<un*Ne depu. tation of nMmben of the mutictd proi«non, bcth inode tmd oulaide the Incel'Jd &ciety of MueMMM, be nomin«ted to w<nt ulm Sir John GoMt .md to ptace before him the opimion of this coo fereiMe that in the into- M!t< of matM in talis oountry it ia mowt d,eiksbta tb*t the reot)mmendati(m which the Education DepMtmemt h&ve already iMued to th: effect that singiul; should be taught from t41 et&ff notttion ttnuld now be aeted on, fond. allœ tea.chinS tt:D,>Uld be rendered 000- 4n d such te&ehin L;I"l skuvl&v&. He oug. puhory ia the bigbllr <t<MMi«'dt." He lug- geow that Mr. OwIIllQlingl ohontd be the opjktttMn on that -v:aaiou. ((&eeft.) Dr. PeM'oe <eoo<tded, and the preptxttMMt w« oarried unauimou-ily and with .oolema. tion. SOME ADVANTAGE OF THE INCOR- I PORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS. I [m the *ftemoon Ittm. RoeoM (Rritto)) retd t piper on "Some of the Advant4go of M<mber<tup in the Ltoofpofttted Society of M)tJMOMM. Im <te f'rtt pt<Me, ohe pointed !oM that their petition M I.S.M. membere WM equJiv*teat to regMtf*- tioa, for gre?t cMe WM exerctted in *d)[<itt)M member) to the Moety, who maat iun'e eimtf euooeMfaU}' foUowed the mmic?t prc<eMion fcf tome yet'M or pMaed the pro- of ttM eocMty or eome other hi.gb-ç!.MI diploøa., Mr«. RoeciMt then referred to the adv. gI,iDed by attending tho oolfereaoet, wht<'h, ette t<nd, were yer)' nmneroM: the JàItAniDlg to mu" dioou*- etO!M. the meeting of oelebrated mtMicMuu)— peeple they might DeVllr otherviae evan h*vo eeejt—tbe vMiting, (tt .reduoed MuJw<y fertt, to,Rns of great t&ictorbal interMt, thereby impmviag their general knowiedge tad tum- tng thetr <&<MMht< for <,he time bemg. The Incorporated Nociety of MaMciomx mot only helped the membeM i)r«m muMC*t point of view, but improved their geMMt edaoetioa. The exonraiot. to Bevreath <md GeimMny, MTMtged by tbeH' ohMrm*e, WM one of thoae ,,art heipftt exonMictM. TJHu,, in TBMty eectMtM there WM fund for helpuig mentbeM m time of need. Tbtt W been tnoet <))0!)eMfnHy org*aieed in <ihe eeetion to which the heMtM Moused. Their eect)BttTy <t BrMtot h*d devetoped two depMtmentft of NHttmtt aid. It wte to be hoped that when thi< echeme h<d beem DMttOMd it would be fomtd poeeiMe to grant nne!! pemiont to *ged muticMUM unfit for work. ThM Bught be dooe by corn himttion with tte TeacheM' Provident AaMowtion, founded in 1889, <!ole)y for gremt- ing penHOM. It had seemed <h.rty to joim the eociety, M only on Moomit of the poam- biiitM< of oMnbiMtion teing needed in tppeo.)- iM; to Parliament to deal with <my meMurea which wouH be prejudicial or dMtMtffGl to tetcheM of muetc. Tht. Inoorporated Society of MutMiMM, &gai. n, had tlw&ya contended that the regMt)ratnm of musioiMM ehotJd be in Uie haodt of a nouncH etecbed by musicians them- eefvea, ond, oonaequent!y, the BtH of 1891, which would register teMhere by ay&tem in which they had no voice, WM exposed. (Cheere.) Very v*tuabte, too. were, not only the pubHo discutsioiM. but the many (lismmiono, in by memo bers. The society had remedied what all good mueioiMx muet regard M & grett defect, by nllking hannonr a 3ubjea for the profe<aioct) dtptomit. Laetty, the tfMrge numbert ttttemdittg the oonfereneM pomted to the enjoy ability of thOle gatheringa. (Cheere.) Mre. Alfred Morris (oonductMM of the Gweat Ltdiee* Otoir) pointed out that the de<d)y monotony of <j! the yeM round leech- ing WM grefttiy reHevet) by the oonferMce meetinge. After conference they felt refreahed. and went back to their old life with renewed vuronr. A pteaeant ehort eonverMtifa enMed, <md MBO!M tho<a tewtifying to the «iVMtto.ge< Mmed by membanmip in the Incorporated Sootetyof MtMMiMt were Mr. Ooie (London); Mr. W. Scott (OMdiN), who. ttud he h<d Moeived wire from Dr. E. J. HopkiM oon- gratnittMtg the tooiety on the moeett of the eonfeMnM; Mr. D. W. RMtbMn (BrMto)), who wud this w« the moat «!ooeMfal oon- f<H)Mt yet h*M; .Mm CMier; Mr. D?wber. <th< r. of the <od<ty! Mr. W. H. Cum miapt, who point&d out thM their gfe<tt ohject wM ee!f-«hte*tion, &md Mf*. Aubrey (Oroy- don). A hMrty vot< of thtmlct WM pMted to MM. RoMM, who grMefuiiy rmjied. Mr. Cummings ptopoaed, PMfenor Pfoat tttoomd«!, Md Mnt. RoeoM <upported, a Tote of thfmht to the ohMrmM), whidt w« eMried wdth MotMtt.tipn. TTM Cbftirnum ref)ponded, and the conference adio-ed. CONVERSAZIONE OF CARDIFF I LADIES' CHOIN. A oonvertMione tmd dance in coeMction with the Ctrdtft LtdiE. Choir WM held at tile Queeu.etnet.bIill, when a large company )tXMmbM. The BHt pttrt of the evening WM dtvottd to eoci?) interoourM *nd gMnes, whida a conowt, how, in which the ciMif, nndor the oonduotofthip of Mtdtme Lome Hooptr-Reet, Mve ttteotittM. MiM BiMMMn, Mr. F. Bhtctanoce, MiM Dor& B:oopw, Md Mr. Soott, Rtf took p<trt. Th< fomMndtr of the eveMng g'vem up to diuwing. The Øll WM tMtefuity deccMted by Mf. G. C. BtMkmot e, who e<t toooeMfuHy etttried out much of th<t TtC V*te h*ndaome dMor<ttion upon the oooation of the yMt of tt? PtbMe ofW*)et. Qaeen-wtMtt-htJ! k'oked i tionaUy M,y aad oomtortable. The M.d.'o were:Gam. M«M. J. Owen. W. Reew, <t'd W. F. PM*)M, dMMing, MeMre. J. EtHtxaot, H. Q<N-, Mtd W. Cox. By the way, the CMdMf Ladieo' Choir are providing <&'< progr*mmo at tIMl Park-lWi- Sttutdty 'Top* in <b<mt fottfuight')) titne. OONCIERT AT. 'mB PAKK HALL ) jmw WM pxfd <Ht<ttdMce ? the F*m ht.M «n ThuMd?y <vM)int[. m dirMt contr?M. tiM?oo to tt* meMM 'uxMtMt fhkh put in ?fpatt?tM th< Bi?M b'?bft, wttn cur !oo<J tCMet? BUMte ? <Mbtte fttttmpt to fNa<?< the Mt?tWMMa 4btt W?tto bM M oMbtotM! ?in- i]3: th? htf matt) < eM<<h<d to ei.e ?MMtt ?h)t. tMHtht? m?th. ? w?t hMwa dMfM«. On ?mw&ty ?<ehg «? ?"?*?!? <??' ? W)?M MBttgMM? te ?o? foeaMft. whMt WM mMnt M &I ?tthtr?m? ot ttM kM of amtoetMMMot M *Mte??%h? mn<tt?<tm?b.?dM ??'M ? W?m?TtrnHSy night'$I, Nt??M?.??.?ttS?SMwraat' ? ') Wtbh J.oiM tttt in h«d they m<- 1I if Meet in. tnKUhtt hM it< tdv?xttwet. Tt t &' 't PTt ofthf)pr<MMnune wa* undwttJc<? $ ? "'? Oinf th Webh Mate Choir. tMxier M-. ?C!U.,).Ma ThomM, whilst MtdMrn C!<M No?a to Dt tvee < r'Vhlattdci= :ídej.e: rMpoMiHe for Pftrt II. Prehapt, withe'ut a amgb exception, ttM variow chor'M t ba-A B all been heM\i in CMdi<F before, Md there M no net-d to tett S< 'uth Wt!at how well Mr. ThL)maa boy* c«n t<nj; "C<OIIII'6de8 M AnM." "rhe TyrJ," tad 1'3'r. Ptrfy't "P¡lgrÏDla' Chorut," or in i,rhfa Mc'< 6iA tm* and tvae tI\$ isdilm' chox pert(w pn "L!wyn On," "Sp?nieh Ri?y." "Civchh" Abt!fdy&" <md "Lt Spaffnoie." ?he .tingi?! of "the Vctoe of the F<tt.)Mr." ofi" ami*ed for Ù1e ,Iadiu' cåojr by Ak. F.  exeepticm&lj.y -U mnderi&d, the -aco)mD=ximmt ad&u-ooD*derably-iiu? b<MMty. At the end of M<ApMt the ch<B' unit*d and  fir8i, "G"ilym tg  reoowned r Haf," w.d, aeom-l?y, j, x M«Mh <? the M<n of HMtenh." T M e!t<ot c< tJJi. io eithel c*oe V8r, floe. I 8«]ot wMe fvan, in Part I.. by Mr W. Todd JonM, "Sound <n Alarm w!uct. *M loudly euoored, M<i M. G. P. vråJi.iIJll1jj, tUtd. i:i Part I)' by MiM NeUje Grifthb. ("Emfnt") MiNi M<trion ItMa ("0 Dfnne 1',ier"l. and MiM Annie Daviea bi-th ftom were to wLh eitoorea, Fvais, F>"Mloi., )md M.iM Ann.ie Da vie*. The RtyaJ W,-Isk. Glee lang "TLe Soldier's Fu-ewell" as a qusrtette, and The C'Onœrt wua very 811,tisf&Otory one. TO-DAY'8 PMGRAM.MS. To-day (Fridav) the roonwng will be OllVOW to the aouua1 the afterncoo '!Iil1 be tri--t up to might--ig, ?,hilot in the  I Mr. F. C-O pr*exwe at the annual l? q=u?g I ttt the Ptft Hotet.
PENRHYN QUARRIESI CLOSKD.
PENRHYN QUARRIES I CLOSKD. GENEROSITY OF LORD PE:N-RlR-YN.I SUBSTANTIAL ])ÐNSION:3 FOR I OLD WORKMAN. A REMARKABLE SOENE. I An went ÏiI the PeM-hyn Qu&rry diftpttto on Thurtilay wbich will not toon be fottjrotttn. SiMe t!te qt.Mry- men w<o* on ttrike on September H9 !«t the qutury hoe been pmoti,3a]ly o)o<ted. with tOO of a amIU of in lteepi the workinp in Mr, Y')UI16r, the chief mMtffcr, vnnted the quarry ot I'humg.. day, and isummon-pd him all the and men who had remaitted Joyot <mot' ttte oommenc<ment of the ttnte. He o.id he had (IOme there to bid them for the quMry was to be aloøe:l the. ni)t!4. Lord Penrbyn ill8truoted hiu to plllQ. all who were over <t5 yetrt << age on N. tt'eotfj pension liøt. to a mont. All IInder th<tt <))'* will reteive a pre&MIt of JBI on :t>ur. (ky to *MMt them on Ae wav towal do; )t<tinx 44sewhom Mr. Y OI;!I« thtt, in hi* optMon. tht ttnke WM the BMtt ttupid thxt htd ever bf"n entered Lpon. <M)d thtt <)t the tMK of the strike Bethew Mti the :)tith))ouAood were in t rery proop,,trous oon- ditioc. Bitbor the lIubaunC9 of hi, me'Mte or th<< elderly ftppettmnef < f those b fore him. if not both, proved too rn'mh for tte feelings of Mr. Yount. who b'ot.e down. HtMtfty votee of thenk) were pM'e<t for the ,eroøit). shown in keeping theee )n<n on ao [ottj[. )%n'i for the other thinp grani4xl by Lord Penrnyn. Mr. Younff, after thMtin)t the mei for t<<e loyal way in which they ttuck to tMir ivmk the wC!6ther durÍJ1:,r the løt two or three hand8 aU of them More pwliing. The tveftge #4,e of <h<ee ky)J men who btve now been put on )t spocitj peD8Íon liøt ie yean, ancl 80me of tbem we ova- 18. A lHie of men and hoys have .1110 been dUlohargod from th$ qua;, at Banger. leaving only oiiffioient to Mury on certtm neceMejy work. including the I xdinil of eittae, of whMh them are amll ttbottt .OM MM in wtoot. It M auppofted thet the numne:' of Mr. Youll8". the re<>elJJ.t rumou th&t ill IIOÍnc to C%.aads,
LONDON COLLEGE C
LONDON COLLEGE C<F MtSIC. Th<t feØo.riDlt nMneo w<M<e inM ertentlv omitted from ttt Ittt of eucoeeeM of the Londtm Uott<a< of Music <upptied to ue:—iV'Hi<mt Kxc<[. Mim* 'nxm* Heien jamlia, Ul,-$ (honoul-p), OMth Etten Bond. Beatrce M. I(oqz8D (MtM Jllt4Jel J_, Pentfth). tU (roBt th". Motion ptMM'fo*t<, etemttttMy.
THE NEW YEAR:
THE NEW YEAR: The New Y'I&r-189'l-wM uAefed in at CM. diS md oth<r towM in South Wttea h)r Ut< uau8J. demonstrations, lI1rs being turoed on, wiÑ8tIM b18W11. on the IIJd at the dif- ferent worki, and bel1a being rung in joyoUl peals, at the majority of the and was held. Everyhody and in CWdiJf seemed 10 kno1ll the exaŒ JJloment the N", dropped into Me. ETefythiog thtt bad To«d orgaDI any hootm, en. ÐIf in IIIfOUnd the cnt<Be. Many of the devout weat to church or ohapnl to pray for the old delivery and haTe a tint look at the face. lu the "WMttra Mad" premMea the event WM ce!et)nHed in the crthodox otyle, The brought over from the oomplimeotft and Tlùe W'88 bu1 the prelude tQ the æual œremODf of ohriat.i og" the Now- pet- formed with mUM eela. by the belp of beer and whistt and a Ittj-ife quantity of Ethott't oe!6brat«l beef pie*. We My t!m for the iniormA4ion of our friends at 1he uwoo. la thfl pee of the Rev. W. iOül, how. over, wo nuy add th&t there wM < moderate of ginger bee.1' pop.
SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT. SUNDERLAND.
SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT SUNDERLAND. Anothifr viole-nt d<c<h—<tb <eoond thtt hM occurred in S(ind<fhm<t dunn? the holxittye— WM reported to the ptiice on Thursdty morn- nt ? A mM n&med Ctrter and hM w<fe were M*kieg and quamllit?g n V?ed?iesday nigh., &Ad se?-ly ,ii 'I'hursday morig tù$ %man ?complait,M to th.. n('ihbouN f the riolence of her liust?nd. Later CAu?ter 6a?d his wife had !&lJ;\ :1edji. hfo and w h en thB dccitor wa? ?vllad ju h. fo 2 th. oiftd, with injlriee of a .ery 1:erioue The polioe are mveottipq the affilir.
ICARDIFF TEMPERANCE-CRU8ADE.
CARDIFF TEMPERANCE CRU8ADE. At the E<M* Moor&4wlL CtrdiC. <m ThuMdt? a audlEltlQe pc.I1ered to lÎ8ten to an tddtets ))y Mr. &let.eix Cf<mt. entitted. "The Of Publiem," And ilh.ltJtr&ted with lime- It Sydney RobiII8Qn pro- ar,d in expre&;ed t*Kn,owh belicver iii the popula? control of the liquor tniffic. I)ome peolke, who were not of his way of tbirkitig, attributed the defea of the law Liber&l G"Vúnlllier>t to the tempecance 1ll\tio:t oœu.pi..d so prominent in its prommmo, Lut, if 80, it the duty of thO!6 interested to explain the thorougbJy c principles of t Bill. Mr. Grant, who was heutily remived, then gilve his lec-ture, wbiC'h was for the PIIrt iden tktt with the one recently d<)ive'-K< ar reported, Wiough be brought, points, hich were ill-Litttr t-pon the
OXFOE D AND C.A
OXFOE D AND C.A TofteEdttorof S ir,- I MtM <L pM-i teru Alai]" <'bout th ClUb, a.n.à I cannot Ii don \OffiII&pondeut íl The tt«b ht* )t <(<b<c annum; Jt ig, hM < bettM' ceH&r of inLondot. CoMtjt not to be ioer. t, 111ivcrs !\I'8. can lunc6 :n t members or are <,mer. 1.!J M 8ol1y time of A MBMiBKR a'. Dec. 31
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SWANSEA SCHEMES. J
SWANSEA SCHEMES. J CORRECTING MISCONCEPTIONS. I INTERVIEW WITH THE TOWN- I CLI-.ML TJBLN QUESTION OF THE UNI. VER81TY OFFICES. In the coutwe of ta M)jt<rvi"w wtth a Mpojtw of the "South Walm D6tily Po<t" Mr. Jo!m ThomM, towm-otetk of 8w<Met. «tM!:—"The othef dty there AppeMed M ';Oe 'Weet'IIrIl MtU' tm epitome of our BtU, Md it WM 8j,UIounoed in the hMtttaf; that the tuat of £280,000 w<M uttudtd to be borrowed. Well, new, thtt'f) a likle bit The publw think, 'Good gnoious, they're goulg to borrow cwef qU&r1 of 01 the Itere'tt t sum on ptgw 27," oyatinued the town- eterk, ttJuoe M' hawl "opy of the BiU, "tttaountm([ to JS286.000 for the Mqumtton of li&n& But, now, jmt Me how that it made up. 111 OOIUlectWln with the trarn- Í8 ouly jS21,70() for ttreet Widezxiiig h)r the tnpte lOheme wbicn they aN so afraid of. Now, then, if the Bill jro<a throush. of ooune we to that 8um ou the widening of thorough?"w; but remll,.vt again, that 11 money which ti7o tmm way oomny will repay 118 on the ty y8an beMis. All these other 11J8 up tJ18 big sum of jE288,CCO htve nothing to do with it. nime'e 9254,40'4 for CMtle-ttrcet. But, that), that M mproly an otmbtins ottute. The corporation need not expend a penny t'f it. It morol3r 8'ÎVE'I them  to borrolv to dwA exte.nt. ff the feel sposed to buy h0U8e8, or if they msnt to buy 1800 oompu1øorily, they could then do it. Thitt M the tmount they Me tmthorifed to bofrow. They need not borrow a 25 note. It Î8 all a of oontude. ration. It it morely gtivinfr th<;m power to carry out this improwment, and if they to carry out any portion 01' the whole do so." In the oourøe of furtber obefr- vatKjut, Mr. ThomM Mtd there wa« Mother item of JEU,000 for the genentdng *<<tton of he works on the which would hve to be spent. 0 "A point WM raised yeøt«<hy abotit the pi?ft IJf tbe Bill dealing with the universih offioa, faid the reporter. "With r d to the univ8nlitv offi(' mid the Town-TPrk, ser?,,usly, "of c .otime, you "ill have h.-rd or m*ti 4; report of the dicu8li(11\ and VOU lle&rd tood d About the Local A8 I told the oour-cil yesterday, the Govem. ment Bœ d no er %U ar.amt-_ 110 proriaiODAl order. They hAVe 110 w at all to do of the kil1d in lIuoh a, nw". The only way to II80Ure is by Aœ of Parlitunent." "Wbat i. the effect of the r3esting "I can only tell you <j)<t, i:i my o)nnion, M the of yesterday's which I see is trot! Ed out in the Oard i ffj)llpen-t11e 'Wettem MMi" more e-pecially-our- chamcp, Mt Tt<y con*idemb!y I <.tn only  ibat t%e memben of the universay CQ'lrt wiu n?at nor* wanaea on a(mo-int of the in- diaro* r:J=" .A(i:: ::ï Teptfte%Aatives. BeotLuee, undefettmd that M them "'1_'8 more iÍn ii thNl wppean upon the A nlti-I museum ia 5U1'8 to be in and depend upm it the tw that ie select<d for tt'e lootttion of the ua.vortity «<B«t wtit t'e the capital of Wait*. I &mk In)" If thot ing of the council in corw- mittt-e. of wh*t ttOMpiMd at that m,ating. it much to be deph." In to a '1 to vil&t of the counoil with to t,be tripie aokeme would be in t of an pott the towm-c!erk Mid:—"Wh)t you w<mt to know io that if the p)H gMt'a ttT'intt it tcd the nti..ti()n. tM all to oome to III end, is positici2 01 the oorporation as the ord. the, to li the wn by elen. In my the 6ny ion r &do t A# pment p,,Ii(-y of Bithtf tMtt MWt mMt be put Wo <<we M' <Ae oorpori4ion mut. 8tep uide Ilkw IOQlC oeotmtopL tey to ttep in tnd CMTy the or!M' mto elfeot.. T<Mt would BMtn p,,ooibly :,m aome the corporation to pay III sum of to out th iø new wbim be api1 .te.1 in our mids;1 Eveo now the tr&mw; e-iniany are a Bill to enable tMm t work thmr tMm'<rt)'t) Y'y & courM. M ouf PfU it a!Aùwed to pro"i the Bi t! ot th e tDMntrty* ttMnp<my wiU be w tbdr<tw< "Aadmppo<MM you don't proceed rith tm BMP" "Th* BiM of the tftmwty comply w).tJ <ten earn* before Pwliwment, Md <ht probt- h!Ht<« M* tfmt the powers t'ow soiiprlil by the ootT<OMtt.i<m will ftnd their way into tte h*nd< of the tnmmy oontpxny. Thtt would be pfttty pORti<m cf ofiaim"
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t RADICAL INACCURACIES.
t RADICAL INACCURACIES. MP-. LLOYD-GEORGE AND AGRI. CULTLRAL BATING. 6TJFF REPLY BY MR. CHAPLIN. A prcuttnent BMry UntonMt ha.ving for. WMd«i to the Rij[ht Hon. lieury Cht.pitn, M.P., her M&jesty a of Agriculture, a «'py <'t iMt week' ieftue of the Ban-y Dock Newt* Containiiis,, a reptut of the poUtictd 'peech reomtiy a..1i t ere< )H bany by Mr. D. Uc.yd-L;eoi-gt, M.i'. for Canmrvom Rorought, toeettna" %ith a Jefter oaliillg the riglt toe. jpiutXttm&t e.tteIÜJ,')Il, (..J utte )(t.ct th«t Mt. Lioyd-Creorge bad pUihlCJy dwlartd botji M .Penan. <md BMry thtt ttte e*t.tte< of tuembtf) of willoouetit to the extent 01 £60,OOiJ a year !Jy i116a1J<j of the Agricultu = ) a year by meaiw of the Agricultux* PAtiiig -,?c;t, -'Ar. how-v CLwAplin Lu lijtLton, 2bi-h be<.<mber, 1896. Dear triat 1 yo4r oupy of "Harry 01 the 24th instant. In to ii,qkir. ft 1 110 intorU18.tLOu as to the or on whicü tue cal<Juùotion of jE60,OC') a ) ear i< made, but t« the b<Mt of my t.lt.e 1\t.a.l.6ment. you fer to is wholly and A t very 6IUUIa.r in c,h:Ino<,ter W811 made with to duriug tlJoe deb8.te8 upon the Bill in the hOIlR (t Comt!t«nt. It wa* q';it« untrue <nxi oonn-Mitoted oc the tpot, <md 1 htve httte doubt that the ,,1.tlOn in thM CMe i< 6ervi[lg of 1M credit Ie one whic8 w" JlUide In leply to iooond qufttion, Tiz., the memhars of the Government will benefit to the exK-mi of JBM.OOO yw by the inr of Act," the answer ia the tenant farmers overywhere will duive IIOIIle benefit from th,_4B r ?.,?.,g f the Act, an d that dM MttentMi MMiM-Hn «f th< nh m thm Mtp<Mt will be fulfilled I htre no doubt. But to tay, <m I uD'Jertt<md hM been allegf'd. that tha offilet of the Act will te to trtnsfer £60,000 a into the pooket8 of the of the a for which 1 oohsider the is no or lrom my own I may --and. podoilily, it may bring mom- relief to the of the G,)vernment4ha.t. lince. and in of, the pulling of the Act, on large part 01 my eotates, and notwithlltanding enor. made, I have it and right to mllk øtill firibbei- Tem.ï.io in- ionc=::I__1UDo yo HE.ŒY CRAFLI-N.
IR[SH FINANCIAL RELA. TIONS.
IR[SH FINANCIAL RELA. TIONS. ADDRESS BY MR. MUGB, M.P. On Mr. Lough, M.P., th. BeUut awn of Commeroe on the report o the Financial Commis- sion. All political partiea were —The Prefect (Mr. R. Kyle Knox) brteCy introdaced Mr. Lough, who thsrked the chamber for the afford him of ading them 011 that important wlUoh he not one into which po1in at .11. He referred to how was on the Royal (ommis. ttOti by Sir D&vid Bafour. Md then proceeded to reply to the report which Sir Dttvid htd meued tepurdmer the Mport of the CommiMioo. In doinr 80 he emplnyed an ClXtenaiTe of di.&¡raro.. was a mœt the clol!8 of tÀe &A iress. whioh lwted III hour, the Pretrident tha.nk<1d Mr. Lougb heutiIy for his vi8ii, CltKing that the charlber had a committee to con- øider th.) aubjeot. When their was sub- mttted, the ttbjeot would be dxouMed by th< <jM)m'bN. AN ANGLOPHOBE VIEW. A n.Jziel'ø tologrui. from PtfM on Thw.day says -he "G..uloia" thmJm the prMent agita- tion in Iretan-I for ..juœd t6xation m&y prove a very for Englard. aDd if iG develope may a deciaive impu1M h the auwnomiatio aspirstim-a oi the Iriah people.
PRODUCTION OF RUBBER
PRODUCTION OF RUBBER TROU3LE THREATENED IN WEST AFRICA. The Central Ne-o says -Advice8 m-eived iø from L litate the natift chif of ÜlIdt, have to p6m1it to work rubber in the o"Wltry. '11.0<1' 16" for time been IIlI increa8Îng of fubber in the country, and it the opwion of traders that IEriOUd troublo will fohow atternT-A to wterfere with &ta.W of 1bo Henin, the pnlJclpal ehief, is inœ d t4,raUlet the of the 1 u d IIlId he anyone oo1y for the pur- of obtawÜng rubber.