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SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE.I

OCTOBER WEATHER REPORT. I

IWEATHER FORECAST. I

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL.I

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. -I

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES.…

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SUMMARY OF NEWS. I

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-MORRISTON AND DIRT.

THE SALTMEAD SWAMP. I

VISIT OF CAPTAIN" CHALONER…

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LONDON LETTER. | MR. BALFOUR'S SPEECH AT BRISTOL. I THE WORK OF THE UNIONIST CONFERENCE. "LONDON SCHEME OF THE (GOVERNMENT. 10, WltlTEFRIA RS-STRKET, Fmnr-STRSKT. LONDON, TI f:SDAT NIUHT. Ili-, Balfour's speech at the mass ine(-(- ing on Tuesday, the 2!tth. will be the great event of the National Union Conference j at Bristol. The vigorous attitude Nir. Balfour has always taken oil foreign affairs, and the experience he had at the Foreign Office last session, will lend peculiar 1'lu.. to his utterances in thai re-pect. Not less important ou«;ht fi> lie his references to domestic policy. We are now arrived at tlie Imlf-t illle of t lie pre-ent Parlia- ment. It will be a suitable time for revicvviig the past, showing what the Government have performed of their elec- tion pledges, and indicating not onlv what will be done iu the next session, but also what will be tie- principal work of the remainder of the Parliament. THE CKANCEI.I.OIt's Sl'KKCII. Ihe difficulty of having two leaders at the Bristol ('(inference has been, happily. I solved by inviting Sir Michael tiicl;s-i Beach to address tlie conference at the luncheon which will be given on the Wed- nesday. The preparations were completed at a meet ing of the council held 1 hi" afternoon. Members of the council and several leaders of the party are to entertained at dinner by Sir on Monday. On Tuesday they will be entertained al luncheon and in the own- ii,g at dinner bv Sir Charles Cave, who is chairman of the Western Division. On Monday night Ihe Duchess of Beaufort and Lady C:II.. will hold a reception at the Victoria-rooms. The Duke of Beau- fort, who will be elected president, is a well-tried Conservative. Hp--atinrnr- liament lor East Gloucestershire, and after h" "amp to the title was Master of the Horse. Sir Charles Cave is 111p SOil of the well-known Conservative statesman. Sir Stephen Cave, who held office in several Conservative Governments. TIM W01CK OK THE CONVFITFNCK. At the opening of the conference tho officers will be elected. Thp first two resolutions on the paper deal with Un- important subject of redistribution. One. standing in the name cf Major Raseli. dec l ares t l ti' M.P., declares that "in the opinion of this meeting the gross inequality of repre- sentation in the Commons House of Par- liament demands the attention of the Government," The other, by Mr. G. If. Humphreys, calls the attention of the Government to the necessity that has arisen for the introduction of a measure providing for a redistribution of seats, with the object of doing owav with the anomalies in the electoral representation of the I nit yd Kingdom ill the Imperial Parliament. Another subject of impor- tance is to be brought forward by Mr. Thomas Parry, of the Newport Conserva- tive Association, whose motion urges the importance of bringing into law Mr. Wright son's "Workmen's Dwellings Act." and regrets that. through Radical opposi- tion, the measure was not passed last session. It will be noted as significant that It motion welcoming reform of the House of Lords on Constitutional lilies stands in the name of Air. James F. Hope, who is a cousin of the Duke of Norfolk. Other motions of which notices have been given deal with the taxation of clerical incomes derived from tithe-rents, the necessity of increasing the food production within the I nited Kingdom, land tax, pauper aliens a Stutc.subsidy for the British African Railway, preferential trade within the British Empire, and a proposed Irish Roman Catholic university. THE L(iltD CHAMBERLAIN. Earl W aldegrave has been mentioned as a possible successor to Lord Lathom as Lord Chamberlain. This. however, is only speculative, and is founded on the fact that Lord Waldegrave occupies the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, from which Lord Lathom graduated to the Lord Chamberlainship. Lord Dart- mouth was named for the similar reason i that he was Vice-Chamberlain till he came to the peemge, KIRKJ¡.\LE VACANCY. For the vacancy in the Kirkdale Divi-1 sion no selection has been made, but you may take it that of the many excellent candidates available a local man will be chosen. TilE OVKN WITH A GRUESOME RECORD. I I hear that Madame Tussaud' have [offered Mr. Ross, the baker on whos.' j premises the dreadful tragedy took place, the mm of tíOO for the o\en in which the body of the deceased was placed. A,. no doubt, this unfortunate gentleman's baking business will have been llll1f'II' injured ill consequence of the tragedy. I should think that li?. iii"glit '1:1 N% ,'I. than accept the offer. J.ONMON (iOVF.KNUK.Sr. I am assured oil tilt' 11f' authority that the Government scheme for t ho further reform or London government i, I", no means I 0 I". judged h. the versions "hidl have been current the Ja' few davs, As a meic matter of fact, the Cabinet has still to settle it, plans, aml several schemes will come up t. All tli-t, is certain is I hat the present intention of the Government i?? to bring 11" a. measure which will have a certain amount of finality about it and ii t a iii, I ? I- Ili I(I?l, Bill ii,? was at 11(o contemplated. A grea! system of devolution will be aimed at. and, of course, the measure will pro- pose to set up a number of corporations in the place of the existing local autho- rities. Something like twenty-five to thirty of these new bodies are talked of. although in the opinion of competent authorities it would be as well that the areas should be is large as possible. The great difficulty in the matter arises from the fact that so many conflicting local interests exist, and the Government will have some ditfkult, in dc('idin how far tlw Bill ought to bo made compulsory. !)I any case, their task in this matter is bv no means the least formidable of those with which the Cabinet has now to come fo close quarters. The London Unionist irembers in the House of Commons are evidently bent on holding the Govern- ment t 0 their pledge to ma k e the Ixjcal I G;rlH':eiBJ:1e fi't 1I11)rn:(' ()}í session, while. at the same time, they are agitating for a large and not an insignifi- cant measure. KAISER CONTEMPLATING AN IMPORTANT STKP. J lie impression appears to ho general that in hurrying back to Berlin the Ger- man Emperor has some definite motive hearing on the international situation. The latest rumour is that he may pro- pose a conference of the Powers with a view to IL general settlement of the points in dispute in the Far East. This would be by way of a preliminary to the peaco conference which the Czar has proposed, which, if it ever comeg about, will doal. of course, with the general question of disarmament and tho peace of the world. At the same time, it would afford tho Emperor il'illi;tijl' that opportunity of taking the initiative iu u lug matter which is so dear to his heart. That the Kaiser contemplates some striking departure is certainly the impression I alii told oil excellent authority, among those who have accompanied him upon his travels. His references to "peace" during his visit to the Holy Land were oracular enough, but they were generally Held to convey an intention on his part to make his visit memorable by following it up with some step in the direction of ensuring har- mony among the nations worthy of the associations of his pilgrimage. At all events, it is highly unlikely that we shall have t. wait, long before we know tile truth of these reports. If the Emperor contemplates anything, he will not have been long back in Berlin before we shall hear of it. CAPE TO CAIRO SCHEME Th announcement t hat. h. Cecil Rhodes ha. decided to push forward tho J'adwa' from Buluwayo to TIIganyika will bo g?nerxtJy wei(:oru T?s? of <M<H? ia the 6rst step to the construc- tion of the Cape 4<i Cairo scheme, which has been talked about so much of late. It j.. however, a mistake to d-scribe the scheme lS. a Cape to Cairo Railway Scheme. As n matter of fact, a great part of the jourriev will be by water. It IS 111(> intention of Mr. Rhodes to take every advantage of the Nile waterwav. and to make use of tho fine stretch of water in Lake Tanganyika, and also of tho All)oirt N,Riiv,.t :iii,l Albert Edward. The route has been thoroughly surveyed, and no difficulties whatever will be experienced in carrying the scheme through in a com- paratively short space of time. A UIM*JCi:l.TT TO w; OVERCOME. One of tho difficulties which the engi- li"" had to overcome was a method of I i.,?I'll,, idea at first was to cross at i> point just above the jlllletiOIl of the Loi.ngwa River by means of a train-fcrrv. and to postpone for a time the heavy cost of bridging. It. wa«, however, ultimately decided to cross at the Zariba Gorge, i point where the river might easily be b. dged. It offers also this additional advantage over the route first selected, that it will detain the rad- v.'ny a much shorter time on the malarioiH levels ()l the Xamhosi Valley. The Zariha Gorge, the poilll ot noss¡;¡¡t. IS, next to the \ictori:: Falls, th" most striking feature of the Zambesi River. ]t begins at the embouchure of the Sanyati. and end*, a f-w miles above that of t iie Kafue. or Kafukwe. as it e; sometimes called. Above the enibouch "le ot the Sanyati the Zambesi i, fully hali a mile wide, whereas f h.. !Lor)! itself, through which, says Selous, ",11.. r¡Hr rushes in whirlpool- and edd'es at a terrific pace." is at places barely sivtv yards across. The wails of t he Zariba (Jorge are of Innl rock, and ior about thirty miles down its course are almost perpendicular. A line connect- ing it two extremities runs N.N.K. and S.S.W I r un the railhead at Buluwayo to t lie /ariiia (Jorge via Gwolo is some- tiling between 2o0 and aoo miles. HII.'MT )fJ:.Tt:lj ihe proceedings ot yesterday's Cabinet meeting were, as is generally the case with November Cabinets taken up in discus- sing the legislation of tli<> coining kes^iou aud the order in A lii(-Ii the proposed measures will be introduced. It ill under. stood that the two principal iiit-astireti will hp tlIP S, eoudarv Education Bill and tho London Local Government Rill. London questions, in fact, are expected i,) take up a great part of tho ses.sion, as, in addition to tl.o local government scheme being ot a highly contentious character, tho vexed problem will also he taken in hand of the London water question. Of general domestic legislation there will be comparatively little. Mr. Chamberlain's old-age pension scheme, aitbnu?tt not indefinitely postponed, is not expected to be seriously dealt with, and the question ,if ri),titiori will. of course, be delayed until t ho last session Qf the present Par- liament. The disci ssion of foreign topics will naturally occupy considerable time. The Government are, therefore, exercising great wisdom in confining their pro- gramme to measures whali they know the.v will lie able to pass. AMERICA CCL'. I lie greatest curiosity exist- in the 1 nited States as to the construction of I tit, lattrt competitor for the America Cup, and, as American journalists aro always ready to satisfy this curiosity, some extraordinary reports have found t heir way into the columns of the newspapers. The latest report is that Sir Thomas Lip- ton's yacht will be built of nickel steel. This has gained much credence. The Hon. Charles Russell, however, who has the entire control of the arrangements for building the vessel, does not favour the suggestion. It is simply one. he i-ays, of a hundred similar guesses which he has already denied. It may be relied upon that even-possible precaution has been taken to keep all tho details about the size of the challenger or material of which she will be constructed from becoming public; no news, in fact, about the boat will be given to the public until jUst before she is launched, preparatory to tho race on October X It is understood that Lord RussoJI of Killowen will witness the race, and strenuous efforts arc being made to obtain the patronage of the Duke of York.

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