The Cambria Daily Leader

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATH? I DEATHS. EVANS.—On January 3rd, Dr. John Evans, of 11. Picton-place. Funeral AOlltlay, January 6th. at 2.?0, for Mumbles I Cemetci'L Bh\A?.—On January 5th. at hi" son's residence, Llwyn-y-brain, Sketty, John %van, late of HG.-elÜll. in his &6th year. Funeral on Wednesday, 11.30 a.m., tor Cheri?,?n. No tloweN. ?JEFFI',EYS.it No. 17, :Sorfolktreet, jiount Pleasitnt, Maggie, the beic-ved wif", of J. E. Jeffrey.-?, Hay Merchant, Swansea.. JENKINS.—On January 3rd, at 83, High- screet, Pontardawe, Jane, widow of i he late George Jenkins, age-d 67 yeaiK. Funeral, St. Peter's, Tuesday, 7th, at p.m. Men only. IN MEMORIAM. REYNOLDS (nee Harris).-In loving memory of Emily Ellen, who passed away Jan. 5th, 1912, at 53, Cambridge-street. Dear is the grave where our darling is laid, Fond is the memory which never will fade; Trusting again that we ?hall meet, Kneeling together at Jesus feet. From Mother. Brothers and Sisters.

WREATHS, BOUQUETS, &c., by I K I T L E Y'S. THE SPECIALISTS IN ALL FLORAL DESIGNS. CHEAPEST AND BEST HOUSE FOR GLASS WREATHS. OPPOSITE NATIONAL SCHOOLS. OXFOKD-STBEET. SWANSEA. (Tel. 21y CentraL; IVOR J. THOALAS, COMPLETE FUNERAL ± FUiiNlSHEB and SCULf'TOK, has the Largest and Heat Selected Stock of GRANITE, MARBLE, and other MONU- MENTS in the Principality. See Windows for Artistic, Original Designs. Competitive Pric? Submitted THE MANUMENTAL STUDIO. Ma a?d 21. Wa-t?rloo-?treot. Swan- j sea. Works. Cemetery ROILD. Danygraig Docks TPA., No. 49 LEXANDEEIOHNSTON. The Most Up- to-date Florist in Swansea. WREATHS. BOUQUETS, and other FLORAL DESIGNS arranged in the Latest London Style.-27, OXFORD-STREET. SWANSEA. Telephone 567 Centra! N.EATH li-IARKET PAINTING. TENDERS are invited for painting the wood, iron and other work at tiie General Market. The work to be cprformed in ac- cordance with a Specification to be ill- spected on any week-day at the Borough Engineer's Office, Gwyn Hall, I, Xeatii, where Forms of Teudei- may be obtained. Alternative priccs to be given, and only Tenders made out on the pre- scribed fornix will be considered. Sealed Tenders, endorsed General Market Painting," and naming a re- sponsible surety, to be left at my Oifice not later than Friday, 24th January. I EDWIN C. CURTIS, Town Clerk. Neath.

PORT TALBOT'S PROGRESS. I -———— Rocofd Output of Steel Bars Last I Week. Further extensions of the Port Talbot Steel Works are announced, two extra fur- naces and stacks being decided upoa. The small 12-inch bar mills section of the wcrkd has recently established a record tor the works by turning out 70 tons in a week. the previous la-st output being 68 tons. The Dock Company has decided to erect three extra plants for the rapist loading of j coal by means of conveyor belts. The Port. Talbot Docks rook the lead amongst Bristol Channel ports in adopting this modern j method cf "belt" loading. it in computed i that each belt will he capable of shipping coal at the rate of 800 tons per belt per hour. with a considerable diminution in breakages.

DEID, AND ALIVE AGAIN Living Man Nearly Buried by Mistake. It is not everyone who lias died and returned to life again, yet that remark- able feat may almost be credited to Philip tMtzpatrick, who is lying, weak and shaken, in the Workhouse Hospital at Kells, County Meath. A week ago yesterday he was tending cattle in a held on the Trim road, abou? iive miles from Kells, when he fell un- N%, I ieii ho fell un- conscious. Four hours la-tor he was found by some passers-by. To all appearances he was dead. He was cold, and his face was the colour of wax. He was recognised, and while some of the men hurried off to break the news tu his brother and sister others lifted the body into a cart and took it to KelJs workhouse mortuary. On thê. Way they called at an undertaker's, ordered a coffin and made all the necessary ar- rangements for the funeral. At ten o'clock at night, just as a nurse was going to lay Fitzpatrick out, he astonished her and his friends by re- turning to consciousness., sitting up and J asking them where he was. A doctor and a priest were brought, and when first aid had been rendered he was put to bed in the hospital. The explanation of the sudden seizure was that a small vein in his leg had hurst. For a week now he has been re- gaining his rtrength slowly.

TO CHOIR LEADERS. A Chance to Visit the Eisteddfod at Pittsburg. "I am prepared to assist a reason- able number of choirs to defray some of the travelling expense. I will make this proposition to you personally in arriving ai some deiinite understand- ing as to who is going and who is not." This offer is contained in a circular issued by Mr. Lewis M. Jones, tlIP special representative of the Pittsburg Eisteddfod Association to Great Britain, to choir leaders in Wales with a view to getting a few to cross the Atlantic to compete in the big choral contests. The eisteddfod is from July 1st to oth next, and unexampled prize" are offered. Tho circular is issued from Manledd Llanidloes, where the emissary has made his headquarters, and ho is pre- pared to arrange to meet the choirs to discuses matters.

Tlie Hamburg-American liner Amerika went argonnd on Saturday at the en- trance to New York Harbour, but was refloated on Sunday morning without damage, and proceeded on her voyage to Hamburg. In spite cf the heavy rains on Satur- day and yesterday in the Chertsey, Eghain ,Sheppertoll, Laleham and Sun- bury districts, the level of the Thames at noon yesterday had fail-en six inches since Saturday, when it was 4ft. Gins, above the normal sumntcr Jevel. Thou- sands of acres are still under water. Four hens at Hemingford Abbots, Hunts, have laid during the past yeari 546 eggs, an average of 136i eggs per hen. j

"DEAR BLODWEN." Tycroes Youth's Alleged Attempted Suicide. I SENT TO ASSIZES. At Ammanford Police Court to-day, Thomas Joim l'ovvcll, 23 years of age, liryrtliwyd, Tycroes, was summoned xor a i.temptmg to commit suicide on Decem- ber iuch by taking ammonia. Evidence was given to the ftect that the defendant returned to his lodgings on the evening in. question and went :nto his bedroom, ilien he proceeded to a cupboard, and subsequently wrote on some billheads. Witnesses stated that the letter began: "Dear Blodweu Itees,—1 am going. Then followed two lines, and under them the sigaa-oure: "Yours, T. J. Powell." Dr. Breretoll, who was sent or byf the police, deposed to examining the de- i-etictalit about. ten minutes to eleven the SdlilO night-ahuuc live hours alter lie was alleged to have taken the poison. P.C. illiams stated that on going to tiio house at six o'clock, he iOilHU defendant on the bed crying. On being a??ked for the bottle he replied that ite had thrown it into the grate and broken it. On being charged, he said; "Ihere was some water in it. I took it because I had an uncomfortab le home. I had been drinking, but not much. I had! two small bottles of Welsh ale and two I lemon-dashes" at the Mountain Gace Inn, and two small bottles of Welsh aie at the Bridge inn. I was not drunk, as I knew I was doing. When-in trouble the iirst thing I think of is poison. I am in the habit of keeping household ammonia in my workshop, I which I use for polishing boots, es- pecially brown boots." Defendant was committed to the As- sizes.

"WORTHLESS FELLOW. I AberaYon Magistrate's Severe I Words to Abargwynli Father I A sad tale of child neglect was un- folded at the A beraron Police Court u;-uay, when an Abergwynfy father named Charles Bar her, living at Aton Rill, was charged, along with his wife, Margaret, with neglecting their four children. Evidence for the prosecution being that when the on use was visited in December by the N.S.P.C.C. inspector, it was found to be almost devoid of any furniture. There was no food, nor were there any cooking utensils. There was an old iron bodstead in the house, but with no clothes upon it, and the children were ill-ciad, ill-fed, and dirty; the water for domestic use j being boiled in an old bucket. The rooms, it was said, were in- describably filthy, and a.t the in- "tigation of the mother the children I; e!-O &eut out to heg owin to the lather being a lazy, worthless man, who spent a great deal of his time in [clubs and public houses, instead of at J ius work. In fact, said tiio inspector, the condition of both children was such that he could scarcely go near them. A j polic eofficer said that to .save the children from absolute starvation he had given the mother a loaf of bread and a pound of butter, but the young- est child on that occasion was too weak to rise and had to be assisted. The lather was at the same time a member of both the Liberal and Conservative clubs at Blaengwynfy until they were struck off. In sentencin gthe father to three months' imprisonment with hard j hi hour, the chairman said he was an I' idle, worthless fellow, but he hoped that while in jail the chaplain would reform him and that he would come out a better man. I Tn discharging tho' mother, the chairman said she seeped to have lost ail heart in her home and the welfare of her children by marrying 'a worth- lless man.

I I SWANSEA POLICE COURT. I I MONDAY.—Before Messrs. F. Rocke, Jas. Wignail anti AJd. W. Williams. I wants justice, and justice I will have, or 1'1 lappcal for it," said Hop- km L. Lewis (;5:!), collier, in answer to a charge of being dru uk and disorderly on Saturday. Evidence was given that defendant was very violent and noisy in the cells, and kept on ringing the bell and calling for blankets. He was lined 10s. or seven days. Sarah Lewis (42), was sent down for a month for being drunk and dis- orderly in Adelaide-street. During illegal Hours. I Robert Knox (38), labourer, was lined 20s. or 14 days for being on licensed premises, the Powell Arms, uuring illegal hours on Sunday, and giving a false address, and further for falsely representing himself to be a bona tide traveller for the purpose of I obtaining drink. Defendant told In- spector Lloyd that ho had come from Svaterford, and the barmaid that he had come fro mSkewen, but admitted later that he had been walking about Swansea all the previous night. Another Remand. "William Lockyer (oG), coal-trimmer, j was further remanded for unlawfully i assaulting and wounding his wife, Helen Lockyer, on December 2bth. I Smart I Detective. About six o clock on Sunday evening, Detective RicHard James Owens1 (L. and N.W. Railway) said he saw a man niov.ng about in the L. and N.W. Railway yard. A few moments he heard a pussenger coach door) benig closed. On searching he found in a carriage Thomas Jones (28), col-) Her, who was charged with being a sus-i pectcd person found on enclosed pre- mises, the L. and N.W. Railway goods yard, for the purpose of committing a. felony. Prisoner told him that he had| been robhed and wanted to get bac-k to j Gwaun-cae-gurwen.—Inspector Roberts read a lis-t of convictions against pri- soner for larceny, and he was sent dowrn i for iveeks. I Without Lights. Charles Moon was lined 5s. for per- mitting a. vehicle to be in Gwydr-cres- cent without lights on December 28 I Coal Merchants Differ. A difference between two coal mer- chants at the G. W.R. coal yard was the, subject of an assault case, in which Albert Ccleman summoned "William Roberts. Complainant said he had just given his man an order to fill a cwt. of coal when defendant came up and w £ -nted to see the shovel the man was using. Complainant said it was not his (defendant's), and defendant then had coaie from Skewen, but admitted or seven days was imposed. I Pay at Once or An order to pay at once or go to prison was made against John Thomas, a furnace-man, who was summoned fy his wife, Winifred Thomas, for arrears amounting to £ 1 17: 6d., on a mainten- lance order. Defendant said he had a cote which, he maintained, could not be I. cashed for five weeks. <

THE WORLD OF FINANCE. I I I MONEY MARKET. I I London Stock Exchange. Money easy at iis l discounts, 4 9-16th silver, spot, 29 5-lod.; Calcutta trans- t fers, IGd. to 16 3-32d. consols, firmer; foreign, linn home rails, good; Ameri- can, strong; Canada Pacifies, good; South Africans, firm. Consols Account 75§■ lri"h Land Stock. 75i Transvaai Guaranteed 30 Stock 90;' Brighton Deferred 94i J i Caledonian Deferred. 19Æ ChLLtham Ordinary 2i Pref. 92 Groa.t Eastern 6It Great Northern Deferred .5k Great Western 118:} j Great Central Deferred 15i Hull and Barnsley 57 Lancashire and. Yorkshire Metropolitan 55 District 4H i Midland Pcferred 7L Preierred. 5£11 North British Ordinary Dei. .1, ;m,hE as LE;fll 121.i jNorih Western 1331 ■iouth Eastern Deferred 67 South Western Deferred. | Chinese 5 p.c. Gold Loan, 1912 £ dis. Egyptian U nifted. 99 | Italian 5 per cent. 96 Japm 4 per cent. Loan 1905 85i Mexican 5 per-cent. Ext 091. Portuguese (New) 63j Peru Preferred 63J Russian 4 per eent. 91 bpanish 4 per cent. 89 I Turks 4% Unified English.Script 8li Uruguay 3 per cent. 7'1. Atchison 109J Baltimore Ohio Ordinary. 109 Denver Pref 40 £ Eries 33 £ Illinois 131 Louisvilles 145J Miiwaukie Il8j Missouri Kansas 2Bk i New York Centrals 112 Norfolk Common 116 Cntanos S2:] 6 3.t Philadelphia and Reading. 8tit 6ouLheriaPreierence 834 Southern Pacitics. 109 Union Paciiic 1661 Canada Pacific 25t Grand Truns Ordinary 30^ „ "Second" 99 „ Third 574 Mexican Railway 2nd Pref. 95!t Buenos Ayres Great Southern 125 LDnjodbuatcsS?eolCorp.Coni. 70? ? I JJ.Glir.;on8Day. 12 11-16 onell Transport & Trading Ord. 5 23-32 Sp?ea Petroleum Shares 23/3 Malacca Hubbef Ordinary 12 Linggi Rubber 30/3 Marconi' s Wireless Telegraph Ord. 5 Amalgamated Copper 81 g Rio 'iinto Copper 751, Anaconda Copper 8$ British Soutn Africa 27/6 Consolidated Gold Fields De f. 3 9.32 Crown Mines. 71 De been; Diamonds Deferred 21h Enterprise. 31/32 East liands 2 15-16 Globe and Phoenix 1 19-32 Jagersfontein Deterred 7t Johannesburg investment lJ3 Modd8rfontein 12Š Mozambique Premier Di-tinond. 12 7-16 iiand Mines 6 23-o2 Randfoutein 1 9-16 South African Gold Trust 1Ä- Tanganyika LonCeSSlOJ.1S. 2 19-32 Transvaal Gold. 2 Great Boulders. 11/6 Goiden iiorseshoe ivanhoe (.N ew) 3 Waiids lg j Ashanti Gold :Fields. 1 1-16 Great Cobar 4 INDIAN FINANCE. Big Issue of Shares. There has been a marked tendency of late on the pari, of the uoverament oi louia and tiie ruling princes to encourage tne in vestment ox British capital in maia for the purpose of developing the velst resources of mat great Jbmpire, and for the past two years tne Eastern isynaieate has been en- gaged in the investigation of tile various enterprises in indIa, and hits succeeded In building up a valuable a nrl extenshe con- nection. it has also various pro- perties. undertakings, and concessions, winc11, it is tnought, justily the iorrniiuou of a powerful corporation for their speedy I development. Consequently there has been formed The Eastern Development Corpora- tion, Ltd., with a capital of t.?t)u,UOO, divided into 2o0,000 ordinary shares of £ 1 each. The subscription list opened to-day, and it will close on Wednesday at 110011 for town, and tiie following day at noon for country. The issue is at par of 166,667 ordinary shares, payable as 10 2s. 6d. per shaft on application, 2s. 6d. on allotment, bs. one month after allotment, and the balance when required in cslis of not more than 5s. pei share at intervals of not less than two months. The bankers are the London City and Midland Bank and tho Chartered Bank of ixuiia, Australia, and China, 38. Bishops- gate. L.C. Amongst the properties, concessions, and options to be acquired include: Timber rijjhts with reference to the walnut trees of the ilazara Forest of the North-West Frou- tier Province, the exclusive right to collect fruit irom the Dhupa trees in Madras and iuysore for the purposes of vegetable tal- low, coco-nut plantations in Ceylon and the Mala.' Peninsula, mining rights and licences in the gold-bearing areas of Mysore, and diamond concessions extending over 1,400 acres in the Kurnool and Anantpur dis- tricts The directors consider that the business already in hand justiliee them in anticipat- ing substantial distributions at an early date. The present issue will provide £ 140,000 for working capital. MOUNT BOPPY GOLD MINING COM- -,? PANY, LTD. me following is a copy of a cablegram reef-1ve,?dollowillg the superintendent at the mine, under date the 3rd inat. :-Clealhlp from 4,336 tons gaze free gold 723 ozs; cyan- ide, 1,347tons—365 ozs; residues, 2,985 tons- 740 ozs: slim, 555 tons—149 ozs. Total. 1,977 ozs. Niill working 24 days. Value, £ 0,760. Frequent stoppages owing; to adjustments and breakdown. Crosscut Level No. 7 passed through Eastern Leg. width 14 feet., value 10 £ cwts per ton. Crosscut now in centre country. BELETAR RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. December, 1912. 6.7.00 Ibs rubber; 6 months to December, 29.500 lbs rubber. December, 1911. 3,860 Ihs rubber; 6 months to December, 9,283 lbs rubber. TRINIDAD OTLPIELDS. Ilrn Cable:—Production for two weeks ended 1st January, 2,920 barrels. SWANSEA METAL REPORT. (Specially contributed to the." Cambria Daily Leader by Messrs. Bertie Perkins and Co., Swansea.) Swan?j?, January 3, 1913. Ai?timony.—Eegmius (English) fetched from £38 to £ 40 less Sb per cent., and Foreign brought from XWto .E35. Quicksilver brought from £7 5s. to L7 8e 6n per bottle. Pig Iron, Middlesbrough No. 3, coromcnc- iriv on Monday with cash 67s. 8;d., one mouth 6&s. Id., and a eet'lement once m 6, eJ. nd" closed on Friday with caSfi 67s. 9d., one month 6Ss. lid., and a settlement nrice of 67s. 101d. iknne 7,400 tons of Copper and 1,200 tone of Tin were sold during the four days' 'Change. CORK BUTTER MARKET. Cork. Monday pply, small; demand, fair. Weather, wet. Firsts, 123; seconds, 98; thirds, 89; fine, 123. A. 114; centrifugals creamery, 130 to 128; factories, 116 to 100.

Colonel Monget, of the French engi- neers, committed suicide at Lyons w hen he found that the New Year's list of promotions did not include his advance- meno to the rank of general. The WiUGsden Guardians liavs de- cided to stop Sunday football matches on their larul adjoining the workhouso. J

N E Yi ¡ THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST OPENS TO-DAY (Monday), the 6th day of January, 1913, and Will CLOSE cr. or before WEDNESDAY, t he Sth day of January, 1913, at noon for town, and the following cay at noon for country. A Prospectus has been filed with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, from which the following iv.itracte are taken :EASTERN BEYELOPHfflT CORPORATION. JUASTE,11-1 60 uArfl 10'IT L I F D J (Incorporated under the Companies (Consolidation Act, 19C8). CAPITAL £250,000, DIVIDED Lvro 250,COO OR DIN A 21* SJLVRES OF £ 1 EACH. Issue at Par of 1 S, t31 Ordinary Shares, Pa/able as to 26. 6d. per Share on Application; Zs. 6d. per Share on Allotment; 56. pEr Share One iionth after Allotment; and the balance when required 111 Calls of not more I h-a n per Share at intervals .,f not ie-»s than two montns. Snbscribers may at any time after Allotment, pay the balance unpaid upon any Shares allotted 1.0 them. Any amount so paid sliali. pending the calling up of the monies piiid in respect of suoti Share*, carry interest at the rate of 4 per oent per annum. DIRECTORS. Sir RSCHARO CARNAC TEMPLE, Bart., U.S.EI. iChairmanl, The Nash. Worcester. • Formerly Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nieobar Islands.) KENNETH ROBERT BALFOUR, J.P., Kingston House, Dorchester. (Director of the Durban (.Natal) Wattle Company, Lim-cd.) JAMES STARK BftOWilE, Hillcrest, Castlebar Ilill, Ealing. (Director John Brins- moad and Sons, Limited.) Sir CEORCE DOUGHTY, Waltham Hall, Lincolnshire. (Chairman of the British Columbian Fisheries, Limited.) HORACE DRUMMOND DEANE-DRUMMOND. J.P., The Boyce Conrt, Dymock, Glou- cester. (Retired Tea Planter.) JAKES WILLfAF.1 HORNS3Y, J.P., Barrowby Crange, Grantham. (Deputy-Chairman Richard Hornsby aml beaw, llimited.) SIR HENRY CI.AFtK KINC, 25, First-avenue, Hove. (Formerly President of the Bank of Madras.) JAMES ERNEST NEEDSAAI, Malabar Hill, Bombay. (Partner Messrs. Purdie and Co„ Bombay.) FRANCIS EDWllf ROSHER, 25, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W. (Managing Direo- tor.) BANKERS. THE LONDON CITY AND MIDLAND BANK iLLVtlTED). 5, Threa-dnoedle-etreet, E.C. and Branches. THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA, 38, Bishopgate, E.C. SOLICITORS. "iVILKINSON, HOWLETT. and WILKINSON. 14, Bedford-street, Covent Garden. W.C. LITTLE and CO., Old Secretariat, Bombay. KING and PARTRIDGE, Parry s-buildings, I,,t ii (i ras. BROKERS. PARTRIDGE and GREENFIELD,, 2. Drapers-gardens, London, t C- CHARLTON, ILLISU WOTll, and CO.. 12. Exehang-e-etreot, Mancuester. DEPARTMENTAL MANAGERS. GEOLOGICAL AND MINING—P. BOS- WORTH SMITH, F.G.S., Associate of the Royal. School of Minee, M.lnst.M.M., M A.I.M.E., M.M.Cr.I.L. &c. For some time I PLANTATIONS AND FORESTRx .—HENKi PI EKiNGTON. Planter, late InsloEetor of Coffea Eata-tes to the Government cf Myoore. Government Mineralogist, Madras. AUDITORS.—HOLROYD. WEST, nncl NORTHOCKlT, Chartered Aeoountants, 5, Great Winchester-street, E.C. OFFICES IN HORNBY-ROAD, Bt),WPAY. SECRETARY AND REGISTERED OFFICES. —R. Hr SIMMONfc. 6, Old Jr ewry, London. E.C. Thii Corporation has been formed for tliej purposes 83t out in the Memorandum of AssociatIOn, and in particular to acquire from the Eastern Syndicate (Limited) the j Properties, Concessions, and Prospecting Rights mentioned below, and generally to promote and develop enterprises in India j and the Far East. I The Dir. tors intend to proceed at once with the formation of separate Companies to work several of these projects, and from three flotations (definite terms for which j have been arranged) a pro?t approaching €100,000 shonid result. In addition. & regu- lar and substantial revenue is a.nticipated from the working of the Timber and Vege- table Tallow concessions mentioned below. Tho Properties, Concessions, and Options ti be acquired include:— TIMBER RIGHTS.—Agreement from the Government of the North-West Frontier (;oN-ernment ,f the ?,? Picvince (India,) to grant a lease for 5 years, with !he light, to extend for a further 5 yuars. giving the monopoly to fell and re- move the Walnut and other broad-leaf trees from the Government reserved areas of the Hazara Forests, comprising about 75 square miles, and in addition the first, option to purchase Walnut trees in the Hazara Yil- lage Forests, comprising about 750 square miles Mr Taaffe, a leading hardwood expert, in his report states:— "Assuming that only 500 trees were dealt with in the first year, a profit of £ 14.000 should result. In addition to this income, a substantial revenue should be derived from the Chestnut, Ash, Oak, and other bjoad-ieaf trees." VEGETABLE TALLOW.—Agreements from the Government of Madras and the District Boa.rd of South Canara to grant Leases for 30 years from July 1st, 1913, giving the ex- elusive right to collect fruit from the rtiupa Trees controlled by them in South Canara. Option to purchase Lease from the Government of Mysore (which has been applied for) of exclusive lights to collect fruit from the Dhupa Trees in the Shimoga District, Mysore. Mr. H. Piikington estimates that- the nual output will exceed 2,000 tons. yielding a net revenue exceeding X24,000 per annum. COCO-I. UT PLANTATIONS.—(a) Contract i for the purchase of the Badalgama and In- diwinne Estates, Ceylon, comprising 1,166 The certified profits for the two years end- ing June 30th, 19:12, average over X7,000 per annum, which figure Mr. Alan Long Price,, a leading Ceylon expert, states should he largely increased in the near future. This contract has been obtained on favourable terms, and should be productive of a sub- dtantial profit, to the Corporation. (b) Option to purchase the Cherum Tuli E~;ate, Kelantan, Malay Peninsula, and aujoining land, comprising 1.250 acres. j GANDAMANAIKANU R ZEMINDARY.—Op- tions to purchase the First and Second Mortgage Decrees on this Freehold Estate of 242 square miles, situate in Madura Dis- trict, South India, containing valuable tim- ber forests with an area of about 100 souare miles, and many thousands of acres of highly fertile land suitable lor the cuW tivation of tea, rubber, cotton, rice, etc., and believed to contain minerals of value. RUBBER AND TEA PLANTATIONS.— These Estates, situate in the State of My- sore. comprise 83 acres, and aie held on permanent tenure, subject to a small an- nual quit rent to Government. Some 190 'acres are already planted with rubber, and a large number of trees is now ready for tapping. It is tha invention to plant up the remaining area. (a considerable part of which has already been cleared) with rubber and tea. as,experts report that tho Mahalgode Estate would make one of the finest tea properties in India. Applica- tion has been made to Government for sk further grant of 1.000 acres. GOLD-BEARING AREAS.-(a.) Agreement t) purchase mining Licences and rights over an area of 29 square miles in the Shi- mog-a, District, Mysore State. (b) Agreement to purchase mining Licences and rights of the Nanjangud Gold- held (Limited, over an area of 6P6 acres, situate about eight milew S.W. of Nanjan- gUll Railway Station, iti the Mysore 3tate. Mr. L. ll. Jreave iu his report thereon states ;A mine so favourably situated. with such an immense lode, cheap fuel and timber, also abundance of cheap West Coast. labour, should develop into a highly-pay"ine concern upon the present values shown." (c) Options to acquire a mining lease a-nd prospecting Licences over eight square miles in the same State, npon which devel- opment work has already been commenced with encouraging results. DIAMOND CONCESSIONS.—Options to purchase concessions granting the sole rights for the extraction of diamonds from (tiamondiferons lands comprising approxi* mately l.tOO acres, and situate in the Kurw r.ool and Anantapur Districts. The Direotors consider that the business already in hand justifitvi them in anticipat- ing substantial distributions at an early date The Corporation, through those h.'i1 -?-?h H. w?I p?sr-i- cxrpption?; on?.u?i. ties for selecting and ae?urin? fnrtner valu- able enterprises, and the Directors took for- ward with confidence to the establishment of a progressive and profitable business This Issue will provide the sum of £140000 tor working Capital (less any amount pay- able for ad valorem stamp duty and broker- age). Full Prospectuses (upon the terms of which applications will alane be received) and application forms can be obtained at the oiftces of ths Company and the Bankers. Solicitors, Brokers and Auditors of the Company. — = 1 uu w —"ririi ifrinnriinr—imflTin—i—iiwiniiniiii 1 niiPiiwiibMiBHiiiMMa>wwiiiiii—_hjj_ijuiijh_— I CORRUGATED ASBESTOS ROOFING. Iron Sheets Thickly Coated with Asbestos and Asphalte -Fixed in similar manner to Galvanised Sheets—BUT —Not Injured by Steam, Sulphur or Fumes of any de- scription—No Condensation of Moisture—Very Lasting -Firep,-oof -Miist Not be Painted nor Tarred.—The Most Economical and Suitable Form of Roofing for Works and Collieries.—Samples and full particulars I from Sole Agent: RICHARD PERKINS, 9, Adelaide I Street, Swansea. Telephone 36y Central. SAt LINGS. ABSOLUTELY FREE. BERTIE PERKINS AND CO.. Passenger Steamship Department, 11, Somereet,place (opposite the Town Hall), Swansea, HOOK Passengers to America. Australia, India, Canada, Africa, New Zealand, and to all parts of the World. Handbooks of Information and aU par- ticulars absolutely free. Cables are received daily of the arrival of various Passenger SWamers at Ports Abroad. Bertie Perkins and Co. are Agents for the Best and Largest Passenger Steamship I Lines in the World.

BACON LINE PURCHASE. I A New Trader for Swansea. I Messrs. John Bacon, Ltd., the well- known steamship line, which maintains a regular steamship service to Swan- sea, has just niaae a valuable ad- dition to their fleet of steamers by the purchase of the s.s. Birker Force from the West Coast Shipping Co., Ltd., Messrs. W. S. Kennaugh. and Co., Water-street, Liverpool. Tho Birker Force was chartered a month ago on a time-charter, subject to purchase at the termination of the charter, and last week the purchase I was completed for a sum of £ 5,-300. Her name is to bo changed to "Sir [ Edward Bacon." and application is I being; made to the Board of Trade for sanction. She is to be engaged in the regular service between Liverpool, Swansea, and British Channel ports. The Birker Foree is a steel-screw, three-masted vessel of 483 tons gross, and 160 tons net register, built in 1899 by the Irvine Shipbuilding and En- tjineoring Co., Ltd., of Irvine. Her dimensions are: Length 165 ft. beam, 25ft. lin., and depth 9ft. 7in.

CLYDACH BOY'S SUCCESS. We are pleaaed to announce that at the Metropolitan Examination, held recently at the Royal Academy of Music, Mr. David Wil- i liame. Clydach. wae successful in obtaining the diploma of Lioentiateship, (L.R.A.M.) for pia-notorte playing. lie is 20 years of age, j and Having regard to the fact that the preparation was- made during his leisure hours, and that it was his firsit attempt, he is deoervinjg of the greatest credit. Mr. Williams's musical career has been a highly successful one, having hitherto pwse-ed the nc-oeeeary examinations for Asaociateohip of the 'Irinity College of Music, and having won numorous prizes in Flsteddfcdau. fie | is organist of Calfaria Baptist Cli a p*, L Clydach, which position he has held for over five yeans. He was prepared for hia recent examination by Muss Florence Flicker, Mufe. Bac., A.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., 8wa.nae? to whom x'??t credit is due. j 221A1-? 1 ALBION COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. An absurd challenge was recently tnrowa out by a new firm of commercial car makers. Their Challenge was for power for power and weight tor weight. fhis at once shows their very limited knowledge of the Commercial Vehicle business, as no Manufacturer of such Vehicles ever makes a strong adver- tising point of the weight; in tact, such being to the light side, is quite all argument against, not for, owing to the severe strains and stresses that any, to carrying (load loads and running on Solid Tyres. For instance, a 16-h.p. Albion ta carry 15cwt. costs £ 370, but a similar vehic l e built heavier to carry 2 tons, but with the same engine, -costs t470. ALBION CARS ARE NOT THE LiCHTEST, BUT THEY ARE THE BEST. As regards power, we sold one of these Chassis conditionally that it would take 50 per cent.. overload up what is probably the steepest hill in Wales, and up which another well-known make failed to climb without any overload whatsoever. The Albion completed the test with ease and plenty of reserve, 4W4 we secured the order. Since October the following firms have ordered Albions from us in competition with practically every make:— Mcsssrs. Wni. Neil, Ltd., Brewers, Cardiff. *Messrs. W. Muzzard and Sons, wholo- sale confectioners, Swansea. Air. A. Batchelor, furniture remover, Swansea. Messrs. W. Powell and Sous, whole- sale grocers, Bridgend. Mr. M. Mack, fruiterer, Swansea. Messrs. A. i hidzoy "iid Sons, whole- sale fruiterers, Swansea. Messrs. Heath and Sons, piano dealers Cardiff. Messrs. Mills, English and Co., Ltd., engineers, Swansea. *Mr. E, Evans Bevan, brewers, Neath. Messrs. Thornett and Chivers, whole. sale grocers, Swansea. "i-teneat orders for Albions. THIS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. Sole Agents for Swansea and District ■ THE SWANSEA MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. Printed and Published for the Swansea Press, Ltd.. by HOWARD COIIBET12 Press, Ltd. li  ?uiza, Swansea. at Leader Building*, Swansea.