The Cambria Daily Leader

Y,1,470 COMPENSATION. DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY AWARDED THE CASTLE STORES. SETTLED OUT 9r COURT. At the Swansea County Court on Tuesday a petition was made to Hi; Honour by the Swansea Corporation, under the Licensing Consolidation Ad of 1910, to apportion compensation moneys awarded by the Compensation Authority in respect of the extinction of licensed premises known as the Castle Stores, Swansea. The respondents were Charles Gustavus, :9, Promenade, Swansea, contractor, and David Robert Williams, Brooklands Hotel. Air. Lang Coath (Town Clerk) appeared tor tho Corporation; Mr. C. B. Jenkins for Charles Gustavus, and Mr. W. A. Thomas for Robert Williams. M:. Lang Coath said the petitioners were the owners of the premises subject to the agreement of a lease of 99 years :o the respondent Mr. Charles Gustavus. The respondent, David Robert Wil- Lams, was the former licensee of the premises before Gustavus re- ceived the Hcense. On the Sth February 1912, Mr. Gustavus having obtained the transfer of the license ot the pre- mises from David Hobert Williams applied to the renew,?! authority for the renewal of the license. Awarded 91,470. 1 On the llti] Juiy till' licensing authority referred the applicatian to the Compensation Authority, and that Authority decided they would not re- new the reense, and subsequently awarded £ 1,4,0 as the amount of com- pensation. The parties cou ld not agree as to the distribution of the amount, and therefore the Compcnsat ion Authority referred the matter to his Honour. Since then agreements had I been arrived at between ail the parties. The Agreement. Incons'deration^ >,r. G^tavus pay. 1 ng £ Oo as the rental of the premiss dUTJ fl i:lOÔ whiÍl was thea?:? hr?t 0l all agreed, he get the whole of .he compensation money. As regarded Mr. Williams he withdrew his aJWed claim, which was in respect of fixtures uepreciation, etc., and would be awarded the sum of £ 30. ard the Cor- I)or,ition won id get an increased rental (0f L20-5. His Honour ordered that the com- pensf-itsyn money, bv agreement, be paid to Mr. Gustavus. Mr, Lang Coath sa'd the Corporation and Mr. Gustavus a to pav the costs.

RICHTS OF PARTIES. KILLAY PEOPLE AND OWNERSHIP OF HOUSES. In the Chancery Division yesterday, Justice Sargeant had before him the ec- tions of Williams v. Perkins and Mor- gan v. Perkias, brought to determine the rights of the parties in two lease- hold houses at Kiliay, near Swansea. From the opening .stat?m?nt of Mr. Grant, K.C., for the plaintiff, it ap- peared that the defendant, Ida Matilda Perkins, was the daughter of William illiams, a prosperous dairy farmer in business near Swamiea. In ISO;), when he was 74 years of age, he was pos- w>sed of Corner House Farm, Kiliay, w here he resided with his wife and two ii,nmarr i e d claiig h t4- unmarried daHghtÆrs, Margaret and the defendant. For the convenience ot his business, on account of his age, he had his banking account in his wile's name, and it remained in her IJllme until the date of his death, September 13th, 1912, though the bu.sin«s wa& in his name, as were aJl contracts, such as the supply of miik to public bodies, out of the banking account Mrs. Wil- kiarus let Margaret have £ 500 tp build a house, and the same sum was after- wards provided for the defendant to erect two houses on land acquired from Sir Robert Morris, on a lease dated July 1911 for 1000 years, at a rental of £ o per annum. The leases of both daughters were kept in possession of the mother and the rents received by her. The de- fendant's married in July 1911, and subsequently declined to permit the rents of her houses to be paid to the mother, giving as a reason that on her marriage her father had deprived her of any benefit under his will. Tho plaintiffs claimed a declaration of charge by way of mortgage on the two houses for the £fjUU advanced to the defendant, and the usual mortgagees accounts. The case was adjourned.

WELSH BAPTIST UNION. Spring Meetings at Abertillery. The spring assembly of the Welsh Baptist Union of Wales and Monmouthshire waa opened at Ebeneeer Baptist Church. Aber- tillery. yesterday, when a public meeting was presided over by the Rev. E. Parry ^Aberdulaits) president of the Union. The Rev. E. K. Jonea (Brymboj deal:, with the evil of intemperance. and urged the oburches to do their duty in coping with it. The Rev. E. Jones, UaneUy, also spoke.

Each of the inmates of the Hamble- don (Surrey) Workhouse has received a jug purse containing a shilling, as a souvenir, from Mr. Y. H. Knowlos on his retirement from the chairmanship of the board. Sir John Taverner, Agent-Genera] for Victoria in London, has. arrived at Melbourne, accompanied by Lady Tavwner Mgr. Fried rich Piffl. prorost of the lastvrote of Prebendaries at Klyster, nsubnrgh. has been appointed Prince I Archbishop of Vienna. BT a majority of 27 the Portuguese Chamber of Deputies has rejected the Bill approved by the Senate providing for the regulation of earner of hazard.

I lORD ALFRED LOSES. L I CLOSE OF THE "OSCAR WILDE" LIBEL ACTION. PLAINTIFF AND HIS WIfE. As briery reported in last night's Leader," the Lord Alfred Douglas suit, which has also become known as the "Oscs,r 'A'itde Libel Case," ended yesterday in a verdict for the defen- dants. Lord Alfred Douglas, son 01 the Marquis ot Queensbury complained that a passage in Mr. Ransome's bock, "Oscar Wilde: A Critical Study" at- tributed Wildes fall to him, and said that he was only friendly with the man for mercenary reasons. He sued the author (Mr. Eansome) and the Times Book Club, who had copies of their book in the library and sales depart- ment. Proceeding to address the jury, Mr. Hayes described the ordeal of cross- examination through which Lord Alfred Douglas passed in the witness-box as the vivisection of the soul. ha-ve they thrown P-lud?" he asked. "Why, they have Thrown brimstone and thunderbolts." (Laughter). Ossar Wfde Epigrams. Counsel quoted from epigrams of Oscar Wilde to show the influence of that man on the boy Lord Alfred Douglas Examinations are humbug from be- ginning to end. If a man is a gentle- man 9 knows enough. If he is not a gentleman, whatever he kuows is bad for him.. One can resist anything except temptation. There is no such a thing a. a moriil or an immoral book. Books are well written or badlv written. That is all. It was these things, said counsel, which induced Lord Alfred in those days to think more of literature than morals. Lady Alfred Douglas. At the close or Mr. Hayes's speech Lord Alfred returned to the witness- box and was asked Dy the judge: "Is it by the request cf Eady Alfred Douglas that you are bringing this ac- I tion. ? "Not exactly at her i- rep] c-I Lord Alfred. "She showed me the book Lord Alf!-e, me, ? What ?rc you going to | do! &,k ed iuc, Wiait -ou ,ro ing ti) 'to take action?' 'Yes,' suppose you | will," she said. She has always'thought I ought to take it. So have all mv family. f "Did she be-lieve what was caddF" asked the judge. "Of course not," replied Lord Alfred, j j "She know it was not true. She kmew all the circumstances when she mar- j ried me." I The Judge: Somo expressions were used as to this having broken up your I home, You say that Lady Alfred Douglas did not believe these things. Is she still living with you:- "I cannot say whether she is still living with me or not, replied Lord All red with a smile. "She is it this moment staying with her father, » ut I have received affectionate letters from her up to within the last fortnight. ] have no doubt she will return to n,e." "Is she still living with you" re- peated the judge, sternly. "1 don't think it is a fair question," replied Lord Alfred. "Are you on good terms with -icr father?" asked the judge. "No, 1 am not and never have been. He had a'ways disliked me. He has alw ays tried to make mischief be- tween me and my wiic. and has always been an enemy of mine." I All She Could to Prevent It. I In unmur.; lip his !()I:shiD a':d he I was sure Lady Alfred Douglas did not know about the letter that had been read in this case when she married the plaintiff. "And I hope she never will," concluded the Judge. "Let us hope she does not know as much of Lord Alfred Douglas as you and I do." After the jury had left the Court to consider their decision Mr. Campbell said Sir George Lewis had been authorised by Lady Alfred Douglas to say that. so far from instigating these proceedings, she did ali she could to prevent them. Mr. Hayes protested against this statement. The Judge: Does Lord Alfred Doug- las want to gc into the witness-box and contradict it? Mr. Hayes: He is not here, but I have not the slightest doubt he would, mv lord. The Judge: He is not here, and I have never known a court treated as Lord Alfred Douglas has chosen to treat this court. If he wishes to contradict Mr. Campbell he should have at least been here to hear what Mr. Campbell has ftaad. Mr. Hayes: I quite agree, and I apologise, my lord. The Judge: You cannot apologise for him: you are here, and you have done nothing to apologise for. He is not here, and he does not apologise. The jury. after an absence of about two hours, returned a verdict in favour of the defendants, and judgment was entered accordingly with costs.

The Russian Cabinet declared itself in favour of admitting private firms to tender for the supply of artillery guns. Another noteworthy success has been achieved by Borwick's Baking Powder, the priz9 in the A" section of the recent Eveiiing News" Cake Com- petition having been awarded to a lady who used one of recipes, the winning cake being mado with Berwick's Baking Powder. To crive sonic idea of the extent of this com petition, it may be mentioned that no fewer than 260 ca ke? were .sent in, comprising fully three dozen different ,;i ng fi?liy t h -rps dozc-n differ,-nt Sanction has hn refused by the London County Council Education Com- jl mittee to a general school holiday on MAN I-

I NOT SPRAGGEO. II TIPPER KILLED BY A RUN-AWAY CuLL EIiY TRAM. j BLOOD-POISQNING. I, An inquest was held at Siddall Build- ings on Monday afternoon on the body of Win. Hopkins, ti, Bridge-row, Giais, a tipper of the Upper Graigola Colliery, Giais, who was knocked over by a tram at -che colliery on April 17.—Mr. Dyer Lewis, H.M. Inspector of Mines? a'- I tended; Mr. Tomlinson represented the General Accident Insurance Co.; Mr. R. A. Jones represented Messrs. Bavan and Bowen, proprietors of the colliery. Dr. Peter Chalmers, Swansea Hos- j pital, said that Hopkins was admitted to that institution suffering from a compound fracture of the left tibia and a lacerated wound on the right leg. He also suffered from shock, and died on April 20. The cause of death was blood poisoning following the acci- dent. I Not Spragged. Colin Robinson said he saw defen- idant knocked down by a tram which broke loose. Coroner: The only reason you can suggest for this tram coming is that deceased did not sprag it?—Yes, its a rule they didn't come down. The gradient was very slight. How do you account for this tram [coming along as it did;"—Can't ac- count for it. J In reply to Mr. Lewis, witness -aid they were well supplied with sprags. Replying to a juryman, witness said it was quite possible that the wind had (started the tram. There was a strong wiiid blowing.  Jury returned a Y0rdid of de?h i from blood poisoning following the I accident. behalf of I Ir. R. A. Jones, on behalf of Messrs. Beavan and Bow en, expresleJ sympathy with the relatives.

TRAINING ENGINEERS. ———— DR. YARLEY'S eNTERESTING SPEECH j AT SWAHSfcA. There was a satisfactory attenon^-s at the Lecture Room of the Swansea i Free Library last evening, when Dr. W. Mansergh Varley delivered his presidential address to the members of the Swansea and District Institute of Engineers. His subject was "The training of Engineers." This is a matter of vita] importance, and those present agreed that Dr. Varley de-alt with the ques- tion in a masterly aud eloquent fashion. Dr. Varley thanked the members of the institute for having conferred on him the high honour of presidency. Sv. ansea was a district which was isolated somewhat, and it was well that a means of intercourse of engineering views could be arranged. It was not the desire of the Swansea organisation to be in any respect a utac, oi istic, to the parent body but t* suppliment the work done locally. Their object was to stimuiate interest and to broaden knowledge. Dr. Varley proceeded to discuss :n an interest compelling manner the ques- tion of the training of engineers. He advocated the system adopted by the Technical College and nrgc-Q the practi- cal a. well a& the theoretical study. He favoured what is known as the wich" system of education by which studdhtti spend six months in college and six months in the engineering shops alternately over a period of three years, finishing up in the drawing offi. ) At the conclusion Dr. Varioy was cordially thanked on the motion of Col. Sinclair, seconded by Mr. T. Nicholls. njcussiOD on the paper followed, in which Mr. T. Nicholls, Col. Sinclair, rr, W. E. Gauntlett, Mr. W. Atken- fion, Mr. Beddoe, Mr. Charles Daniel, Mr. R. A. Jones. Mr. C. C. Vaux, Mr. F. H. Mould, Mr. Lees, Mr. Trevor j Davies, Mr. A. J. Stanton, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Hiblitch took port, after which it was decided to adjourn the discus- sion until Tuasc-lay and in the meantime to print Dr. Varley's lecture and circrlate it amongst the members.

MUSICAL SUCCESSES. i At the recent Associated Board KA.M. e.nd E.C.M. nation, Mr. Martin Maaon, Hawthorne-avenue, Swaneea, was suocewful in pa<tain? the Local Oentre Examination in Theory of Music, gaining 96 out of a pos- sible 99 marks. The following have recently- been awarded Associated Board R.A.M. ana R.C.M. Centre, theory: Mies Annie Roberta, Gncll-aveviue^ Neeth, who gained 97 out of 99 marks. Lower Division, practical: Mi«e Irene Daviea, Ivor Villas. Swansea; Dorothy Daviea, Oak- lind-mati, Murabies. Elementary Division: Master J. Gee!i, ILamilton-terrace, Swansea; j Mies Clarice Phillips, Knoll-avenues Swan- eea The following also received Certificates for Theory: Mies F. lic. iie Davis, Ivor Villas, S'*an«ea.; Miss D. Dc.vies, Oakland-road, j Mumbles; Mise Catherine Clement, 1, Cheshire-street. Swanf-ra Miss Ida Mecjtxs, Bay View-terrace, Miunblee; Mjfc Clarice Phillips, Knoll-avenue. Swansea, all gaining j ever SO per oent. of marks. A t, the recent Swansea, and District Band of Hop-e Competitive Festival, the eecond prise in the pianoforte solo competition, open to children under 12, was won by Miae [ Clarice Phi'lips. Knoll-avenue, Swansea, who also won the third prize in the competition under 14. This little girl, who is only ten yvxir.-i of ape, has also gvjir.ed three Asso- ciated Board R.A.M. and R.C.M. Certificates. All the above aro pupils of Mitis Winifred Trethewey. L K..A.M 91, Hamilton-terrace, King Ed wants-road, Swansea-

THE EfoWLS SEASON. Secretaries of Bowling Clubs of Swan- sea and District are invited to as&irt in making teh reports of matches played during the coming season as represen- tative a.s possi ble. Applications for score cards should j be sent to "Pendragon," Leader Build- I nigs Swansea j

WHAT IS WAHTEB. i A GENERAL RE-ASSESSiEHT OF THE i I GOWER UNION. I RATING ANOMALIES. RATNG ANCrfJJES. I i The discussion which has beicn pro- ceeding in the Tjeadcr on rating anomclies in the Oystermouth district has led to a revival of the demand for a re-assessment of the whole of the pro- perties in the Gower Union. A well-known Mumbles resident, when interviewed on the subject, agrood that tho complaints put forward in these columns were well-founded, and said the constitute, in fact, a public scandal. But ho urged tluit while there were many assessments which undoubtediv should be raised, it would, in opinion, be unreasonable to deal with the Mumbles unless the anomalies existing throughout the entire union were removed. The Gower farmers are already rated up to the hilt," he so id. "0 more could bo added to their assess- ments without serious injustice being done. But I know of properties bring- ing in rentals of £ 25 and R30 per annum, exclusive of rates, which are assessed at £3 and Co. I believe in abolishing the compounding system at present in operation altogether, and have been all along, although personally I should be a loser. But what is wanted—and what the public must in- ri,-t cn-is a re-assessment all round. Until that has been done there will al- j ways be injustice; the burden will al- j ways be unequally distributed."

I COMPANY WOUND UP. LIQUIDATOR APPOINTED FOR AUBREY EDWARiJS AND CO. The "Ijondcn Gazette" lat night states that at an extraordinary general meeting of the members of Aubrey Edwards a,nd Co., Ltd., recently he'd at 33. Oxford-street, Swansea, it was resolved and duly confirmed that the company be wound up voluntarily. Mr. George L. Hay, 37 Wind-street, Swan- sea, has been appointed liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.

SEAMAilEVASS. TRIBUTE TO THE GALLANT WELSH I PETTY OFFICER. Commander Evans, of the Terra Nova, in. the oowso of an interview with a representative of the West en; Mail," pointed out that there were several reasons why he could add i nothing to whut he had already given for publication. There were natural business reasons why he could net cp- large his statements on the expedition, the full story of which must be made known through tho usual channels. I Besides that, he was reluctant to dwell upon details that could not be separated from irrepnrablo loss. Speaking of the immediate future. Commander Evans said he expected the Terra Nova to arrive at Cardiff on or about July 15. He should be there to meet her, and it war, a!-so Lady Scott's intention to be there to take part in the welcome. There would be one special visit to South Wales. Petty-officer EvanS had left a dairy, whieh had been taken care of with other similar bequests. He was writing to Mrs. Evans to arrange a meeting, and proposed to make a special journey to South Wales in order to hand the diary over to her. When the name of Edgar Evans was mentioned, the commander brightened up immediately. There was no truth 1 in the rumours about that gallant Welsh petty-officer, he said. Evans was a man of enormous strength, a tried sledger, and a veteran in Antarc- tic experience. Capt. Scott had the highest opinion of him as a. magnificent British seaman. He was sledge master, and to him the party owed their splen- did travelling equipment, every detail of which was in his charge.

i CHARIOTEER FUND. -0. I' NEW SCHEME FilR PERMANENT DISTRIBUTION OF REUEF. At a meeting of the trustees of the above fund, held at the Borough Treasurer's Office, a scheme for the permanent distribu- tion of this fund was approved. The scheme does not, interfere with the original allocation of the fund. but provides for the method and time of distribution. The total of the fund to be dealt with is LE30, of which X502 is allocated to the children of the deceased men. Pre vision is made by which Zs. 6d. per week id paid towards the maintenance of each child until 14 years of age, and a sum of L-20 is reserved for each child, which, with interest, will be utilised for apprentice- 6hip, scholarship, or similar purposes at the age cf 14 years, or paid over with in- terest at the age. of 21 years. During the time the fund wae being raised special grants were made to the widows, and in addition to these a further grant of C50 was allocated to each widow to meet their own inurteriiate necessities, some of which has already been paid. the balance paid as doomed necessary by the trustee*. The trustees of the fund areCouncillor E. G. Protheroe (ex-M^or), Mr. J. Twomey, Capt. Pilchard Powell, Mr. D. M. Davies, and Mr. W. H. Ashmole (borough treasurer).

Hants Female Orphan Asylum at I Southampton reports a serious faUirg off in income, which compels the com- mittee to limit the number of inmates i to' 60. Compared with the previous years L130 lose was received m dona- ¡ lions.

I JL\ i- 7. 'TSC DOUBLED IN 3 YEARS! I Tha stsady and substantiai increase :n the circulation of the CAMBRfA DAiLY LEAOER." AUDITORS. CERTIFICATE. 81 and 5J, Bishopsgatfl. E.C., Sih April, im To the Directors of THE SWANSEA PRESS, LIMITED. Doar Sirs,-We have examined the pub fishing books in reference to the Cambria T-)aiiy Leader" (including Your Saturday'! issue Tha Sporting Nsws"), and csrtifj that the increases in the net sales were as faiiows:- 11111 ewar IM 17.7 per cent. 1911 over 1909 69.3 per cent. r lgt2 over 1009 95,5 per cent. thus showing that tho sales have alrecsl exactly doubled in three years. Yours faithfully, SFARLE, KONEYBOURWe & CO., Chartered Accountants l

QLB SWANSEA .0- SflTERESTlHO REMINISCENCES OF THE TOWN. I "— t OLD MAN'S MEMORIES. Mr. William Owen, the barber of L-angyfci;ich--i-oad leaned against the doorpost of his cottage. Ever since a notable day in 1811, when be opined his eyes in Wellington-street, Mr. Oven has iivod in this town, barring a month or two 110 may have been earning an honest shilling on the sea. Fifty years on Greenhill—32 years in this very cottage, plain, clean, and homely, its stone floor neatly mended with red. brick and sand-strewn. So long bus he leaned on that doorpost that he now knows just the moment at which clients will come. When I introduced myself and sug- gested to Mr. Owen that he Was tho very man to talk lliuminatively about old Swansea, the veteran, in a. reserved manner, protested that ho was "taken on the hop," and wanted time to think about what occurred so long ago. Be- sides, he would be busy directly. I BrowrVs Cottages." My response was an invitation to talk until the customers (Ed come and -is neither of us knew precisely where to begin, I asked what he remembered, of his boyhood days in Swansea. "Oh," said he, "when I was a boy wo used to go swimming outside the Travellers' Rest on the Sands." Where's the Travellers' R-est? "That's of course, gone. The house was pulled down 5"5 or 60 years ago. I moan, whereabouts was it? Right opposite Argyle-street. Briivvn kept it, and he had six little houses on the bench, which he let to people who canio down from the Rhondda, from Merthyr and Dowlais, to bathe and drink sea water! There was no dock here then at all, and no wharf except just by the works where the New Cut is now was all fields, and they turned the river To male the New Cut; yes, I know all about that. "There was a ferry boat to cross I near the river; there was no house anywhere about there then—all trees land fields I "Pikes" That Survived Rebçca." "The turnpike gates were in Wassail- square. There was a house in the middle of tlie road, with a gate on one side for the Mumbles, and on the other side for Sketty. "There were two turnpike gates at this end of the town, too, one to Lla.ngyfehch aiid one to Ne?!? and a house in the middle of the Rtreet, where Llangyfebeh road joins Carmar- then-road—tho left gate led to L?ngYfelach, and another one on tha right was going towards London. Tho mail coach uncd to go up that road. All the Hafod was a held, N7)*Iliers' Farm on where is now the railway." "A boat tt-wt stage coach, how often did it rlln" "The main road wa.s up High-Street, and they used to go every dav, but onlv for a certain distance, to branch 'ciT'tor diS?-rent places. Trams were  running down over the Strand, taking j coal from the collierics I Houf.;ing in the Forilas. "They d'dn't b,ild houses in a straightforward manner in the old time3; there w?s n<? building them in a line like they do now. The re were some narrow streets you could hardly ?et a horse and cait through. They j don't building in that way now. They build wide streets now." Housing conditions were even then not all that could have been desired in Swtnsea There were some tidy houses. The house I was born in was a four-roomed house like this, but some were just I little huts." "You had slums then?" "Oh, yes; courts and alleys, one room down and one room up, and some with only one room to !ive and to s leep in." "There were little courts and allcvs- no proper houses about, scarcely." "Holier now than it was then?" "Oh, yes, much better, there were little places here then that were not fib to live in properly, so small you^ee, so confined, so close." Oid Hammeft's Schc-oJ. "1 used to go to old Haiomett's school at the top of Goat-street, under I' where 'Wesley Chapd i? now. When they buil t that Wesley Chapel they did away with the school, you see." "Big school?" "It was about about 30 or 10 f?t in length, and there were 40 or 50 or some- thing Uko -th?t?—aU boys." "Was it a ?nod schoo!?" "Oh, yes, it was recognised as the best school here, then." "Yvhat were your lessons?" "Oh, the ordinary things, you know; learning to read and write; nothing great, you know; just a common school." "Oulv one master for the fifty?" "One master and his son." "How long were you there?" "About twelve months; I wasn't there for long; there wasn't so much schooling then as there is now; soma boys didn't go to school at all in those days we were not compelled to go to school it's much different now. Thye were lots of boys in Swansea who could not read or write; didn't go to school at all—and girls, too." 1 Basses, the Hatter." Before that I was ?ouis to school with Davies, tho ha.tt?r '—that's what we c'-?kd him. He kept school in a private house in Frog-«trcet, not many  going there—only about twenty alto- gether. Then before that aga-n I was in Mrs. Hall's Free School, for boys and girls, by York ChapeJ. Oh, yes, wo had to pay Id. a. week I don't know I why th&y ca]1td it a free school. You had to ? a, lon? way to find ? school in thoso days. Oxford-street School was built in the time I was at Hammett's but I never went there. Oh, yes, that a good school. I have been to sea. a bit, but this is my trade. I served my time in Union-street with Stanley Ixjwis, tho barber. T was in the Hafod Works, too. I worked anywhere where a honest .shilling was to b.3 earned. Why didn't you stick to the trade ?" Because trade wasn't brisk enough. My father was a fisherman, and I used to go fishing with him; anywhere a honesi, shilling waa to be got 1 went. "Churches i 11 my younger d.a.y.s? St. Mary's, St John's (now St. Matthias), Castlo-street Chapel, the old Burroughs Chapel and York .Place—I think I can finish with that Jot, in chuxcheu and chapols. Thcro war* St. David's, but nothing at GroonJJill-I think the priest was Father Matthews. Boating In Wind-street. I am a Church of England man- 1 u,ed to go to St. Mn.ry's: that's where ail my family were married and. christoned; we were living a bout that q'tarter always. bwauwa wasn't big; it was a very little p1aco; the ^popula- tion wasn't more tœn about 25,000 o-, I 30,000, and a higgledy-piggledy sort of plat"CA, Aly grandfather was a sailor. I was only a srnll boy then, but about I the earliest thing 1 can remember is the flooding ol Wind-street, and I I don't hupposc 1 should relDellier that but for my grandfather coming up Wind-street in a smaJl boat. Not very far up the street, I sup- pose ?'' The tide game up about a-s far as the Victoria and Salubrious Passage. There must have been 8 or 9 feet ox water at the Town Hall." "The Town Hall was then there as now ? Oh, yes; the first Mayor I can re- member properly was Oakshot. It isn't the same at ah now as it was then. What sort (,f a man waa he?" Oh, a nice man. Then we had I several mayors after-George Grant ¡ France, he was a Mayor bw'c. There were constable, too, t'wolve policemoni and the head man—what you caii a supe'rniMndent. was act?n as a po¡;cp;-I I man, like a detective as well. Ifis name was Luce, and he had twelve j men under him—Lodwig and B^ ennett, and others I don't remember. And j they had a police station, bnt it was a vei?y upside down sort of place.

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I AMBULANCE. MEN. RHOHDOA AND SWANSEA BiY RAIL-1 WAY GLASS MAKEJ PRESENTATIONS | I I Under the auspices of the St. John's Ambulance Association, a most enjoy- able function was held by the Rhondcia and Swansea Bay Railway Ambulance Class and friends at the Adelphi Hotel, Wind-street. After doing justice to me excellentx supper, the cha.u?nan proposed the supper, of "The King," as patron of the health Association, which was toasted with musical honours, after which a series I of interesting presentations were mado. Presentations. I Dr. E. Brice, St. Thomas, tli3 lec- turer to the class, was presented with a.  case of pipes, and the instructor^ Mi*. A. PH;kenng, St. Thomas, with a ?h'er-muunLcd umbrella. The follow ing members were presented wicn vouchers and certificates respectively—• Vouchers: Messrs. D. M. Davies, J. | Sweeney, W, Johnson. Certificates: H. M. Hopkins, W. Woolcock, J. Withers, F. Gruton, B. Cosleit, VV. Ed- I wards, E. Edwards, M. Bu?chley, S. AckLand, J. Th-?n?s, T. Davies, -B. Wii- I liams, J. Evans, G. Naiisen, i\ Eear, T. I,' l,'ear, Carpenter, A. Chappell, P. Adams, S. Gosling, C. R-eynish. Following the ambulance presenta- tions the occasion was tasen advantage of to Pik-sert Mr. E. Edwards with a j silver-mounted umhreUa, suitably ir- scribed, on the occasion of his marriage, j and also with a lady's hand-bag, on 1.>£- half of Mrs. Edwards. t I Masical Programme. I An excellently arranged programme I' of music was gone through, to which the following artistes contributed: Messrs. Arnold Bros. (St. Thomas), VV. Woolcock, D. Hopkins, R. M. Landeg, James llees, and others. The onerous duties of chairman were j ably carried out by Mr. D. M. Davies station-master (St. Thomas), who A-as supported by Mr. J. Sweeney as vicc- < chairman. The secretarial duties r, c-ro successfully cn rried out by Signalman j I H. M. Hopkins, Swansea. In order to lessn the dangers t-o J which school children are exposed by I reason of the traf11e parsing the M-hoo?. the London County I.ound] II Education Committee has written to the !i'otor omnibus compamps asking I that drivers may be in struct <vl to e^er- I.i,qe great care when passing elenien- j tary schools* i ST. HELEN'S SAZ A AS. "With tne object i-£ ciir^afe'tncnins the funils of St. Helen'a-road Congregational Church a bazaar and salo of work will be held in the Church Schoolroom on Thurs- day next. The opening cemuony will be performed by Mre Jol-i,-i Williams (Dulais House1, and among those responsible for the arrangtv meat of the bazaar are Rev. and Mrs, Sin- clair Evans, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Ruthec. Mr K Jenkins, Mr. Geen, ilr. -D. Matthews, and Mrs. Jankyn Thoniaa, who have been ■isaiated by a number of eiithudmstio ■Aorkere. There will he all the pleasant features of the fancy stall, refreshment stall, fruit and flower stall, hoop-la, bran tub, and many novel and amusing competitions. Cinemar tograph entertainments will be given at frequent intervals, and a pierrot troupe wiU regale the attendant*

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