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AMUSEMENTS. EMPIRE OXFORD STREET, SWANSEA. Memfay, May 5th, and Twice Nightly at 6.58 and 9.0 during the week. MARK SHERIDAN, One of the B'hoys. CISSI E THOMPSON, Comedienne. New Series of Up-to-date Pictures on THE AMERICAN BIOSCOPE. JOHNSON AND BERT, In Comedy Act, "A Queer Customer." LOUIE TRACEY, The Dapper Dandy Boy. WILL H. FOX, The Originator of all Trick Piano- Playing Acts HARRY FIELDS, Mimic. CAPT. WOODWARDS SEALS AND SEA LIONS, In their Inimitable Comedy and Jug- gling Performance. NIXON GREY, The Volatile Comedian. G^ATTF™tTEA T RE, SWANSEA. MONDAY, MAY Eth, for 6 nights. Matinee Saturday, May 10th, at 2.30. MISS I DA MOLESWORTH AND MR. MARK BLOW'S COMPANY, IN bhould he have given her away? COME AND DECIDE. THE EASIEST WAY NEXT WEEK— Mr. a i.yRKt) DfcNVLLLJ-i presente hie Chief Company in the Romantic Play- THE MIRACLE. Direct from Olympic, Liverpool. THEATRE ROYAL, WIND STREET, SWANSEA. Proprietor & Licensec- W liiiam Coutts. FIRST VISIT TO SWANSEA. Every Day it Week commencingII Every Night at 3. II Monday, May 5th. ii at 7..a. THE NATURAL UOi-Ok KiNEMATGGHAPH CO., LTp., present (Animated Photography in Natural Colors.) Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday- The iLoyai llt to isomuai. 6rate Entry 1..ai.O Delhi.-Coronation Durbar Ceremony. — Visit to M.eillj)ÍJ1:; and toe pyramids.—Sun- set in Egypt.—From Bud to Blossom.—Yel- low Hawk's G rat, LL, de.-I n tern ationai Yacht Races, .Kil Regatu^.—Atlantic City.—An Awkward Mix-up. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday- Royai Review m b-j,uM 1 roops.—State De. parture from Delhi.-Arrival ot Their Majesties at Calcutta. V, ithii, the Elephant Stockade.—Calcutta Races.—The Pageant, Calc utta.- Modelling Extraordinary. —The Price of Success. —Floral Friends, -ice Skat- ing at Murren, Switzerland.—The Note in the Shirt.—Watchdogs of the Empire. The following Extra objects will also be shewn during the week— Constantinople.li ■•sea; sailors and Soldiers. -The Balkan IN-dr.-The Panama canal.- Span I h Bull light, ),Iadrid.-Fifty Miles from Tombstone.—Simpkins' Dream of a Holiday.—Athletic Meeting, Queen's Club. NEXT WEEK- LES MISERASLES." TO-NIGHT'S in PiGTURELAND AT THE SHAFTESBURY CINEMA ST. HELEN'S-ROAD, SWANSEA. Btuiica billy's Guti-n^y .Eb>5anay. She Powdered Her Nose \itagrapa. team my (ioett Yachting k),.bau. A Hero's Reward A Caucasian arido Eko. > Winning- a Wife .Cines, The Little (iul Next Door .Thanhauser. Mrs. Tweedledum as a Militant Sut-fi*aguitte Erabrosio Waterfalls Heron. The Lost Nets Pathe's Animated Gazette of the World's News, Published Tuesday, May 6, 1913. AT THE PALACE, HICH-STREET, SWANSEA. The Same Programme as at the Shaftesbury Cinema. at- THE TIVOLI, CWMEWRLA. The Colonel's Perii .Bisuu, Tweedledum as a Cabman. Ambroaio. Misappropriated Turkey .A.B. Woodland Streams (Col.) Qaumont. Jimmy Er. sa a ay. Father's Littfe Flutter .Repworth. Keeping Up Appearancea .Lubin The Kid Kaleln. Misplaced Kindness .GauID.Ont. AT :———————————" THE PICTUREDROME, MORRISTON. The Vengeance of Durand Vitagrapfc. Love and the 'Varsity Clarendon. The Cub Reporter's Temptation.Kalem. The Beetle's Deception .A, & O. Calamity Ann's Vanity .Flying A. In Zoological (Jardens (Col.).Gaumont". The Heiress E"2,naY Gaumont's Graphic AT ———— THE GLOBE CINEMA, CLYDACH. The Same Programme as at the Picturedrome, Morriston. AT ——————————— THE PAVILION, PONTARDAWE. Lady Clare .EdiBon. Bow Ned Got His Rise Imp. Allan Field's Warning .Barker. flood and Boh .Hepworth Ike First Steeplechase Urba,n illumination Vitagraph. Polidor Suffers from Hydrophobia. Pasquali. A Day in the Life of a Recruit.Urban. The Gun-Fighter's Son .E8sa.nay. Variety Turns- Sid Slants, in his Original Musical Scena, "The Breakdown of the 9.33 Express." The Mervyns, Comedy Duo. AT THE PLAYHOUSE, YSTALYFERA. The Same Pictures as at the Pavilton, Pontardawe, DOUBLED IN 3 YEAR-SI I ht stMHly awl substantia) increase ta ttn •ireutalwn ef the CAMMIA .AlIoY LEADER." AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE. 11 and II. Bteitepsgate, E.C., Kh April, WIS. re the Direeters ef THE SWANSEA PRCS* LHUTEa. Bear s.irs,-W. have examined the pufr lishift beou in reference te the Cambria Dail)& Lsao" (including YOetr tuturiayi issue "The Sporting Mewe"), zmtt eertift i that the increases in the net ma" wurl, at foHewst— WT8 ever 1989 17.7 per cent. j mi ower 19n 6W per cmL • 11ft over net iu per OMit. thus thawing tint the sates have almotf paotly dou«ed tn three years. Yours faitftfnlly, SEAftAE, HMEY1WRNE CO., I ttwHred AeeeuAlMRta 1 V AMUSEMENTS. THE PIOTU RE, HOUSE, [ HIGH STREET, SWANSEA I (Next Door to liavis, 4 onort). I Managing Director William Coutts. i The Last Ward in Cinema Theatres. f TO-NIGHT, Continuous Performance f from 6.00 till 10.30. 1 TO-DAY at 3, SPECIAL MATINEE. i Afterncutn Tea Hroviued Free el Charge. | Mr. W. M. OrcnestraJ ølIg | ft?i. &«tf? E?i?Kta. I To.DA y'S-pjiÖ¿;;RAMME- CINEMATO^HAPH SUCCESSES.' The Colonel's Peril Bison. KeePUljí UlJ Appearances Lubin. Tweediedum aa a oaoman Ambrosio. ] Misappropriated Turitey A.B. Father's liiitie FluUer .1:iepworth. Jk:. :»piact«l .lLhJ.4Ii:J:jíi ("L,41noilL Woodland atreaats Gaumout. ■ IIunrny Essanay. Pathe s Amiiiatfaa ua^,eUe of the W ada's Itevv's, Puuiished Tuesday, j¡j.a;y 6, 1914. Cnange of Pictures Every Monday, I| Wednesday, and Friday. Continuous Performance Every Satur- I day from 3 till 1&.H. OXFORD ELECTRIC THEATRE UNION STREET, SWANSEA. The Premier Hali of Sautn Wales. A C"seleu Perforiiia.-ico of Exceeding Exa^iance froin 2.30 till 10.30. PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY;— BRONCHO BILLY'S GUii PLAY. j THE MAGNETS. THE LADY OF THE G.P.O. OUR NAVY Fifth Series, by Alfred West, F.R.G.S. THE MlSSiNC JEWELS. THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. TOPICAL BUOGET. THE OXFORD IMPERIAL LADIES ORCHESTRA Plays Daily from 2.39 till 10.30. Afternoon Tea Free of Gharga to All Parts of House. AU Trams Lead to the" OXFORD." Pictures are projected on the Wonderful CHRY8TAL MIRROR. POPULAR PfJICE:-3d'l 6d. and 18. SALES BY AUCTION. By Mr. JOSEPH MARRIS. SHORT NOTICE. UNRESERVED SALE OF FURNITURE AND OTHER EFFECTS. 22, WATEHLOO-STHEET AND CORNER PARK-STREET, SWANSEA. frlr. Joseph Harris Has been instructed by Mr. GLUES COOK to 8.ELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, on MON- DAY, TLLjjJAY, WEDNESDAY anji TilUiiS- LAi LVL 4tA^ ath, 6th, Vtli and 8th, at 7 p.m., the remainder of the Immense Stock-in-Trade of VALUABLE Household Furniture i'iANUxURTL, BEDS.T £ ADIi, &c.. Without Reserve, Compass, Iron Frame Piano, ay Jietssrs. Crane and Sous, Liverpool; very Masaive Solid Oak 6ft. and other Sideboard* with high piate-gla&s back, 4 Handsome Divan and i,-attier Suites in Saddlebags, Velvet, Leather, 2 Bla.ck Louis Cabinet^, several uood bedfiteads, Spring, Wire, Wool Mattresses, 3 Feather Beds, cepiial weil-m&de aft. ott-k Bedroom Suite, Several Bedroom Suiicg in Oak. Walnut and Pine with Side Mirrors, Telescope and Oiiiee Tables and Chaiia. grand lot of Walnut and Bl.u;k Overmantelb and Tables, Kitchen Tables and Chairs, Odd Couches and Pairs of Dressing Toiiew, Oil Paiiatingr., Engrav- ingt;, and a variety of general Household Ooocls. All to be cleared before Friday «next, as the Premises are let to Messrs. CI. idaoy and .:30W., Fruiterers- Private bales all day. Terms: Caah. No Reserve. Sale to commence each evening at 7 p.m. Auctioneer's Offices: 1, George-etreet, Swansea. By iVIr. J. BARRON PASCOE. Under a Di £ tre&> for iisu-e*. and County Court Execution. WEIuLINGTON INS, PLYMOUTH-STREET, SWANSEA. Sale of Household Furniture and Effects. Mr. J. Barron Pascoe F.A.I., P.A.3.J., Haa been instructed by the Warrant Officer and High Bailiff to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the above address, on FRI. DAY, MAY 9th, 1913, sufficient of the Household Furniture AND EFFECTS to cover dietreeees, comprisingWALNUT PIANOFORTE by Crane and Sons, Walnut Overmantel, Kitchen Chairs, Dinner Sets, Filter, Sundry Ware, Oilcloth, Kitchen Dreeeer, Oouch, Brace Candlesticks, WELSH OAK OHEST OF DRAWERS, Dreseing Table. Washstand, Bedroom Chaire, Perambulator, Brase Rail Bodeteade, Smoking Chairs, Dining Tables, Settles, etc. Sale to oommence at 12 o'clock. T,erma-Cash. Goods on view Morning of Bale. Auctioneer's Oflloe-Cardigan Chambers, 6. College-etreet, Swansea. By Messrs. J. F. HARVEY & SONS. AUCTION MART, 4, & 5, GOAT-STREET. SWANSEA. Sale of Well-preserved Household Furniture, etc.. removed for convenience of Sale. Messrs. J. F. Harvey & Son Have been instructed to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at their Alart, on THURSDAY NEXT. MAY 8th, 1914. a Large ánei Varied Assortment of Well-preeerved Household Furniture AND OTHER EFFECTS. Sale to commence at 11 aaa. prompt. Auctioneers' Offices: Goat-street, Swansea. Nat. No. 58 Docks. ^JOUiSTY BOROUGH OF SWANSEA. ADDITIONS TO CENTRAL POLICE STATION. The Corporation Invite APPLICATIONS for the Appointment of CLERK OF WORKS in connection with the proposed Additions to the Central Police Station, at a salary of £ 2 10s. per week. Applications, stating age. qualifications and experience, together with oopiee of three testimonials of recent date (which vvill not be returned), and endorsed Clerk ,,1 Works Central Police Station," delivered u- the underoi&ned not later than twelve on May 16th neit. Experience in rein- lConcrete Construction eseential. Canvassing will be deemed a disqualiifcation. H. LANG CO ATH, Town Clerk. /flse tiuildbali, Swansea, 5th May, 19U.. PUBLIC NOTICES, COUNTY BOROUGH OF SWANSEA. SHOPS ACTS, 1912. BOOT AND SHOE SELLERS. MOTOR, CYW-X AND AIRCRAFT SUPPLIES AYL ACCESSORIES DEALERS. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MAKE A I CLOSING ORDER AND A WEEKLY HALF HOLIDAY ORDER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the County Borough of Swansea propose to make a Closing Order for all Shops in the said County Borough in which the trades or businesses of a Motor Cycle and Aircraft Supplies and Accessories Dealer, or of a Boot and Shoe Seller are carried on fixing the hours at which such shops ghall be closed and fixing a weekly half holiday Order in regard to such shops in accordance with the Draft Order hereto annexed: Any person wishing to make objection to the Order, or suggestions as to its provi- sions, should address a statement in writing to the Clerk to the Council within one month from the date hereof, that is, before the 7th day of June, 1913. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the occupier of any shop to be affected by the Order may, on presenting himself at the Office of the Shops Inspector, No. 2. Pier-street, Swansea between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any week day except Saturday, and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. within the period of one month aforesaid, verify that his name, address and trade or business are duly entered in the Register of Shops. AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Council propose to apply under Section 8 of the Shops Act, 1912 to the Secretary of State to revoke the Closing Order made under the Shop Hours Act, 1904, and dated 10th April, 1907, so far as it affects the closing of shops wherein the trade or business of Boot and Shoe Sellers is carried on. Dated this 7th day of May, 1913. A. LANG COATH. Town Clerk and Clerk to the Council. Guiidhall, Swansea. ORDER. This Order, which may be cited as the Swansea Closing Order Number 1, 1913, applies to all shops in the County Borough of Swansea in which the retail trades or businesses of a Motor, Cycle, and Aircraft Supplies and Accessories Dealer, or of a Boot and Shoe Seller (hereinafter called the specified trades or businesses) are carried on. AU shops to which this Order applies shall be closed for serving customers on the sereral days of the week at and after the following hours respwtively:- Motor, Cycle, and Aircraft Supplies and Accessories Beet ad Dealers. Shoe Sellei-A, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. at 7 p.m. Thursdays (weekly half holiday) at 1.30 p.m. at 1 p.m. Fridays at 9.30 p.m. at 9 p.m. Saturdays. at 11.0 p.m. at 10 p.m. Provided that where the occupier of a Boot and Shoe Shop elects to close his shop for the weekly half holiday on a, Saturday instead of on a Thursday he shall close on Saturdays at 1 p.m. aud on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Provided that where the occupier of a Motor, Cycle and Aircraft Supplies and Accessories Dealers Shop elects to close his shop for the weekly half holiday on a Satur- day instead of on a Thursday he shall close on Saturdays at 1.30 p.m. and on Thursdays at 7.30 p.m. Provided that it shall not be a oontraven- tion of the provision of this Order 1. For a Motor, Cycle, and Aircraft Sup. plies and Accessories Dealer to keep his shop open until any hour not later than 11 p.m. (a) on the 14 days next preceding Good Friday; (b) on the 14 days next preceding Christ- mas Day; (c) on the 7 days next preceding any day appointed to be observed as a Bank Holiday or as a day of solemn Feaet or of public thanksgiving; r" (d) on the 14 days next preceding Whit- Monday. 2. For a Boot and Shoe Seller to keep his shop open until any hour not later than 10 p.m (a) on the Thursday next preceding Good Friday; (b) on any days during the period from the 14th to the 24th December inclusive. (c) on the day next preceding any day appointed to be observed as a Bank Holiday or as a day of solemn Feast or of public thanksgiving; or (d) on any of the 14 days next preceding Whit-Monday. Where any trade or busineee other than the specified trade or business is carried on in any shop in which the specified trade or business is carried on, such shop may be kept open after the qlosing hour mentioned above for the purpefee of that trade or business alone provided that— (a) After the said closing hours there shall be exhibited in some conspicuous places on the exterior and in the in- terior of such shops, notices in letters of the size of not less than 2 inchee containing the following wordfj :-Shopa Act, 1912. This shop is closed for to- day for the trade or business (here specify any epecfied trade or business carried on upon the premises). (b) So far as reasonably practicable no goods in connection with the trade or business for which the shop is re- quired to be olosed shall be exhibited either inside or outai0e the shop. Nothing in this Order shall prevent cus- tomers from being served at a time when the shop in which they are sold is required to be closed with victuals, stores or other necessaries for a ship on her arrival at or immediately before her departure from the Port of Swansea. gOEOUQH OF SWANSEA CAPS FOR CORPORATE OFFICERS. The Corporation of Swansea invite TENDERS from Local Tradesmen for the Supply of Caps with Gold and Silver Badges for Corporate Officers. Samples of the Caps may be seen at the Corporation Offices, Guildhall, Swansea, where particulars and Forms of Tender may also be obtained. Sealed Tenders, endorsed Tender for Corporate Officers' Caps," to be delivered at my Offices not later than noon on Wednes- day. the 14th May next. The lowest or any Tender will not neces- sarily be accepted. H LANG COATH. Town Clerk. Guiidhall, Swejwea. 22nd ApriL 1913. "RHYS LEWIS" OVEB. AGAIN! SECOND PERFORMANCE of the above WELSH DRAMA (IN CHARACTER) will be given at SILOAM SCHOOLROOM, PENTRE, NEXT THURSDAY, MAY 8. Admission (Payment at Door)—6d. and Doors Open at 7; to Commence at 7.30. Ticket-holders who failed to secure ad mis- sion to Saturday's Performance will be | admitted on those Tickets to above. I 1 PUBLIC NOTICES* NATIONAL LEAGUE -OF- YOUNG LIBERALS. -GREAT— PUBLIC MEETING at SILOAM, PENTRE, FRIDAY, MAY 9, at 8 p.m. Speakers— M8 TOM PARRY, M.P. (FLINT BOROUGHS). Mr. J. WALTER JONES, B.A. (Chairman, South Watee Council, N-L-Y-ii-)- Mr. RICHARO MARTIN, J.P. ^President Liberal Associations Rev. PENAR GRIFFITHS, And OFFICERS OF THE LEAGUE. Chair man— Sir COURTNEY MANSEL, Bart. Selections by the ii-N-LTLl) iVI A T.k VOICE PARTY (Conductor, Mr. bvau Walters, R»A.M.). AdnMseion Free. Collections. Hearty invitation to Ail- Doors Open at 1.30 p.m. NENDY, PONTAHDULAIS. SHOOTING MATCR IN FIELD NEAR RED COW HOTEL, HENQY. on WHIT-MONDAY, MAY 12, 1913. Firet Prize, IZ 56. and a Silver Cup, value LZ 26., given by Mr. S. White, Hendy PiC). ture Palace; Second Pi-im.Li; Third Prize, 15a.; .Fourth Prise, 10s. Match to Goiaxaeace at 11 o'oiock sharp. Admifesiou to Field—^Threepence. DON'T FORGET THfi FFORESTFACH EISTEDDFOD On Whit-Tuesday, May 13. ENTRIES CLOSE MAY 7th, 1913. General Secretary— DAVID jENKINS, Gendros, Fforestfach. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS TO CHILE. MAY 1st, 1913. The Undersigned Professional Consul recently appointed, notifies Ships and Ship- pers that, for all goods shipped in Swansea and District, all Ships and Shipping Docu- ments must 00 vised at this Consulate in conformity with Chilian Consular Legisla- tion, and to avoid heavy penalties and inconvenience at Chilian Customs. A. R. BUNSTER, Consul for Chile. 14. Metropolitan Bank Buildings, Swansea. Office Hours: 11 a.m. to 12.30 a-Qi-; 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. MIDLAND. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. CHEAP EXCURSIONS to the MIDLANDS and NORTH OF ENGLAND on Friday, May 9th, for 4, 5, 8, 11, or 15 days, and on May 12th for 2, 3, 4. 5, 8, or 15 days, from SWAN- SEA, at 8.30 a.m. (via Brecon and Worces- ter). EXCURSION also to BRECON on May 12th, at 8.55 a.m. (calling at Upper Bank, etc.). W. GUY GRANET, General Manager SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST. BANK HOLIDAY, WHIT-MONDAY, MAY 12th, 1913. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the HARBOUR OFFICES will be CLOSED on the above day as custpmary. WILLIAM LAW, General Manager. H&rbour Officto Swansea, May 5th, 1913. PlEltROT PAVILION, SWANSEA SANDS -L By Special permission of the Mayor and Corporation. Commencing WHIT-SATURDAY, May 10th. at 3.15 & 7.30; WHIT-MONDAY, at 11, 3 & 7; afterwards Daily at 3.15 & 7.30. QRIGiNAXi R OY.&L p IEZROTS (Under Royal Patronage and Command). First-class Artistes, Refined and Up-to-date. Sir Joseph Verdin, Bart., Garnstone Castle, Herefordshire, High Sheriff of Herefordshire, &aye: I am delighted with your perform- ance and will recommend you to all my friends." Chairs-Is, 6d., 3d. Collections. PIONEER MOTOR SERVICE TO Horton, Porteynon, Reynoldstone, Pen- maen and Parkmill. SPECIAL WHITSUN SERVICE. FRIDAY. MAY 9th- Leaving Horton and Porteynon, 10.0 a.m. Leaving Swansea (Jeffreys Arms llotel)- 5.30 p.m. SATURDAY. MAY 10th. Leaving Horton and Portey n—6.56 a.m., 11 0 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 6.0 p.m., 8.0 p.m. Leaving Swansea—10.0 a.m.. 2.30 p-al., F,o p.m., 10.0 p.m. WHIT-MONDAY. Leaving Horton and Porteynon—7.0 a.m.. 11.30 a m-, 5.30 p.m.. 7.0 p.m. Lea,ving Swansea-9.8 a.m., 10.0 a.m., 10.40 a.m., 9.0 p.m. TUESDAY. MAT 13th. Leaving Horton and Poaon, 7.0 a.m.. 5.0 P.M. Leaving; Swawea—10.30 a.m.. 5.30 p.m., 7.0 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14tb Leaving Horton and Porteynon-7.0 am- 5.0 P.M. Leaving Swansea—10-30 a.m., 7..0 p.m. ST. MARY'S PARISH CHURCH. A MEMORIAL SERVICE for the late MR. BENJAMIN EVANS, J.P., will be held at ST. MARY'S PARISH CHURCH, SWANSEA, TO-MORROW THURSDAY AFTER N )0M, fht, i o' clock. < CLYNE VALLEY RACES SATURDAY, MAY 10, AND WHIT-MOHDAY, MAY 12. OVER NINETY ENTRIES. FINEST RACECOURSE IN WALES. RACES SEEN FRO¥- START TO FINISH. HORSES ENTERED FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND ALL PARTS OF WALES. 11 POPULAR PRICES OF ADMISSION- ONE SHILLING. GATES OPEN AT 1 O'CLOCK. FIRST RAOE—SATURDAY, 5 o'clock. FIRST RACE—MONDAY. Z o'clock.
IWHAT MAY HAPPEN TO THE DOCTORS.
WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO THE DOCTORS. The rnk and file among the meaical men of Swansea will not be grateful to Mr. Brook for the letter he addressed us yesterday championing their cause. There is good reason to be- lieve that, outside those who are so vigorously and heatedly battling with the frigidly societies over the question of attendance upon the wives and de- pendents. those who may be called the extremists, many of the doctors are inclined to milder methods, and are anxious to have the contest finished by means of a reasonable compromise. They know from the inside the problem that is perplexing those looking after the workmen's interests, and they realise that the sudden jump in medical fees from 8s. 8d. to 21s. 8d. is one that will bear very hardly upon many a family. It is our nature to kick against any big demand that has not been ap- proached gradually, and it is cold com- fort to know that even then we are better off than other people in other towns. What the Northumberland miners have agreed to pay will not greatly interest the Swansea dock labourer, accustomed in the past to have the doctor's services for himself and his family for 8s. 8d., and now asked for 13s. for the family alone. The Swansea dock labourer will say, quite reasonably: This is too sudden! We do not know why Mr. Brook should write of the friendly societies as if they were tyrannical organisations anxious to cyush the life-blood out of the doctors, or, to use his metaphor, eager to plant their heel cruelly upon the neck of the doctors. The friendly societies are composed of men who be- lieve in fellowship, and, in our experi- ence of them, we have found their officials-elected democratically by the lodges—anxious to extend that fellow- ship to the doctors. Most of the "club" doctors were on the best of terms with the organisations with which they had contracts; if they suffered by the low rate of their remuneration, theirs was the blame, for the competition locally amon-, the medical men for some of these posts has been terrific. We know that this is no excuse for the inade- quate payments made to the doctors- and most inadequate they were—but, at any rate, the professional men who are now said to have had their necks under the grinding heel could not have felt the injustice very keenly, or there would have been a song about it long ago. We think it will be found that many of the doctors who have had club practice found it, on the whole, use- ful and not altogether unprontabib work. If it were otherwise they would not have remained quiescent; they are decidedly not the humble and mute people who will allow anybody and everybody to trample upon thom. un the contrary, they are as strong for the preservation of their privileges and their status as the members of say the Labourers' Union. Mr. Brook introduces some irrele- vant matter into the consideration of the local dispute. Let us keep the main issue clear. The problem for settlement at Swansea to-day is the amount of remuneration to be granted to the doctors for looking after the wives and families of insured persons. The doctors give as their minimum 13a., and certain other charges for special work; the friendly and trade societies demur, to the sum. Very well, say the members of the British Medical Association, if our offer is un- acceptable, form your Medical Aid Association, and import your doctors. But we will have nothing to do with them. We will not recognise them We will not meet them in con- sultation upon difficult caseii. Thoce of us who are on the honorary staff of the Swansea Hospital will not attend patients who axe under their hands when they are brought to the infirmary —unless they are "grave emergencies.' You will not pay us our trade union scale, and, if you bring in men when? we regard as blacklegs, how are you going to meet the Hospital difficulty? You see you have reached the lines oi Chatali a I. What else is it but a dispute involving merely a. matter of money? Complicate the position as the principal champions may with other alleged grievances, the main proposi- tion, in the present Swansea trouble, is one of finance. -U]* ul-uch r sum- the whol s j We have already pointed out that the lines of defence made around the Hos- pital may be outflanked by the Medical Aid Association, and the Mayor has dotted the i's and crossed the t's of this point. We may dismiss this mat- ter, for the doctors must see that it involves, for them, graver consequences than they had anticipated. There is another that is worthy the consideration of the doctors most concerned, the doctors who are on the Panel; in all probability it will have occurred to them. Let us imagine the Medical Aid Association in being, and a state of war prevailing with the local doctors The Asbociation has been for- tunate enough to secure the services of good men—not an unlikely thing say some who can speak with authority. There is nothing to prevent these men getting on the panel, and—most impor- tant point of all—what are the work- people, who will be incensed at the local doctors' aloofness, going to do, say next January, when they can, if they so desire, transfer their names? The British Medical Association dpes not hold all the cards in its hands; there appears the chance of a most in- teresting situation developing in the event of the Swansea doctors holding on to their thirteen shilling minimum, and failing to settle with the societies. The Mayor, whose conduct in the dis- pute has been distinguished for its strength and fairness, is taking the first step towards calling another confer- ence, and the doctors are agreeable. One ought to be held, for the present position is too full of dangers to be viewed with a light heart, and too serious for recrimination in letters and speeches. We do not believe that the rank and file on either side are spoil- ing for fisrht, and it would be an ex- cellent thing if their moderating coun- sels were given fuller weight. The old leaders have come to an impasse. They have failed. Why not secure new re- presentation—from doctors aud men- m the hope that other minds will de- vise a way out of the trouble. And, failing mutual agreement, there is a court of arbitration in existence al- ready that might be asked to give its aid: the Court of Referees under Part II. of the Insurance Act. This is a !x>dy that ought to command the con- fidence of both sides.
I THE IDEA -REMAINS. I
I THE IDEA REMAINS. I The House of Commons, with nearly 200 absentees, last night rejected the Woman's Suffrage Bill by 266 votes to 219. Of the minority voting for the Bill it is estimated that at least 160 were Liberals. The majority against the Bill consisted chiefly of Conserva- tives, with about 60 Liberals and 60 Nationalists. Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Balfour, and Mr. Alfred Lyttelton ab- stained from voting. It is a check, and a serious one. But the cause goes on. All the laws of reason say that woman should have a part in government. We accord it in municipal politics, and all bear testi- mony to the value of women's work as guardians of the poor. But man, an illogical animal, is upset by the wicked antics of the militants; and he is foolish enough to believe that a negative policy of repression is going to solve his difficulties. Repression never solved any difficulty. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, who wound up for the Bill, said that the Children's Act and the National Insur- ance Act would have been more favour- able to women—would have been drafted more carefully—if Parliament had been answerable to women with votes. His words remind us of a passage in Ger- trude Atherton's study of a suffragette, "Julia France." "Man," she makes her heroine say, "has long since grown callous to the sources of his inoome. Higher wages mean smaller dividends, and he chooses to close his eyes to the fact that his dividends are largely due to the toil of worn-out women and stunted children; of women that have all the duties of their households to discharge after they come home from the mills; children whose minds must remain as undeveloped as their ill- nourished bodies. Women have, the maternal instincts and the nagging conscience which would force us to dis- charge our duties to the poor."
THE DISTRICTS' RATES I
THE DISTRICTS' RATES I To the Editor. I Sir,-The report of the Sketty Rate- payers' meeting shows that there ctre still a few persons left who, for some reason, would rather have uroan powers than an extension of tho borough boundary; otherwise tne matter of urban powers would not have been allowed a moment's con- sideration. It is the short-sighted policy of our representatives in the past that accounts for the fact that we have to pay this year a rate of lis. 8d. in the L-an advance of ,6d. on last year's rates; and it is not likely that the pre- sent members will hasten to move In the direction of including Sketty in the borough, whatever they may say to the contrary. Why should a mem- ber, just after securing election at a cost of from 230 to £40, immediately set about seeking his own extinction as a councillor 1 We must move independently of the council and, also, not wait for other parts of the parish to come into line. If the present schemes put forward will be carried out thi3 year, there will be another rise next year of about 3s. in the L.-Yours, etc., Skettyite. I
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Messrs. Caird and Co., Greenock, have just launched a steamer of 7,000 tons for the P. and 0. Steamship Com- pany, and have five other similar vessels on the stocks for the same firm. \Ve-ghing over 91b., and over 3ft. in length, a wild cat, a genus now thought to be extinct in the flgiiiands of Scot- land, has been shot by a gamekeeper on an estate on the west of Koss-shire. It was beautifuly striped and had a bu&hy tail. By the launch, which was successfully carried out at East Cowes yesterday, of his Majesty's ship Red Gauntlet, be- longs the credit to Messrs. John Samuel Whit4 and Co. (Limited) of having put afloat the first of the batch of twenty ocean-going torpedo-destroyers of the Daring class ordered last year for the 1913-jwoaramme,
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| School Problems Is the Scholarship Systetf Abused ? i A SECONDARY Schoolmaster C(,1!1" tributes to the "Westminstet Gazette some reflections on the system which touch many problems fe"; locally. There appears to be a good deal ocl exaggerated talk, he says, about the t supposed difference of class between tha • ?e?l,?g.tary and the secondary schools, and the gulf which can only ba bridged by examination. In the typa of school which I am thinking—tha Old Grammar School Foundations which have been taken over by the local authority, or are in receipt of a sub- sidiary Government grant—there jg nearly always a considerable number of J scholarships, some restricted by con- diitions as regards the district front win ch the holder must come, but all oj them open to children who have passed | through the elementary stage. These Government grants, too, are accorded only on; the understanding that a large percentage of the boys shall have come from the elementary schools, and, indeed, the proportion of thosd who have not acquired their early edu- cation from the same sources is often, in a school of this type, very small in-1 ■ deed. In some cases, of course, local prejudice is inclined to make things ? hard as possible for the elementary school child, but this is likely to dw appear in the face of incre WGovern- ment grants, which will supply a solu- tion to the whole problem. The Children's Future. A more serious question and one with j which little attempt has been made to | deal, is the future of those children who oome with scholarships to the Iiigtkov » grade school. Too often on the expiration of tha scholarship the b<,y or girl sinks back into a position for vhich an elementary training would in itself have fitted them. Prom the purely material point of view their secondary education has been of little value; its effects are tran- sitory, since the qualities it fostered are no lon'r call  a ualities it foste-red aro no longer called into play, and the result is a natural feeling of discon- tent on the part of the unfortunate victims. Examination" is a word which al- ways wears a formidable look; but in t those cases where scholarships Hl. secondary schools are awarded only j after examination—and there are many 1. granted without any such test—a cer- i tain amount of formality is always | present. ft Examination Papers. I To set a paper for a scholarship exa- f mination is one of the most dtincult | tasks that exists, for one must work on ? the simplest and most general l?nes if i ( results are to be even barely satisfac- ? tory. It seems paradoxical, in a test of scholarship, to ask a boy vaguely what he knows about Sir Francis Drake or about the industries of his coum,y" but it is only the simplest questions, couched in the simplest forms, that wiU give the examiner material on which to form an estimate. Even so, the per- centage of fairly good answers will pro- bably not reach five. Not only would a more searching test be entirely useless, but it would also be unfair both to the boy and to his pre- vious teacher. The education he is about to undergo differs very greatly in character and scope from that to which be has been accustomed. And it is right that it should differ. The co-ordination of elementary and secondary education is a great ideal, but the one must remain essentially a pre- paratory stage for the other. To use the secondary school as a mere vehicle for continuation classes on a more pre- tentious scale hardly seems dmiratte Its curriculum must be kept distinct and on a higher plane altogether if secondary education is to mark a genuine advance on the preparatory stage. I The Scholarship System, I The scholarship system is as liable to abuse in our scheme of secondary educa- tion as elsewhere. The temptation to get "something for nothing1' is often, too strong to do resisted. "That boy's father," said a head- master to me, mentioning a case in point, could buy me out any day ten times over, yet his son comes to school, without paying a penny, with a scholar- ship of which he has no need whatso- ever. The parent in question was a manu- facturer in possession of a more than comfortable income. It may be agreed that a boy is in justioe entitled to the reward his brains have won for him, but it is an amazing thing that money set aside to help those who lack re- sources to coiuplate their education should be so perverted from the object for which it was intended- Surely there is room here for the system of honorary scholarsh ips. At the same school as that mentioned above an attempt was made to deal with the difficulty in this way, with success- ful results. The idea is not, of course, a new one, but its scope might, I th nk, be extended. Snobbery. 1 The beneficial effects of such a system conferring scholarships honoris causa would not stop here. Snobbery is per- haps hardly a vice which one associates with the average schoolbov, yet the unpleasant fact remains that many boys are inveterate snobs. Possibly they imbibe it in the home atmosphere. Whatever its origin, it is continually cropping up, and the master must be ever on his guard against it. Thus we and some unfortunate boy, coming from the same elementary school as his neighbour, yet lacking his brains, justifying his own incapacity and claim- ing a social superiority by thanking his stars that he is not a free Fclxgar "I Discussion of this rather morbid aspect, of a boy's peychology may seem trival and laboured to some, but only those who know the inner workings of a school can realise the difficulties ana danger3 created by the prevalence of such a spirit.. To make the poaitcon of the scholar one of honour and not of dependence in the eyes of the school is no tnval task, but one which claims the attention of every thoughtful member of the 6taff.
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Purchased by Count Charles Cicogna, a Belgian nobleman and agriculturist, I a consignment of black-faced sheep has left Alnwick for the Continent. It is the first export of the kind to Europe. An entire school at Stocking Pelham, in Essex, has made 27 weeks' perefct attendance. A child facing ill broke the record in the twenty-eighth week. The previous school record in this county was 19 weeks. M. Paul Cambon, the French Am- bassador, opened yesterday, at the Royal Architectural Museum, 18, Tufton-Btreet, Wertfainst-er, an exhi- bition of French architectural drawings and work by the students of l'Eoole deg Beaux Apts, Paris. The exhibition will remain oneu traiaJl May U.