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AMUSEMENTS. EMPIRE OXFORD STREET, SWANSEA. Monday, June 16th, and Twice Nightly II' at 6.50 and 9.0 during the week. GALA WEEKI I The Great-eat Success Ever Known in London I A Condensed Version of HULLO RAGTIME! The Delightful REVUE, still pla,ying to Crowded Houses at the London Hippodrome. The most Elaborate and Sumptuous Pro- duction ever Staged at any English Theatre. Talented Caste, including Irene Dillon, Barbara Babingto-i. Edith Lonsdale. May LusD. Le" Marbaa, Sam Hearn, Cyril Clensy, Chas. Str-ohenson. S. J. Chapman, A. Ben- nett. and Beauty Chorus of 40 Girls. New Series of Up-to-date Subjects on THE AMERICAN B.OSCOPE. LULU WILLIAMS, Juvenile Comedienne. FRED KEETON, Comedian. TOM E. FINCLASS, The Original Cowboy Conn. ¡ MELODY MAKERS, Presenting Burglar's Dream." GRAND THEATRE SWANSEA. MONDAY, JUNE 15"b. 1913. for Six Nights at 7 50. and MATINEES Wciinsaday, Thursday, and Saturday at 2.33 p.m. By arrange.reTi'i with Cherry Kcarton. Ltd. Francis-Cl-Jre and Bamberger present CHERRY K E A R t 0 N The Man Wno Dared, or a Naturalist's I Wanderjjirs with Cinema Camera in many lauds. prei;entiag: a World'? Runt for Big (iimn and vvild Animals through NATURE'S ZOO. These Marvellous Moving Pictures of Edu- cational and Instructional lutereet fully explained by ENTERTAINING LECTURER. MosMarveliD,z!, !f an Motion Pictures. NEXT WEEK— THE MASTER OF THE MILL. THEATRE ROYAL. WIND STREET, SWANSEA. Proprietor & Licensee—William COUttS, W ),:iarn Coutts has pleasure in presenting a ROYAL PROGRAMME FOP. THE RECAfTA WEEK. THIRD WEEK of ITALIAN CRAND OPERA by the j Castsiiano Grand Opera Co. TO-NJCHT at 7.3D— BARBER OF SEVILLE (Rossini). Si&noraa Oirgis, Beaufoy, Signors Bar- tera, (Jumtina, Vittori, Vail, Fragari, Toto. THURSDAY at 7.S&— MARSTANA (In English). (Wallace). Siguoras Annetta, Boffini. Hayap. Signors Standing, Pursaill, Griffin, Lewis, Vinci, JJavies. FRIDAY at 7.30— LA FAVORITA (Donizetti). Produced for the First Time in Swansoa. C3AND BENEFIT NICHT TO VENTURA. Signoras Goretta, Morris, Signors Von- tura, Vaij, vittori, Bartera. SATURDAY (MATINEE) at 2.15- CavaHena Rusticana u^iascagni). S!»n-;r5 Protti, rivarti, Oyardi, Signors Ventura, Terraei. and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo). Signora Barone, Signors D'Ottavi, Vail, Terrasi, Barter a. SATURDAY EVENING at 7.30— THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. IBalfc). Signoras Annetta, Boffini, Griffin, Signors Standing, Pursaill, Hallett, Griffin. Picture LAND ATTHE SHAFTESBURY CINEMA. ST. HELEN S-ROAD. SWANSEA. Film PlaYf- Twa Engine Drivers Cir.es. j Thou Shait Not Kill .Vit&graph broncu B'My a Ward Ess&na.y. Love in an Apartment Hotel A.B. Ccrr.ic: Sweep, sweep, sweep .Clarendor.. I he Proposal .Å..B. Interest*- Wave Studies' Animated Gazettti or 7he World's News, Published Tuesdaj, June 17th. 1913. AT THE PALACE, HICH-STREET. SWANSEA. The Same Programme as at the ShaStzsbury Cinema. AT THE TIVOLI, CWMBWRLA. Vim Flays- A Plunge for a Fortune Urban. (A Great Detective Film.) Tears of Blaoci (Central Exclusive). «• The Way of the World A.B. II! Cc rn ics- Bloomer and the Balloon .Cines. .„ When John Brought His Wife Home. .jr" Lubin. ¡.. Bob, the Strong Man .CiU08. '"AT THE PICTURE DROME, No MORRISTON. Mltfilm Plays- I Beyond the Crave's Mysteries Milano. Black Heart and White (Exclu.).Aquila. The Leopard Avenger Lux Comics- Tightwad's Predicament A.B. Seeing is Believing Asi;anay. ..Topical- Gaumont'? Graphis of Topical Events. AT THE GLOBS CINEMA, CLYDACH. Tlie Same Pictures as at the Plctiirerirome, Morrlston. Variety Turn- .The Mervyns, Comedy Artistes. AT THE PAVILION, PONTARDAWE. Film Play*— Sheridan's Rido Bison Drink's Lure .Â..B. A Life in the Balance .Kalem. ts Off the Road .Vitagraph. .&MICS- Fuunicus the Unintentional Burglar. Eclair. One of the Nuts C & M. A Special Delivery Package A.B. -Topical- » G.iumont's Graphic. Variety Turns— The Sisters Warner, Refined Novelty, In- strurn-nt alist-p and Dancing. Whimsical Wilbert, the New Comedian. Bert Lynwood, Quaint Comedian. AT THE PLAYHOUSE, YSTPLYFERA. "to Same Fictum?. as at ths Pavilion, Pontarstewe. variety Turns- Charles Gsturn- Comedian, in all his Lateet j and Greatest Successes. Doris Page, Contralto Singer. AMUSEMENT& I THE I PIC TU R E II HOUSE, I HICH STREET, SWANSEA. (Aiext Door to Davies and Short). iLauagin* lurector Wiuiaw Coutts. The Last Word in Cinema Theatres, CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE OAI L Y from 3 till 10.30. i Ices FrM Every Afternoon. — Mr. W. H. Hoaro's Orchestral Band Plays Every Evening. I TODAYS IIROGRANNE- j 8 CINEMATOGRAPH SUCCESSES. I A Plur-ge for a Fortune Urban. ) (A Great Detective Film.) | I Bjoomer and the Balloon Cines. Tears of Blood Central Exclusive. 8 When Johu Brought Home His Wife. I Luhia I I Bob, the Strong Man .CinM ;he Way of the World .A.B i | Pat-he's Annua ted Gazette of the I Work; News, Published Tuesday, 17th, 191-3. Changs uf PtoturM Ewery Monday, J a vVfAdne3day, ard Friday.  m OXFORD ELEeiRiS m&IRE UNION STREET, SWANSEA. The Premier HJ!j of South Wales. A Ceaseless Performance of Exceeding Exoeifonc-j from 2.30 till 10.30. PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY:- A 3MSLE IH THE SUNSET OF LIFE. (A Forty Minutes Picture.) TINY T5 M STEALS AN ELEPHANT. 1 TH~ AMATEUR FIREMAN. The PINK OPERA CLOAK FROM KANDY TO COLOMSO. I TOPiCAL BUDGET. THE OXFORD IMPERIAL LADIES' L ORCHESTRA Piays Daily f;-om 2,30 till 10.30. Afternoon Tea Free of Charge to All Parts of the House. All Trams Load to the OXFORD." Pictures are projected on the Wonderful CRYSTAL MIRROR.  6d. and 1S POPULAR PH!CES:—3d., 6d. and 1s, PIERROT PAVILION, SWANSEA SANDS (PRIVATE ENCLOSURE). ORIGINAL ROYAL PIERROTS TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY, I 3.15 and 7.30. PROGBAitME CHANGED DAILY. I CHAIES—6dU "d., & 3d. Children. Half-price. SALES BY AUCTION. I 2, KING EDWAKD'S ROAD. SW ANSEA. SALE of GKOCER'S STOCK-IN-TRADE (in excellent condition). TRAKfi UTENSILS, and other effects, which will first be offered in one lot, and failing a sale in this manner, th?n in small lots to suit ¡ purchasers. Re S Harper, 7 of 1913 Mr. F. E. TuoJridge ¡ la instructed by the Official Receiver to SELL BY AUCTION at the above-named premises (unices previously disposed of by private treaty;, on FRIDAY, JUE 20th, 1913. the Stock-in-Trade, AND OTHER EFFECTS, comprising About a gross of Heinz's Bottled Pickles, Saucee, etc. several eases of Pears, Apri- cots and Sardines. Cross and Biackwell'e Sauces, ctç., Huntley and Palmer's Biscuits and Cake3, Bird's Custard and Blancmange Powder, Eiffel Tower Jellies. Brown and Poison's Flour, Mar.aweuee Tea, HartJey's Jams. Sunli/ht. Perfection and other soaps, Bottled Fruits, Oxo, Bovril, Erooims, Scrub- bing and Biackkarl Brushes. Trade Uten- sils, including excellent scales and weights, hand truck, sack truck, coffee mill, tea can inters, marble elab, steps, chaira, etc. Sale to coiumeuee at 11.30 o'clock sharp. Terms: Cash on Tha fell of tho hammer. Auctioneer's offices, 3, Northampton-place, Swansea. PUBLIC NOTICES. THE CHIEF EVENT OF THE YEAR! PUBLIC HALL, PONTARDAWE. I GRAND CHAIR I EISTEDDFOD SATURDAY NEXT, JUNE 121. GREAT CHORAL CONTESTS Mixed, Male anti Juvenile. The Leading Welsh Choirs Entered. Chairing the Bard Ceremony Record Entries for Solos and Recita- tions. IN PRIZES. I Chief Adjudicators. '.Music: Gra'i?i-ille Bantock, T. Hcpkin Evans. Literary: "Cwili." Recitations: Mr. John Roberts. Eisteddfod to commence at 11 a.m. Admission: 3s. Reserved, 2s. and Is. Convenient Trains will run during the ?av at Special Fares. See Railway day Continuous Hoad Motor Service from Neath and nisforgan. Seer 0-t zi MORGAN JONES. W. THOMPSON DAVTES. THE ELECTRIC THEATRE SYXDTCATE IS PREPARED TO CONSIDER APPIJ- CATIONS FOR THE SHARES UNALLOTTED OF THE YSTALYFERA PAVILION, AND APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE SECRETARY. 17. WIND-STREET, IP,*U. I PUBUC NOTICES.  !MBUST?!AL BAND i WILlJ PLAY AT DYFATTY PARK ox THURSDAY, FROM 7 TO 9. TELECRAPH BOYS' BAND WILL PLAY AT MANSELTON PARK ON THURSDAY, FROM 7 TO 9. TO MOTOR CAR OWNERS. Call on me for correct information and particulars about pUNCTURE ^EALING: ZIP. EDWARD MACAULAY, 42, High^reot, Haverfordwest. Agent for South Wales. Address Pro Tem.— MACK WORTH HOTEL, SWANSEA. TO-MORROW (THURSDAY). PORTEYNON, PIONEER MOTORS will leave the JEFFREYS ARMS at 10.30 a.m. and at 2 p.m. RETURNING FROM PORTETNON at 7.30 p.m. FARES-ALL DAY RETURN: PORTEYNON 4s. Od. 2s. Od. AFTERNOON, PORTEYNON 3s. 6d. QWANSEA AND DISTRICT CANINE ° SOCIETY. EVENING RADIUS SHOW no Mile Radius), at the HALFWAY HOTEL, NEATH ROAD, LiANDOEB, SWANSEA. THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913. ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY, JUNE 20th. (Postmark). jpiLOTA'JL ACT, 1913. THE SWANSEA HARBOUR PILOTAGE AUTHORITY HEREBY GIVE PUBLIC OTICB, in pursuance of Section 4 (41 of the Pilotage Act, 1913, that they have notified to the Board of Trade t.fc'eir intention to submit u> t-he Beard a scheme for the purpooo of the R?-or?ani'nation cr Improvement cf Organi@8,tion d Pilotage in the Pilotage DT&trict of Swansea, and that any repre- ?&z?r,tzt;onr, with regard thereto should be IIa(ldr>ed t? the Clerk of the Authority on or before the Twelfth day of July, 1913. TALFOURD STRiCK, Clerk. Harbour Officeb. Swan-ea. June 13th. 3913. NETT SALES, TWO-AND- A-HALF times as great as the South Wales Daify Post.
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WHY NOT? !
WHY NOT? We hope that the absurd refusal of the County Education Authority to release the Cottage Home children from school, in order that they might parti- j cipate in the "treat'' the Mayor and Mr. Tom Byrne so generously arranged at the .Grand Theatre, will he recon-; sidered in time, although there is faint hope of this. The action of the com- j mittee is inexcusable. We should not be surprised to learn that some lingering prejudice against the theatre, and a strong prejudice against bioscopic pictures, have some- thing to do with the refusal. It cannot be due to educational reasons, for it so happens that the Kearton pictures Df wild life, shown on the screen of the theatre this week, are valuable instruc- tive agencies. Children will learn more in five minutes from such films as these than they will in many months of read- i ing. And it ought not to be due to any other sort of prejudice. The Authority is doing these children a poor service.
iTHE REGATTA.I
i THE REGATTA. To-day's regatta will recall to the 1 older men of Swansea a lost enthu- siasm. There is a surprising amount of interest evinced in the events that are taking place in the Bay, and the visit of the warships has done much to make the salt water festival a popular success; although it does seem too bad that, after the town's persistency, the Admiralty could not gratify its desire to see a battleship or two in the Roads. There may be good and sufficient rea- sons, but the visit of our biggest ships to Aberystwyth at the time when Swan- sea was most anxious to have a similar privilege, aud w:is denied it, is de- cidedly irritating. However, wo must not let such reflections in the slightest degree cool the reception to be given tc our naval visitors this week. They arc our very welcome guests; we would like to see them in our port oftener. What Swansea thinks of its bluejackets it will demonstrate unmistakably when they march from the docks on Thurs- day even ing. There is no sight that more thoroughly stirs the heart than the spectacle of these large-limbed sailor-men, the guardians of our shore. Whatever enthusiasm we muster to- day, however, it will be but -4 fa; nt counterpart of the tremendous zeal with which, fifty years and more ago, the port worked up its regatta. Those were tho days when the most intense rivalry used to exift between the! owners and the -crews of the &ae pilot sailing b<Mts that belonged to Swan- sea. An old veteran some ?e?rs ?f? drew for us a picture of the excite- ments of the great day. to yourselves," he said, "a fine day in the sixties, standing on the quay of the South Dock Bagin, while floating close by are ten or eleven boats, as clean as cleanliness can make them. You hear the rattle of the halyards as each sail is stretched, and the various re- marks of those standing near as tho crafts are viewed by critical eyes. We see the burly form of Capt. John Rosser, then deputy harbour DOftster, while perhaps near by stands Mr. John William James, harbour superintend- ent, conversing with one ci the Baths or the Richardsons and other prominent men of the port, on the coming contests. Cast your eye on the decks of the boats and the faces are easily recognised by all those interested in local nautical matters, for who about the docks or river doesn't know Alec or John Austin, the Fenders, the Georges, tho Dews- burys, Bill Fox, John Squires, John Melhuish, Dan Owens, Edwin Burton, riarry Rees, and scores of others whose names have escaped my memory? And now the time is como when the tug takes the crafts in tow to the moor- ings outside the 61d stone pier, and those who come to view the start are perhaps getting a little excited, as well they may at that popular aquatic festi- val, for among them are the shipwrights who built them, tho sailmakcxs who made the sails, and all who contributed to render them fit for this, the most exciting race of the day. A gun is fired, and tho voice is heard of the officer of the day, Arc you all ready?' Sljcrtlv after the signal is given, 'Off l' and each of the crews strive their ut- most to get sail on their ship first, as it us a start with canvas down and no time allowance. Away they go to the eastward, their mooring buoys are picked up by the Vesper, Swallow, Hippie, ?cri, and other competing yachts. To-day our interests in the Regatta are not so local, but it will be a pleasant cha.nga in the routine of life to he tempted out into the open, and, from the hills around the town, or from the cliffs at Mumbles, to watch the contests in tho Bay. We trust that, from a sporting point of view, the luck will ba better thall in 1910, when the wind failed in the second round of the big race, and the White Heather was be- calmed off Caswell. Let U6 hope that the conditions will he like those of the memorable 1896 Regatta, when, on the day to which bad weather had ne('o- sitated a postponement, the Ailsa got home first, and its (aptain deciarcd that he had never sailed over a course which afforded such scope for the exhibition of all-round seamanship. It will be re- membered that in this race the German Kmperor's Meteor lost heavily at the start, and was disabled in the early stages of the contest. To complete the narrative of results, we ought to re- cord the success of the Shamrock over the White Heather in 1909, when Sir Thomas Lipton's boat won with a five minute margin. May the yachts to-day have a good wind, and may it be a close race to the finish!
i- - THE PULPIT AND ITS POWER.
i- THE PULPIT AND ITS POWER. Reflections Oil A New Life of McCheyne. ■■ To the Editor. I Sir,—In a quiet resting-place," I have just finished reading the new life i ot the Rev- itooort Murray McCheyne, publi-shed in connection with the cen- tenary of his birth, May 21st, 1813. The book is is-sued from the office of the X ational Council of Evangelical Freu Churches, Memorial Hall, London, price 2s. 6d. A great longing possesses mo that it should get into the hands of many Christian ministers and workers iu the wide district over which your paper circulates. Laymen would find no more quickening present to give to their ministers. When a young man I read that un- dying spiritual classic," the "Memoir by Dr. and Remains of McCheyne," by Dr. Andrew Bonar, and it left an indelible impression upon my mind and character. This smaller and, to some perhaps, more readable book, is surely destined to move t.o high endeavour many a life, old and young. There are two reasons which make the book timely reading. Some of us have felt keenly the reiterated state- ments, by those who must know better, that the spirited Nonconformists of Wales'" are opposed to the Welsh Church Bill, and that the motive of that Bill is either envy or merely political partisanship. I have felt comfort as I read how the great spiritual leaders of the Disruption of the Scottish Estab- lished Church came out of that Church, forsaking everything for conscience sake because they could no longer tolerate the control of the State with all the degradation involved in it. The brief years of McCheyne's ministiy were concurrent with the agitation which led up to this magnificent exodus, and McCheyne's last address in St. Peter's I Established Church, Dundee, was an earnest exhortation to his people to cast in their lot with those who, under the leadership of Dr. Chalmers, were about to go out into the wilderness. Of McCheyne it was said that "since the days of Samuel Rutherford tho Church of Scotland had not contained a more seraphic mind." The spiritual Nonconformists or Wales" stand ex- actly where the leaders of the Disrup- tion stood, and their action will he justified in the same way, in. a cleansed and re-vitalised Welsh Episcopal Church-and, who will venture to say nay ?-possibly, in years to come, a re- union of Welsh Christendom. There is another and, to me, even a weightier reason why the message of MeCheynes life is timely. The people I need a great awakening to spiritual realities. This must come through the Church, using the word in its widest meaning, and, primarily, through the mea,nina an d pr men who stand III the pulpit. The putpit must recover its old power and influence. It is a question first of per- sonalitv, then of message. We ha ve the secret, or rather the demonstra- tion of it, in McCheyne's life and seven years' immortal ministry. I can con- ceive nothing more calculated to stir to its depths the heart of a Christian minister, and to lead to great results, than to be brought face to face with tho indomitable faith in the Gospel message, the singleness of aim, the vivid seuv<*e of things unseen, the" iu- candescent earnestness," the passion- ate hunger for the highest gOfxl of human souls that shone out from the burning life of Robert Murray McCheyne. In reading over this letter it seems hardly of the sort to send to a. newspaper, but it is the only way tl}' which I can get at the large roustitueney which T desire to influence, and 1 fl sure that you will not deny one your eolumns.-Yoll1\S, etc., John Adams Rawlings. I Myrtle Cottage. Penmaen, June 16. 1913. I
The 'Cave' Closed!! ,---I
The 'Cave' Closed!! I Mr. Gladstone Comes Out. j Last Night's Majority on Welsh Bill: 99. I I do not pretend to be familiar with the conditions in Wales.—Mr. Bonar Law last night. Mr. Bonar Law's speech in the House 1 last night, on the second reading of the Welsh Bill, betrayed the fact of itself, but it is one of the assets of his leader- ship—to Liberalism-that he usually says the awkward thing that a cleverer man would have left unsaid. Welshmen will remember the sen- tence! How small the privileges of the Church in Wales were, he declared. He had never been able to discover one single grievance to which Nonconfor- mists were put by the existence of an established Church in Wales. As he admits, ho is not "familiar with the conditions in Wales." The House divided just a f ter e l even  The H()l1RC divided just after cleven o'clock, and the Bill was carried by a majority of 99 on the motion for second reading, which contrasts with a majority of 81 on the second reading last year. All Liberals were accounted for in the division, except Mr. R. Armitage (Leeds), who abstained, and Sir Edward Beauchamp, who voted against the Government. Mr. William Abraham (Mabon) came from a sick bed to vote, in favour of the Bill. It will be seen that the "cave" collapsed. Mr. Gladstone's position was strongly outlined 1Jy the Home Secre- ) tary the evening before, when Mr. Mc- Kenna pointed out how the Squire of Hawarden in his search for concessions was bitterly repudiated by the Bishops. Last night Mr. Gladstone stated that in view of the unconciliatory attitude of the Church leaders, he and his friends do not propose to make any sugges- tions for the consideration of the Government in tho suggestion stage." The violent men, he said, had been able to induce the Church to set its face resolutely against all idea of com- promise and concession. It was tho Church and not the Government which was now responsible for shutting the door upon compromise. They could not co-operate with people who took up such a position, and for that reason they would vote for the second reading of the Bill. So all is well! But even had the cave held out, it would not have mattered. # # The champions of the Church were at their worst in the violence of theii language. Sir. Arthur Griffith-Boscawen spoke of "wild men from Wales," ana declared that spite, envy and malice were behind the Bill. The Unionist member for Lewes (Mr. Campion) was good enough to "interpret" Welsh opinion, saying there was no enthu- siasm for the measure in the Princi- pality. The House was not impressea by the views of Lewes! Col. Pryce Jones followed the Bishop by talking of "mean measures." On all this sort of critic sm, the Premier's speech was an apt commcnt. Of course Mr. Asquth had in mind the words of Lord Hugh Cecil the night before, but the reproof lie uttered is capable of general application. "A fact which, I am sorry to say, attested by the experience of history in hun- dreds of controversies," said the Premier, "is that whenever a matter proceeded upon ecclesiastical ground s there is exhibited a bitterness of partisanship and an uncharitableness of temper which in purely secular con- troversies are generally avoided. Mr. Asquith's specch was practically extempore. He put the case with an case born of familiarity both with the subject and with tho House. The lan- guage of his concluding appeal, says a Lobbyist to-day, was as grave and as lofty as many a peroration by Mr. Glad- stone himself. "The sentences flowed 011, assisted by convenient parentheses, with fluent precision and inevitable logic. If the delivery had been a little slower, if the voice bad risen to a fuller range—this would have been a very memorable example of Parliamentary oratory." # Mr. Llewelyn Williams spoke just be- fore Mr. Bonar Law. He maintained that so long as this question un- settled so long would the representation of Wales be stereotyped on the present lines, just as in the case of the Irish demand for Home Rule. The new Member for Flint Boroughs, Mr. T. H. Parry, delivered a highly successful maiden speech. A Parlia- mentary writer eays to-day that "he has the oratorical gift of his race. He was almost too fluent, and spoke with great rapidity. This, however, is a defect that will easily be cured." Mr. Law's speech contributed nothing new to the debate. He differentiated between Disendowment and Dise:o;tab. lishment, and denied that Disendow- { men necessarily followed from the severance of Church and State. The fact that Wales demands Disestablish-, mont he dismissed very lightly. Mr. Runciman, who closed the discus- si<;u, met the statement of Mr. Law that only t hose who place their polities before their religion will vote for this Bill. The Opposition leader ignored entirely the fact. of olsh life and the desires of tho Welsh people. The House divided a-t eleven o'clock. The. votine was: 0 For the Bill 357 Against the Bill 258 Majority. 99 j
BRITISH YACHTING.
BRITISH YACHTING. I By J. HUBERT ROBERTS. Yachting, it appears, first found favour jn this country in 1660, when the Dutch presented the 'Mary' to Charles III. Charles must have become very fond of the new pastime for he built fourteen yachts in all, and frequently took a turn at steering his craft. The largest yacht the royal sailor had was about 67 feet in length. Under the Georges, yatchting found many fresh adherents, and in 1720 a dub was formed in Cork HarBour. The yachts of this period were, however, very crude affairs, and although highly decorated in red, blue and gold, their sea-going qualities were few. By this time yachts were frequently seen on Southampton Water and in the Channel, and in 1794, according to tho of that t i mi?, records of that time, some gentlemen who were cruising round tho Isle of W ight were unfortunate enough to come under the notice of the privateer Dugo- mar, and where escorted to Dunkirk, where they were relieved of all their valuables and afterwards liberated. Such untoward proceedings are not! likely to be repeated in the Bristol Channel. In 1812 the Yacht Club was formed, this being the first attempt at any orga- nisation in England, although there had 11)(,eii frequent competitive sailings at Cowes previous to that year. The club was organised by about 55 yachtsmen, siinder the commodoreship of the Hon. Charles Pelham, afterwards Earl of Yarborough. From the commencement the club made rapid progress, and after 1815, when the nations had settled down after the Napoleomc turmoil, the annual regatta at Cowes became one of the society "events" of the year. Yachtsmen had now adopted a dress ¡ suitable to the occasion, and in the rules of the Royal Cork Yacht Club of I that period one reads "That the wives and daughters of the members of the club shall be entitled to wear the uni- form. Tho rules did not say what the uniform consisted of, but that de- ficiency was later on supplied by "Nimrod," who wrote "the uniform of the club is a blue jacket and wh.te trousers, and to such who are not too square about the stem the dress is far from unbecoming." Whether ladies took full advantage of their "righst" under the rules, or not, I cannot say. The early rules of the Royal Cork Club also state: "That no admiral sdiall presume to bring more than two dozen of wine to his treat, except when the lords, the judges, are invited," "That unless the company exceed fifteen no man shall be allowed more than one bottle to his share and a premeptory." The peremptory was r bumper, which was compulsory. One can only hope that the worthy club ha.s been able to dispense with those rules before now. In 1820 the Duke of Clarence, after- wards William IV. joined the "Yacht Club," and its name was thereupon changed to "The Royal Yacht Club," and afterwards "The Royal Yacht Squadron," which title it still retains. It is only natural that in the course of a century there have Jbcen very many changes in the s.ze and design of the racing yacht. The numbers, too, have increased so tremendously that up to ten years ago there were, on Lloyd's yacht register for the United Kingdom 3,029 sailing yachts, while France, Germany and Austria owned about 1.115 in all. In 1851 the Royal Yacht Squadron offered the famous cup which Com- modore Stevens won with his "Ameri- can," and which he lqft on his death in 1856 as "a perpetual challenge for friendly rivalry between foreign coun- tries." The contest for the American Cup is, of course, the most important event in modern yachting. In 1870 Mr. James Ashbury made an unsuc-j cessful attempt to recove. *• with the Cambria" and with t;. Livonia" in th.3 following year., These attempts were followed by the Countess of Dufferin" in 1876, the "Atalanta" in 1881, the" Genesb" in 1887. Inj 1893-4-j Lord Dunyav. n set upon the same task with "Valkyrie" I, II and HI. In 189rf Sir Thomas Lipton's Shammrock was defeated by the Col- lumltia" in three consecutive races, and in 1901, Shamrock II was thrice defeated by the same boat. 1903 saw another struggle—that between Sham- rock III and Reliance, but the cup still remains across tho water. Let us hope that Shamrock IV will bring the cup back again next year, for we have a terrible thirst after its long absence. Sir Thomas certainly has his countrymen's best wishes for his fourth plucky attempt to regain for Britain the "command of the sea" in yachting.
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I The Sams 100 Years Hence. ?. I I I The time-nonourea advertisement, "Hair cut while you wait," has now found a companion. In a stationer's shop in the Walworth-road may be seen the statement: > Our inks are warranted to keep their colour for a century. Buy a bottle and see for yourself. The unconscious humour of such an appeal reminds one of a money-grubber who had let a plot of land on a long; lease. He stood one day looking at the houses that were being erected on the land. Raising his arms aloft, he fairly danced with delight, and, pointing, and, pointing to the buildings, shouted to the passers-by: "They'll all be mine in a hundred years!"
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I Outcast and Homeless. I As an illustration or the way in which Francis Thompson's work is soaked with personal allusions, local clues that arc little pathetic tokens to his memory, the "Academy" points out that, in one of the most famous passages in all his poetry, he tells "bright Sylviola" of the "nightmare- j time which still doth haunt his days," and how:— Forlorn and faint and stark I had endured through watches of the dark The abashlcss inquisition of each | star, Yea. was the outcast mark Of all those heavenly p a r S, scrutiny Stood bound and helplessly For Time to shoot his barbed minutes at me. It is all reminiscent. He spent these disastrous nights under tiiA arches -of I Covent Garden, from which place can be seen the clock-hand of St. Paul's, CovAnt (?,?tien, jerking forward from minnte to minute in the bhape of a great barb
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News & Views Millions of Books. I find," bays Mr. Dent, that up to date we have sold between 10 and 11 millions of 'Everyman's Library.' The Will of Wales. The final caFoe for the Bill, unan- swerahle as it seems to us (says a. con- temporary to-day), is the will of Wales. Directorships. Win the Unionist Party declare against the holding of directorships by Unionist Ministers? We hope they may (says the "Chronicle" to-day). A Sentence to be Noted. "So tar P6 the mass of English Churchmen were concerned," said bit Alfred Cripps in the course of the de- bate on the Welsh Church Bit!, "nationality did not enter into the question at all." Nationality of the Yrfelsh BUI. It there is suc h a place as Wales. and li there is a Welsh nationality (says the t\estiTjmster Gazette"), then the attempt to ktep the Church established in Wales without regard to AVelsh wishes i¡,¡ inequitable and doomed to failure. If, on the contrary, Wales is only a. section of the Province of Canterbury, the:] there is an argument for keeping all the diocese together and reserving the question of establishment or dis- establishment for settlement as a whole at seme future time. No Wear Underneath. Tho dustlcssncss of tarred roads, especially if they arc made with tarred material and not merely tar-painted on the surface, arises in a comparatively small degree from the fact that the (sur- face is protected from wear. The real saving lies in the fact that between the stones, which are packed together in close association below the surface crust, the.:e is little or no wear, owing to the oily nature of tar or bitumen as a binder, which prevents the faces of the broken stones from actually grinding [against each other under rolling weights. (Strategy: Dull Resistance. The ecclesiastics are depending upon a fjreat rally on Saturday in Hyde Park (.says a. Lobbyist to-day) but they cannot he very satisfied with the utter apathy of their friends in the House. One would have thought that with the Church in danger every Tory would have put in an appearance to cheer on tho defence. But the Ulstermcn are away, and nearly everyone else, nor is there the slightest attemept to -deal with the subject from the Tory side as a vital issue. Dull resistance in the hope that soma accident may upset the Goycrnment- that is the strategy. Boys of To-day and Of 1880. A head master of a Northern grammar school, who is retiring after more than a genei^itioD's service was drawn the other day into a comparis-nii of the boys of to-dav and those of 18S0. "On the who!p.'? said the master, "there's a decided improvement. Tbe boy of to-day, being generally an only ?ch'ticl or a member of a Emall family, iV a bit softer and has less grit than thf boys of a generation since, who wen almost invariably members of larg( families. On the other hand, his in tellectual interests are wider, and he i less savage and more truthful.
EMIGRATION AND THE EMPIRE.…
EMIGRATION AND THE EMPIRE. i (BY W. E. DOWDINC.) Interviewed at Truro during the Batt? and West Show by a representative o? the "Western Daily Mercury," the Hon. Sir J. Newton J. Af-oore, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for Western Australia, pointed out the successful efforts of his Government to secure emigrants for W. Australia and the effects of such succesa upon British trade. Last week we put up a record in re- spect of emigration from this country. We sent out 1^500 to Western Aus- tralia. These were practically it 11 nominated emigrants— nominated ù, people who have satisfied themselves of the prospects of Western Austra- lia, and are justified in their choic,1 of land. These the G overnment assist to the extent of more than half their passage money. There is a point in reference tot people going out from this country, which does not always appear to hi appreciated. It should be borne in mind that without emigration could not develop; consequently, there would ^e no demand for much that is suppLed from England at tha present time. When I tell you that the little population of Western Aus- tralia does trade to about t.55 f' capita, you will have some idea of the trade that is done, and, of course, three-quarters is with the Mother Countrv, or some of the other British Dependencies. (- .1 4 We buy for Government require- ments alone practically three-quar- ters of a million per year and, so, the result is that the people who-go away to Western Australia, not only im- prove their own position, but as a re- sult of their labours there they create^ a demand for .English goods, and con- sequently make employment for thos they leave behind. "Without emigration" the Empire can- not develop. What have our Tariff Reformers to say to that? It should be pointed out, by the way that men make employment tor themselves and for others wherever they may work. To imagine there is no exchange of labour except when the products of labour cross the seas is one of the commonest of errors. In the "Times" of June 9 Mr. Howard Frank, one of the best know a estato agents in the country, wroW pointing out the danger to British agriculture of so many men emigrat- ing. He admitted the attractiveness of the offers made by the Colonies, and said, "The Canadians are clever, theil- emigration bureau is highly organised, and they know how to attract the right men." A visitor to the show already referred to might have found plenty of evidence of that. It is mainly men interested in agriculture and its aIled industries j who visit such shows. NIu the Truro show-ground huge stands were erected by the emigration bureaux of Canada and Austra lia, and swarms of illus- I trnted booklets wero given aw ay, i "One Hundred and Sixty Acres of Land Frep, "Opportuniries for Domestic Servants," "Canada, the [Land of Opportunity," "Where "Briti:,h Girls Prosper," "Prosperity follows Settlement in any part 01 Canada"—those arc a few phrases copied random from the covers of the booklels; while at the end or one. I. sdting forth the manifold induce- ments offered by British Columbia. we read: "British Columbia offers to everybody a healthful climate, inspir- ing surroundings, golden opportuni- tie? in all walks of lif-, just laws well administered, a romplet.e modern edu- cational system—free. undenominn- tional primary and high schools, aV the conveniences of civilised rf1 health, peace. contentment, and liapPP OIESA-