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I The Corner Column ? The Corner Co l umn I The voyage to Iif' acon rbo to-daj will be a Bright-on. A little Swansea girl is the proud possessor of a. doll presented her by the school girls of Amsterdam. She was on my sisters door, and I was or. t,he door of my sister, sa d a witness at the police court to-day b e. fot-th eoiii iii- Bi, i ton f eri-y The forthcoming Britonferry Regatta is being advertised. Con- fcrary to expectations, this will be held lat britonferry. I ( A Cardiff rontempc, ry this week rehr to the Swansea Recorder as Mr. ijlewellyn Williams. Why not call him Fluellen not once ? V wag suggests that if Mr. Harry Lnuda* should .,ver appear in a Swan- sea pulpit, a fitting text wo tiki be: The-Lord loveth a cheerful giver., Ine of the best golf courses in Holland is at Wass-enaar, and wo hear it is to be virited by a number of Eng- lish Bishops in August. Business continues so brisk a-t the docks that Mine of the departments of the Harbour Trust are kept as warn) at work as the weather. Among the demon<d:rators were a large party of Pc-nekuvdd girls— ardent di.sesta Wishers all, but of course m-abie to resist the cheap trip to town. # if "I am not a working man; I a.m only a dock labourer," remarked a wit cess in the Cardiff Police-court ? # ye&terday. urri-t i U's remar l i- Mr. Winston Cburehili's remark- able defence of Mr. Lloyd George at the National Liberal Club, disposes of the g ciily slander that he and the ChanceUor I arc bad friends. v The Medical Inspection of Schools I Act has worked miracles in the wa-y of improved cleanliness amongst the scholars, but the lot of the nurses has hot been altogether a bed of rose*. Mr. E. L. Behenna, who suffered during the winter from a bad attack of bronchial pneumonia, is now cruising in French waters in his yacht the Hjscinth. :I(: # Some of the Congregational hosts at Swansea next week are putting to-got.her their sharpest sentenced in readiness for the guests who wish to "tay up late ov night. # During the medical inspection of otiv- of the Swansea schools this week, ;n obstreperous five-year-old boy made it pretty warm for all concerned, al- though .his fighting weight was under t hroe stone. When the land campaign starts in r<-al earned Swansea speakers will not hlV0 to travel beyond five miles of the borough to find flagrant cases of tho encroachment of common land. # It v ns an accident, because iiuit-e a crowd had gathered. Everyone rushed to the seen* fearing the worst. The large assembly oonsisted of women and girls who were waiting for the summer sales to commence. The new form of indiscretion, ac- cording to our contemporary, is to de- J"nd oneself when attacked. Mr. j'ioyd George's speech, so it says, is dicing "to open the flood-gates of criticism and attack." Quite right, find the Cecils won't be spared neither. # Captsiir. Blair, of the White Star hnor Majestic, in acknowledging a pre- sentation, said he had been turning it C\"er in his mind whether it was easier to jump overboard or make a speech. One wishes sometimes some of the Swansea councillors would experience sthf» game difficulty. Mr Tom Ellis once refused to keep 811 important appointment fixed for a J^undny, because it would interfere with his Sunday school work. Mr. Haydn Jones, M P.. is the precentor of a ehapel at Towyn. and here, P-1; in the «Uys preceding his entrance to Parlia- ment, he is still found returning every ^eek-end to take up his duties- A correspondent of the Western Mail" thinks that it is not at all un- likely that if the Disendownient Bill 'becomes law, land-owning Churchmen and t i t b ,(-payprs vn and tithe-payers will become passive ^sisters, and thus use a Radical weapon against a Radical measure. Dear me! After all they have said .Ibout the wickedness of the Noncon- formist ros-ister! Scene: Railway carriage. Second Lieutenant Bouncer, finding old gentle- man opposite staring at him, asked Rudely: dl<:xcuse.me, sir, but do I re- mind VÚH of someone?" Well, yes." replied the did gentle- man. "YOI remind me of my maiden 1loltnt. only she •'has a little more mou- i Ktache than you."—From the "Regi- r raent. Professor D. Jenkins, Aberystwyth, contributes a slashing article to the current- issue of Y Cerddor" upon the slanderers of Welsh music and musicians. A glance at the pro- grammes of Eisteddfodau held outride Wales, he points out, reveals the fact "that no Welsh compositions are chosen, though the committees consist mainly Of Welshmen. Not on'iy do these People ignore Welsh music,, but every Opportunity is afforded to Englishmen to slander it TO-DAY'S STORY. I h.. The famous American preacher, the P..ev. Henry Ward Beecbpr. had a poor Verbal moniory. He was announcing t)n one occasion that he would be ab- r,Ont next Sabbath, and tha.t the pulpit be occupicd by—ah—by—ah— tbp—Rev. —i he became much flushed and confueedj. "I will notho h r-re next Sabbath. a. as I whs trying to say, the preacher ll be—aii—why, I know him—you aJl know l)imwhy, he married my daughter! 0, 1 kl1O'W' 8am' wilt Rred1 next ti-, 0I:t by singing the —t!i Lymn." ) He could remember the family name. j Sam." but Rev. Samuel Scovitte was ioo much for htm,-II British Weekly."
PRINCIPLE OF SENIORITY. --I
PRINCIPLE OF SENIORITY. I —————" t M  "—————' STRIKE SETTLED. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYES GAIN THE POINT DESIRED. MEN RESUME WORK. Ti,3 strike at the Swansea Municipal Electricity Works has been settled, and the men returned to work at midnight. About eight o'clock last right, the special committee of enquiry notified the deputation of men that in all cases in the future, seniority must be recognised among all workmen em- ployed in any way by the Corporation. The case of Morris has been recognised, but the man will not restart until after the new agreement has been signed. This will probably be on Monday. To a Leader representative Alder- man Merrells expressed himself as completely satisfied. The men have got what they came out for," he said. Below we give the proceedings at the special meeting of the Council. A special meeting of the Swansea Council was held at the Guildhall yes- terday afternoon under he presidency of the Mayor (Councillor David Wil- liams) for the purpose of considering the circumstances which led to the strike of forty odd employes at the Municipal Elecericity Station as a pro- test against what they considered the unfair treatment meted out to a boiler cleaner named William Morris, whose services were dispensed with owing to Blackness of work, while thoso of an- other man named Scrovel, who had not been so long at the works, were re- tained. At the outset the Mayor raised the question as to whether the press re- presentatives should be permitted to remain, and suggested that they might be allowed to report the general dis- cussion. Press Admitted. The suggestion was agreed to.. Alderinau Sinclair, the- Chairman of the Eieoenc Lighting and 'iiaimvays t-ommittee, made a lengthy statement in which he referred to the gravity of tho position, and said he thought the Council would agree when all the facts were known, that no true trade unionists would behave as these men had done. He was sure they would deprecate, irrespective of any dispute or anything that had been done, their Action, which unquestionably was a most serious one, particularly in the interests of public safety. As they were all aware, the lighting of the town was of the utmost importance to the community at large. These men by their action, had jeopardise the lighting of the pub- lic streets which was a most dangerous precedent indeed. Had they given sufficient notice so that any dispute which existed might. have been in- quired into, no complaint could reason- ably have been made. A man was en- titled to do what he liked with his labour—but placed in a position such as these men were, he thought it would be admitted that their behaviour was not consistent with true citizen- ship. Dangers of Darkness. The dangers of leaving the public streets in darkness were too well- known for him to dwell on. Fortun- ately up to the present, notwithstand- ing the withdrawal of these men's labour, the staff were able to meet necessities, and he thought the public need not feftr a total collapse or any- thing of that soft. Although diffi- culties might be created which were not now foreseen, the public might rest assured that everything would be done to maintain a service of light. He hoped sincerely the council would, after consideration come to the con- clusion that the men ousht ail to go back to work, and that they would see their way to take such steps as would be necessary in the interests of the public to see that there was a sufficient and proper maintenance of current. He hoped also that the men would see that in what they had done they had not the support of the public. By that he meant irrespective of any dispute there might be. He did not think it t would be necessary for him to go into I details with the press present, hut the I issue was a simple one. It Ni-a, a clean- cut dispute—one he thought no un- I biassed individual would not be able to settle in half an hour. The public safety had been jeopar- dised by a dispute about one n;an. who bad been employed M a temporary hand for about two years. Circumstances arose under which Mr. Prussman in his position as manager discharged this man. He was, however, given the customary week's notice. Alderman Sinclair proceeded to read an extract from a communication which had bee-i received from Mr. Michael 0 Brien, of the Dockers' Union, suggesting that Morris should be taken back and a younger hand stopped, and adding, "I may say that the members of tin; branch decided if this is not done, that they will refuse to work a6 a protest against the unfair treatment of Morris." The Question. i The question was—was Mr. Prussman I right in doing what 110 considered his duty in discharging a man he did not want, or wore the men right in saying that he should have discharged another, and in practically ordering him to take this man back and sack the other one r It had been the usual custom to give> a full week's notice ever since ( lie works had been built. Had tbo men who had c'mw out giren a week's notice they would have been acting within their rights, but in his opinion they had not 1 behaved a« reasonable citizens in giving I (Continued en Page 2.)
SWANSEA SCHOOLS' SPORTS SKETCHES.…
SWANSEA SCHOOLS' SPORTS SKETCHES.
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THROWN FROM TRAP. ALARMINC EXPERIENCE ON A WELSH MOUNTAIN. TWO PEOPLE INJURED. j I Mr. John Thomas, of the Emporium, Brynamman, and a neighbour named Mrs. Morgan, had an exciting time on Thursday afternoon, when driving across the Black Mountain to Llangadock. They were on their way to a funeral, and their experience came, near to furnish- ing the occasion of another. After proceeding some way up the mountain, as far as Nant of Caws, the horse had occasion to shake its head on account of the files, and in doing so, knocked the bridle off. The animal immediately bolted, and over the embankment it went. Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Morgan were thrown out, and the pony groped away with the cart tor a distance of a quarter of a mile over one of the roughest parts of the mountain. Mr. Thomas had his collar bone fractured, and one of his legs were in- jured Mrs. Morgan also fractured one of her legs. The harness and the trap were smashed to pieces; but the pony escaped with little injury. The injured people were brought back to Brvnamnian in an unconscious condition, and attended to by the local medico.
HAD WON THE V.C. I —————<-—————
HAD WON THE V.C. I —————< -————— MAJOR MEIKLEJOHN SUCCUMBS TO 1 HIS INJURIES. Major Meiklejohn, V.C., who was in- jured by being thrown from his horse on Saturday last in Hyde Park, on the occa-t-ion of the inspect-ion oi the Univer- sity of London Oflicers' Ti-aining Corps, died in the Middlesex Hospital at 4.50 thi8 morning. He had remained unconscious up to late last night, when it wa-s reported he shewed some .signs of consciousness, and that his condition wa.s critical.
SLAPPED TO DEATH. I
SLAPPED TO DEATH. I According to his young widow, Hari Charan Sutra, an elderly Hindu, ha§ been literally slapped to death. Sutra and his wife, it is said, were singing, and an accompaniment was provided by Satra upon a tom-tom. Neighbouring Hindus objected to the noise of the tom-tom, and because Sivtra- refused to desist several of the objectors slapp-I him with the flat of their hands until he became uncon- scious. Death supervened a few hours later. Five Hi'tdus are in custody.
A FATAL FLIGHT.I
A FATAL FLIGHT. I A labourer named Sidney Dadson, who was fleeing from the police, fell down a deep chalk cliff at Northfleet yesterday, and was killed.
BRAVO, C¡. p I I
BRAVO, C¡. p I I During a thick fog the steam trawler Lorwooue, of Grimsby, ran on the rocks at Carmel Head, Anglesey, yesterday. The captain swam ashore in the dark- ness, and walked three miles to Am- lwch to telegraph for help.
THE OPPOSITION PEERS. I
THE OPPOSITION PEERS. I A meeting of the Opposition peers to consider the oontentious Bills which the Government are sending to tho House of Lords was held yesterday. The "Times" Parliamentary Corres- pondent states that about 10 were pre- sent, and thnt two days' debate will be asked for on tk. Home Rule Bill and one day on the Welsh Disestablishni-ent Bill. the rejection of both will be moved. l.j
-.- -__ . -CHANCELLOR'S SPEECHES.1
CHANCELLOR'S SPEECHES.1 'U" PROBABLE ViSST TO SOUTH WALES iN THE NEAR FUTURE. A meeting of ih<? Discstah?hmont Campaign Committee of the Federations of Era.ngcL'o.nJ t 't? ( h?rch?s in Wale. ? was hetd ?t Shrewsbury y?te)'da,y, when the E-ev. Jamc's Evans (Cardiff), the secretary, rcponrfl that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would probably ad- dregs two great Disestablishment demorl strati ons one iu X orth Wales at Wrexham, and the other in South Wales at C^pdifLor Pontypridd. j
MISS MABKHAM.I
MISS MABKHAM. OFFERS OF ENCASEMENT AT HIGH SALARIES. Miss Daisy MarkUam, tho actress who was on Wcdnesd.-iy awarded £ 50,000 damages by consent against the Marquis of Northampton for breach of promise of marriage, received six offers of en- gagements from theatrical agents yes- terday at a salary of £100 a week and ono offer of f,250 a week for six weeks. The offers were sJl declined, as they related to mi'-sie-hall engagements. miss i?, o Miss Martham is determined not to leave the legitimate stage.
A USEFUL PRESENT.I
A USEFUL PRESENT. I Nairobi, Thursday._A sum of JE1,000 has been subscribed in British East Africa for the purchase of an aeroplane for Great Britain.Reuter.
THE DEATH SENTENCE.I
THE DEATH SENTENCE. I John Vickers Anios was found guilty at the Northumberland Assises yester- day. ol the murder of two policemen and a woman at Bedlington, on April loth, and sentenced to death.
- -z -="SIAMESE CHICKENS."…
z =- "SIAMESE CHICKENS." I A Cardiff poultry fancier, Mr. Jas. Dibble, found a pair of chx-ks jointed together in a sitting recently hatched out.
MAKINC THE CARDS PJCHT. *…
MAKINC THE CARDS PJCHT. I A married woman named Anna Krubl committed suicide by poisoning herself at Hamburg because the cards she cou- sulted predicted coming trouble.
SHAME!-.I
SHAME! I Repeated shrieks from the engine whistle failed to awa ken a native who was lying asleep on the permanent way between Port Elizabeth and Cookhouse. South Africa. The train was stopped and the man had to be kicked into wake- fulness.
WAS IT WORTH IT?I
WAS IT WORTH IT? I Mr. Frank Blake, of Cairo, Illinois, won a bet of R5 recently by eating sixty- ono eggs. The world's record is sup- posed to have been sixty. The eggs were cooked at follow .s :-S-ram-i)iM fifteen, soft boiled sixteen, hard boiled fifteen, fried fifteen. I
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- - - ;RAND STRIKE.
RAND STRIKE. V TROOPS CALLED OUT TO PREVENT MORE VIOLENCE. COLD SUPPLY THREATENED f I It is declai-ed that a strike on the Hand which will affect the world's gold supply will take full effect to-day. The secretary of the Miners' Associa- tion in Johannesburg informed Router's representative last night that the men in nearly all mines were out, and the men in the few remaining mines would be brought out to-day. The Government has a large force of military and police on the scene to cope with any disorder. The gold output of the. Ra-nd. is £ 10,00b,000 per annum, or nearly half of the world's output. .————— 2,000 TROOPS. I Position Extremely Crave. I Johannesburg, Thursday.—In view of reports of violence committed, on the East R&nd this afternoon, the Govern- ment has requested the military authorities at Potchefstroom to de- spatch to the Rand early to-morrow tSuO to 1,000 cavalrymen. This will bring the total of the troops concentrated in the strike area up to 2,000. Eire hundred more men of tne Bedford Regiment left Pretoria, at noon for the Rand. The Government regard the strike 1 situation as of the utmost gravity. A deputa-tton of Transvaal coalowners called upon Mr. Malan, Minister of Mines nt Pretoria, this morning to ask for police protection for the collieries. Tho "City and Suburban" miners came out this afternoon. It is be- lieved that the main body of miners throughout the Witwatersrand will de- cide to strike. The procession of strikers persuaded the majority of men at the Vereeniging power station to discontinue work. The mi.'ls on the Randfontein pro- perties have stopped, but the power station continues working, thus ensur- ing the safety of pumping operations. The strike is spreading in the mines between Randfontein and Johannes- burg, but there is a lull from Johannes- burg to Germinston. An attempt was made late la,st night to blow up the electric cable carrying power to the Apex Mine. No appreci- able damage was done.—Router.
SAID HE WAS THE SULTAN I A
SAID HE WAS THE SULTAN I A KING OF SPAIN RECEIVES A LITTLE FRIGHT. (Renter's Foreign Special.) Madrid, July 3rd.—King Alfonso ar- rived here this morning and presided over a. Cabinet meeting. As his motor car was entering the principal gate of tho palace a suspioious-looking man at- tired in a long blouse rushed to the back of the car. He was immediately arrested by a policeman standing at the gate, and was taken to the Pre- fecture of Police. Whei. questioned there the man talked in an incoherent manner and appeared to be -insane. He said he was the Sultan of Morocco and wished to greet the King. It was found, how- ever, that he had been i imprisoned in I cou nation with the disturbances at Barcelona in 1909. I
11,000 MINERS IDLE. I
11,000 MINERS IDLE. I In consequence of the strike of dock ¡ workers at Lcith nearly 11,000 minercl employed at collieries in the liOthians have been thrown idle. In the Blnck Country Sir Ge-orge I Awkwith has settled the dispute in the j Stourbridge fire-brick trade.
EVERYBODY'S CLAIMING IT!
EVERYBODY'S CLAIMING IT! (THE VICTORY) THE NEW ALLIANCE AMONCST THE ALUES. ROUMANIA TO MOBILISE. It is almost unnecessary to stat-e that the reports of great victories by the Servians and Greeks have been followed to-day by the inevitable flat contradiction by Bulgaria. That is the usual Balkan method. lo-day's news—at the time of going to press with this page—can be briefly summarised. A Cetinje telegram states that the cabinets of Servia, Greece and Monte- negro have (metaphorically speaking) put their heads together, and hare de- cided that they will not declare war— but will carry on the fighting until Bulgaria gets tired of it. in other words, and with diplomatic phrasing, they will give Bulgaria as bad Ii. time as they can while they have the op- portunity;, but without admitting re- sponsibility icr hostilities, which they accuse Bulgaria oi initiating. I Roumania. I As exclusively reported in aur later editions, King C'h arles of Roumania yesterday issued an order for the general mobilisation of bis army, amounting to about 100.000 men. There is rather a peculiar develop- ment in this part of the genecal ditfi- culty. It has been understood all along that Roumania would invade Bulgaria in the event of war between that State and Servia, but there is a curious (rumour in circulation that seems to indicate some understanding which has not been made public, but which hints at relations with her apparent enemy. I The Fightins. I The tn ree-hand ed battle between Servia and Greece and their Bulgarian loes continues, but as they all claim the victory after each engagement, it is a little difficult to arrive at the troth. So far as one can tell from the messages to hand, the truth seems to be that the Bulgarians at the ontset gained an advantage, were then forced back by the Servians and Greeks, and now have their whole army engaged. It is semi-officially announced in Athens that the Greeks have recaptured Gjevgheli (about forty miles north of Salonica) from the Bulgarians, who took it from the Servians on Monday. This would enable the Servians and Greeks to join forces. Bulgars Deny Retreat. I bona, Thursdav.-All the statements issued in Belgrade reporting siicccyssm of the Servians arms at the expense of the Bulgarian army and rt-presenting the latter as having fallen back before the Servians are absolutelv denied here. —Reuter. I Turkey's Attitude. I Constantinople, Thursday,-Turkey I has sent a Note to the Powers declaring that she reserves her liberty of &ct;o? in the event of a new war in Macedonia? I -Exchange. j
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I THE INSURANCE ACT. Report- on working of National Insurance Act, so far as it relates to health insurance, was issued to-day. It states number persons iriz-LI-tld in. United Kingdom is r.eerly fo-amft-ki milliona. i I KING AT BRISTOL. During Kins'? TMit to Bnst<? II Show a woman threw & document into j his She was seized by the pclic*. I TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. Wilding (holder) has beat-en McLaughlin, of America, by S to 6, 6 to 3, and 10 to 8, in the gentlemen's singles, at Barcelona. Robinson's XI.: 75 fcrr one 1. Leicestershire (all out): 163. Northanto: 112 for 5 wickets. M.C.C.: 204 for a wickets. Notts: 51 for 3 wickets. Gloucester 53 for three w kts. Kent all out 299. Betting: Evens lAdy Galrti*, 6 to 4 FLAr- ME*, 100 to < others. -i~ All i • • t V I
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