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The Corner Column -——- 9-D. ——— The Christmas motto:—Give unto others, aud they will give unto you. I I The Swansea "blood" are be- moaning their baggy 'knees as the result Tangoing. The # t i c h George The Wigan team, wlÜh George flay ward left to join to-day, contains I no fewer than nine ex-Welsh players. I I A Swansea, gentleman is .con- I sidered to be well in the running for a Government Inspectorship of Schools. ^Mother," asked ttc) postman s child; ",1£ there is a postman's strike, will Christmas have to be postponed?" -From "Punch." "I joined the Swansea team eight I or nine years ago, and am now just where I was at the £ >tart."—George One of the leading parts in^ Jerome's last pLay, Robina in SeaJtSn ¡ of a Husband," is taken by a Welsh- man named Richard Evans. I One of the questions not set at the recent Preliminary Certificate Examina- tion was—" Discuss Football a,a an aid to Geography and Philology." Recent revelations give a good deal of interest to the strictures passed quite reoantly upon football competi- tions by Dr. J. Adams Rawiings at the Sketty Brotherhood. Llanelly Trade Unionists are in- dignant with the treatment meted out to Mr. Griffith^. by the Chairman of the Carmarthenshire Insurance Com- mittee. Our staff has recently been photo- graphed. There are no casualties to .report, despite the photographer's provocative taunt: Please look in- telligent, gentlemen." ? Everybody is looking forward to what Mr. Webber, the Oxford-street; meteorologist, has to say about the weather we are to have for the Christ- mas holidays. Wo are just lying down, and wait- ing to hear what the most low down weather critic has to find fault with in the atmospheric conditions of this particularly glorious da.y. # # # Sir Marchant Williams and Mr. T. Row land Richards, both of whom have had regrettable breakdowns in health reoently were fellow pupils at the famous Ysgol Comin, Aberdare. Mr. Gwilym Richards, the newly-j ia,pl)oint,ed head teacher for Danygraig, j 'is one of a line of brilliant acel turned out by the late Mr. J. W. Cad- walladr, at the Oxford-street Schools. « # The Bishop of St. David's said at PontanfaAvo la&t night that the House of Lords was not so attractive as it used to be. I turn up there now and then, but very rarely," added His Lord- thip. A society is to be formed for the introduction of English to the English people of the Metropolis. Carrliff might possibly follow in the same wake, but in Swansea we do speak tho language well. A raging controversy is being con- ducted in Sketty over the pronuncia- tion of Celtic. It mav be of interest to I know that Sir John Rhys, the greatest living authority on Celtic languages pronounces the word Seltic. # # # Trying to keep his audience in good humour at the Pontardawe meeting last night, the Bishop of St. David's said he was trying to make a set of new speeches, and he hoped they would look in the newspapers for the next. An elderly Welsh woman, not quite sure of her acquaintance with the author of the "Sorrows of Satall," gravely observed on returning from a 1-isit to Stratford-on-Avon that -he had sec the house of Maii Cacralaw 1 ,30 t!le -Nlaii C-acralav?, I Chairman of the Guardians akcd the meeting to get on with the age,nda j and they did so much so that Mr. Abe i Freedman, who wanted to make > ob- servation on a Committee's minute, found that half a œond a fter its pre- mentation, the mimlté had been adopted, and he was "out of order! » Some interesting efforts were made in the way of essay ulrtLng at a recent sch oo l examination. The essays were based on a. lecture on "Health and Alcohol," delivered some time pre- viously in the selic-olroim. One pupil wrote: "When we breathe through our mouth, the germans go into oifl- mouth aud then into our inside, and effect the stomach, and we fed not well." # A very lively argument sprang up in a Swansea tramcar a few days ago between two gentlemen, (entirely un- known to each other, on the Question of votes for women. One of tS^jijtentLe- men vehemently opposed "the curse of the fall" idea, being introduced into the argument. So interesting did the discussion become that the conductor was kept busy collecting excess f;ir,,6 from people who had forgotten their Stopping places. I TO-DAY'S STORY. "1" 1, -1 •» i i 1 .1 *h £ » />!ac« ll/VTT? j ne leacner had toiu HJv -the waters of the Red Sea were divided for the Israelites and what became of the Egyptians who pursued them. A little boy with an inquiring min^a put up his hand and sa'.d, Please, teacher, if divers wore to go down into the Red Sea, would thdv i]M the Egyptians' chariots?"" I Anther little boy instantly burst out laughing. The teacher aked him why. Please, teacher," he explained. e- thinks it's true!" *? —— —"
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TOOK THEM FOR DETECTIVES!…
TOOK THEM FOR DETECTIVES! I go ———— THE N.U. ACENTS. WHY CEORGE HAYWARD WENT TO WIGAN. I HOW THE DEAL WAS BROUGHT I OFF. SPECIAL INTERVIEW. The sensation of the moment in local Rugby circles is the departure of George Hayward, the burly Swansea forward, who has joined the Wigan Club, for which he will turn out, probably, to- morrow The story of the circumstances under which he "signed on" at a late hour last night, was told t.o a "Leader" re- presentative who interviewed Hayward shortly before he left. When our repre- sentative called at the house in Single- ton-street, George had just gone to the football field for nis bag, and Mrs. Hay- ward was unable to sav very much. "Going rather on the hop, so to speak, isn't hc,?" queried the "Leader" man. "Y es," replied Mrs. Hayward. "He didn't know anything about it until last night. "And of course you've been busy packing since ?" "No, I haven't done any packing yet. We are going by the 10.30 train, and really I haven't had time even to breathe!" Shortly afterwards George put in an appearance, and told the story in his I blunt, straightforward way. Thought They Were Detectives! I I I ? ? I x went aown to tne neia to practice' last night about six o'clock," he said, "and got back somewhere about half-j past seven. Outside the house I found two men awaiting me. One of them approached and inquired, 'Can I have five minutes chat with your' 'Yes," I replied, 'what is 'It is rathe1* private,' he answered. 'What's it all, about:" I asked." "You didn't know who they were?" "No, I hadn't the least idea. I had never seen either of them before. I thought they might he deter fives and began to wonder what was up! As he spoke' Hay wardi burst out laughing. "After that, I asked them into the I house and we went into the front room. There one ot them said, 'I'm a business I man, and I think we had better get to business. I agreed. He explained his mission, and proposed certain terms, j While these wore under eonsideration one of the visitors produced a bag of gold from his pocket, and after allow- ing the sovereigns it contained to filter j through his fingers, counted them out; into rolls of twsuity on the table." "That was a Big tempta.tion?" "Well, it was, rather. But I said to! myself, Here I have given t-iI,h? or I nine years of the best years of my life j in Swansea to football, and am at pre-  hen I startod', cpn t iust w here 1 was w h en I started;I' what's the good of it?' "H'a? any proposal, as far as you! know been made by the Swansea Club I with a view to the retention of your I services?" I I Can't Afford to Stay." I I "No. That's just why I'm g°'ng I I'm just going because I cam,tTff-d to 1 stay. I have many friends in Swansea, I and am sorry to leave them. I am I sorry also to leave the SwRji^a team. Biit iviiat's a man to dor The time has arrived when I have to think of the future. I have had a good ofter from the Wigan Club. I have signed on. I thought the matter over very eaiefulry. Indeed, it was not until twenty-past ten last night that the business was concluded. I consulted my. Lfe as  what I should do. ?he didn t q'ji,^t°e ?iko the idea of loavmg SwansM but i she agreed that we must do the best we I can for ourselves." "The Wigan representatives called here first about six o'clock," inter- jected Mrs. Hayward, "and all, George was not in they promised to call back. I didn't know who they were, or what their business was, but I told them afterwards that if I had known perhaps I E1*jhouM not have admitted them." I The Terms. But everything is rottled?," "That's it, said Hayward, who pro- duoed the agreement, but did not seem disposed to disclose the terms. "I don't know that anybody would be the better for knowing^" was the reply which met a suggestion regarding the conditions he had accepted. "1 will, however," he added, "tell you a rather curious thing in the way of coincidence. I usually knock off work at one o'clock on Thursdays in order to go down to the field to practice. On Wednesday evening I made up my mind to continue at my work under the Harbour Trust until four o'clock. I had never done i this before, and it does certainly soem strange that the first time I should arrange for a late practice should also be the last. But there it is; we're going, and-well, I don't think there is any more to be said." I Jerram's View. I¡ Jerram, another of the Swansea. men now playing for Wigan, was present, and expressed himself as being thoroughly satisfied with his treatment by the Wigan Club. They had agreed to find him employment, and they did, he said. There are ten of us alto- gether looking after the footba.11 ground We get 22s. a w^ek in addition to the scale of pay agreed upon for playing. It's not a bad job at all, I caji tell you. It keeps us out of mischief and we have i nothing practically to do besides look- ing after tho ground and dreosing- rooms, so that there is plenty of time for practice." Jerram travelled from Wigan in t.110 same train as the Northern lJniQIl i emissaries, but understood that the? were going to Cardiff.. wcre going to Ca,rdiff. i (Continued on Page V
- -_- - -I.THE " WEAKER "…
I THE WEAKER SEX! I TH E MASTER OF TeHl E HOUSE (?terrea?mg .Leader _articteon sex warfaro): Yes, that's all vary w.H, but WEIKIR Jx never c?pet..n equal terms with us ment J vsry well, I [A volume of statistics shows that the total number of women workers in England and Wales is 4.830,734, and so keen is the competition for employment between the sexes that there are only two occupa;' es IS 4,839,/34, and I by women—daywomen and charwomen.] ( Le' -1 IJISC exclusIvely held <K.IerartoOD.)
EARL OF PLYMOUTH'SI GENEROSITY.I…
EARL OF PLYMOUTH'S I GENEROSITY. I .———- < <  -——- CRYSTAL PALACE SAVEl FOR THE NATION. GREAT GIFT. The Crystal Palace has been saved. Thanks to the generosity of the Earl of Plymouth, Lord Lieutenant of Gla- morganshire, this splendid building, with its beautiful grounds, is to remain opnri to the public. In 1911 Lord Plymouth bought the property for £ 230,000 on the under- standing that a Mansion House fund would be raised to reimburse him. In I Jnne, this year the Lord Mayor au- nounced that L90,000 was still needed besides the contributions of ic-Gal authorities, and "The Times" mado a special appeal for the amount, which was subscribed in thirtœn days with the aid of A Private Citizen," who gave J £30,000. Owing, however, to the un- expected refusal of the Camberweli, Borough Council to contribute and the recent reduction of the Peng-e contri- bution from L20,000 to C5,000, there was found to be a deficit of .029,400. This deficit is made good by Lord 'PI;)"- mouth's generosity. Lord Plymouth first gave Ro-,000 to the fund and has now agreed toO sell the I property to the public for £ 200,000, about 1:30 000 less than the sum which be paid for it. It is expected that the legal transfer will be made as from the I New Year.
BANKING METHODS. I ........-I
BANKING METHODS. I I BOMBAY MANAGER ARRESTED ON j CRWINAL CHARGE. (Renter's Foreign Special.) ) r>omDay, 1 hursuav.—A sensation has been ca-useo here by the arrest, cui a charge of criminal breach of trust, of Mr Jaffer Joosub, managed* of the Credit Bank of India, which suspended payment at the beginning of last Octo- her. During tb winding-up proce??iugs in November the judge; rcieTring ?j the auditor's report, commented in verv severe tcrm? <?u the methods &f the bank, and declared that if half the al- legations in the leport vwe correct the compaily. from its inception had been an organised attempt to swindle the publio
I THE --LAND .CAMPAIGN.
THE LAND CAMPAIGN. COUNCIL READY FOR THE FRAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. The Central Land and Housing Coun- cil is busily organising, and things are now in trim for a vigorous campaign after Christmas. The countrv will be made thoroughly conversant with the Government's Land Policy by a corps of a hundred trained speakers, but in addition to public meetings there will be a strong literature committee, of which Mr. B. Seebohm Rowntree is the chairman, Mr. R. L. Reiss the secretary, and Mr. W. E. Dowding the editor. Lord Beauchamp, the chairmaji of the Executive, interviewed, paid a trihute to Mr. Dowding's advocacy of Free Trade, and thought the Council was to be congratulated on obtaining his ser- vices.
DR. WILSON'S HEALTH.j
DR. WILSON'S HEALTH. j Washington, Thursday.—It is. an-1 jiounced that the stay in the South which President Wilson is about toi make on account of his health will last at least three weeks, and a diplomatic I reception which was fixkl for January 6 J' hae been p ostWned.-Re.utler,
A NEW LEASE. - 0——:
A NEW LEASE. 0 —— ABER ESTATE AGREEMENT. 1 1 THE SWANSEA CORPORATION AND CORY BROS. TERMS SETTLED.- ) Considerable local interest has been aroused over the question of a new leat>e! for the Aber Estate. The sub-coinmittee appointed to j negotiate with Messrs. Cory Bros, and Co., Ltd. (consisting of the Mayor and j Councillors Matthews and Gwynne) v.-ith full powers, report that, after lengthy negotiations, an agreement' WtS signed oy isir Clifford Cory on the one hand and the Town Clerk on the other, of which the following are the heads:— 1. Existing lease to be cancelled, ¡' and new lease granted. 2. Teriti-60 years from date of loaae. 3. Dead Rent— £ 3,000 per annum. 4. Avei-age--Over whole term—no ex- cess workings during any year to go towards short working of subsequent years except iast ten years over which period the shorts can be recovered from any of the last 15 jeais of the teriu. 5. Surrender--]-" very oth YIl' on 12 j months' notice—i.e. a6 in present lease. 0. In<?troko and outsinroko—J?ui! power. 7. Surfaee—Land for colliery pur- pose; (not workmen's cottages) to be I indicated, l eaiainder to bo re-leased to I rs, 8. Subsidence—Indemnity in respect) of future buildings and futui-e works and renewal of oki leases—indemnity in respect of Police Station, Workmen's Institute aud other buildings and works (if any) put up without Cory Bros, authority. y. Colliery Consumption—5 per cent. fixe. 10 Wayiez.ve.-Id. per statute ton. I 11. School Coal—Free at pit's mouth i into Lessor's wagons up to )JO tons per annum, as per present lease. I 12. Cottages included in present col- liery lease to be included in new lease. 33. Lessees ,to have power to assign j and sub-let—with consent which is not i to be unreasona bly withheld. I 14s Royalty 7d. per statute ton. 1.5. Aber Farm to be leased to Cory Bros., on old terms. 16. Other Terms generally on lines of I existing lease. I The Aber Arms. -1 Since those terms have been settled' the point in connection with the draft lease in regard to the Aber Arms public- house has been arranged by the sub- committee on the lines that Messrs. Cory Bros. shall pay to the Corporation the sum of zC500 on their agreeing to the license on the inn being extinguished in 1924, when the sub-lease of the inn expires, and any compensation payable is to go to the Corporation. j
I" LA CI0C0NDA," I
I LA CI0C0NDA," I FAMOUS PICTURE TO 60 ON TO!<R. I I (Renter's Foreign Special.) I Rome, Thursday.—In accordance with an arrangement made between the French Ambassador and the Italian authorities, the "Monna Lisa" will be exhibited at one of the State museums here during next week. The famous picture will also he on" view for one or two days at La. Scala, i Milaji, on its way back to Fraaice. |
ATTEMPT TO BLOW .UP PRISON.!
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP PRISON. SUFFRADETTES DARING OUTRAGE AT HOLLAWAY. MINES LAID. An attempt was made last night to I blow up Hollo way Prison. Certain indications make it a practical certainty that tho outrage was tno work of mditajit Suffragettes, al- though no arrests had been made at the tune of writing. It appeal's that there is a row of hou('s known as Dalmeny-avenue, the back gardens'of which stretch nearlv to the prison, from which thev are separated by a dry moat, which is some 25 feet wide. One of these houses was Unoccupied, sure for a. caretaker, and it seems to have been used as a ren- dezvous by the militants. Two Explosions. A bou„ nine o'clock last night a lc"ud exp,osjon was licard, followed a. f eA, seconds later by an even louder de- tonation. Many windows in the neigh- bourhood were broken by the concufc- fflons. TV police were quickly on the scene and in the moat. It was then found that two holes had been blown in the I foot of the prison wall, each about one foot square and sax inches deep. Thev did not penetrate the wall, and, bevoud a blackening and chipping of the bricks, little damage was apparent. Two lÛlg pieces of fuse were found running across the iiiout and meeting at a point where I the party wail of two houses divided the II ba<k wall. Just alp(.ve the point where the fuse ended a wire stretches along the top of the garden wall, cncl entangled in this was a lock of woman's auburn hair. Nothing else was to be found, and the police turned their attention to the I gardens of the houses numbered 10 and 12, but without result. They obtained admission to No. 12, and took state- ments from the occupants. Signals to Cells. I A man familiar with Dalmeny- avenue states th&t when Su?ragette  prisoners were first imprisoned in Hollo- way prison a system of signalling be- tween the women's cells and a house in the road was adopted. I The only suffragette who is a.t present understood to be in Hoiloway is a woman known as "Rachel Peace," whom the suffragettes believe to be undergoing forcible feeding. Thoie have been many indignant re- ferences to her case at suffragette gatherings, and her friends in the move- ment have been greatly concerned about her condition.
" HOME INDUSTRIES." I
HOME INDUSTRIES." I WESTERN AUSTRALIANS ASK FOR A II NATIVE COVERNOR. i (Reuter's- -,F-ore-i,n Special.) I J'erth, December I.R.-In a dispatch I dotted September 18 Mr. Harcourt re- plies to the petition of the Western Au-stralia, Legislative Assembly asking that the office of Governor of tha t State; might be filled by a citizen of the Com-il mon wealth. The Colonial Secretary regrets that I a change in the system of appoint-ing I State Governors could not be emter- tained unless it applied to all Aus- tralian States, and until public opinion in Australia was overwhelmingly favourable to the proposal.
I SIR A. MOMB S DONATION.…
I SIR A. MOMB S DONATION. I The Right Hon. Sir Alfred Mond, Bart., M.P., h contributed £ 100 to the Mayor's Aged Poor and Shoeless It Children's Fuujd.
THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITY. 1…
THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITY. 1 1-0 i NO PROSPECTS. I WHY THE COUNTRYMAN IS LEAVING: THE LAN. I CHANSELLSR'S RECENT SPEECHES FULLY JUSïiFiED. w OFFICIAL REPORT I What causes rural depopulation? The answer is supplied with a grim readiness by recent inquiry. The Board of Agriculture, at the request of the Dominions Royal Com- mission, made a careful investigation int-o the causes of the flight from the viKages to the t-owns and to the Colonies, with special reference to those engaged in agriculture, and the con- clusions arrived at—which are summar- ised below— form the subject of a re- markable report. THE REPORT. j Why Ceuntrymen Emigrate. I » It is established that the supply of I agricultural labour is deficient, especi- ally in regard- to skilled farm hands. A considerably greater number of men could find employment in the land than are now available. The manual arts of agriculture are being neglected by those who still seek employment on the land. Some of the reports received by the: Board state that from various causes— the provision of smaJl holdings being several times mentioned-there is, loIn the whole, less depletion of the rural districts in recent years than formerly. The special peculiarity of the present- rural exodous is that the movement to the towns-which has perhaps rather diminished than increased—is supple- mented by a movement to the Colonies, one of the causes being the advertise- ments. lndticen. ents to Emigrate. 1 I I Lanada to-day seems as near 10 the young countryman as London did to his father. The ché induoome-nts to our rural population to emigrate are: The freer life, the easy facilities for becoming a landowner, the wider sc-,)p,, foi- energy and enterprise, and the higher wages. Low wages are a cause of discontent; hut lack of opportunity is a more powerful factor. Many who emigrate would prefer to sttty at home if they could see a reaso of ad- vancement. Rural Brassing. I Lack of houses frequently onuses mfa to leave the villages the question of rural housing is acute. One fee,7 that the points enumerated are a striking commentary on the speeches recently made. by the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer. Other expressions used in the report j are "a kind of education which gins a distaste for country life," a desire for < shorter hours of work, for free SundaYf. I and more holidays, the turning of cot- tages into "vilius," and the increasing tendency fostered by bicycles, or urban workers to iive in the rural districts. I cwmavon ixcjrnsi. I -.1-, Cwmarcn inquest on body cf ('u:E :i.:i1:a5 /:), c: C:c: souare. Cwmarofl, a verdict oi uc-ath, 'L r"h,- '"<;1 ""1 "> 1..o1r; 1 to cxha-sum was rcFirzai- C T '-? I At. a meeting of the feauta Ciaus F cwi L-orjn:ittee this afternoon, Ur. Howard Oorbott said more money wa required ir tie number oi children to receive toys this year was to equal that-of last year. V | j [ anti—ri. ii■ i
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