Barry Dock News

BARRY AND PENARTH COAL TRIMMERS. SATISFACTORY NEGOTIATIONS FOR ESCAPE HOLES. Some time ago the general secretary of the Coal Trimmers' Association of Cardiff, Penarth, and Barry (Mr S. Fisher), sent an application to the Cardiff Shipowners' Association asking, for the safety of coal trimmers, that owners should cut holes 2ft. Gin. square in the 'tween decks of several vessels frequenting the port, and also that vessels being built or built in future should be provided with such escape holes. It was also pointed out that owing to the want of means of access to the lower holds and the 'tween decks of two and three-deck vessels, some provision was necessary, and that if this were done the danger of an explosion would be reduced to a minimum. When the matter was laid before shipowners throughout the kingdom generally, most of them expressed a willingness to make escape holes, but it was pointed out that the space between the beams was two feet, so that if a 2ft. 6in. hole were cut the beams would have to be cut. It was, therefore, suggested that the holes should be two feet square, or, at all events, not exceed the beam space. Mr Hawkins, secretary to the Shipowners' Association, having communicated on the subject with Mr Fisher, has received a letter thanking the shipowners throughout the country for so fairly meeting the request of the coal trimmers. Holes two feet square would meet the case, and these should be cut between the two beams from six to nine feet from the combings of the hatches. Mr Fisher added that he would be glad to go anywhere and point out where the holes should be made.

A CADOXTON BARRY BUILDING DISPUTE. At the Glamorgan Assizes at Swansea on Mon- day last. Messrs Phipps, Evans, and Phillips, Cadoxton, sought to recover JB75 18s 9d, which they alleged was due to them in respect of a building contract with the defendants, Messrs Jenkins and Arnold, Barry.—Mr C. H. Down (in- structed by Mr R. O. Jenkins, of Barry) appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr Bailhache (instructed by Messrs Lloyd and Pratt) represented the defendants.—His Lordship gave judgment for the plaintiffs on the claim for the full amount, and for the defendants upon the counter claim for JB11, the costs to be paid by the defendants.

THE VALE OF GLAMOBGM RAILWAY. PROSPECTUS ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC TO-DAY. ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH A BARRY DOCKS BANK. HOPEFUL PROSPECTS OF THE UNDERTAKING. We are authoritatively informed that the Vale of Glamorgan Railway Company opened an account on Wednesday last at the Barry Docks branch of the Metropolitan, &c., Bank. The prospectus of the company will be issued to the public to-day (Friday), and several prominent colliery and other firms have promised to take shares to the extent of £20,000 each in the new undertaking, and the prospects of the scheme, therefore, are very encouraging. It is expecte 1 that tenders for the construction of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway will be invited within the next two or three months, and arrangements have been made to hand over the line to be worked by the Barry Railway Company at an assured dividend as soon as the work has been com- pleted.

A BARRY CLERGYMAN ON GAMBLING. LORD ROSEBERY'S ATTITUDE CRITICISED. In the course of a sermon preached at St Paul's Church, Barry, on Sunday evening last, the Rev J. Price condemned the national evil of gambling, and said multitudes of people thus worked ill to their neighbours. This was the case with those who, in some cases as a profession, in some cases as a social habit, indulged in gambling and betting. Gambling was a far-reaching and wide- spreading evil, and those who indulged in it, or defended or encouraged it, took part in a de- liberate mischief. Gambling was undoubtedly a sin involving a direct breach, not only of the ninth commandment, but the whole of both tables, and it exercised an evil influence upon the home, commerce, and nation at large. It was the duty of the Church, therefore, to rise up against the growing evil, and every individual should do his part, not only by keeping utterly clear of any approach to gambling, but also by showing sympathy with the crusade against it. This was a religious question. It was also a social and national question. Surely, they might reasonably expect example and sympathy from all who were concerned about the well-being of this great nation. Those in authority, both in Church and State, should be mostly interested against this evil. Some in authority in the State seemed to have little or no concern in this great matter. Perhaps nothing would deal so helpful, a. blow in checking the evil as one dealt at gambling in connec- tion with the great national hofse race, the Derby, which, but for the betting which was practised thereat, might be a noble institution with a worthy object. There never was a better opportunity for doing this than that which the present Prime Minister bad this year, but instead of checking the evil an impetus was given thereto and gambling at the Derby was this year more deeply rooted than ever. There was good reason, therefore, for the loud murmurs which had been called forth by this circumstance. The plain out- spoken words of the headmaster of Rugby as to gambling well represented the feelings of tens of thousands of Englishmen. He said, When an English nobleman patronises the turf. with all its noxious weedy-growth of dishonesty and degradation, simply to gratify his feeling for ex- citement, and used no effort and stirred no finger to reform it, and when men built up fortunes out of trade which demoralised, were not these re- echoing the same words as Cain, 'Am I my brother's keeper ?'

GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE REVISION OF SULLY PARISH. OUTSPOKEN OPINION OF THE CLERK TO THE BARRY LOCAL BOARD. THE LATE INQUIRY A PERFECT FARCE. Mr J. Arthur Hughes, clerk to the Barry and Cadoxton Local Board, at a meeting of the Public Works Committee held at Cadoxton on Tuesday evening last, made some strong remarks with reference to tlje recent public inquiry held at Cardiff by the Glamorgan County Council for the revision of the parish of Sully. He failed to understand, he said, why the inquiry should have been held at Cardiff when the whole of the interests; connected with the proceedings were centred in Barry, and it was unfair to expect public officials to attend the inquiry from Barry at such an unusually early hour. Besides, the scheme submitted to the inquiry by the County Council for the alteration of the boundaries of Sully paiish was not the same as that contained in the official notice convening the inquiry in fact, no public intimation whatever was given of the scheme presented. He (Mr Hughes) attended the inquiry as clerk to the Local and Burial Boards, and Mr W. H. Lewis, on behalf of the School Board, and they supported the original schemes, having no knowledge of the amended proposals. Such strange proceedings, he con- sidered, rendered the inquiry a perfect farce, and he was confident the Local Government Board would not place their schemes before the public in the manner the County Council had done, and the only course now left to the public was to appeal to the Local Government Board against a confirmation of the proposed re-arrangement. -The members present considered the conduct of the County Council was most extraordinary; but it was felt that the suggestion made at the inquiry by Mr A. J. Harris, the clerk to the Cardiff Board of Guardians, that the parishes constituting the Barry Local Board district be uniformally called Barry was unanimouely concurred in.

-4 PONTYPRIDD COLLIERY DISASTER. At the half-yearly special services conducted at Mount Zion Welsh Congregational Chapel, Cadox- ton-Barry, on Sunday and Monday evening last, special sympathetic references in the course of their sermons were made by the Revs. W. Thomas, Llanboidy, and D. LL Williams, Machen, to the (terrible disaster at Cilfynydd Colliery, Pontypridd.

MR. A. J. WILLIAMS, MP., AND THE BARRY BILL. THE HON. GENTLEMAN ADVOCATES PUBLIC CONVENIENCE. GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL AND THROUGH PASSENGER SERVICE. To the Editor of the" BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,-I am anxious that there should be no misunderstanding as to the action which is being taken by the Glamorgan County Council with respect to the Barry Railway Bill. They, of course, as representing the large mining, manufacturing, and commmercial interests of their great county, are favourable to the Bill, which would enable the company to con- struct the small railway and other works at Barry Island, as it would evidently be an advantage to the district. But they also represent the large working population which has for years been vainly waiting for the passenger train accommo- dation along its main line for which the Barry Company obtained powers in 1884. They have considered it their duty to ask that the Barry Company, which has for years been earning large dividends, should undertake, within a reasonable time, to provide this greatly needed accommo- dation. This the Barry Company decline to do, and the County Council has asked me to move in the House an instruction that they should give this undertaking. I feel that I should be shirking my duty if I de- clined to do all I can to obtained redress of this grave public injustice. I shall be obliged if you can make this explanation known in your next issue.-Yours very faithfully, ARTHUR J. WILLIAMS. House of Commons, June 27th, 1894.

fHE ALLEGED MURDER AT PENARTH. SPECIAL TELEGRAM FROM MISS JENNER. Just before going to Press on Thursday, we received the following telegram from Miss Gertrude Jenner, The Typica, Wenvoe :— "Barry Dock- News, Cadoxton-Barry. Just returned. Universal sympathy at Swansea for Emily Culliford. My petitions to Home Secretary with view to compensation will be out Monday, and why bail was not accepted.—GERTRUDE JENNER."

BARRY AND CADOXTON PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. The Barry and Cadoxton Public Works Com- mittee held a meeting on Tuesday evening last at the Local Board Offices, Cadoxton, present- Mr W. Thomas (chairman), Alderman J. C. Meggitt, Dr P. J. O'Donnell, Mr B. Lewis, Mr C. R. Walker, M.Inst.C.E. (engineer), Mr J. A. Hughes (clerk), and Mr J. C. Pardoe (surveyor). TENDERS FOR SEWER ENTRANCES. Tedders were received as follows for the con- struction of side entrance to the main sewer on Cadoxton MoorsF. Small, £ 29 2s j D. Love, £ 38; J. W. Froom, JB58 4s; G. Rutter, £ 42; and J. Fido, £ 47.—It was resolved that the tender of Mr Small, being the lowest, be accepted. REMOVAL OF RAILINGS IN DOCK VIEW-ROAD. On the recommendation of the surveyor, a suggestion made in the Barry Dock News two or three weeks ago to remove the Local Board railings on the pavement along a portion of Dock View-road, Barry Docks, was agreed to. NEW PLANS. New building plans were presented as follows —House in Welford-street, Barry, for W. Griffin do. Harbour-road, for W. James; two houses in George-street, for H. Westall; one house in Station-street, Barry Docks, for W. Bryant; two houses in Pontypridd-street, Cadoxton, for D. Evans (rejected on the ground that the drainage arrangements were not made); two shops in Holton-road, for J. Jones three houses in Tynewydd-road, for D. Morgan and six shops in Holton-road, for H. Jones (but some of this property was proposed to be placed over the public sewer running through the site, the Clerk stating that the written consent of the Board must be obtained before the sewer line could be interfered with, and Dr O'Donnell moved, and Mr Meggitt seconded, that the plans be not passed in their present form, but the Chairman moved as an amendment that the plans be passed,. Mr B. Lewis, however, stating that it was undesirable to build over a sewer, and the motion was, therefore, carried, the plans for the houses not interfering with the sewer to be approved.) SHELTER FOR THE BATHING INSPECTOR. The offer of Mr F. Small to sell to the Board for £5 10s a small shed to be used as a shelter booth at the Island by the inspector of bathing was accepted. tHE SITE OF THE PERMANENT PUBLIC OFFICES. The Clerk submitted an order of agreement of lease which he had received from Mr R. Williams, solicitor, Cardiff, with reference to the site of the proposed public offices of the Board, off Holton- road, Barry Docks, and a number of objections having been raised in connection therewith, it was resolved that Mr Hughes place himself in communication with the lessors' solicitors with the view of obtaining a modification of the same. STONE THROWING IN THE DISTRICT. Mr E. Hutchings, Barry Docks, wrote complain- ing of the prevalence of the dangerous practice of stone-throwing on the streets by mischievous boys, and it was resolved to refer the letter to the police. THE NAME OF WOOD-STREET CHANGED. Mr J. Arthur Hughes, solicitor, on behalf of most of the owners of property, applied that the name of Wood-street, Barry Docks, be changed to Merthyr street, both thoroughfares being a con- tinuation of each other, and on the motion of Mr B. Lewis, seconded by the Chairman, it was resolved that the application be granted, Mr Hughes stating that the proprietors were deter- mined that Wood-street shall become one of the most respectable streets in the district. A COMPLAINT FROM HOLTON-ROAD. Mr Luen wrote complaining of the delay in completing the contract for the formation of the lane at the back of Holton-road, the contractor, he stated, not having done any work thereon for some time.—The Surveyor was ordered to write to the contractor ordering him to complete the work forthwith. QUARRYING UNDER A PUBLIC SEWER. The Clerk reported that Mr D. Love had no legal right to quarry for stone underneath the public sewer at the Cwms Quarry, and ex- plained that Mr Love's remedy was to claim compensation for the stone which he could not work in consequence of the existence of the seWei. RE-NUMBKRING OF HOUSES. At the suggestion of Mr Meggitt, it wsi I decided to re-number Portbkerry-road, Barry.

BARRY AND CADOXTON HEALTH COMMITTEE. A meeting of the public health committee of the Local Board was held at Cadoxton-Barry on Monday evening last, present—Dr P. J. O'Donnell (chairman), Mr W. Paterson, Mr W. Thomas, Mr J. Arthur Hughes (clerk), Mr J. C. Pardoe (surveyor), Mr A. E. Leyshon (sanitary inspector), and Mr Hopkins (inspector of bathing). PUBLIC BATHING ON BARRY ISLAND. The Clerk read a report of the inspector as to public bathing at Whitmore Bay. He had been challenged by a Mr Harrison, of Barry, and another resident, as to the enforcement of the Local Board's bye-laws, which prohibited bathing other than by means of the bathing machines after eight o'clock in the morning. Mr Harrison, he said, had brought several boys there, and directed them to bathe in defiance of the bye-laws. A petition, several feet in length, and bearing several hundred signatures, was also read from the Boys of Barry," asking the Board to allow bathing to take place during the day in a central portion of the bay set apart for that purpose, the petition pointing out that the signatories could not pay for a bathing machine.—In reply to a question, the Clerk pointed out that the portion set apart for ladies was the eastern end of the bay, and a suggestion was made that a portion be de- voted to bathing by the male sex without the use of machines; and eventually a resolution to this effect was agreed to, the clerk being directed to write to Mr Harrison pointing out that he bad infringed the Board's bye-laws, and cautioning him against defiance of authority in future. APPLICATION FOR REFRESHMENT BOOTH. Mr James Durman applied for a license to sell refreshments in a booth at Whitmore Bay, but it was pointed out that the Board were powerless to grant the same, as this right was held by Lord Windsor. THE LICENSING OF BOARDING HOUSES. Mr W. Griffiths, Thompson-street, withdrew his application for a boarding-house license, stating that he intended confining himself to the reception of ships' officers at his premises. A CHAPTER OF REQUESTS. Mr W. F. Harris, secretary to the Barry Island Hotel Company, attended, and asked the com- mittee to arrange for a scavenging cart to be sent to the Island occasionally, and said that if the cart called at the hotel and the other houses once a month they would be satisfied.-The Chairman said the committee would consider the applica- tion. Mr Harris repeated his application for the erection of public lamps to the Island, and this also, the Chairman said, consideration would be given to by the committee. In reply to complaints as to overcharge for the use of bathing machines, &c., Mr Hartis said certain arrangements hitherto bad been unsatis- factory, but in the hands of a new manager he hoped there would be no cause for further com- plaint. THE MAINTENANCE OF PATIENTS AT THE INFECTIOUS I" HOSPITAL. A letter was read from the Clerk to the Cardiff Board of Guardians, stating that only in destitute cases could the guardians be called upon to pay the cost of maintenance of patients treated at the infectious hospital, and an order from the relieving office r would have to be obtained. -At the sug- gestion of the Chairman, the Clerk was requested to write to the directors of the Barry Railway Company asking them to contribute towards the maintenance of the hospital, as was done at Cardiff and other places. MISCELLANEOUS. Inspector Leyshon submitted his monthly report showing the sanitary condition of the district, which was declared to be satisfactory and the Clerk intimated that Mr Hopkins, the inspector of bathing, could not be appointed special constable. -It was resolved to provide a booth for sheltering the inspector during wet and rough weather on Barry Island. THE FORTHCOMING HEALTH CONFERENCE IN T LONDON. The Clerk stated he would not be able to at- tend the forthcoming health conference in London, and it was agreed that the Surveyor (Mr Pardoe) should accompany Dr Neale thereto; Mr Hughes stating it would be to the advantage of the Board to send Mr Pardoe with Dr Neale in view of the proposed erection of a hospital for the district. --n u- -U

SHIPPING DISASTER IN PENARTH ROADS. A disastrous collision took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning last, in the Penarth Roads, in close proximity to the Holms. The accident resulted in the sinking of one vessel and serious damage to the other, but, fortunately, the crew of the steamer which foundered were able to make good their escape before their ship went down. The steamer Norah, belonging to Messrs. Wilson and Symons, of West Bute-street, Cardiff was proceeding to Penarth to take a cargo of coal, after having discharged at Bristol. About half- past one o'clock, when near the Holms, the look- out man reported a vessel bearing down upon them at close quarters. Steps were taken to avert a collision, but the warning came too late, and the steamer, which turned out to be the Crosshill, belonging to Messrs M'Beth and Gray, of Glasgow, struck the Norah abaft the main rigging with such force that she was cat below the water's edge. All hands were immediately summoned on deck and the boats lowered. It was found that the Norah was sinking fast, and the crew at once proceeded to the Crosshill, which stood by to render assistance. Finding the vessel, however, did not sink immediately, the crew of the Norah returned to the vessel in order to try and save their effects, and, with one or two exceptions, this they succeeded in doing. This task was only accomplished in the nick of time, for the Norah foundered a quarter of an hour after- wards on what is known as the Centre Edge," a ridge of sand which is occasionally visible from Penarth at low water. The weather was hazy at the time of the collision, but it was possible at times to see about two miles from the ship. Both vessels carried the usual sea lights. The Crosshill was seriously damaged about the bows, but she remained afloat, and cast anchor in the roads. The tugs Elf and Pelaw afterwards came up, and the crew of the Norah were taken on board, together with their effects, and landed at the pier-head, Cardiff.

BARRY HARBOUR DRAINAGE SCHEME. ENGINEER'S REPORT TO THE BOARD. Mr C. R. Walker, M.Inst.C.E., the engineer of the Barry Harbour drainage district, tendered a report to the Public Works Committee of the Local Board on Tuesday evening last to the effect that it was expected the work would be completed by the end of July, and that the new system would be put into active operation early in August, when be hoped a formal ceremony would take place, and that the Local Board would inspect the new outfall. For the purposes of the scheme, the Board had obtained a loan at £12,500, together with JB4,500 for the Barry Island sewerage, but the sum provided for was found to be insufficient, Mr Rutter's contract having exceeded the estimate by JS160, and an additional cost had been incurred near Barry Station of j3560, together with additional tunnelling at an outlay of JB250, and a flushing tank and storm 1 overflow JB120, making a total estimated expendi- ture of £13.207, including B161 paid for the | Barry Island work, exclusive of wayleave and compensation.—After a brief discussion, it was resolved to apply to the Local Government Boarc a for permission to obtain an additional loar of £ 1,965.

THE CHURCH CONTROVERSY STILL WAXES WARM. MR A. E. P. ROSS AGAIN TO THE FORE. FURTHER REPLY TO "A PRIEST OF THE UNDIVIDED CHURCH." To the Editor of the" BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,-I may say that the expression rebellions cruelty" was a mis-print. I wrote "rebellions and cruelties," but, anyway, your correspondent is beside the mark in his last as in former letter?. I contend that the modern Church of England, founded in 1558, is not the ancient Church of England. As to Roman and Catholic, I answer, as the Earl of Northumberland did on the scaffold in 1572. He declared himself a child of that Church which is one and yet extends over the whole earth, and stated he knew nothing of the new Anglican Church when Palmer, a Protestant minister, interrupted him, saying he was an obstinate papist, and a member, not of the Catholic, but of the Roman Church. Whab you call Roman," answered the earl, "is tbet Catholic Church founded upon the doctrine of the Apostles, with Christ Jesus Himself for its cornerstone, established in the blood of martyrs* adorned by the confessions of the holy fathers* and remaining always the same, against which, as Christ Our Saviour has said, the gates of bell shall not prevail." What your correspondent calls Papists, Roman missioners, Jesuits, and sectaries in the days of Elizabeth," was the ancient Church of this country bereft of ita pastors, who were exiled, imprisoned, or put to* death, contending with a persecution so bitter that> none has equalled it since the days of Diocletian. Breen's Church of Old England shall agant furnish me with a quotation, "To realise the: situation we have to suppose that the whole ef the bishops of the present Established Church have been deposed for refusing to take soma absurd oath, and that their places have been filled with Swedenborgians and Salvationists; that the 39 Articles have been abolished, and1 a medley of Swedenborgianism and Salvationisot substituted as a test of orthodoxy; that the Church service has been forbidden and the Salvation service enforced in its stead. Who could then say, without a great paradox, that the new religion and the nesw Church wasideiiticri with the old ? For if you take from a religious* body (1) its rule of faith, (2) its liturgy, (3) its ministry, what is left? Nothing but. a memory and a name." In spite of their horrible sufferings the English Catholics joined with their Protestant fellow-countrymen in repel- ling the foreign invasion of the Armada, and your correspondent only exposes his ignorance of history by being unaware of this fact. Lorclt Howard of Effingham,, the Lord High Admiral who defeated the Armada, was a Catholic, and Elizabeth was only too glad in her dire need to- confide the command of her navy to him. A Catholic, too, was old Lord Montagu, who presented himself to Elizabeth (at Tilbury, if I remember rightly;, offering his own services and those of his sons (five in number, I believe) to defend her and the country, As to the Gunpowder Plot, what Catholic has ever defended it ? It is matter of history that it was the work of a few bad Catho- lics driven to desperation by finding that the great hopes, raised among Catholics by the acces- sion of James I., the son of a Catholic mother, were utterly delusive, as the persecution con- tinued unabated. Your correspondent either doe* not know, or omits saying, that it was a Catholic peer, Lord Mounteaele, who, having heard sus- picious rumours, communicated with the Govern- ment, and thus saved the Royal Family and the Parliament. i)o we, Catholics, upbraid Protes- tants generally with the terrible perjuries of Titti.,t Oates, which caused a torrent of Catholic blood to be shed unjustly, and worked up tn6 populace to such an extent that when the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland told Charles II. that one illustrious victim, the venerable Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, could not possibly be guilty, the king answered You may pardon him, 1 dare not." Do we fling in t.he faces of Protestants the burning of Catholic Churches irix London, in 1780, during the Gordon Riots, and all the consequent sufferings of our Catholic fore fathers? Yet Lord George Gordon was the champion of Protestantism. All this, however, does not touch the main question. Youv Undivided correspondent is a minister .of a divided Church, for the Modern Church of Eng- land cut itself off from the old Church of England at the Reformation, and divided itself from the rest of the Christian world, becoming what ifc is. a sect which enjoys the patronage of the State.— I remain, Sir, faithfully yours, A. E. P. ROSS.

MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES AT EAST LULWORTH. WELCOME HOME TO THE REV AND MRS USHER. On Saturday last the Rev and Mrs Usher wera welcomed home by the parishioners of Easfr Lulworth. At Wool Station, four-and -a-half miles from East Lulworth, they found the carriage waiting, gaily decorated with flowers, ribbons^ and white favours. On driving into the villagat crowds of parishioners met them, and the me. took the horses out of the carriage, and dragged it up the hill to the vicarage in a fow minutes, all the villagers cheering lustily. Over the drive gate there was a magnificent arch of flowers. evergreens, and flags, surmounted by a white sccol4 bearing the inscription, in large blue letters, of Welcome Home." Two little girls, dressed in- white, with crowns of white roses, stood each sida of the hall door, with two little boys, and pre- sented the bride with bouquets of white rosea. An address was then read welcoming the bride aact bridegroom, with heartfelt wishes for future joy and happiness, and warm expressions of pleasure at their home-coming. The Rev and Mrs Usher were then led into the hall, where a handsoma marble clock was presented to them, bearing at inscription on a brass. plate. Mr Ushert hanked his new parishioners with much warmth, saying he hoped he and his bride would fulfil all tha kind anticipations expressed by those assembled. Wedding cake and other refreshments were theD. handed round, and after singing, with grea& vigour, "God Save the Queen," the parishioners left the Vicarage with mutual expressions of goodwill. On the wedding day (June 5th) the I school children at East Lulworth enjoyed an excellent tea given by the Rev R. Usher, and tha followirg veyses, written by an inhabitant, were illuminated, and put up at one end of the brightly- > decorated schoolroom, the whole village beings [ adorned with flags and flowers. These verse* i were subsequently presented to Mrs Usher, as tv I memento of the joyous occasion :— I May God be merciful to both, And give His light to guard their way, 3 His blessing be upon them both Their love increasing day by day. ? So shall no shade of sorrow cloud The sunshine of their youthful home, n Blest happiness in endless round, Shall compass all their life to come.