Barry Dock News

WANTED, A LOCAL INFIRMARY. To the Editor of the BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,.—It has been said that Barry isr young and ambitious, and wants too many things. I beg to submit that it is high time we should have an infirmary of out own. If we cannot yete afford to build one, why not utilise one of the many local empty shop premises for the purpose? Accidents will happen," and it is a pity, if nothing more, that, in a town with a population of nearly twenty thousand, when an accidenb happens serious enough to necessitate the removal of the injured one to an infirmary, he has to be taken to the next town We know that money would be needed to maintain an infirmary, but? who would not subscribe to such a good cause? Let us hope the authorities will.soon consider th& matter.—Yours truly, j.g.

MRS. GRUNDY'S JOTTINGS Lord Windsor was a prominent visitor at Lord's last week on the occasion of the 'Varsity match. He was also one of the few enthusiasts who attended the tennis match afterwards. The success of Cambridge in this contest gave him the greatest satisfaction. There are now about 2,000 Wesleyan ministers in Great Britain, and about one-third of the number have to change circuits. The railway companies have, a contemporary states, another terror to cope with-the Anti- Sundav Travelling Society distributing tracts at the local stations every Sunday. Some say that it is owing to the society's interference that the late summer train from Penarth to Cardiff on Sunday nights has been stopped. Anent the trip of the Barry Chamber of Trade to Minehcad next week, the following incident may be interesting :-A curate who is now a vicar came by his present living in quite a curious way. He once lived in Canton, then in Llantarnam, and one nieht he was going to have a pipe before retiring. Tearing off a piece of newspaper, he Was making it into a spill, when an advertisment caught his eye, and on reading it he became interested, for the advertisment stated that if any- body of the name of Go van, then in Orders, and belonging to a certain family of Govans, com- municated with the Bishop of Bath and Wells there might be good in it. The curate at once 1VTote off, and subsequently received a living Which, it seemed, was legally bound to go to a Govan in a certain line of Govans if anybody of that name were in the Church at the time. This is how the Rev. G. W. Govan became vicar of Minehead. Smart women seem to have quite fallen in love with the new velvet throatlets, which are ubiqui- tous, and appear in most vivid colours. The desirability of electing some women to the board of guardians in every union, where suitable 'WOtnen can be found to stand, has been admitted, and has proved a most successful experiment in almost every case where it has been tried. <. Now that the excursion season has set in, the London and North-Western Railway Company again draw public attention to the dangerous practice, which unfortunately still prevails, of throwing bottles from the windows of the trains whilst in motion, and they earnestly request that passengers will abstain from such a proceeding, as in many cases serious injuries from this cause have already been sustained by the servants of "the company working on the line. Bottles should be left in the carriages, where they are quite harm- less—when empty •SF Mr J. W. Palmer, foreigh stamp merchant, 281, Strand, London, W.C., has struck a neat medal ift commemoration of the opening of the Bascule Tower Bridge by the Prince of Wales last Saturday week. General Lee is an expeff^p¥-%riter. Pleasure" breaks run regularly from Holfcon- road and if you require particuars of certain freehold land at Cadoxton, you must apply at Cardiff. The members of the Cadoxton-Barry Histrionic Society will shortly give a grand performance of Uncle," at Cadoxton, for the relief fund in connection with the recent colliery disaster at ^Ifvnydd. 'II s* Picked up near No. 7, Vere-street, Cadoxton, One afternoon last week:— Y mae cariad bron a'm Ilethu Tuag at f'anwylaf Phebe, b Mae ei gruddiau purian, diesglaer, Bron a dallu'n meddwl i. » At one of the hotels at Minehead they will not s*en think of providing Devonshire cream for 100 Yisitors from Barry. Perhaps they have catered for Barry people once befure at Minehead. Wheat may be seen growing on the roof of a thatched house in the Old Village, Cadoxton. Our office boy is a most particular child. When- ever we sneeze he is always in readiness to pick up the pieces. Twice a week he carefully sweeps out the office, and the proceeds he aptly wraps up in a piece of paper-pound of sugar fashion-and Places it on the pavement at the door ready for "delivery to the scavenging man. One morning last week, however, the tempting-looking parcel lvafa seen by a passer-by, who instantly snatched it IIP, and walked off hurriedly up the street with the dregs of this office under hi3 coat. Our "Innocent," who is friendly with the scavenger's daughter, disapproving of the arrangement, hastily summoned two or three friends and gave chase to the desperate villain, who would deprive the dust- man of his perquisites. The boys demanded the return of the package, but in vain, for the man indignantly maintained it was his own property, audever since the "lamb" declares he will not again place the office sweepings in a tidy parcel on the door-step. In the language of the Philadelphian Irish- man— With his bundle on his shoulder, Faith, and no one could be bolder— Than the hardy navvy who may now be seen arriving at Barry "in th6 morning "in quest of employment at the new dock works. "Nay, ye wad na bloomin' well charge me a hob return for a blinkin' ticker to Cardiff!" Murmured a navvy in his mildest Sabbath-day tdnes to the booking-clerk at Cadoxton railway station last Saturday afternoon. Yer and yer People are getting too blazing stuck-up over yer ^ew dock?" The window went down with a ^ang, and the clerk was a few moments later ^eard repeating incoherent sentences of My ^uty towards my neighbour." # & The Penarth Company of the 2nd Glamorgan ^tillery Volunteers came off successfully in the recent 64-pounder competition, a result upon ^hich Major Fleming Thomas is to be warmly congratulated. The 40-pounder competition will ^ake place in September next at the Lavernock Sort, The Barry Dock Hibernian Drum and Fife Band have made several public appearances, and. their execution is most creditable. The following order- has been received this week by a. Cadoxton grocer:—"Too pounds of brund sugar, too pounds of soadr, one pounds of candlles." The 11th (Cadoxton) Company attended the open-air service of the 2nd Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers, held in the Cardiff Arms Park last Sunday, when the Rev W. Sweet-Escott, Penarth, officiated at the drumhead. General Sir Richard Harrison is expected to inspect the Penarth and Barry Companies of the 2nd Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers on Monday and Tuesday next. On consideration that his wages be reduced, we have allowed Whelpy," the office boy, to become our office pote, but after the following I shall be glad for him to take his old place:— Gentle Ria, come and kiss me, Let your feet be nice and warm, But wait whilst I go round the corner To fetch a. pennyworth of barm. There is a tradesman at Cadoxton who is con- sidered to be a perfect copy" of the Earl of Salisbury. m The Bishop of St. Asaph had a return made to him from 977 of the parishes of Wales (the total number is 1,050), and out of these 977 there were 471, or nearly one-half, where there was not a single resident minister, and where the only minister resident, and the only man to go and minister to the poor, the sick, and the dying, was a. clergyman of the Church. A Cadoxton tradesman paid a visit to Whitland, Carmarthenshire, on a market day a few weeks ago, and ever since he never tires of dilating to his frinds upon the excellent cup of tea, and the prime display of bread and butter and cockles he then disposed of. Amongst the navvies who have come back to Barry in view of employment on the new dock works are one or two veterans who were employed on the original works some years ago. Most of our musical friends in the Barry and Cadoxton district are perhaps not aware that Mr W.Howe, the conductor of the choir now practising for Llantwit Major Eisteddfod, is an associate of the Tonic Sol-fa College, London. ♦ • Amongst the circuit appointments made by the Wesleyan Methodist conference last week were the following :—Rev J. Courtenay James to Barry, and the Rev J. D. Stevens to Penarth. III I hear that Mr A. J. Williams, M.P., in his motion in the House of Commons for the recom- mitment of the Barry Bill was, notwithstanding the decision of the Speaker, strictly in order. » Whelpy," our poetic office boy, went for a cruise down the channel last Tuesday for the benefit of his health. # The "turning of the first sod" in connection with the new dock for Barry will not take place on the 18th instant (the date of the Barry Chamber of Trade trip), as rumoured. « Sully Church is always "free and open," and the other day a sanctimonious fowl invaded the sacred precincts and deposited an egg in the pul- pit. Still later, a couple of dozen eggs have been found in the uncanny seclusion of the dead-house. « •* The Boilermakers' Trade Union, a branch of which is at Barry, is setting a noble example to members of similar bodies by taking steps to ensure a contribution of several hundreds of pounds to the Albion Colliery Relief Fund. Lady Henry Somerset is as earnest an advocate of bicycling for girls as of temperance. Barry has one or two lady cyclists. m This is what last week's Transport says :—Mr Arthur J. Williams, who came forward with much confidence to fight the battle of the Glamorgan County Council, has been obliged to beat a hasty retreat. He moved, in the Rouse of Commons on Friday last, that the Barry Railway Bill (Lords) be re-committed to the former committee, that it be an instruction to the committee to hear the case of the Glamorgan County Council, petitioners against the Bill, and that the committee have power to insert a clause providing that the railways of the com- company shall be adapted and opened for the con- veyance of passenger traffic within such reason- able period as the committee shall think fit. The motion, of course, was not in order, but Mr Williams was adroit enough to make the with- drawal of it the peg whereon to hang some perfectly gratuitous advice as to the conditions to which companies should be subjected before they are allowed to build railways. ♦ A Vere-street tradesman, whose name is indi- cative of one of the seasons, has recently taken to the notion of wearing an overcoat during the warm weather just experienced, in order, he maintains, "to keep out the heat." Mr and Mrs G. H. Burnett, Cadoxton, attended the annual picnic of the Cardiff Cattle Dealers' Association at the Speech House last week. Miss Dawson has been elected lay representative of Wesleyan Methodism to the Birmingham con- ference. f Lord Rosebery entertained the Epsom tradesmen at the Durdans last Wednesday in celebration of the victory of Ladas. By his will the late Mr T. D. Jones, of Wernwen, Cardiganshire, has bequeathed the bulk of his property to provide religious education in the voluntary schools in the county of Cardigan. e o « The House of Lords are about to appoint a com- mittee to inquire into the position and progress of the English Church in Wales. The four Welsh bishops favour this course. I am pleased to understand by a letter I have received from Mrs Chowings, of Treharne-road, Cadoxton, that her little son, who was bitten by a donkey, was not worrying the animal when the attack was made. I am reliably informed that Mr John Wolfe- Barry, C,B., M.C.Inst.C.E., of Westminster, London, the consulting engineer of the Barry Docks and Railways Company, was offered and refused a knighthood on the occasion of the opening of the Tower Bridge, London, last week. V Mr D. T. Alexander, president of the Barry Chamber of Trade, has been re-elected director of Handcock's Brewery Company, Cardiff. II: Such good examples are worthy of emulation. Mr T. Ewbank, head-master of Cadoxton Board Schools, has this week forwarded to the Western Mail a cheque for JB6 3s 10d., on behalf of Miss I'halp, Miss Carr, and himself, being the amount collected in the different departments of the schools in aid of the Albion colliery disaster widows and orphans' relief fund. It may be added that nearly the whole of this sum was collected without the aid of books. „

BARRY NEW DOCK. THE WORK TO BE ACTIVELY PUSHED FORWARD. Up to the present the work of construction of the Barry new dock, the first section of which will cover an area of twenty acres, has not been pressed forward as actively as it is intended to do, the contractors, Messrs Price and Wills, having been delayed somewhat waiting for the comple- tion of the working plans, which will probably be ready in a few days. In the meantime the necessary roadways and other preliminary work are being carried out; and in the course of a fortnight large gangs of men will be put on the new works.

SLAUGHTER HOUSE ACCOM- MODATION IN THE BARRY DISTRICT. BUTCHERS DISSATISFIED WITH THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS. A meeting of butchers of the Barry and Cadox- ton district was held at the Bassett Arms Hotel, Barry Docks, on Tuesday evening last, Mr G. H. Burnett, Cadoxton, presiding, and there were also present-Messrs E. Batten, J. Dyer, J. Jeremiah, J. Llewellyn, J. James, F. H. Turner, and E. Spencer. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the present slaughter-house accom- modation in the district, general dissatisfaction being expressed at the present building, which was stated to be lacking in dimensions and slaughter- ing facilities. The meeting came to the conclusion that a new slaughter-house was needed, with proper accommodation, viz., hanging-rooms, sepa- rate from slaughtering section, and other con- veniences. It being understood the Local Board would not enlarge the present building, a deputa- tion will wait on the authority with a view to the re-consideration of the matter.

NEW RAILWAY WORKS AT CADOXTON-BARRY. The Barry Docks and Railways Company have determined to make important alterations in the railway system between Barry Docks and Cadox- ton. A subway will also be formed forthwith under the line from near Mill Cottage in the direction of Cadoxton, in order, it is anticipated, to supply additional direct means of communica- tion along the company's new road from Cole- brook to the docks. For the purpose of facili- tating the new works the signal station at the junction between the low level lines and the main system at this point will have to be,removed.

BARRY IRISHMEN AND THE CILFYNYDD COLLIERY DISASTER. On Sunday last, at a meeting of the John Mandeville branch of the Irish National League of Great Britain, Barry Docks, the follow- ing resolution was unanimously passed :— That we, the members of the above branch, tender our deepest sympathy with the relatives of the victims of Cilfynydd Colliery disaster; and, furthermore, promise to assist in any movement in the Barry district which may be inaugurated for their relief."— Proposed by Dr Kelly, seconded by Mr W. Dooley.

MR A, J. WILLIAMS, M.P., AND THE BARRY RAILWAY BILL. FURTHER EXPLANATION BY THE HON. GENTLEMAN. To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,-I suppose it was to be expected that my action with respect to the Barry Bill would create some apprehension, but I hope all of my constituents will in future have faith in my discretion and judgment when I have to deal with a difficult and delicate matter affecting their interests. Of course, the Bill was never in the slightest danger. My action was taken after very careful consideration, because, as the Speaker ex- plained, a large question of policy was involved —a question affecting the interests, convenience, and well-being of many thousands of people not only on the main line of the Barry Company, but all parts of Glamorganshire. When the promoters of railway undertakings came to the House of Com- mons, and obtain special powers and privi- leges on the understanding that they are going to construct great public highways for the purpose of carrying passengers and goods, it should not be possible for them to evade the duty of affording any passenger accommoda- tion to the large population of the district through which their railway passes. Yet this is what has been systematically done in Glamorganshire. The railway company, having got its Act, only makes a line which is adapted for mineral traffic, because it can earn a large revenue from this traffic, whilst it avoids the expenditure of capital required to adapt and equip it for passenger traffic. When the Railway Commissioners were applied to by the Council Council in the Ely Valley case, where this has been going on for 30 years, they reluctantly decided that they could not compel them to adapt and equip the line for passenger traffic. I think everyone will agree that such a state of things is intolerable. The Barry Bill offered a convenient opportunity for bringing the matter very clearly before the Board of Trade, the House of Commons, and the public. And the statement which I elicited from the department means, if I am not much mistaken, more than moral suasion." It means that it will no longer be tolerated.- Yours, &c., ARTHUR J. WILLIAMS. House of Commons, July 10,1894.

GAS COOKING EXHIBITION AT BARRY. A most instructive, interesting, and successful ex- hibition of modern gas cooking and heating appar- atus was commenced at the Market Hall, Barry. on Tuesday afternoon last, and will be open for four days, the Barry Gas and Water Department having arranged with Messrs John Wright and Company, gas engineers, London and Birmingham, to exhibit their manufactures in this town. Mr J. Ibbotson attended as representative of Messrs John Wright and Company, and Mr F. M. Harris, secretary and engineer to the Barry Gas and Water Company, superintended the arrangements very efficiently each day and evening. Miss Thwaites (1st class diplomee Liverpool Intermediate School of Cookery), who is a very successful and skilled demonptrator, gave practical lectures on cookery, the popular exponent at each lecture giving useful directions and hints on high-class and every-day cookery and the successful management of the cooker. It was clearly shown during the exhibi- tion how much more cleanlily and cheaper it is to cook by gas than otherwise, also that these gas cookers are very easily managed and in every way a decided improvement upon the old arrangements. In the hall was an imposing array of gas cooking and heating apparatus, the uses of which and the difflections were explained in detail by Mr Harris and Mr Ibbotson, and in the middle of the room a picturesque fountain played, which added to the interest of the exhibition. At intervals a half- horse power gas engine was set in motion, and the hall was splendidly illuminated with the Stoll- Thorp patent reflex gas lights, which have proved most successful wherever fixed, and are said to effect a saving of 20 per cent. It may be interesting to give a few advantages of Messrs Wright and Co.'s gas cooking stoves, there being, it is stated, upwards of 80,000 "Eureka" gas cookers in daily use:— The labour of carrying fuel to, and removing ashes from, the range, and the space required for storing fuel, are saved. There is neither dust, dirt, nor soot in connection with the use of gas as fuel, and the cooking operations being carried on in a closed stove, the chances of soiled dresses or blackened hands are reduced to a minim um. There is much less heat than before an open range, and it is one of the greatest advantages of the use of these Stoves that all kinds of cooking, preserve making, &c., can be superintended without fear of dirt, or the discomfort of watching by an open fire place. The stove can be used at any time at short notice. Immediately the gas has been lighted the cooking operations may be begun. The heat in the oven is uniform throughout. The food can, therefore, be perfectly cooked without fear of burning or scorching on one side, and pastry may be browned without turning or attention. The heat of the stove is also under such control that it can be adjusted to fast boiling, or gentle simmer- ing, as may be required. It has been established that, with proper care in the use of a gas cooking stove, the cost of gas used in this way as fuel com- pares most favourably with the cost of a coal range. There is a further economy in the food cooked, by gas. Experiments made by Dr Macadam, of Glasgow, show that a joint of meat weighing lOlbs., when cooked by a coal range yields 61bs., but when cooked by a gas range yields 71lbs. Gas cooking stoves will be found to be a great convenience in the summer, and they are also in- valuable during the absence or illness of servants, when by their use ladies and their daughters can undertake or supervise the household cooking with- out discomfort. The Eureka is supplied by the Barry Gas and Water department at low quarterly rentals, and is on view at the show-rooms. It may be interesting to add that in connection with the recent articles in the Western Mail on bread- making, it was stated that bread had to be turned in a gas-heated oven. At the exhibition at Barry a large loaf, upwards of lOlba. in weight, was successfully baked without the same being turned.

JUVENILE CONFLICT AT BIGLIS BRICKWORKS. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF BOYS. On Monday last about a dozen boys were dis- missed from the brickworks at Biglis, near Cadoxton-Barry, owned by Mr John Jackson, con- tractor of the deep water lock works at Barry Docks. On Tuesday morning other lads were employed to fill the vacancies, but the boys who had been dismissed hovered in the vicinity ot the works and defied the new hands to go to their employment. Stones and other missiles being freely handled, the assistance of P.O. Georgo W. Phillips, of Cadoxton, was summoned, and the lads were dispersed, the other boys then going to their employment, work being suspended for several hours.

CORRESPONDENCE. The Editor desires to state that he does not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed; by correwondente. ) "Give me, above all other liberties, the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely, according to conscience."—John Mtiton.

BARRY LOCOMOTIVE EMPLOYEES' OUTING. To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,—Upon reading your report of the above in this week's issue, I regret to find one omission, the name of our esteemed locomotive superin- tendent, Mr J. H. Hosgood. Considering that he was the principal factor towards providing for the day's enjoyment, also being honorary presi- dent of the committee, we are deeply obligated to him for the success and enthusiasm which he put into the matter in securing so favourable conditions, which proved to be an unqualified SUCCBBB.Yours faithfully, W. D. STRADLING, Hon. Sec. Barry, July 6, 1894.

LORD ANCASTER APPEALS FOR THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVEN- TION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. To the Editor of the" BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,- While still with the remembrance of Hos- pital Sunday and its magnificent collections fresh in our minds, it falls to me as the chairman of the central committee of this society to make yet another appeal to the benevolent public in the hope that a sufficient sum may be raised to pay off the debt that. has accumulated during the last year, and also to raise a reserve fund so that the financial position of the society may be placed upon a thoroughly sound footing. We have to bear in mind that during the ten years this society has existed, its area, and neces- sarily its work, with the large expenses accruing to it, have increased by leaps and bounds-more particularly so during the last year, and, at the same time, its finances have suffered with many other philanthropic works from the general depression. Though the subscriptions and donations last year amounted to £ 40,000, this did not come up to the estimated increase of income in proportion to the number of cases inquired into, and leaves the society with a debt of £ 6,000. Hitbctfeo the society has gone upon the humane principle of taking up every case brought under his notice but unless this debt is wiped off and provision can be made for the gradual formation of the reserve fund, the machinery, now in good working order, must be stopped, and the cry of the suffering, cruelly-treated children will go up to Heaven unanswered. The generous public, who have supported the society in the past, and who, I have every belief, will come to our assistance in our present strait, may rest assured that the com- mittee, with the able and hearty concurrence of the hon. directer (the Rev. Benjamin Waugh) will endeavour to administer the affairs of the society with every possible economy but it can- not be denied that it is a costly work, and when we see the large results that have been obtained, the useful legislation for children carried through Parliament, and that the children who have been succoured during the ten years of the existence of the society number 109,000 (see report for 1894, "Justice to Children," page 9),we can only mar- vel at the facts before us, at the success achieved. And knowing the deep interest excited in the breasts of all humane people for these little sufferers from no fault of their own, to whom the sacred name of home conveys only misery, we, the committee, feel that we cannot appeal in vain. Contributions may be sent, marked Special Fund," to Coutts and Co., Strand, London, W.C.; or to tbeRev. BENJAMIN WAUGH, 7, Harpur Street, London, W.C.—I am, yours, &c., (Signed) ANCASTER, Chairman.

ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION OF AN OLD PUBLIC FOOTPATH AT SULLY. To the Editor of the, BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,-From time immemorial there has been a footpath leading from the Cog Farm (Sully)- to Penarth, passing through some of the Cog and other fields in the occupation of a farmer, a tenant of Lord Bute. I now find that at one point on this footpath a gate has been substituted for a style and that the gate is now kept locked, causing ereat inconvenience to travellers. I am not in a position to defend the public rights in this matter myself, but if there is any local Footpath Preservation Society who would take the matter up I should be glad to give them any information they may require--I am &c., Cardiff, July 6. RUSTICUS.

BARRY SCHOOL BOARD AND PRIVATE PUPILS. To the Editor of the BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,-From your last week's issue it appears that Dr P. J. O'Donnell, one of the members of our School Board, has given notice that at their next meeting he will move that no headmaster under them be allowed to take private pupils. I was aware that Dr O'Donnell was a member of the Liberal Hundred, and I surmised that he was a Home Ruler. Need I, therefore, say that I was astounded at reading such an intimation. Exercising my mind to find out what reasons could have prompted him to take such a course, and failing to satisfy myself by discovering any valid and honourable ones, I have talked the matter over with a few others who are interested in the welfare of, jt>he youths of the Barry district, but only to learn that they as well were in the same predicament. Some, which I could not call honourable, were suggested, but as I should wish to believe that they are not the true ones I shall not publish them at least, not until Dr O'Donnell shall have first the opportunity of publishing, through the columns of your paper, the reasons which have appeared to him, and which have decided him to enter upon, to my mind, so illiberal and, for one of the Hundred and a Home Ruler, so illogical a course. I may say that not one of those to whom I have spoken believed that such a first-class Board as we have will ever stultify itself so much as to pass this resolution. The members, speaking generally, are credited with too lively and true an interest in education to do it, and in their heads and in their hearts, I may add, that I myself have every confidence. Still I think the matter should not rest there. The Board is only a representative body. The members are the servants of the public, and the public have a right to hear what comes to their ears touching matters of public business, and, therefore, they ought to be put into possession of these reasons. Consequently, should the doctor not avail himself of this opportunity to give them, I trust, Mr Editor, you will not fail to have a good report of the meeting at which they will be launched forth, so that we, the ultimate court of appeal, may decide upon their force. I do not think I need urge you to this, as I do believe that you are fully sensible of the importance of the question, and your paper testifies to the deep interest you take in the spiritual, moral, commercial, and educational welfare of this town.-I am, what you will readily believe me to be, A PROTESTANT.

BARRY AND CADOXTON LIBERAL HUN- DRED.—PROPOSAL TO STRIKE OFF THE ROLLS. To the Editor of the "BARRY DoCK NEWS." SIR,—In your last issue I read the report of the meeting of the above body. I and many others were much amused at a notice of motion given by the indefatigable secretary of the Liberal Hun- dred at their next meeting that Mr Rees Jones, printer, Barry, and Mr B. Summers, Vere-street, Cadoxton, be struck off the list of membership of the association on the ground that they were also members and took part in the proceedings of the local Conservative Club and Institute. Now, I happen to know, Mr Editor, that one of the two aforesaid transgressors of the secretary's law is a very staunch supporter of the Liberal cause, and who are not even content to be dubbed Liberal, but Radical, if you please, which means, according to the G.O.M.'s version of the word, a Liberal in earnest. Allow me, sir, at this juncture to sug- gest that Liberal meetings of instruction should be held frequently throughout the whole district, and that the energetic secretary of the above body be appointed M.O. and instructor to bring forth those unfortunate beings who dwell in darkness into full noonday light. I would also like to point out the advisability of at once having explained at this meeting of instruction the following :—Whether a Liberal may speak to a Tory or Conservative friend or acquaintance if they should happen to meet ? Also, whether it i& an unpardonable offence to examine the exterior, and possibly the interior, at the invitation of a. friend, of a Conservative club or institute.' I am simply prompted to bring these matters, which I consider important, before the public, otherwise I am afraid the result will be wholesale boycotting", or rather I should say striking off the rolls of the great majority of the Liberals of the district, and thereby ensuring the triumphant return of the first Tory candidate that comes forward for the representation of South Glamorgan.—Yours, &c., LAMENTATION.

VALE OF GLAMORGAN RAILWAY. THE CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED FOUR TIMES. GREAT SATISFACTION IN THE DISTRICT. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE UNDERTAKING.. There are at Bridgend and in the whole distriofr comprised in the Vale of Glamorgan great expec- tations of golden results from the construction and working of the projected Vale of Glamorgan Railway. Applications have been received for three times the amount of shares to be issued, and it is said that if the guaranteed payment to share- holders had been 31 per cent, instead of 4 per cent., the applications would have been wellnigh ae numerous. When the Vale of Glamorgan Railway and the Port Talbot Railway.have been carried through the position of North's Navigation Collieries it will be most advantageous. A Xews, reporter had an interview on Saturday last with a. director of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway, who said that the work of allotting shares was being- proceeded with as rapidly as possible. There was considerable difficulty, aa the applications exaeeded the number of shares to such a large extent. WHEN THE woxm WILL BS COMMENCED. The work of constructing the line will probably be commenced in September next. The-work will be begun on the Barry side, where the greatest engineerina: difficulties are. One of the works at that end will be the Porthkerry Tunnel, which will be more that 500 yards in length* THE CAPITAL. Subscription of* capital for the new Vale of Glamorgan Railway has, as was mentioned in the Barry Dock -\eiri last weak, been very heavy, and the amount open to the public, namely £ 240,000 has been covered more than four times, the total of the applications reaching £ 930,000.. The full amount is £360,000, but the directors subscribed in!,dvance,£120,000, leaving the balance of £ 240,000 to the public. It is not surprising- that there should have been so prompt and full a response, for the railway, which will run from. Barry to Bridgend, opens up a rich agricultural district which at present is not provided with railways facilities, but, apart from this, the remarkable prosperity of the Barry undertaking and the fact that thejdirectors of the new company are, with one exception, directors of the Barry Railway, has ensured public confidence, this being conclusively manifested in the very large subscrip- tion. It is well-known, too, that the guarantees of traffic for, the new line are such as to make it a. success from the start, and there is the great fufcnre development. of. the immense area of coalfield in the Garw, Ogmore, and Hynvi Valleys, which: hereafter must send out enormous quanticifcs of coal to the port. The new line will bring this- traffic direct to Barry Dock, this becoming a most important feeder to to the existing property. The directors are engaged in the work of allotment,, but the result of their labours cannot be made known for two or three days because of the over- whelming number of applications that have com. to hand. One of the most conspicuous features in the subscription list is, of course the very large. preponderance of loe.J applicants; and when capitalists who have full knowledge of ciroum* stances, and especialy of trade probabilities, demonstrate their confidence in a new enterprise there can be no question as. to its future prospects,

LARGE VOLUME OF TRADE GUARANTEED. The work of constructing the new Vale of Glamorgan Railway is expected to be in hand by October next, and the engineering difficulties; being comparatively small it is calsulated the contract will be completed within the period of two years which remains of the stipulated tenn provided for in tho Act for the execution of the railway. The formation of this line will prove a, great advantage Barry, for the volume of tjade at the docks will be very materially enhanced thereby. Th-e colliery proprietors Who3e works will be bensij'tted by the new undertaking have practically guaranteed to seas-d two or three million tons of coal per annum to Barry for tranport from the Llynfix Ogmore, and Garw districts.

ACCIDENT AT BIGLIS BRICK WORKS. On Tuesday afternoon last a serious accident befel a youth named Baker, living at Palmers* town, Cadoxton-Barry. The lad was employed at the BigU% Brick Works, and by some means one of his hands was caught in a cog wheel and frightfully mangled, it being feared the hand wiji have tQ tje.aromtatoJ.