Barry Dock News

DUAL RECORD AT BARRY DOCKS. THE rejection of the Windsor Dock Bill by the House of Lords Committee last week was signalised by a record day at Barry Dock, the coal shipments amounting to 35,000 tons. The week also proved a a record one', for when the returns were made up it was found that no less than 158,000 tons of coal had been exported, thus securing a double record in ene week. It is but natural, therefore, in the face of such phenomenal traffic, to find that Barrys are going up steadily in the stock market. On Monday there were up- wards of seventy ships in dock, most of them being of large tonnage, so that this week's traffic at Barry is also expected to be very heavy.

LOCAL AND GENERAL NOTES. The Board of Trade returns for April show BRITISH TRADE STILL that the imports for PROSPEROUS. the month were £35,136,555, as com- pared with £ 35,808,800 in April, 1896, being a decrease of £ 672,245. The exports for the month amounted to £19,700,122, against f 18,450,227, an increase of JE 1,249,895. The imports for the four months ending April 31st last were £ 152,964,781, com- pared with il48,128,142 in the corresponding period of last year, or an increase of £ 4,838,639. Exports for the four months totalled JE 78,998,309, as against JE 79,750,436 in the first four months of 1896, being a decrease of 9752,127. The news that workable coal has WELSH COAL IN DANGER. been found in great abundance on the coast of France between Calais and Cape Grisnez is of serious import to Newcastle, and even to the Welsh and Midland coal districts. The new coalfield would inevitably become the main source of the supply of London, and within a brief space of its opening we should probably get our coals at two-thirds of their present price. But another and less pleasing conse- quence seems likely to follow. Once the Pas de Calais mines are seriously taken up, it is probable that there will be a rush to compete against them by the immediate working of the Kentish coal measures, which are really only awaiting a little commercial enterprise for their development, ^ur pleasant Kent, or at least one of the pftsantest parts of it, is doomed to transformation into a dismal Black Country, and regret at the change is only mitigated by the circumstance that agriculture can no longer be considered a profitable industry in the greater part of the country. Az tu reeding with understand i n g, and THE WELSH A NASHON forming a taist for ov REEDERZ. literatiur in the ver- nakiular, it iz klaimd for Wales that with a fairli konsistent alfabet, with the masheeneri ov Sunday skoolz aloan, the mas ov the pepel in Welsh-speeking distrikts devour a kwontiti ov liberatiur in the shaip ov buks, pamflets, magazeenz, and niuzpaperz, which wud rejois the hart ov frendz ov ediukashon tu feind tu the saim ekstent in England jenerali; and with the rezult, az haz been sed, komparativli speek- ing, jailz and publik-houaez being empti, and ^hurchez and chapelz ful," with frekwent maiden aseizez, and with a konsiderabel amount ov litereri aktiviti in konekshon with Eistedd- fodau and similar gatheringz. It has appeared doubt- ful for some time past OUR RELATIONS AVITH whether the strained THE BOERS. relations between the British Government and the authorities of the Transvaal were becoming more or less disturbed. We have more than once expressed an opinion that President Kriiger and his advisers-or those whom he advises-seem to have been too much bent on having their own way. They had triumphed over the disturbers of their peace, and had received satisfaction in various forms from the raiders, from their friends, and from Great Britain. The harsh measures passed by the Volksraad a few months ago were therefore needlessly aggressive, and calculated to set up the backs of Englishmen without doing the Boers any good. On the other hand, Mr Chamberlain has been dealing with the Transvaal in a very heroic, not to say a very high-handed manner, and there must have been many of his fellow-countrymen who watched his game against Mr Kriiger with anxious feelings. Under these circumstances, it has been a decided relief to hear that much better news has come from Pretoria and Johannesburg within the past week. It will be remembered that Mr Chamberlain protested against the recent Press and Immigration Bills as breaches of the London Convention. The Volksraad has been considering this protest, and Mr Kriiger has been at a good deal of trouble to persuade it that the last course for the Republic to take was to defer to the opinions of the British Government. At any rate, Mr Kriiger has replied to Mr Chamberlain's note, and, whilst affirming his view that the alleged breaches were not real contraventions of the spirit of the Convention, the President states that his Government are willing to suspend the operation of the laws. This is very satisfactory from more than one point of view. It is not only a full admission of the binding character of the Convention, but also a significant display of the spirit of conciliation. It begins to be manifest that Mr Kriiger is perfectly open to reason, and, of course, he is none the less disposed to arrive at a friendly settlement of all out- standing disputes because there is a little bill for a million sterling, sent some time ago by the Transvaal Government to the Chartered Company, on which at this moment Mr Chamberlain and Mr Krilger are in active corres- pondence. Of course, a man of Mr Kruger's obstinate and rather crafty disposition is best dealt with by one who can display equal obstinacy, and somewhat superior ingenuity and firmness. We imagine that Mr Chamberlain, though he may not be more astute than Mr Kriiger, is decidedly more firm. At all events, it is a success for our Colonial Secretary that his strong protest against the harsh legislation of the Volksraad should have drawn from Pretoria such a conciliatory and common-sense reply. We take this action of the Volksraad as an earnest of peace in South Africa, and of a speedy settlement of all outstanding disputes. An esteemed corres- pondent, having read the THE ROYAL JUBILEE report published in the CELEBRATION Barry Dock News last AT BARRY. week of the Town's Meet- ing held to consider the best means of celebrating and commemorating the Royal Diamond Jubilee in the Barry district, has communicated to us a suggestion which we consider is well worthy of .9 consideration, and we commend it, therefore, to consideration by the local committee. It has already been decided to erect a Nurses Home by means of voluntary subscriptions also to pre- sent every school child in the district with a commemoration medal. The suggestion we have to make, however, is that every poor person in the district who remembers the acces- sion of Her Majesty to the throne sixty years ago should be suitably enter- tained at the public expense, on the same lines as the dinner given to the aged deserving poor on the occasion of the opening of the dock. As we have said, the suggestion is not our own, but that of a prominent towns- man, who is prepared to bear his share of the expense which the carrying out of the proposal would entail, and we have great pleasure in commending it to the favourable consideration of the committee appointsd to carry out the celebration arrangements.

THE "EMPIRE," BARRY DOCKS. The Empire Music Hall, Thompson-street, Barry Docks, will be opened this evening (Friday) with a sparkling company of variety talent, Mr Gus. Levaine, the new lessee and manager, having exercised the utmost care in the selection of a com- pany of artistes which is sure to prove an irresistible draw. There will be a special per- formance for children to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon.

NEWMAN'S DIAMOND RINGS, NEWMAN'S DIAMOND BROOCHES, NEWMAN'S ENGAGEMENT RINGS, NEWMAN'S WEDDING RINGS, NEWMAN'S KEEPER RINGS, NEWMAN'S SIGNET RINGS, NEWMAN'S WATCHES & CLOCKS, ARE THE BEST AND CHEAPEST AT 108, HOLTON ROAD, (Under the Projecting Clock) BARRY DOCKS. Established 1885.

CORRESPONDENCE. "Give me, above all other liberties, the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely, according to conscience."—John Milton. [The Editor desires to state that he does not necessarily endorse the opinion expressed by correspondents.]

THE HOURS OF BARRY SHOP ASSISTANTS. To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,-I shall feel obliged if you will insert the following, to correct an error in your last issue with reference to the report of the meeting of shop assistants and tradesmen. What I said was that eight o'clock was not unreasonable to ask for, and not seven as reported. To the assistants I would say, join your Shop Assistants' Union, and work together for closing at eight sharp. Then we shall not see shops in the district open, and assistants employed, as we do now, until long after nine o'clock.—Yours respect- fully, W. H. BURROUGH. Newport House, Barry Docks. May 17th, 1897. THE ASSAULT-AT-ARMS AT CADOXTON. To thlf Editor of the BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,—I have been requested by the com- mittee of the Aasault-at-arms to convey, through the medium of your widely circulated paper, their best and grateful thanks to all those ladies and gentlemen who have so ably and generously supported and assisted us in getting up and bringing the entertainment to such a successful issue. The committee especially desire to thus publicly thank the four ladies, Mrs Allgood, Miss Donovan, Miss Hopkins, and Miss Prosser, for their earnest and enthusiastic assistance in obtaining contributions. Thanking you for your courtesy,-I am, dear sir, yours very truly, W. FRAZER, Hon. Sec. Glencairn House, Barry Docks, May 19th, 1897.

TIMELY GIFT TO A DISABLED BROTHER. To the Editor of the BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIB,-I beg to inform you that. at a special sum- moned meeting of the Victoria Lodge, N 0.771, United Ancient Order of Druids, held on Friday last at the Victoria Hotel, Barry Dock, the sum of £ 7 10a was granted from the Lodge Benevolent Fund to Brother F. Mundy, who more than six months ago met with an unfortunate and severe injury to his head, but under the circumstances in which he metr with the accident he was unable to claim proper sick allowance from the lodge sick fund. If you will kindly find space to insert this in your invaluable paper this week, I am sure the lodge members and myself will be extremely obliged.—I remain, sir, yours obediently, W. T. NICHOLLS, Secretary. Barry, May 18th, 1897.

"EAST END" TO "WEST END." To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,-I fail to understand West End's last letter. It is quite characteristic of him to make statements which he is unable to prove. It is part of his every-day life. The answer he gave to my question is a splendid example of his pro- ficiency in the art of shuffling. His pretended ignorance of my reference to Dick Dunn and Cardiff Racecourse deceives no one but himself. The following lines describe him accurately :— r do believe in being this Or that-as it may happen One way or other handiest is To catch the people napping. It's not by principles nor men My prudent course is steadied, I scent which pays the best, and then Go in for it bald-headed. In short I firmly do believe In humbug generally, For it's a thing that I perceive To have a solid value. This hath my faithful shepherd been, In pastures sweet hath led me, And this will keep the people green To feed as they have fed me. With apologies to J. Russell Lowell,-Yours truly, EAST END.

JUBILEE CELEBRATION AT BARRY. To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,-I regret that the meeting recently called by the respected chairman of our District Council, Mr W. Thomas, to approve or otherwise of a resolution submitted by our esteemed philanthro- pist, General Lee, as to the best means of com- memorating the Queen's Jubilee, was not better attended by the representatives of the Council, and also by the population of the district. But I believe many were not able to attend through circumstances over which they had no control, and not through any disloyalty. I heartily agreed with the second part of the resolution providing for a Nurses' Home. But with all due respect to General Lee, I regret that the first part of the resolution, to provide medals for the children, was not eliminated (seeing it was only carried by 25 against 16), and something better provided, that would make an indelible impression upon the minds of the children for many years to come, i-e-, to provide a tea and sports for all the children in the district, irrespective of creed or religion, say somewhere on the fields by Councillor Thomas farm. Let the matter be taken up under the auspices of the District Council, and let the members of each ward form a committee, and M augment it, say, with a hundred or more of the ratepayers of each ward to assist them to carry out the details of providing the children with a good treat. Numbers of people have epoken to me in reference to the matter, and are decidedly against the medals, and opinion runs strongly in the district in favour of giving the children a treat. I am not the least afraid that we should have plenty of willing hands, fathers and non- fathers being willing to devote that day to assist the committee in carrying out the seheme. I should be very pleased to give my services and support to it, as I can never forget what was done for me when I was a boy. I contend, roughly. calculating, that we have about 5,000 children up to the age of 14 in the district. I also contend that the tradespeople of tne district will supply them with plenty to eat and drink for about 4d per head, 483 6s 8d. Of course, I don't expect them to make a big profit out of it; and also say about je20 to be set apart for small prizes and presents for games, &c., making in all a little over £100. I would also suggest that the sum of A50 be granted out of the rates, and the rest raised by voluntary efforts. I will give 5s towards it. I snow the District Council spends many d650 that las and will not give a better result than giving ;he children a good treat to commemorate our most gracious Queen's sixty years' reign. God save )ur Queen." Long may she reign is the loyal wish )f-Yours truly, SYDNEY DAVIES. Barry Docks, May 18th, 1897.

HOW LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE WON. To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NBws." SIR,—I would not trouble you with a reply to the letter signed William Dooley in your last issue only that I wish to correct one of the facts stated therein. I wish to state that I do not act as correspondent, nor did I send any account of the horse-whipping trial, to any Dublin paper in fact, I was away from home when the trial came off. I believe, sir, the signature is the only part of the letter William Dooley can lay claim to else he must have improved wonderfully since the editor of the South Wales Daily News gave him such a castigation for that famous letter by which he sought to direct the policy of that journal, or perhaps it was the more recent horse-whipping that caused some latent talent to develope. Neither my countrymen, co-religionists, nor myself attach importance to anything emanating from W. Dooley, but are interested watching the efficient way in which he performs the humble but useful role of maid-of-all-work to his new friends. —Faithfully yours, P. J. O'DONNELL.

SIR HENRY IRVING AT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCS NEWS." SIB,- Will you kindly allow me to announce for the information of the numerous strangers now in London, and of all interested in such matters, that on May 31st, Sir Henry Irving will read Tennyson's 11 Becket in the magnificently restored Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral, for the benefit of the Thirteenth Centenary fund ? There will be an exceptional interest in hearing Sir Henry Irving read Lord Tennyson's work in the midst of the scenes in which the memorable death of the great Archbishop took place. St. Thomas Becket entered the chapter house on the evening of December 29, 1170, only a few minutes before his murder in the adjoining "Martyrdom." The restored chapter house will be re-opened by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on Saturday, May 19, and will be first publicly used for the reading which Sir Henry Irving is so generously to give. After the reading, which will be at two o'clock, opportunities will be afforded to visitors to see the cathedral and the very spot where the four knights did their terrible deed.-Your obedient servant, F. W. FARBAR, The Deanery, Canterbury, May 14th, 1897. Specially reserved seats may be procured at one guinea each by letter to Mr Crow, Mercery-lane, Canterbury.

VALE OF GLAMORGAN RAILWAY. THE WORKS NEARING COM- PLETION. PROBABLE TWO OPENING FUNCTIONS ON ACCESSION DAY. We have already announced that the Barry Rail- way directors hope to be able to open the Lady Windsor Deep Lock at Barry Dock for traffic on Accession Day, June 22nd, and Sir John Jackson and his staff are pressing forward the works with as much expedition as possible with this object in view. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway Company have a like intention. This line has been completed for some time, the only unfinished item being the big viaduct in Porthkerry Park, two pillars of which collapsed to some extent some months ago, but the contractors, Messrs Pethick Bros., are rectifying the mischief, and are hopeful that the first train of minerals will be able to pass over the entire route to Barry Dock on the royal occasion referred to. The dual ceremony will be the occasion of much rejoicing at Barry.

BARRY NEW DOCK NAVVIES. MASS MEETING ON CADOXTON MOORS. MONTH'S NOTICE FOR AN ADVANCE OF WAGES. VIGOROUS SPEECH BY MR JOHN WARD For some time past there has been an agitation, on the part of local branches of the Navvies' Union supported by the personal intervention of Mr John Ward, the general secretary, to secure an advance of wages for the navvies and labourers employed upon the New Dock and other works under Messrs Price and Wills in the Barry district, but hitherto without success. The Barry Master Builders and Contract.ors' Association have, however, just signed a code of working rules providing for a minimum rate of wages of 5! per hour for navvies and labourers employed in the district. This concession materially strengthened the hands and claIms of the agitation, and a mass meeting of the men interested was held on Sunday evening last at Oadoxton Moors for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken with the view of i the new rules upon the works in which ° not yet operate. There was a large dance at the meeting, and a spirit of us^Tasr? *nd determination prevailed through- ,n Ward, the general secretary, who is 1 aQd soul of the Navvies' Union movement rougnoutthe country, delivered a vigorous and inspiring address. The wages on the new docks and other public works in South Wales, he said, have a standing disgrace to the Principality, resolute attempt must be made to secure more humane treatment from the contractors. The rate at present paid upon new works at Barry is 5d per hour, and when loss of time through inclemency of the weather and the casual nature of the employment are taken into consideration, the fact is an unblushing scandal in view of the national celebrations of the glories of her Majesty's reign which are m contemplation. (Great cheering). esolution, proposed and seconded by men employed at the East Dock Works, was unanimously adopted (1) to give a month's notice for an advance of wages to 5id per hour, the period or notice to terminate on the 14th of June; (2) tnat a deputation wait upon Messrs Price and Wills m?an^me to urge the claims of their fellow-workmen for an advance; (3) that in the event of the demand being refused, the men come out voluntarily at the close of the month, and remain out for a fortnight without making a claim for strike pay upon the Union (4) that if the strike continues after this period, notice be issued to the navvies of the country requesting them to keep away from Barry, and that an appeal be made to trade unionists generally for moral and financial support to enable the strike to be conducted to a successful issue. ST. FAGAN'S RAILWAY EXTENSION ALSO AFFECTED. The agitation will also affect the Barry tympany's new railway works from St Fagan's to Walnut Tree, the contract for which, involving an outlay of about £300,000, as announced in the last issue of the Barry Dock News, having just been let to Messrs Price and Wills.

COGAN. CHURCH CHOIR CONCERT.—A grand concert is being arranged for Tuesday evening next at the pgan Mission Room, Windsor-road, when the v-0gan Church Choir, assisted by several friends, will give a most enjoyable variety programme. The chair will be taken at 7.30 by the Rev F. E. Williams, rector, the proceeds to be devoted to the choir fund for the purchase of books, music, etc.

PENMARK. NURSING MOTHERS should avail themselves of that renowned tonic—Gwilym Evans' Quinine. Bitters. It strengthens the system and purifies the blood, and thus enriches the milk, and enables the child ot thrive more readily,-See advt.

THE FRANCHISE FOR WOMEN BY LADY COOK, Nee TENNESSEE CLAFLIN. [SPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE BARRY DOCK- NEWS."] The question of the franchise for women is one which must be decided in their favour sooner or later, and the sooner the better. For it is no longer a matter of sentiment but of justice. The fact that more than one-half of the inhabitants of this country are disfranchised, and politically ranked with lunatics, idiots, criminals, aud infants, solely because of their sex, is an anomaly so glaring and inequitable that it must not and cannot continue. Among the onerous duties which will fall upon the next Parliament, the rectification of this wrong should take an import- ant place. Since 1867, when an Act was passed by which, as Lord Beaconsfield-then Mr Disraeli—saidy it was intended by the House to give the franchise to every householder rated for the relief of the poor, the question has undergone many new phases which, strengthen the demand for duly qualified women to. have the right of voting at Parliamentary elections. No one now would agree with Mr Justice Probyn when he said a few years ago, "Infants cannot vote, and women are perpetual infants." The most obstinate and most prejudiced opponent of women's claims to the franchise would disavow such legal logic as that. Yet it was by dicta such as this from the Bench, and by worse from revising barristers, that the Act of '67 was not permitted to include women householders as well as men. One revising barrister impudently stated to a woman who pleaded her claim in his court that he declined to recognise suckling as a qualification for the suffrago. And in the Court of Queen's Bench, on a question of appeal by 1,600 women ratepayers, Mr Justice Byles denied humanity to the sex: "I will not," he paid, "allow that woman can be man, unless in a zoological treatise, or until she is reduced to fossil remains." If we go back a little, we find that the same sort of arguments that were levelled against woman's franchise did duty for many other de- grading disabilities. It was considered ridiculous for her to acquire learning to know was a man's business, not a woman's. When Francoise die Saintonges tried to establish girls' schools in France, she was hooted in the streets, and her own father doubted her sanity. Niebuhr thought that a girl, if well educated, would know too much. Dr Channing spoke of Women forgetting the tenderness of their sex when they argued on theology; and Lessing said, "The woman who thinks is, like the man who puts on rouge, ridiculous." The late DrMaginn pleasantly said, We like to hear a few words of sense from a woman, as we do from a parrot, because they are so unexpected." Voltaire stated that Ideas are like beards women and young men have none." And the greatest praise the Abbe Choisi could give a great lady, the Duchess de Fontanges, was that she was beautiful as an angel and silly as a goose." The basis of these and similar scoffing witticisms, from Aristotle's definition of woman as animal occasionatum down to those of our own day, is the underlying male contempt for the supposed in- tellectual inferiority of women. Men starved her mind and then asserted that she was not to be taught because she was not worth teaching. Juet as in Massacbussetts she was not to have the franchise because, as Theophilus Parsons gravely asserted, Women, what age soever they are of are not considered as having a sufficient acquired discretion. All these erroneous ideas as to woman's natural inferiority, which have so long retarded her mental and social emancipation, are, however, things of the past. If there are a few still so antiquated as to entertain them, they do so secretly and dare not avow them. Women have abundantly proved that their capacity to acquire sound knowledge, to reason clearly and judge accurately, is equal to that of men, or if this should be denied, that it is at least equal to a right use of the franchise. In every branch of learning and in every occupation and duty thrown open to them, they have acquitted themselves with credit and falsified the predictions of their opponents. In their public functions, as poor law guardians factory and school inspector?, and other civil offices, they have exercised an intelligence, dis- cretion, and ability not surpassed by their male co-adjutors. On what grounds, then, are qualified women—even those of rank, property, and educa- tion-denied the exercise of that privilege which has been freely bestowed upon multitudes of im- pecunious and illiterate men ? There can be only one answer-it is because they are women. In the ages of government by physical force, when every man was a warrior, there might have been good reason for excluding women from political functions. Now, however, the citizens of this countey hire others to fight for them, and the soldiers and sailors are paid through the taxes which are imposed upon women equally with men. The tyranny of taxation without representation, against which every Englishman feeis justified in taking up arms the world over, is laid upon women still. How long is this grave injustice to continue ? Must women also arm for constitu- tional privileges before they will be conceded ? John Stuart Mill once said It is my belief that, in all those parts of the business of life which depend on the vigilant superintendence and accurate estimation of details, women, when they have the necessary special knowledge, are better administrators than men. And I am now speaking, not as women as they might be—not as some improved mode of education would make them-but of women as they now are, and of the capacities which they have already displayed." Having instanced the Sanitary Commission to the great American War, he added, From the beginning and throughout, it was women's work. It was planned, organised, and worked by women. The Government was jealous of them at first, but the hopeless inferiority of its own arrangements made it soon glad to make over the first place to them. Not only had such work never been so well done, but nobody had ever supposed it possible that it could be well done." It would be interesting to know what are the real arguments now advanced by those who oppose women suffrage. The old objections have been exploded. On what new circumstances do they rely ? Instead of anything solid and specific we hear a few muttered platitudes about woman's sphere and domestic duties." We have never learnt that the possession of the franchise inter- feres with the ordinary duties or occupations of men, 10 that there can be no reason to t-uppose i6 would have an injurious effect upon those of women. Before and after being a mother," says Jean Paul Richter, a woman is a human being, and neither maternal nor conjugal relation can bupersede the human responsibility, but must become its means and instrument." For msn to desire that the active sympathies and asperations of an intelligent woman should be circumscribed solely within the domestic area, is to wish her to be a domestic serf, a slave of the hearth. How could such an one in these times possibly become the mother of men of broad views and generous impulses ? How many noble women have been mentally and morally asphyxiated by the narrowness of their daily lives and the cruel denial of an outlet for their -abilities I We cordially agree with John Quincy Adams when he said that "Women are not only justified, but exhibit the most exalted virtue, when they do depart from the domestic circle and enter on the concerns of their country, of humanity, and of their God." A large proportion of women have independent means and no occupation others have no domestic circle to engage their affections while many possess talents which, if freely exercised, would go far to enrich our national life. The existing law compels a monstrous waste of wholesome energy. Therefore, as a matter of right, as a meana of imbuing politics with higher purpose; and a purer morality, and for the general protection of the unrepresented millions who groan under the oppression of partial laws,, we urgently invite all who love justice and desire the future" welfare of their country to combine for the extension of the Franchise to Women. [ To be continued. ]

MRS GRUNDY'S JOTTINGS. Any two or more persons congregating on the public streets for the purpose of betting are deemed by the Barry District Council Act to be guilty of obstruction, and liable to a penalty of 40s each. Mr R. Forrest, J.P., and family, St Fagan's, will shortly arrive at Friar's Point, Barry Island, for the summer. A sub-committee of the Barry District Council inspected the different public halls in the town last Tuesday afternoon. The Pleasure Boats and Bathing Committee met at Barry Island on Saturday afternoon. The Cyolist- last week published a handicap of Welsh cycling notabilities, placing the starts for a mile, and suggesting that the said notabilities must secure their amateur licenses, and satisfy the N.C.U. that their amateurism is of the usual spotless order. Major Wyndham-Quin, M.P., is given ten yarda Major-General H. H. Lee, ten yards and Lord Dunraven (on the new gear), 60 yards, the remainder of the running being Lord Aberdarej Mr Gv Osborne Morgan, M.P., Mr Rees Davies, M.P., Principal Jones, Mr J. Bryn Roberts,, ALP., Mr D. A. Thomas,. M.P., Principal Reichel, and Principal Rhys. m 9 There will be no alteration, in. the Taff Vale Railway Company's time table for the coming month. The name of Mr Claude Baggallay, the com- missioner who conducted the Cadoxton Common Inquiry for the Barry District Council last year appears in the list of gentlemen approved by the Queen, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, for appointment to the rank of Queen's counsel this week. » Centres are being formed in, various parts of the country, and money is beginning to pour in, for the erection of a Royal Diamond Jubilee Seamen's Priory at Barry, under the auspices of the Order of St. Paul, of which the Rev Charles Hopkins is superior general. « In the House of Lords last Tuesday the Barry Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed. # Dinas Powis is beginning to assume a somewhat Newmarket appearance, as some of the landlord. are donning breeches and leggings, and the neigh- bouring doctors have their training stables. Swans and peacocks are also in full plumage. • • A sailor who spent Eastertide at the Seamen's Priory at Barry, writing to the Rev Father Hopkins, O.S.P., superior-general, said—" I do not know what we should do if we hadn't you and your workers here, for Barry is a most wretched and miserable place, nowhere to go to in the evenings if it wasn't for the Priory, and I know there are many sailors who wish there were Father Hopkinses and Priories for every port." My young friend, Mr Wallace W. Davies, of the Surveyor's Offices, Barry Docks, and adjutant of the Church Lads' Brigade, intends leading his bride to the altar during the sunny days of July. ♦ at The total number of admissions to the Seamen's 7™ March was i'299, and over 5,000 meals were served. Traffic returns on the Barry Railway last week, £ 10,212; increase, £1,449; aggregate increase* £ 23,597. • The steamer Charles Mitchell has just had a record run, the voyage from St. Malo to Barry being accomplished in 20! hours. # An old member of the teaching staff at Barry Science and Art Classes, Mr W. W. F. Pullen, now professor of engineering at Chelsea, has, in con- junction with Mr W. J. Evans, brought out an important work upon geometry. This is the third book that has been published by Mr Pullen. A rustic from Wenvoe visited Barry recently, and perhaps not knowing the ways of the world and being imbued with the importance of his own quiet little village now that it boasts of the existence of a railway station, proceeded to one of the local booking offices and asked for a ticket. iI Where for," enquired the clerk. Why to Wenvoe of course," was his innocent reply. Colonel Goldsmid, late commander of the South Wales Regimental District, and now deputy adjutant general of the Thames Division, and a few visitors were entertained at luncheon on Thursday, the 15th instant, by Councillor S. Barnett on the occasion of the opening of the new Cardiff Synagogue, of which he is one of the founders.

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DINAS POWIS. A THIRSTY MALA FIDE."—William n U lives in Barry-road, Cadoxton, went fo^a wa^kTast Sunday week, and on reachine the Skr ln„ n- Powi, stepped Me t0 the act of quaffing a pint of beer, when PC 'A Peacock and Parsons appeared, and in reDiv to their enquiries Day said he lived at 14 More £ street, Barry Docks. Day was summoned to appear before the Penarth magistrates on Wednes- day last, and inasmuch as his place of residence was within the three-mile limit, he was ordered ?o pay a, fine of 10s for infringement of the Welsh. S mday Closing Act.