The Rhondda Leader

Mid-Rhondda Fire Brigade. Presentation of Ambulance Certificates. At the twelfth annual dpmollstration of the South Wales District. of the National Fire Brigade Union, which took place on Saturday last. 16 Mid-Rhondda firemen were presented with ambulance certificates (Red Cross). Out of 17, 16 were successful in retaining their certi- ficates, which have to be tried for every other year. This is the sixth year that they have been successful. The following were the successful caii(tidat-(-so-Ctpt. F. B. Thomas. Lieut. W. C. Jones, Sergt. T. Churchill, Foreman T. Phillips, Water- man E. Gibbon, Firemen T. James, J. Morris. W. Horrigan. H. J. Davies, Isaac Edmunds, S. Davies, E. A. Gibbon, J. Horrigan, W. G. Cox, W. Woodland, and G. Lewis.

Royal Sanitary Institute- Annual Successes. At an examination of the Royal Sani- tary Institute of Great Britain for Inspectors of Meat and other foods, held in London on May 19th and 20th, the following were amongst the successful can- didates —Mr. James Williams, Sanitary Inspector. Mid-Rhondda Mr. Lewis T. Davies. Sanitary Inspector, Porth; and Mr. Dl. Jones, Sanitary Inspector, Tre- orchy. The above are to be congratu- lated upon their success in passing this examination, which consists of severe practical as well as theoretical tests.

Thomas & Evans' May-Oay Horse Show. On Monday, Messrs. Thomas and Evans held their annual May-Day Horse Show at Porth, and the event attracted a tremendous crowd of spectators. The show was confined to Pontypridd and Rhondda district, and consisted of three classes—grocery, mineral waters, and bakery. The show, in the words of the promoter, is held for the purpose of en- couraging the hauliers to take pride and interest in the horses in their charge. In the judging of the animals, only the grooming or the man's work is taken into consideration. If," said Mr. Evans, the horse is not a good one, that is not the haulier's fault, and therefore it is not taken into consideration. I wish, however, to encour.age my men to keep their horses and equipment perfectly c lean, not only on the day of the show, but every day throughout the year, and that is why I give prizes to the hauliers for the cleanest turn-out, &c." The judges were:—Mr. R. Lloyd, veterinary surgeon, Penygraig: Mr. Jas. Edwards, Tonyrefail: and Mr. Thomas Richards. Ynyshii- There were in all about 53 entries, and the awards were as follow — Class 1 (Bakery Department).—1st, C. Martin, Porth; 2nd, E. Seal, Porth; 3rd. O. Llewellyn. Class 2 (Mineral Waters Department). —1st. W. Lewis, Porth; 2nd. John Phillips. Porth 3rd. S. English, Trealaw. Class 3 (Grocery Department).—1st, F. Bargery, Tonyrefail; 2nd. Alf. Brazier; 3rd. G. D. Williams, Porth. Special Cllss.-Ist, E. Seal; 2nd. F. Barwerv 3rd. W. Lewis, Porth. Special Team Cliss.-lst, F. Ingram 2nd. George Harris, Pontypridd.

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I Royal Welsh Ladies Choir, Concert at: Treherbart. A splendid conceit was given at Libanus. Treher?rt. on Thursdav night ? lust by the Royal We?h Ladies" Choir, under the directorship of Madam Hughes- Thomas. The concert was well attended and proved a great success in every way. The Rev. J. N. Elias presided. The fol- lowing programme was excellently ren- dered :—Part-songs. Harlech and "Yr Haf duet. "The Tranquil Night" (Glover), Miss Ida _\1. Owen tid Miss Megan Harris song. "The Dear Home- land (Slaughter), Miss May Jones: part-songs, "Y Deryn Pur" and "Clychau Aberdyfi" song. Killarney (Hughes), Miss Beatrice Langford; song, "My Ain Folk (Lemon), Miss Megan Harris; glees, Andalusia 11 Bolero (Dessaura), and "Sweetest )lay" (Evans); operatic scena Misereri (Verdi). Miss Ida M. Owen and Miss Alice M. Lewis; song, Cymru Fydd (Parry), Miss Mari Edmunds; musical jest. "Italian Salad'' (Genee); part-song. Medley from American Airs. Votes of thanks closed a most enjoyable evening.

I Technical Class Student's Success. Mr. Chris. Jones, chief electrician. Ocean Coal Co., Ltd., is to be congratu- lated on-, h.is success in being admitted a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (London). Mr. Jones is also an Associate of the Mining Electrical Engineers' Institute, being a member of the South WTales Branch Committee. This speaks very highly of the work done at the Rhondda Evening Technical Classes, as Mr. Jones is an old student of these classes, and is now the teacher of the Elc,(v.rical Classes at Ireorchy and Ton- His many friends wish him further suc- cess. as he is yet but quite a young man.

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pllCKET. |!  LLWYNYPIA v. MOUNTAIN ASH. This match was played on the Llwyny- pia Grounds on Saturday last, in beauti- ful weather and before a good crowd of spectators. Both teams gave a rather poor display of batting, but the bowlers did exceedingly well on both sides. Moun- tain Ash batted first and were dismissed for 33 runs, W. Edwards taking four wickets for 10 runs, and Ken Richards five for 20. Llwynypia only scored 49 runs, which compares badly with their huge total of a fortnight ago. Holloway, the Mountain Ash pro., captured six wickets for 30 runs, and J. ChouJes four for 19. Scores:- MOUNTAIN ASH. Holloway c G H Oakes b Richards 1 W Evans c Williams b Richards. 0 T Williams b Ken Richards 4 J Choules c A Evans b Richards. 13 1 S Netherway b Ken Richards" 0 S Shipton b W Edwards i5 W Jones c I Evans b Edwards [j A Mortimer c G Davies b Edwards 1 G Jones c G Davies b Edwards 0 R Lewis not out 1 Extras 3 Total 33 H. Turner did not bat. LLWYNYPIA. AU. Evans b J Choules 1 D R. Rees c Mortimer b Holloway 15 Ivor Evans b Holloway 5 W Edwards c Williams b Chmùes ?2 G Davies c Shipton b Choules 5 G H Oakes c Holloway b Choules 1 I B Jones c Jones b Holloway. 2 D J Jones c Williams b Holloway 7 Len Williams not out 9 D Davies b Holloway, K Richards lbw b Holloway 0 Extras 0 Total. 49 I LEWIS MERTHYR 2nds v. CARDIFF' HEATH. Played on Saturday at Porth. Scores: LEWIS MERTHYR 2nds. T Northcote c Coute b Webster 4 T S Jones Ibw b Thomas 0 R Burns c Thurston b j'h(lmas 2 T Phillips c Thomas b Webster b W L Davies Ibw b Thomas 7 G Lewis c Davies b W ebster  N Hutchinson b Thomas 1 R Beith c Webster h Thomas  M Lowe b Thurston. jA^;> H L James run out 12 E Charles not out  Extras 4 Total 62 CARDIFF HEATH. Li L]eNi,elivn b 8 G Dix b ix)we o W Lewis c Bennett b Lowe 2 F Davies c Davies b Northcote 6 T Thomas c Jones b Northcote 14 F E Webster c Northcote b Lowe 17 B Thomas b Lowe W Pullin run om  L Coute b Lowe 2 W H Thurston Dot out 10 W Charles c Burns b Jones 4 Extras 8 Total. 71 ST. CYXON S v. PORTH CENTRALS. This match was played at Trehafod on Saturday last, and resulted in a win for the visitors by 20 runs. S.cores j ST. CYNON'S. F Provillee c Lothill b Davies. 7 T Crump b Jones. 0 I T Harn: b Davies 7 T Province c Stafford b Jones 0 :r Conly nm out. 12 A Couch run out. 7 S Wright b Jones 2 S Harry b Jones 3 T Evan's run cut. e W Boyce b James. 5 E Pai-i- v not out. 9 Extras. 1 Total. 53 PORTH CENTRALS. T Williams b Crump 0 E Jones c Boyce b Evans 3 T Jones b Cruiilp 8 L James b Evans 0 W Williams b Crump 3 D Lothill h Crnmp 3 P Lewis- st Harry b Evans 5 W Stafford b Wriglit 1 H Davies run out 1 W Morgan b Crump 2 T Bowen not out 2 Extras. 5 Total. 33 MAINDY v. BODRINGALLT GLEE C.C. Played on Saturday last at Ynys Field, Ystrad. Scores: MAINDY. B. Morgan b A. Owen 7 D Rees c James b A Owen 3 T Paddick b A Owen 0 F J Steers c Whitelock b Owen 25 D T Williams st Butler b J Morgan 2 J Reed b A Owen 5 L Roberts b A Owen 6 Tom Jones b A Owen 2 D Chick not out 7 1) Walters b J Morgan 0 A Rosser c Whitelock b A Owen. 0 Extras 3 Total ?. 60 BODRINGALLT GLEE. Dai Hughes b A Rosser 0 Will James b D Walters 6 D W Thomas c Williams b Rosser 4 Joe Morgan c Paddick b Morgan. 7 E Whitelock b DRees 7 A Owen b Rosser 11 Eli Butler b Morgan 0 W J Hughes c and b Morgan 3 D E Hughes c Rees b Rosser 1 A L Morgan b Paddick 3 W J Jones not out 0 Extras 1 Total 43 TREORCHY v. TREHERBERT WES- LEYANS. Scores: TREORCHY. I Thomas b Reeks 11 A Hopkins b Kear 26 S Thomas b Reeks 5 L R Webb c Phipps b Kear 4 W Spiller b Phipps 1 S T Evans b Phipps 4 Langmead c Quick b Phipps 4 B Hopkins c Phipps b S Phipps 5 Geo Evans c Reeks b S Phipps 2 H Rees not out 5 G Ho wells b S Phipps 0 Extras 9 Total 7G TREHERBERT WESLEYANS. Phipps c T Thomas h Webb 12 A Sandford b H Rees 1 S Phipps b H Rees ° A Kear lbw b H Rees B Price lbw b H Rees 2 J Reeks b Webb 11 W G Phipps c Howells b Webb 4 T Thomas c and b T Thomas 0 W Jones st A Hopkins b B Hopkins 3 Boaner c Howells b B Hopkins 0 B Quick not out 1 Extras 3 I Total 44 I TREORCHY v. BLAENGWYNFI. I Scores TREORCHY. J P Morgan b J Price 18 Llew Thomas c Morgan b J Price 7 Levshon Webb b J Price 0 Arthur Codd b J Price 0 W Spiller c Price b Hubeck 7 Alf Hopkins lbw b J Price (j Alf Williams lbw b J Hubeck 1 B Hopkins run out 0 Willie Thomas not out 7 G Langmead b I Morg.i n. 2 W Lewis c J Morgan b Price 7 Extras 3 Total 58 -?_ ?- -?- -?-? I BLAENGWYNFI. I J Price b A Williams 0 T It Price c W Lewis b W illiams. 0 ,i E Jenkins run out 2 J D Morgan h L Wehh 0 J Hubeck c Spiller b L Webb 2 J) J Jones run vut. 3 ¡ J Ware c Spiller b L Webb 4 J Evans b A "ltllams 0 W Rees c Spiller b A Williams 0 ) J Morgan b Lkw Thomas 4 j } 'II' ') E P 11 IpS not cut. 2 Extras.?_ ? I 1 I Total 21 | I I MII)-RHONDl)A Y.M.C.A. V MID- I RHONDDA. LADS. j Played on Tuesday afternoon. Scores: F p[¡lycd OJl T:¡esd<1.Y aftel'Jloo!J. Scores: MID-RHONDDA LADS. B Hughes- b A May 13 G Po "ell c 1 Lewis b Mav 11 I T Powell h May 0 H Phillips b Mav I 0 W Foley b May 7 T H Parry b Mav U W May h May 0 A Phillips e Owen 1) Davies 5 E P?PiI h ?:)y. 2 A Cocker b May (j A Cocker b? );)v. Q LEvans not out. 3 E x tras. ? Total 50 MID-RHONDDA Y.M.C.A. W Watkins b Folev 14 T) Newman b Hughes 3 T Lewis b W May 11 D Owen b Parrv 1 T Parry c Cocker b Hughes 10 W R Davies b Folev 2 R Ellis c Evans b W Mav 2 A -NLly h FoloN. 17 W Ludlow b Parry 5 G Middle c -ivvans h Hughes 2 E Davies not out 1 Extras 7 I 75 I

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The Holidays A Fe? Monattstnss and Some ?etcts W hitsunude, in many respects the most pleasant holiday of the year, is, as far as Mid-xvhondda is concerned this year, a period of glooni and depression. The cloud ot inuustrial strife hangs heavily over the aistrict, and there will be many who will hanker after the joys of country ramble and a seaside stroll, but whose j pockets *aV nay to any such proposals, There are others, however, who will not be so sorely handicapped, and to these the attractions of the first summer holi- day of the year will appeal with irresist- ible force. lo meet their convenience. the railway companies have arranged cheap trips to glorious country and breezy beaches, where the hardy miner, free from the toils of his arduous calling, will disport hinise.It to his heart's content. There are, howe-ver, other attractions nearer home which cannot fail to appeal to a large section of the community. Un- fortunately, the present year marks a break 111 the regularity of the Horse Show which has been held for several years past at Touypandy on Whit-Tuesday, but the charms of such an event may still be pur- sued at rerndale on Tuesday. The Welsh Islington has become deservedly famous for its splendid qaulity of entries, and this year w(, are assured that the show will excel those of previous years. Those who havo attended the show in past years will appreciate what all this means, and for Tuesday, at any rate, it can he confidently asserted that all roads ,ii???et-te d that all roads will lead to Ferndale. To the Eisteddfodwr. he who still believes in the potency t T the old Cymric institution as the people s university, the appeals of Caerphilly, L;iihi.rra- n Barry, and C'winamari will not be in vain. He who has spent a day within old Caer- philly's ruined castle, listening to the cadence of song being borne aloft on the breeze, will agreo that there' are less pleasant ways of spend ug a holiday. Llanharran also, with its stretch of glorious country, and Barry, within call of the sea, are ideal spots for holiday eisteddfodau. The big event of tlp holiday season is undoubtedly the Bath, and' West of England Show at Cardiff. An agricul- tural show casts a spell over many who are but little versed in the points of horses and cattle. There is a great deal of the primitive man in us all, and some- how or other an event, of this kind rarely j appeals to us in vain. We are nearer Mother Earth than we care to confess at times. The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Rail- way are offering exceptional Whitsuntide travelling facilities. On Friday, June 2nd. excursion tickets Vnl) be issued from stations in the Rhondda Valley and cer-1 tain Rhondda and Swansea Bay stations to Ferry side. CarTOartbVn, Fishguard and Goodwick. Aberystwyth and other stations in West Wales by ordinary trains via Briton Ferry.» The Saturday service of trains will be Am, and the 11 p.Pii. market train (Swansea to Cwmavoii; will be extended to Treherbert, calling at illtermediat.e, stations. For the con- venience of shop assistants and others, a special train will leave Treherbert at 12.3G a.m. Sunday morning for all stations to Port Talbot. For further particulars see our advertising columrs.

Singing Festival at Tonypandy. I The singing festival of the Mid- Rhondda Independents, including Eben- ezer, Salem, Tabernacle. Bethania, and Tabor, was held on Monday last at Eben- ezer, Tonypandy. Mr. Caradog Roberts. Mus. Bac. (Oxon.). F.R.C.O.. conducted. Crowded attendances were present at eadh meeting to hear the magnificent render- ings of hymns and anthems. Solos were given by Miss Annie Flook. Miss Agnes Evans, and Mrs. Evan Jones. The prizes i-i-it, tivmii-tiiiie competitions for adults and children were won by Mr. Johnny Davies, late Beehive. Tonypandy. The presidents were:—Morning, Mr. Wil- liams (Tabernacle); in the afternoon, Mr. James Williams (Ehenezer): and in the evening, Mr. David Jones (Salem). The leaders of the rehearsals were Messrs. Phillip Llewellyn, L. T.S.C. (adults), and Mr. John Matthews (children). Mr. W. T. David ably presided at the organ.

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