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EMPIRE RESTAURANT, Family and Commercial Hotel, Dunraven Street, TONYPANDVt DINNERS DAILY 12. e0 t0 2.S0 p I TEA AND SUPPERS ALWAYS READY Well Aired Beds. CHARGES STRICTLY MODERATE R. A BOLTON, Proprietor I I

Mardy's Tribute I i Presentation to HVIr. and Mrs. T. E. Richards. A ?Vla.ri of Gift,4. I At a crowded meeting fast. week, Mr. ami Mrs. T. E. Richards and Miss Cxvviiet,b Pontypridd, were the fcelpwnts of beautiful Siib-i(,r'b,?d for by the Directors of Locket's Mevthyr Collieries, the officials and workmen, and the tradespeople of JVlardy, a total of over been gathered. Coun- cillor H. E. :\Ldthy, M.E.. presided. Dr. Glanville. Morris, in presenting Mr. Richards with all illuminated address, said I rise with considerable -diffidence, because 1 really feel to-night that I am not sufficiently tuned up to make the speech the occasioti (i(,j-r)ai!ds-ti-ie loss of a good and useful friend from our little town. I trust, however, that my pre- sence here, together with my active asso- ciation with the testimonial movement, will (suffice to show my great apprecia- tion, regard, respect and esteem for Mr. Riohards and his 'rood family. ft is always a. pleasure to hear one. humble testimony to a gentleman v. ho has in- variably performed his duties conscien- tio?y and we)'. We ,II know Mr. Rich- ards did his whack 1 without fear or favour, amI I am sure it is a satisfaction Mr. T. E. RICHARDS, M.E. to llim to know thai he lias done his duty here. There is no sense keener and sweeter than an acknowJedgnrent for ser- vices rendered. We doctors -but not in these- districts—often render services for which we are never pnicl; they are given ungrudgingly, but it. is -oleasant to he thanked.' Mr. Richards has done a great deal in Mardy for which lie never had a soil, bUt we are trying to-night by these presents to show that we" fully appreciate what he has done in this place. These gifts are valuable in themselves- they have an intri nsic value and they serve as outward and visible sign>1 of the good feeling that Mr. and Mrs. Richards left behind tliptii and I am sure, our friends will treasure the presents to the end of their days. I wish Mr. and Mrs. Richards years of health and happiness, and may the richest blessings possible abide with them and their family for many 'vears to come. Dr Morris then read the illumi.nated address the text* of which is as follows: CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS Presented to T. E. Richards, Esq., ai.n., on the occasion of bus leaving IVtardy for Pontypridd. Respected Sir.—The inhabitants and workmen of- thus populous town haileo with delight and a great deal of pride your appointment as Agent, and General Manager of the Albion Collieries. For many years you have devoted a large portion of your valuable leisure j time for the furtherance of all lmive- ments in the town and neighbourhood which had a tendency to hendit the In- habitants generally, and tho working men iiii(lei- votii- cha-rge in parti- cular. Your faithfulness in connection with the Mardy Workmen's Hall and Insti. tute has placed that institution on such a solid basis, that its suix;ess and final redemption from its liabilities are assured. As a pioneer in the work of forming Ambulance Classes in Mardy a)'? dis- tricts ?ener??y, when they were not ?" pop'dar and well known as they are to?ay. yon'' la bours, were indefatigable and \ve.re mi?rud?;in.g!y given, and the success of tke movemest in its initial stages was due to your efforts. The ambulance movement has since grown into a big tree, and many tribes now ?-? -?- take shelter under its spreading branches, and derive gnat benelit from 11, life- saving and remedial qualifier-. Tlw nwny ami great improvements successfully carried out at Mardy Col- lieries during your tenure of office reflect great credit on your foresight, and show a grasp of details and powers of organ- isation of the first rank, which fully justified the confidence reposed in you by your superiors. Your varied efforts. on behalf of the sick ami distressed, cheering them in their wikiernesv of despair, drying their tp?rsv.jth the hand ('i charity, by giving freely and generously ni your services towards collecting funds for ameliorating theh'?ttfortun?t? lot, are traits which have been fully exemplified, in yon..Men sterling worth as yon are rare I among and your hes in this field of labour will be keenly holl, Although this aucires.s and the accompanying valu- able and beautiful tokens of the respect and esteem in which you were held among us have been subscribed for by th<> direc- ton, of Mardy Cell lories, the workmen 1 I irrespective- of seer or part.v. we cannot refrain from referring to the fuel that you have been prominent and n-"hd member of All Saint: and St. Luke s Churches al i t by your removal i/I he difiieuit to fill. Before yoer ;1 cl vent to the town, your fame as an ali-round musician had pre- ceded you. and the various secular and Mrs. T. E. RICHARDS. religious .societies in the town havo derived invaluable support irom you — especially as an organist ol the first degree. Phase accept this address and the accompanying presents as tokens of the respect and the esteem of the subscribers towards you, who hope that God in His pr ovidence will spare you for a very long time to, continue your good work for the bet torment of your fellow-men in your new splwre of labour, and may your family you to assist others as you have done here, and when the mortal coil shall be shaken off, may your reward be eternal bliss. On behalf of the subscribers, we are, yours most sincerely:—H. E. Maltha (chairman). Glanville Morris (treasurer). W. F. Mewton (secretary). G. Lewis, W. La vis. Alfred Evans, E. W, Harries. Mr. W. Lavis.with a lew well-chosen remarks, presented Mrs. Richards with a handsome travelling dress case. Mr. H. E. Maltby, in presenting an inscribed plate for the presentation piano, referred to the five years' pleasant asso- ciation between himself and Mr. Rich- ards. He (Mr. Maltby) could not quite understand why he had been selected to present the plate, because he knew very little about music but he could sav that he thoroughly appreciated Mr. Richards' abilities as a first-class musician others might perform, on the instrument as cor- loctly. but no one left such an impres- sion oil the 1 speaker as Mr. Richards— I even an ordinary, cvery-duy song was transformed under his exquisite touch and he hoped that. when Mr. Richards sat down to his piano and saw the plate before him, he would remember the many happy years he had spent in Mardy. Mr. Gwilym Lewis (the Schools), in a humorous speech, presented Mrs. Rich- ards with a silver kettle. He said Mrs. Richards was one of the most hospitable ladies lie had ever met. He spoke of the enjoyable trips abroad he had made in company with Mr. and Mrs. Richard' and his reference to the kissing of the Blarney Stone (which, he said, was sup- posed to confer the gift of the gib upon anyone who kissed it) drew forth upon anyone who kissed it) drew from ex-Sergt. Jenkins the remark that Mr. i.ewis had evidently done so (much tau?hter). ? E?s Dar, speaking in Welsh, then pre- sented Miss Gwyneth R:chards with a f,[)r ;L"). Sir. Ricitards. on rising to respond. gi-eete( I ii- i t i l was greeted with He's a jolly good fellow," heartily s?ng by the :ndience. I He said: "I hardly know what to say. j Iamvery?)adtosee hereto-ni?htsot many old friends, some of them friends I d II; childhood, and others who were i:i j Mardy when I came here, and are here ;-tii1. I don't know how to thank you I for these beautiful tokens you have given my wife, myself, and our child. But there is encouragement and pieasnre in I tpite of the fact that oft-times I had to speak and act sharply in the past, these presents are a recognition that what I did was, and i>. regarded by you to have been my duty. Uimk I can say with Queer Mary Man: Avill be found written on my heart ynwll I sit at t Iw piano, I shall -staring mc in i/Je face; every rone, every sound, will come from the village where I spent 1 he greater part ol my life everything will remind me ol Mardy; and I was very glad of the assistance of these pre- senting me to-night. Mr. Maltby and I worked harmoniously together for five years. And there is the doctor. In the Prayer Book there are tables called 1 Tables of Aiffnity and Coiisaiigultiity if there was no 'consanguinity,' there was a very close affinity between the doctor an d myself (laughter). Our first meet ing was rather a rough one. One day I saw a gentleman in a top hat at the pit-bead, and I gruffly asked him what he wanted. It was the doctor (loud laughter). Since then we have been earnest and close friends. In these days of Women's Rights and Suffragettes. [ think my wife should speak for herself (laughter)-but on her IwhaH, and on behalf of myself Ui1c' little girl, 1 beg to tender our deepest thanks to our numer- ous friends, Tlte kettle will, I am sure, be ready to aily old friend from Mardy. From the bottom of my heart I thank you all (loud applause). The proceedings vverc rendered the more enjoyable by the excellent songs rendered by Miss Togwen Connolly, Messrs. n Rees. W. John. W. C. Thomas and 1). R. Jones. Fos f>ar sa,,g appro- priate pcnillion. and Sir. Richards, in hi.s inimitable style, sang a song, accom- panying himself on the piano. ¡

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South Wales Rfjarkets. [ From A. Mitehelson A* Co., Stock- brokers, Swansea and Cardiff.] Local markets are showing signs of more animation, ami although the volume of business is not all that might- he j desired, nevertheless, the- tone of the J market is steady is becoming firmer as vlie arious daJiieiiith's that- as.- ar pre- sent, standing i'> file way of markets are o\ereome. It IS stated that the Cam- brian Pits will take but a very short time to return to their normal output, and the shares are at the present moment quoted €2 ;2s. nd, to t2 os, ex dividend. j), Davis' have slackened off somewhat in their demand. hut remain a steady market, and one that it is generally believed will improve substantially, at firm and have been ill demand at round about 19. It is rumoured that this company is making strong head way, and the shares, it is anticipated in the market, will show sij b ,?t,t,nt i ,i t ? I a substantial appreciation. Ebbw Vales seem to be unable to throw off their lassi- tude, and remain stuck at alxiut £ 7. Glamorgans are round about CIO, tll(' 7 Per Cent. Cumulative a hout £ 10'. Powell Dufrryn Old remain steady at about ols.. while the "New" shares (IDs. paid) are 37s. Treuegars nre firm at about 20s. (xl. to 2C". nd, In the Railway sec- tiOl". Alexandra B New Preference is tjoi l. Alexv obtainable at about. 85 per cent., at which price about 5i, per cent., which is a decidedly good return for a British Railway Preference security. =- ?

First After the Strike, I Accident at morgan Colliery. I Isaac Collier, a winding enginenran. em- ployed at the Glamorgan Colliery, Llwyny- pia, met with a serious accident on Mon- day evening Whilst- perched on a high ladder oding u brake, the ladder gave way, and Collier was precipi- tated to the lfoor, a distance of. 12 to lo feet. He sustained serious injury to the I chin, necessitating several stitches, and also considerable bruises to his arm and 'I leg. Later in the evening, he was con- veyed to the Portli Cottage Hospital- where he is malting satisfactory progress I towards recovery. >

New C M. Chapel at Mardy I stone-Laying Ceremony. Ihe {'<vrenH)uy or laying the .sixnu s of the new Eb^nezer (C.M.) Chapel$as per- formed at Mardy last week. The Rev. B. Watkins. Ferndale. was chairman. The stones were laid in the following order: Mr. J. WTlIianis (a deacon of the chapel), Mr. H. E. Maltby. M.E. D.C., Mips E. R. C. Morris (daughter of Dr. Glanville Morris. Mardy), and Mr. E. T. John. M.T. The silver trowels were presented I by the Misses Griffiths, Tonvpandy; and tSie mallets by Mr S, ratt. Trealaw. OIl 1, 1,1 nlatform were seen the Rev. D. M. I Phillips. M.A., 13 Tylor £ fcown Dr. j C'vnddvlan Jones. Dr. and Mrs. Morris. Mrs. Aliltl)v :I]'(] A-f:ss F-iizoi-, Mrs. E. 'i. Joil", -I.r. and Sirs. Lewis, The Hank. Pontypridd the Rev. W. P OT) tll .111 Williams, Pontygwaith and Councillor R. S. Griiffths, the architect.

I KlTLEY's Floral Hall Si I KITLEY'S Flor31 Hall I (KArt-HArjAX?ARTtF)CtAL), Opposite National Schools, Oxford St., B Tel. 21-1- W A E A.

RHONDDA Education Committee. Illegal" Feeding of School I Children. Chairman Takes Exception to I the Resolution. I Dr. E. Thomas presided over a meeting ol tile Rhondda Education Com- mittee held at the Council Chamber, Pentre, on Friday last. The other mem- bers present, were: Mrs. Florence Nicholas. Councillors D. R. Jones, J.P., Canon j Lewis, Da nl. Evans, Abel Jacob. Mark Harcombe. James James, Griffith Evans. Edward Jones, Dr. A. G. Tribe. Walter Williams, Danl. Davies, Thos. Thomas. Ren Davies. aird Tom Evans, together- with tire Clerk (Mr. W. P. Nicholas), the Director (Mr. T. W. Rerry'i. and the Architect. (Mr Jacob Rees). LATE COUNCILLOR. SMITH. I he Chairman referred to the sudden death of Councillor David Smith. Ty!ors- to?fi.uhich took place that morning, and expressed the f Committee's great loss in the demise of such a valuable member. He moved that a vote of condolence he passed with the bereavod family. Councillor Panl. Evans seconded, and the motion was carried, ail the members rising to tlmir feet. COOKERY INSTRUCTRESS' RESIG- NATION. Mrs. E. M. Shepttanl. POM. Office, j Geili, wrote resigning her post as Cookery Instructress. j The resignation was accepted, and the Director was authorised to advertise tor a successor. i TEACHERS1 HEROISM TABLETS TO BE ERECTED AT OLYDACH VALE. j The Clerk informed the Committee that fenders had been received for the erec-1 tion of tablets at the Cwmelydach j Schools, to commemorate the heroic con. (illet of the staff during the flooding of the school in March. 1910. The Clerk added that photograph" of the tablet- j would be presented to each of the teachers, and that < here would be some form of unveiling. On the motion of Councillor Tom Evans, it was resolved that the unveiling of the tablet should be performed by the Chairman of the Committee, the selection of the date being loft to 111" Clerk. J ILLEGAL FEEDING." I The Chairman referred to the illegal act" of the Committee in deciding to feed the school children in the strike area during the recent holidays. I'] i (, Cam- brian strike, he said. had now been settled, but in all probability the Gelli workmen would not be able to resume work until March next. There was now left for the feeding of the Gelli children, and he hoped that the gentlemen who had voted for that reso- lution would he prepared to come lor- ward and assist in feeding the children at Gelli. Councillor M. Harcombe It tlie Gelli settle in another two months, there will be more people out 011 strike in Mid- Rhondda then than in Gelli. I think that when the money is spent, we should con- i sider our position again, and defy the Act a bit. In reply to the Chairman. Councillor Harcombe said they were makiim arrange- ments that day at the Naval for the resumption of work, and they anticipated that- about 30 men would start work at each pit of the Naval Collieries on Mon- day l morning. Al:'ill t l i(, The Chairman: Win the Workmen's Joint Committee assist us in seeing that the children of those workmen who have commenced working are not receiving food at the schools ? Councillor Harcombe I daresay that the men will consider it favourably. The School Management Committee re- ported having received a letter from the Board of Education stating that the Board had now carefully considered the representations of the Authority, together with those of Mr. Thormrs Davies, the teacher at the Llwyncelyn Handicraft Centre, in the matter of the irregular registration at that Centre, to whieJ, attention was' drawn in the Board's letter of the 3rd April la-;i that the P-oaid took the most serious view 01 the irregularities which had occurred, and were una ble to consider that the explana- tions advanced in extenuation of them were in any way satisfactory; that they had great hesitatiwn in deciding to pay any grant at all in t-es, ot of the instruc- tion given in the Centre, but they had, however, decided, in view d tile assur- ances contained in the Director's letter that such irregularities in registration and in the conduct, of the classes would not be allowed again to occur, to pay the grant under Regulation 13 of Schedule III. of the Code w ith a deduction of half the grant claimed, and requesting the Authority to inform Mr-. Dav i es that the Board regarded his conduct as deserving of the severest censure that the Board had decided nut to take iiiv iurtliei* steps, directly affecting Mi-. Davies on this occasion, but they warnpd llim that should he ever again be guilty of similar irregularities the Board would have no option but to deal severely with him: that the Authority's attention was drawn to the need for great care hi ing exercised MI the keeping and supe:'vi.Mi;g of the registers in the Centres and contributory Schools, and in observing the. Board's Regulations affecting the giving ot iyts;- struction in special subjects, and that the Regulation aftectinii' the ages of pupils admissible to Handicraft Centres required special attention, and that it was also important that particular care should be taken to ensure the registration of pupils attending instruct ion at the (•>ntro.s should be cond ucted in accord- ance with the requirement* of Regulation 2.0 and Schedule 1\. t),1 he had con- veyed the temavks oi the Board to Mr. Thomas Davies. aed it was resolved that the matter be left the hands uf the Director to deal with.

-? -?-  Llwynypia At a Scriptural examination held recently in connection with the 33 Con- gregational churches of Pontypridd and district, we understand that Salem (W.C.), I?wynypir'. achieved wonderi? ??c'ess. This reflects very creditably upon the excellent work of the superintendent of the Sunday School, Mr. John Hammond, and his assistant. Mr. Ilaidey Davies. together with their energetic and zealous staff of teachers. One hundred 4ind four- teen out of the 1,242 who entered for the examination were fron Salem, and 12-j certificates were distributed to the successful candidates on Suuday evening last. Miss Gwladys Davies has again been successful in being admitted to the Congregational Union examination, having been phrcel fourth on the list- in the class under 21. This is tJre second time for Miss Davies to gain this distinction. and that in two successive years. She was coached for the exami nation by a pery excellent teacher in the person ot Mr. J. R, James (stationniasicr). Out of the other 16 who got-, through in the same class, Salem claims 7, and out of these again the first throe places have been attained vy memvers of Salem Sun- day School, namely. Misses Blodweu James and Cecilia Hammond, and Mr. Gwilym N. Parry. Three out of the 18 who were successful in the (lass for adults also hail from Salem. Pontygwaith. Ere long, unless something be done, the old bridge by Tylorstown Station (which, by the way, is in Pontygwaith) will be t)f Smells." In years ago trout sported in the placid Llechau stream, now it is the lw:ppy hunting ground of a million and one microbes. The stench at times is abominable. But then, the Council can't smell it. There is an outbreak of typhoid in Tylorstown. When a few more die there will be an enquiry. Why not. make it now ? Wliat -isthcreu-ort that, infant mor- tality is so high Can nothing: be It is useless to blame the Medical Officer <if Health. "\Aork he u.s hard as he can. his district is too large. The Rhondda Each wants an officer of its own. The sorrowing friends have many keen sympathisers, and there is a strong feel- ing in the district that these deaths are due to local conditions. The general feeling is that something ought to be oone. Lite is more import-ant than the rates.

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