Barry Dock News

I REVIEW OF PUBLICATIONS. "THE NEWS." The above national journal and review is an entertaining newspaper for home and country. I The current number gives a specially interesting article on Dr Barnardo's Homes, a portrait and sketch of the Rev A. A. Isaacs, M.A., &c. The News also contains weekly well-written remarks on t important subjects and latest news, and is I- published by Mr T. B. Burrow, 7, Paternoster- square, London, E.C., at one penny. "MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS." The July number. London A. W. Hall, 28 to 32, Hutton-street, E.C. The heroine of the com- plete story, which is a feature of the magazine, is a quaint old lady, known as Aunt Jim," whose quaintness takes a very practical turn. Portraits are given of the Countess of Meath and Mrs Clare Goslett, Assoc. San. Inst., who is doing so much for the increase of knowledge in sanitary science. Mr Richard Kerr, the popular lecturer on micro- scopic wonders, continues his interesting papers on Diatoms," with illustrations, chit-chat and household hints, facts and figures, and Sunday talks, provide plenty of variety. THE VICTORIOUS BARD AND OTHER POEMS." The Rev W. Parry (" Gwilym Pont Taf "), of Pontypridd, the gifted author of The Old Welsh Evangelist and other Poems," a work which was reviewed by us sometime ago, has just succeeded in further enriching the literary world with another jewel from his gifted pen. Right worthily has this new work, which is entitled "The Victorious Bard and other Poems," been dedicated to the glorious memory of the immortal Scottish bard, Bobbie Burns," who first revealed to the writer, when but a youth, the imperishable beauty and inestimable treasure of poesy and song. The work opens with a lay to Tne Victorious Bard," who has won noble fame at the greatest of our national musical festivals, the eisteddfod. Full of Cymric fire and patriotic impulse are Mr Parry's exhortations to the people of Cambria to advance, and with the hail of encouragement the poet pro- claims that— Rich is thine inheritance, noble thy dower, For science and beauty and song are all thine Advance to the conquests of genius, fame, power, The future invites thee, thy rights are divine. The work breathes throughout of the most affec. tionate loyalty to Wales-the land of the author's birth-its language, its people, and its noble aspira- tions. Such poems as The Old Dying Harpist" and Williams, of Pantycelyn," have a tendency to waft the spirit of the reader into the atmosphere of those higher regions which have been rendered golden by the presence of the music of the hallowed string and the poetry of the saint. Full of holy heavenly thought, too, are the lines devoted to that venerable pile of sacred piety, Llandaff Cathedral- Tumultuous spirit, hush, now rest awhile, With folded pinions in this holy calm Drink in the odorous breath of prayer and psalm, Let benedictions all thy cares beguile Here let me linger in this well-worn aisle, Indulge the dream-like fancies that arise, Born of these arched and branching harmonies, And brooding glories of this pillar'd pile; I cannot choose but think of forests deep, Where elm or cedar form umbrageous glades, And weave their leafy nets of tremulous shades, Through which the golden light essays to creep; Sweet, wandering, friendly tones fall on my ear, And tell my anxious heart, Angels and God are near! In continuing to glance over the work, the eye lingers longingly over the pages wherein appear The Transfiguration," Gethsemane," The Good shepherd," Christmas Evans," The Penitent," "The Modern Prodigal," and the solemnly telling lines to The Fallen Alas! alas how great his fall hath been, The Godlike image in that ditch asleep; A seraph, beast-like, wallowing in sin, I burn with shame, and pitying angels weep A {i local habitation and a name is also given to the poems by the beautiful and inspiring lines to St. Donat's Church "— \*ho would expect in this secluded spot, '•Far. from the world, embowered ia this glade, And deeply veiled by dark umbrageous shade, To find the dust of one who bravely fought, And with embattled hosts for glory sought, In the fair, distant lands of Pal'-stinn 1 Where cloudless Syrian sun and stars do shine, Waved once that faded banner: and I wot That rusty mail and sword once nobly found Their service where the holy ramparts stand. And thou with honourable scar and wound, Thy battles done, dids't seek this rooky stand, And having smitten many a foe, Beneath this marble tomb brave warrior liest low. From a literary point of view, The Victorious Bard is a pronounced victory, and we cheerfully congratulate the esteemed author, the Rev W. Parry, upon the sterling service he thus continues to render to an edified reading public. From anothsr desirable standpoint, however, we are sorry to state the work is not a success, the letter- press execution from several points of view being such—if the specimen before us is a fair one— that a printer of reasonable capacity could not look upon without a blush. We regret this, because it involves a". something wanting in an otherwise excellent work which the author himself can hardly be held responsible for.—" The Victorious Bard," 211 pp., is a shilling's worth which should be in the hands of everyone who has a thousjht for the beautiful and the sublime in nature, pointing in its various aspects up to nature's God. LADY'S COMPANION." A profitable weekly journal is that issued by R. Oartwright, Fleet-street, London, entitled the Lady's Companion. It is truly a useful companion for wives and daughters is most acceptable, and a decided improvement upon the many useless and harmful novels now in circulation. The Lady's Companion is complete with valuable information on home decoration, domestic management, fashions, fancy needlework, cookery, health, toilet, dressmaking, and gives lucid answers on all sub- jects. In the current number there appears an absorbing complete story, entitled "An enemy's daughter." The Lady's Companion should be welcome to every home, being issued weekly at One penny, by R. Cartwright, 8, Johnson's-court, Fleet-street, London, E.C. TOURIST GUIDE TO THE CONTINENT." The Great Eastern Railway Company have just issued by authority, at the nominal price of six- pence, a most serviceable and compendious Tourist Guide to the Continent," with maps and numerous illustrations, edited by Percy Lindley, and issued from 30, Fleet-street, and 60, Regent- street, London. This is the .fifteenth annual issue of this marvellous little handbook, compiled for the use of travellers seeking rest or recreation on the Continent. It contains a graphic description of some interesting towns connected with what is known as the Holland route, whereby fresh districts in Holland and North and South Germany are brought within easy reach of the tourist —districts not yet public, and not spoiled. The places visited in the tour embodied in the work before us include the Hague, Amsterdam, Bruns- wick, Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, the Rhine, Strasburg, Vienna, Munich, Metz and its battle- fields, Antwerp, Brussels, Lucerne, &c. No one who contemplates a cheap, enjoyable, and instructive tour to the Continent should be without a copy of this communicative and informing guide. FOOTBALL THE RUGBY UNION GAME." Facilities for keeping in touch with the popular game of football is well afforded by the excellent publication of Messrs Cassell and Co., edited by the Rev F. Marshall. Football is nicely illus- trated with photographs of different well- known players and clubs, whose records are given in a thoroughly entertaining style. The current article is upon the subject of County Football," and to those interested in the game at all Football must prove very popular.-Issued monthly, price sixpence, by Messrs Cassell and Co., La Belle Sauvage, London, E C. "CASSELL'S SATURDAY JOURNAL." CasselVs Saturday Journal in monthly parts forms a budget of edifying and instructive reading, and its popularity is attributable to the carefui selection of its contents. A special feature is the coloured frontispiece given gratis monthly, the present one being entitled A morning dip," a well- executed drawing. "From riches to rags," true life stories of to-day, should be very popular, and "The Dugdalo Millions," a new serial story by Barclay North, is pregnant with original features and exciting situations. Ca-tselVs Satur- day Journal contains, in addition, numerous storyettes, chatty articles on popular subjects, matters of general interest, and paragraphs about well-known people, anecdotes, original jokes, &c., the whole constituting one of the most valuable periodicals of the day. A free insurance of JE 1,000 in case of death, or jE250 for disablement, is attached to CassdVs Saturday Jou,rnal.-Price six- pence monthly (one penny weekly), published by Messrs Cassell and Co., La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C. WORK." Work is a publication for mechanics and every- one interested in the manufacture of articles use- ful for the home, &c. The information is given in a chatty and clear style, which makes it easy of comprehension, and the present monthly part includes a large number of profitable hints and articles. WorJi is illustrated, and the price of the I monthly part is sixpence, or one penny weekly, published by Messrs Cassell and Company, Limited, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C. HELPING WORDS." For July. London Great Thoughts Office, 28 to 32, Hutton-street, E.C. We notice that a new serial story, entitled Ross Lynwood's Wife," by Mrs M. S. Haycraft, commences this month, and that it opens with a wedding instead of closing with one, as do so many stories. Another noticeable feature is an article by the Rev R. P. Downes, LL.D. (accompanied with portrait) on that important item, The Collec- tion." It is imagined by many," says Dr. Downes, that in the collection we pass at a leap from the sacred to the secular, from the sanctities of worship to the common ways of the market-place. It is well, however, to remember that giving may be as truly a religious act as praying, and that the collection may be as sacred as the sermon." A paper on Earthworms," by Mr James Crow t her, and story by Rev P. B. Power, recipes for dishes without meat, and many other items, make a very good number. GREAT THOUGHTS. July, 6d. A. W. Hall, 28 to 32, Hutton-street, E.C. As the months roll round we find upon our table Great Thonghts with its wit and wisdom, poetry, and inspiration. Perhaps it is the word last used which be-t characterises the contents of this present number. There is inspiration in the editor's criticisms on Shakespeare, in his generpus review of Stopford Brooke's Tennyson," and in Dr Conan Doyle's charming literary papers. In an age when so much of our criticism dissects rather than admires, the broad and genial insight which these papers reveal is truly refreshing. The article on Village lite in India" leaves nothing to be desired, and there are decided touches of genius in the portrait of Maggie Tuiliver, one of the favourite heroines of George Eliot. We are glad also to have a nearer view of such men as Passmore Edwards, of the Echo, the late Henry Morley, John Wolfe Barry, the engineer of the Tower Bridge, and con- sulting engineer to the Barry Dock and Railways Company, and the Rev Walter C. Smith, the Scottish Poet-Preacher, while French Socialism and its leaders find a worthy exponent in Mr Keeble. Monthlies crowd on us in the3e days, but it will be difficult to find one more varied it its contents and more truly instructive than than which lies before us in the July issue of Great Thoughts. I

LAST SUNDAY'S SHEBEEN RAIDS AT BARRY DOCK. THE HOUSE OF A NOTORIOUS OFFENDER VISITED. At an early hour on Sunday morning last, P.C. Murphy, armed with a warrant, and assisted by Acting-sergeant Herbert Evans, P.C.'s Rees, Stephens, Hill, and Williams, effected an entrance to the house of Elizabeth Hardy, wife of Charles Hardy, 2;5, Gueret-street, Barry Dock, who is at present doing three months' hard labour in Cardiff Gaol in default of paying a fine of jElOO and costs for shebeening a few weeks ago. The house was I filled with men and women, and outside a large crowd of men carried on what appeared to be a kind of hotel de marl, revelling in drink to a dis- graceful extent. On Mrs Hardy's premises two U-gallon casks of beer were seized by the police, I together with a quantity of drinking utensils. At No. :12. Gueret-street another raid was made by P.C. Williams, who found the premises carried on by Parky Sullivan and Annie Harmon, alias "Black Annie." A "4 £ was carried off, and other evidences wore obtained of the existence of a shebeen.

ASSAULTING A RAILWAY OFFICIAL AT BARRY DOCKS. At Penarth Police Court on Monday last- bafore Mr V. Trayes and Mr J. Duncan-John McKinnon, a sailor, was brought up in custody charged with being drunk and assaulting a railway servant at Barry Docks on .Saturday night. Dock-constable Charles Light proved seeing defendant, who was drunk, strike a ticket collector named Evans near the post-office, levelling him with the ground. He bad previously ejected McKinnon from the railway station, and now removed him to the police-station, but on the way be became very violent.-Fined 5s, or five days, defendant stating he was very sorry for what he had done.

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BARRY AND CADOXTON LIBERAL HUNDRED. The monthly meeting of the Barry and Cadox- ton Liberal Hundred was held on Tuesday even- ing last at Harry's Restaurant, Barry Docks, present—Alderman J. C. Meggitt (president), Messrs W. Miller, J. D. Davies, D. Morgan, A. T. Jones, W. A. Davies, E. J. Thomas, H. H. Russell, W. Ravgans, J. Dunn, T. Cosslett, T. Roberts, R. G. Ruseell (secretary), T. White, W. Dooley, &c. MR. A. J. WILLIAMS, M.P., AND THE TRADES' COUNCIL. A discussion took place with reference to the alleged misunderstanding which had arisen amongst the Barry Trades' Council in relation to the absence of Mr Arthur J. Williams, M.P., from the late labour demonstration at Cadoxton.—Mr J. R. Stephens having described a discussion on the subject which had taken place at a meeting of the Trades' Council, Mr Miller said he felt confi- dent there was no intention whatever, either on the part of Mr Williams, or the Liberal Hundred, to interfere with the labour meeting. On the contrary, it was their intention, if Mr Williams had been able to be present, to have attended the meeting in a body, and assist as much as possible in making it a success. (Hear, hear.) Afoor several members had spoken, Mr J. D. Davies said in the absence of any definite information regarding the circumstances of alleged dispute, nothing would be gained by a prolonged debate, and he concurred with the suggestions which had been made, that the matter be referred to the executive of the Liberal Association. — The President agreed, and recommended that the correspondence which had been received by Mr Russell, the secretary of the Association, be sub- mitted to Mr Jose on behalf of the Trades' Council.—Mr Dooley felt that a mountain had been made of a mole-hill, and he agreed that, if left to the executive, a thoroughly satisfactory explanation could be given.—The Secretary said Mr Jose was already fully aware of the contents of the correspondence, but he (Mr Russell) had been unable to see the correspondence which the late secretary of the Trades' Council stated he had in his possession from Mr Williams. He did not believe that Mr Williams, or the Liberal Hundred, were to be blamed in any way. (Hear, hear.)—A suggestion was made that Mr Williams be asked to write a letter stating whether he approved of the labour meeting, but the President replied that it would be an insult to ask their hon. member whether he was in sympathy with the labour party. (Hear, hear.)—It was then unanimously resolved to refer the matter to the executive, Alderman Meggitt stating that he was satisfied the misunderstanding could very easily be cleared up. REGISTRATION WORK. The President said the gentlemen who had promised to read papers at the meeting being unable to be present, he would suggest that a conference take place as to registration work. It was probable, he said, they should have a general election next year at any rate, they would have a county council election, and this would be con- ducted on the new register which would come into force in November instead of at the begin- ning of the year, as heretofore. The new Parish Councils also would be elected in November, so that it behoved them to do all in their power to render the work of registration as complete as possible. (Hear, hear.)—It was, therefore, agreed to resolve the meeting into a registration com- mittee at the close of the other business of the meeting. VACANCY ON THE EXECUTIVE. On the motion of Mr Dooley, seconded by Mr J. D. Davies, Mr Morgan, boot and shoe manufac- turer, Hotton-t-tad, was elecled member of the executive for the Barry Docks district, in place of Mr Williams, resigned, Mr Dooley also suggesting that the Liberal Hundred be increased. RESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATION. Mr Coslett having suggested that a resolution be passed as to the three months' residential qualification for Parliamentary rote, the President suggested that Mr Coslett should give notice to move his resolution at the next meeting, Mr Miller remarking the question was an important one, and an interesting discussion might take place thereon. PROPOSAL SO "STRIKE OFF THE ROLLS." The Secretary gave notice to move at the next meeting a resolution that the names of Mr Rees Jones, printer, Barry, and Mr J. Summers, Vere- street, Cadoxton, be struck off the list of members of the association, on the ground that they were also members and took in the proceedings of the local Conservative Club and Institute.

BARRY AND CADOXTON FINANCE COMMITTEE. A meeting of the finance committee of the Barry and Cadoxton Local Board was held on Thursday afternoon last at the Board-room, Cadoxton, present—Messrs W. Thomas (presid- ing), W. Paterson, J. A. Hughes (clerk), J. C. Pardoe (surveyor), T. W. Lewis (collector), and A. E. Leyshon (inspector). MUTUAL CLAIM. The Clerk read a letter from Mr H. Burbidge, Barry-road, Cadoxton, claiming J318 for damage done to a wall and trepass at the lane at the rear of Glebe-street; also £1 5s for damage to a wall at the rear of Barry-road. The communication stated that if the Board did not pay the same within five days legal proceedings would be taken. -The Clerk pointed out that Mr Burbidge owed money to the Board for private improvements, and it was decided that action be taken by the Board for the recovery of the same. IiJCAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED. Mr T. W. Lewis, the collector, applied for a fortnight's leave of absence, which was granted. EXAMINATON OF BOOKS. The books of the clerk, surveyor, collector, inspector, and caretaker (of the slaughter-house) were examined and found correct. COLLECTOR'S REPORT. The Collector reported he had collected during the past month JB171 5s 5d of the general district rate; private improvements, JB452 7s 41d; interest account, £ 50 5s 7d and street works and house drainage, j3150 16s Hid. BILLS. The following bills were presented for payment and passed :-Port Sanitary Authority-J. A. Davies, L2 10s salaries, J. A. Hughes, £b 5s; Dr G. Neale, L7 10s. Local Board, salaries—J. A. Hughes, £ 50; W. P. Phillips, £ 50; J. C. Pardoe, JB75 R. Pardoe, £ 26; Dr G. Neale, £18 15s; T. W. Lewis, L31 5s; Sarah J ones, 23 Peter Davies, £1 5s. Rent-Nicholas Jenkins, J650 6s 9d; Elias Ray, £ 6; Windsor Estate, 2s 6d. Rate? and taxes-Barry and Cadoxton Gas and Water Company, 14s poor rate on West Fields, 12s 2d; infectious diseases hospital, 5s; slaughter- house, j32 3s 9d offices, B2 3s 9d Local Board rate for West Fields, 3s 8d infectious hospital, 6s; slaughter-house, £ 212s 6d; offices, £2 12s 6d. Printing and stationery—Barry Dock News, J321 Rees Jones, P,6 18s W. Townsend, £2 4s 6d. Establishment—Samuel Andrews, JB5; Knight and Company, 7s steam road roller, A. Stephens, 7s 6d sewers, Coal Tar Disinfecting Company, L4 lis 6d W. H. Gould, L9 7s 6d. Repairs of highways—David Love, £ 15 13s; Woodham and Sons, JB2 David Paulett, JB98 4s 9d John John, JB11 16s 6d Isaac Thomas, R,9 7s 2d. Local Board clerks' association, £1 Is. Lighting— 14s 6d. Private improvements—T. W. Lewis, Li 10s 9d J. A. Davies, L7 15s. Repayment of Loans-Equitable Life Association, principal re- eid, £ 169 4s; interest, £ 148 3s lid loans, irry Railway Company, 19s 6d Davies Bros., JB57 8s 7d F. T. Rednell, JB15 18s 3d Grover aftd Grover, jB55 5s. Rent—C. Howe, £1. Re- pairs of highways and urinals-J. W. Froom, JB9 15s 9d Thackeray and Company, jB521 Is 6d total amount of bills, £1,261 12s 3d—An account presented by Mr J. A. Davies, Barry Hotel, Barry, amounting to 8s 3d, for refreshments supplied, was refsrr.d tock.