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Our Note Book Lord Haldanc's Plan for a Rtal Education Ladder—The Hand of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer Plainly Visible-Third Side of the Triangle of Reform- Education— Brains, not Caste and Cash to be the Basis, Lord Hafdane's authoritative an- nouncement that the Government in- tended, in the immediate future, to repair the kinks in our educational armour, has come as no surprise. Since the destruction of the School Boards by the Balfour Act of 1902, education ha.s practically been marking time in this country. The School Board systom had unquestionably one great merit it at- tracted to its administration men and women or education and culture, who brought to the work r»al zeal and en- thusiasm. Every election provided an opportunity for an informing aud illuminating declaration of educational policy, which had the distinct advan- tage of focussing public: attention upon a question which. is now too often com- pletely overshadowed by other munici- pal activities. Municipal bodies, too, have been so overburdened with work that the administration of education has largely fallen into the hands of officials. While there is scarcely any likelihood ot a return to the old nd hoc authority, the Liberal Government is quite con- vinced of the immediate necessity of bringing education back into its proper perspective, by a bold and courageous campaign to bring a bout a more perfect rducational system. There can scarcely be any doubt but that the hand of the > bajicellor ot the Exchequer is very hu-gely providing the momentum of this great educational development scheme. Mr. Lloyd George ha-s iarger ideas, and a more vivid imagination than any other member of the Cabinet. There is every evidence ef the beautifully poised method in his kaleidoscope of eflort. t the aged poor received attention through the Old Age Pensions Act. came the greatest project for the alleviation of human suffering in the. history of this o: any other country—' the Insurance Act. l- Now comes the pleasing declaration ot the Government's intention to com- plete the third side of a triangle of colossal reforms—a, far-reaching and comprehensive Education Bill. The wizardry of this wonderful Welshman v. :I: surely be equal to the task of democratising the whole of our educa- tional system, fore and aft, from the Primary School to the University. The educational ladder, free from the bott-om to the top rung, has long been the dream of educational idealists, but snob bery, class prejudice and obscu- ra!tssr obstruction have blocked the way. The people of "purple and line linen" most profoundly dislike the Chancellor of the Exchequer because of his repeatedly expressed sympathy with the bottom ciog, but there is no staying his hand—as the recalcitrant medicos j have now found ciit-ii-hen he puts his hand to the plough. ii. f: The Cockerton judgment was one of the heaviest blows dealt by the forces ot reaction against the development of a widening and liberalising policy in the provision of curricula by the School Boards, and the 1902 Act did nothing j -to narrow the gillt between Elementary and Secondary education. The same Act tailed lamentably to revenue the fYro- tesquo anomalies in the incidence of rating in this country. The publicly maintained and controlled Secondary Schools in England and Wales provide too many places for pupils on the caste and cash basis. Under the new system fore-shadowed by Lord Haldane, brains and not blood and breeding are to be the recognised passport from Primary to Secondary School, and from the latter to the University. What a. vista of possibilities is thus opened out for the democracy of the future T o-day's Gossip. The appointment of Mr. 11. A- Hield to be deputy Town Ckrk of c I (i to Lo, mo?t popular is onck of tll+,? iliost popkular \h. Head's invariable ocnrt?sy and the way in which h? !)as rapidh- acq??ntcd himself with tho a?Fatrs of the town have gained him many fronds. One idea for the new Civic Centra fiecms to have e^capcd attention. What's the matter with a centre ui the air? A conple of dozen balloons would do it. This site would be ludicrously inexpensive, and thme would be plenty ct it, and no ground-rent. An airy .situation would be in harmony with come of the Councillors' speeches, too. :1(( It appear;, from what our (-orre-s- pondent saw from a Mumbles train one day this week, that one of the delights of golf i.s to loso the ball and spena half an hour or so in endeavouring to iiud it. A local enthusiast who had ioat his ball could be awn wading knoe-deep in a pool of water in a vain search for it. The sight, one would have thought, would have beeu enough to freeze the ardour ot the most ardent lover of golf.

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 i li ok I" A POLICY OF FUNK" Crushing Speech. —. Sir Alfied Mond Shows Up the Tariff Reformers FACTS AND FIGURES fiir Alfred liond was the chief j speaker at the Church House, St. Asaph, lust, night, the meeting being beid under the auspices of the Free Trade Union. It was made clear to the promoters of the meeting that no reference would bo allowed to tho Flint, bye-election, otherwise the room could not be let to them as the Trust Deed prevented the room being; lot to advocates or a poiicy J dctr.mental to the interests Ol the Church The ogranisers gave an undertaking that they would deal only with Free Tiadp and so were granted the use oi llki Sir Alfred Mond. Sir A if red Mond, who had a very j good reception, .said he had in the lir»t | i instance to thank those who had the letting of tile Church hall, for the I court.e;y ill ey had ex tended to him I the Free Trade Union by letting ;hem j 'that. hail. li« reeogniscd iu that bct that he was representing that U'gi'.t j an organisation- having ^mongs.v Mdj '.prominent members leading ( nionists. I I Thcv stod ior oiic thing, and one thing only, and that was the maintenance ol that Free Trade system which had made this < ountiv. supreme in the trade) j of tho world. W lien he accepted that i | engagement 10 speak that night he did 1 not look for the variations tfed changes which had occurred since. It was not at aU easy to speak on the subject, be- cause to-dav they did not quite what Tariff Reform was. Tile IVlaii" was attacking the Free Trade Union because they were, telling the people in that election that Tariff He- ( formers wanted to tax food. The "Daily said that that policy had been abandoned. The Union- ist or Tariff Reform candidate --it the election repudiated that, as, while ho said he would not tax food, he at. the same time said he would follow his leader. (Laughter.) Who is the Leader? í That landed him in a greater difli- j cultv, as he wanted to find out who was the leader, and who was he folluwing. (Laughter.) All those questions were extremely dinicuit to answer at the moment. It seemed to him that it was the leaders trying to catch their fol-I lowers. It was a sort'of leading from behind. (Laughter.) It reminded him of the story of a man being dragged along through a wood by a band of ruffians. He was asked why he was with such a disreputable lot, and replied that "he was their leader!" (Laughter.) That seemed to be the position of Mr. Bonar Law and Lord Lausdnwnc. It really seemed to him that while certain j of the Tory .Party wore abandoning food i taxes, it was only a question now of how far they would carry that out. He called it a policy of funk. (Laughter.) It was like the man who wanted to pick a pocket, but was afrr.id to do so because a policeman was standing by. The man was a pickpocket all the same, and ho was only-waiting until the police- man was away. He was not prepared at the pre-sent tim to advise anyone to vote, for the Tar ff Reform candidate j or the Conservative candidate, as they were not certain what would happen with regard to the food taxes. He be- lieved that, they would re-occur on the. lirst available opportunity. It was j said that it I, oiild not occur until after j two general elections, but they could not forget that in the election of 1900 the Conservatives made a great many promises. In 1900 they had told the Nonooniormi'-ts and the Liberals-that if n4l t-I)e L,I>t-als-tliit if would be voting lot settling the 'War. They all knew what happened after the i election. Ile to saN- he I would be very doubtful about placing the bread-basket of Ins wife on the arm of any gentleman of that party who behaved as the Conservatives behaved t in 1900. (Applause.) Vicar's Protest. I At this stage the Rev. W. J Davies, vicar of St. Asaph, protested against the remarks of the speaker, saying that he was not keeping to the conditions under which the room was let. Sir Alfred Mond said ho would do his best to keep out reference 10 the election, hut it was difficult to separate polities and tariffs. He would try and keep to Tanif Reform. lie would do what he could ii-itkiiii the limits. Let them that they had seen tnu Inst of the !oLd tax; he would remind j then; th?t they were against the whole j Protectionist programme. Ho wou*J like to see the whole programme elimi- nat-ed from the politics of this coun- t r-v. They, as Free Traders, had never based their ctsc, on the taxing of food; they objected to the whole idea. of the system of protection. They did so be- cause it was bad fcr the trade of the country; it was economically unsound, It was moral I1, bad for the country which introduced such a system. They, as Free Traders, had main- tained since Cobden's declaration, tha.t the State had no right to levy taxes bv one part of the community fol- ti bene- fit of others. He would draw their at- tention to the recent speech of Presi- dent Wilson who, in his message to the American people said practically every speech that I make, I put at the front of what I have to say the question of the tariff and the question of the trusts, but not because of any thought of party stra- tegy, because I believe the. solution j of these questions to lie at the very j heart of The bigger question, whether rhe Goi erumeni shall h" free, or not. -0" -0-- (Continued on Page 3.) I

WHERE THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION OCCURRED. i (" A View of tho Cape Colliery, rosr F jrestfach, where the explosion took place yesterday, which resulted in the death of a ycutii n.mtcci Ciyn Ret-.?- Inset is a photograph cf Mr. Thomas Hopkins, one of the rescue party.

0_- ROMANTIC WEDDING I Bonita Married to the Winner of the Rael The happy consummation of the cow- boy race for a bride—described in the I' "Leader" last week took place at St. Philip's Church, Kenningion, yester- day, when the victorious horseman, Biily Lee, was married to the hcroinu, of the romance, Bonita. i A great crowd waited at the church door tor the wedding party, and when a little group of horsemen, with the cow- boy band came in sight, there was a scene of wild enthusiasm. Bonita and Billy rode in front; Bonita in a light brown riding; brt and a. bright red s hirt-blouse, with ribbon streamlets flowing in all directions; Billy in a yellow shirt, a lasso slung across his shoulder, and long llama- skin leggings. They both wore som- J breros, his whi1.e and Iters red. The hroad brira almost hid Bonita, who is a brunette, pretty and petite. A few minutes later, William Richard Lee, aged 23, and Sylvia Genevra Bonita Drescher, aged Zõ, were husband and wife Frank Joy, who might have been the bridegroom, was best man instead.

FOUR YEARS Penal Servitude for Ex-Nayy Warrant Officer The ease of George Charles Parrott, the ex-naval gunner who has beeu tried j for communicating information likely j to he uscful to an enemy, was con- i eluded at the Old Bailey to-day. The man was found guilty and sen- tenced to four years penal servitude.

THE DEPUTY TOWN CLERK Career of Mr. H. A. Hield j Career of Mr. H. A. Hield I r Mr. H. A. Hield, who was yester lay j appointed Deputy Town Clerk to the I Swansea Corporation, was educated at Leeds Grammar School, and weut up to Braseno.se College, Oxford, as au open exhibitioner in HX)1, taking th" c!?s&?';il moderations in 1903 with ond-class ¡ honours. The final ciaR?if?I school was ) taken in I'JOo, also with second-class.; honours, and in 190.5 the degree ot B.A. was eon fcr red upon him. lie was made a.n i Mr. Keild was articled in to Mr. Robert E. box, the Town C.erk of Leeds, and passed his final examination i and was admitted as a solicitor' in 1908. From 1909 t71 li 1911 he Mas managing clerk to Messrs. Baker and Cu., so'i tors and Parliamentary agents, West- minister. In June, IDll, he became assistant solicitor to the Swansea Corporation.

ANOTHER DISCOVERY. I Raphael's Masterpiece Believed to have been. Found. What is considered to represent Raphael's greatest nnusterjpiece, La Madonna del la Quereia (tiv virgin of ihc oak-tree-), a picture which has been missing for over a century, has been brought to London under dramatic cir- cumstances. It is housed and guaided night and day in an apartment of the Hotel Cccil. The authenticity of the work is, of course, a matter for the ex- perts. By the discovery cf this ")laoonna" the authenticity h; impugned of the picture in the Prado at }lad, The Pr?do Raphael is s?id to bo nothing but a clet crSy executed copy, whilst the i?w coiner is the Üue orjgmal. According to an expert, it is not un- likely that the new "Madonna" Is an osrly copy executed by one of Raphael's disciples.

r? I LADY MANSEL BETTER. I Lady Mansel ?10 ?as taken jH re-  cently at Swansea is very much better. I

BROW.FORI) RAILWAY DISASTER. I The inquest- on Mr*. ?.Mnnic?)ough?s ?31). hep daughter Margaret (7), and ?1?.H?!pnKni.?)'t«)?.v)<"t.in)s<)tthc Bromford. Bridge railway disaster was I adjourned at Birmingham to-day until February 6.

In the lotery organised in connection with the Rome and Turin Exhibitions, tho grand prize oi {(.nO.flno ha:- hPPll p. on hy the ticket bearing the number 2,094,836.

WELSH PEER. I Unexpected Death of the Earl of Ashburnham J LOSS TO WEST WALES 1 i < It will be learned with general regret I that the death took placc- of the Earl of Ashburnham at two o'clock yester- day afternoon at the Grand Hotel, Palais D'Oisey, Paris. His Lordship been iil for a con- siderable time, but tile end came some- what unexpectedly. Tho deceased peer whs the iiitii Karl of Ashburnham. F:, born in 2S-40 and succeeded to t; v titie in 1878. He married in 1868 Kmdy, daughter of Mr. R. Chaplin. Countess Ashburnham died in IDOO. Thci- only child is Lady Mary Catherine ..i.'arlott-e, born mi I l., .it- l o t t-(?? boi-ii ii h e her 1890, who is a nun. The heir presump- Tivc is the Hon. ^Thos. A.siiburnjiani, deceased's brotheiyfefco Cuptain in the 7th Hussars, who ii-.tve-d in 1^82, and was aide-de-camp to two Viceroys in Ireland. The family estates comprise 4iboitt --1,0U0 acres, situated at Asrburn- ham-plaee, Battle; Barking Hall, Needham Market. SuiTolk; and at I Pembrey. C arm a rthenshire. The late Peer, wi)o w? a Li bc?' w;is chairman (? the British Home Hulc Association in lSbli. Lord Ashburnham, who spent a good deal of time at his couutry house at Pembrey, was very popular in Carmar- thenshire. A considerable portion, of the former lfo.irisbing township of Bnrryvort is on his estate. His title also gives the name to the Ashburn- ham Oolf Club, who link extend across the burrows which bank up above the fine stretches of sand along the CM st lt Burry Port. As Lord ot l the Manor of Pembrey be had a seat i oil the Llanelly Harbour Board, and at I period he personally reprosent-ed the manor on iiv Board. Ho was uni- versally esteennxi for his kindliness and public spirit. The deceased Karl's only daughter quite recentiy renounced the world and entered a convent, the Ash- burnham family being members oi tho Reman Catholic (. hureh. -4 I

HUNG BY HANDKERCHIEF Young AberaYon Man's Tragic I Death I This morning the dead body of 1*1. Henry Jones, aged 1'3, a single man living at lo, Wern-place. Aberavon, was found hanging by a silk hand- kerchief at tho back of his house. Tho body was found by Jus. Da vies, deceased's step-fat her, and it had the appearance of having been hanging there all through the night. The only expla,nation suggested for the d-eed is that deceased had been ill and out of work for eouie time.

COPPER PIT DISPUTE. I Still No Prospects of a Settlement. I The dispute at the Copper Pit colliery at Morriston, .owing to the refusal of the management to give preference to the men over horses in winding, is still unsettled. Mr. John Williams, M.P., who has had the matter in hand for the mCll, has returned to London. The colliery has now been idle tor five weeks, aiid -,so far as can be as- certained, there are no prospects of a settlement.

LATE SERGEANT'S WIDOW. I The death occurred at Swansea on Thursday of Mrs. Jones, the widow of the late Sergeant David Jones, of the Dock Police.. The deceased was about 70 years of

At Villedieu, near Avignon, a miller named Astran. aged fifty, who had been three tunes left a w idower, shot a! young widow who refuved t-o beronve his j fourth Irife aud then committed suicide.

I SIR ALFRED S OPINION' I The Member for Swansea and the Insurance Act. We have already indicated that the ) Insurance Act baa been received with the greatest enthusiasm. Amongst the eminent men who have expressed their satisfaction with the; measure is Sir Alfred Jlond, Bart., tile Member for Sw ansea, who says: The Insurance Act in operation will prove in time to be the most valuable piece of social legislaiioA passed since tlie Poor Law Act in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, j It will not merely give help when it is most needed, but by disclosing to public; knowledge und conscience the weak i spots in our social organisation it- must lead to great amelioration of social con- uitio:is.'

I OUT OF THE WAY. Ingenious German Idea for Pro- j tection Against Bombs, (Renter's foreign ^pccuti.) j Berlin, Tuesday.The newspapers announce that an airship sheu is to be built on Heligoland, of the revolving type, so that it can be w-eci whatever | the direction of the wind. It is to be built in a deep depression called the >bapskuhle, and when needed | for the exit or entrance of an airship it Ni-ili l be raised to the level of the sur- rounding surface. At other times it w ill rest on tho bottom of the depres- i sion, the rcol- bridging the side-s 01 the gap so that tin. situation of the shed will be scarcely perceptible. This is a precaution against the ciroppill" of bombs by aeroplanes sent out from hostile warships.

RETIRING CHIEF. I Public Testimonial for Captain Colquhoun. j As briefly announced in our :;ixth edition, a meeting wili be held at 3.30 on Wednesday next at the I I lc-a Guildhall to arrange for a public testi- monial to Captain Colquhoun, Chief Constable, in recognition, ot his many years of able and faithful servicc to the town. )

JOINT CONFERENCE i JOINT ERENCE t Important Meeting at the Harbour Offices A conference took place at the Swan. ) sea Harbour Oiffces to-day of rp-pl,4,- sentatives of the Trust, the Swansea | Corporation, the London and North Western Railway and the Duke ot Beaufort to consider matters arising out of tho dispute concerning the thirty- I foot loadwav near the West Pier, whidl has boon before the Foreshore Com- mittee and the Council on several occasions Prior to the conference the Sub- committee appointed by the Corpora- tion held a preliminary meeting at the j Guildhall.

SWANSEA ATTENDANCE OFFICER, I Death of Mr. William Bevan. Last night, Mr. "W illiam Bevan, who has for about lid years served as Shooi Attendance Officer, died at his resi- ) dence, 24, Henrietta-street. A fortnight i-go he was strcken down with paralysis, and never recovered. He leaves a widow, and several ehil- dren, one of whom is a teacher in Ter- race-road School.

"RESOURCE, COURAGE, AND ENDURANCE." Mr. Runciman's Telegram to Capt. I Dickinson. Capt. Ernest John Dickinson, of the disabled Furness liner Snowdon Range, has recei\ed following telegram from Sir W alter Runeiman Cordial eongratu- i lations to yourself, officers, and crew. It is pleasant to know that spirit of old time sailors still lives on as indicated by your magniiieent example of resource, ) courage, and endurance, which brings; out the best traditions oi sailors nho lived long I,1;O.) 4 I

THE DOCTOR AND THE ?!?! ??St 11 u. :2£t I ( Is it a 9 i I Art Expert and a Swansea Medico's Painting. CONFLICTING OPINIONS I I Dr. Lom?d? Woo!fson of S> ;ea. j lias annoum-ed hi-; intention of present- ing a. paiilting 01 a hall-nude t.?urp re- I presenting "San Sebastian," which he vjl,c-seiiting SATI S(.l 1-ieI states to be a genuine Meriilo. to the b? hung in t hv sac rod edifice. The painting is hall restored, and its ac- quisition by tire doctor in June. 1911. elicited considerable comment through- out the jirt world. Has a genuine Munlio been picked I up tor a paltry ULI 01 .?Hr" w? the huostion asked. Ihe story oi how this work came into I the docto¡:" han.js js <I .rOJIII:IL_i(' one. ■it appear- that he, accompanied by his t wih\ one day casnaily strolled into the I ^net-ion )o?m-: 01 .Messrs, 1.d(']" ;:nd ?oi?. in S?ns?..u.d?.nv a picturc .vb:ch "? t?'!]\-v"d Co iiiivc boon painted b\ \i\inllo. Ihc picture van i-ut up ¡ iurs;<,? :utd knocked dov.n to r. i. r-' Ito. ilu ])I?'t i I I'e Ni ii ?s -;Ut III) I of a_L>. w hereuj>on t-nat gentleman pro tested that a niis-tjike had been made. He had not "bought this painting. 1 here had bc?n some mistake, and ?o the pK ture was put up again on the following ciay, when no bid was forthcoming. Bought fcr £13. I Subsequently its present posse.sn0;1 acquired the work ior the^ sum mon- j tioi.ed. to till, San Sebastian, j ilan.s .Momling. Italian S< l.o;d." 1t 'a.s one oi a eodoctic.n wincii was d.s- j jiosed oi on the < { (• Us of Mr. Jamc.-> | Stanley Johrist-on iiiinselJ. a line art j dealer and picture restore! lie had I lcr many yr>:irs used the painting, which j \<i:s only half restored, as an aovc-rtise- nient of how tiie cleaning ol jut cures i could be (ion(,. tlj!al pei'ty ol hi.- iaiuily ior iio less pe;d than 7(i y<-ars. «:i<! inid time- aftei tii.io been offered to the principal art j connoisseurs, all oi whom ha<j reiiii.oti I; to purchitse it. Liie. story vros v,d-iy cii-cuh:tc<! at j tne ti.'ite. ar.d ti:;» doctor, m an inte; j view with a L; ju- > represciitativ ■ liaki expressed hi-- indignation at the publicity and winch had bee:, j created, and lie stated that even a mii lion pound s would net buy it: He did j not mean to part with -t in any way to i anyone. j 'I cannot understand why people will pester me with question* and I offers," he had sa i,1. I am not r. cheap-jack. I have an idea about tin. j picture. I bought it, it is mine, aiu.l i am going to keep it. I do not desire anything more said about it." Bur do you cot intend to let i; gi. to the X atioua! Gallery r'- ti I reporter H I'cD);c{i the doctor, "1 .1;;1 worrie<l any more 1 shall bii:-n it. I am beginning to ieci Jicartdy sorry [ ever saw it. Many months have passed, curing which time the painting has adorne^l the doctor's drawing-room in St. James' Gardens. Recently our repre- sentative, at his invitation, inspected • it. together with other works of which Dr. Do Y\ oolfpen is the possessor. It stili remains half restored, and the doctor .expressed the belief that such works were intended for the purpose to which he was going to devote it. (Continued on Page 5.) j

5 30 EnlT,ntl 5.30 EDITION. FURNESS LINER ,,1.1. QueenstoAMi j; I t' nieic..gf says Furness jbier Avala has stistamcd greater damage tiuui Snowdon Range. She is a mass of wreckage lore and alt. SWAN >EA (■ ■" A ED JAN S. Swausea guardians to-day appoint- ed Messrs. Griiffths, Grey, and Jas. Jones to visit Bams!y, CjjeddJeioii, r-i-l T ^ylunis. and. Mr Mitchell to attend Poor Law Confer- ence. in London. FISTICUFFS AT NEATH. In match between Neath Cru- saders and Meiyn Harlequins to-day. linal score was ;f t,-v ai-iece. Just be- fore the end ti^tk-uffs were indulged n. DXfE í ¡¡: 1:( >ND INQUEST. Press Association says although no official anno'.iueeivei.t can be obtained there is eve;-y Vv-n.- e;; to believe new inquest on Mr. Trevanion iviii ?' held at Hove Tc?? H:)N ?H Thursday next. Inquiry expected to last three days.

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