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Our Note Book A Skettv Study in Quagmires— I A Splendid Suburban Fire Brigade-The Cult of the Beautiful and Glamorgan Schools— The Working Man's Magna Charta I The inhabitants of Sketty are in a condition of seething indignation against the Corporation for its COII- tmuexi indifference to the disgraeefultjr dIrty condit 10 n of Eversley-roacf and Frogmore avenue. During the recent rains it has been impossible to alight off the tramcars without ploughing and pudd- ling through pools of water and a veri- j table mud swamp. The 1,?die& are eloquently articulate on the damage done to rlicir cfothing through having (to,jo t,icir (-IoLhijig thi-ou,,Il haviiia there was building proceeding from the corner of Sketty Avenue to that of Frogmore Avenue there w as some ex- cuse for the terrible condition of the road. but now that has ceased there is no shadow of excuse for the mud swamp which does duty for a road. Everybody is asking, "What are the Ward representatives d-illig. General satisfaction is being ex- pressed by the inhabitants of sketty with the smart appearance of, (lIlQ splendid enthusiasm displayed by vie members of the local tire brigade. Since its formation two years ago, excellent progress has been made, and the organisation is now a credit to the pro- moters, to Captain AY. Davies who is in charge, and tho rank and file alike, Perfect coniidence is now being ex- pressed that the personal of the brigade is ready and equal to deal with any emergency which may rise. It is now up to the District Council to see tht the eihcency of the appliances used is properly mainained. A new fire escape is wanted badly, and there are eompjaints that some of the hydrants are out of repair. Prompt attention should be paid to these deficiencies for lire comes "like a thief in the night." # k The Glamorgan Education Comnyttee is supplying, or has supplied, every head teacher in the schools under their jurisdiction, with a reprint of a lecture delivered by Mr. A. T. Davies, secre- tary of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education, on the subject of "The Cult of the Beautiful." Thei-e is something peculiailv piquant about ihe instruction accompanying the book- let, viz., that it should be placed in the schood library," inasmuch as the County Council can be depended upon to make short shrift of any attempt on the part of any simple-minded pedagogue to realise some of the fantastic ideals contained in the ad- dress. Judging by the parsimonious v.*p*; .■> v'litcii th", wails of tile County Schools are adorned—perhaps thinly covere d would be the better c booklet in-oitici be of real utility to thc- cominittee. = £ Future historians will probably refer | to the Insurance Act as the Worker's Magna Charta. Whatever destiny may have in its keeping for the year lOt.'V, it is more than possible that it will be chiefly remarha ble for the inauguration of the greatest piece of constructive statesmanship in tho history of reprc- sensitive government In this country. Probably no measure of social reform has ever met with such a tempest of misrepresentation as this Act. Amid the storms of social and professional prejudices which have encompassed it, the captain of the craft, Mr. Lloyd George, has never once lost courage, but has steered through every difficulty J with indomitable energy and heroic courage. One of its ultimate resulb will be to eradicate from the current vocabulary of the day, that ugly, and often undeserved term of humilation— pauper. To-day I) s Gossip. A joke (?) at the Swansea. Grand Theatre—" Wash your neck, or Lloyd George will put a land tax on it!" Seine remarkable statements are expected at the inquest in connection with a local colliery fatality. The new President of the. Ineorpor- ated Law Society asks for a minimum: fee for conveyancing. But a corrbspon- dent suggests that the putttic would hail the imposition of a maximum fee I will devour the: dfW," said H rtefrndauL who was summoned for keep- illp: a savage animal, at the Police Court. She meant destroy the brute," we presume. A Wind-street bridge philosopher, reading L()a' remedy for sJeepless- on Friday, remarked that he knew of a better May than wetting the back of his flood IN-ILII water. He. preferred to wet the inside of his throat with something with more body in it. The. Swansea Y.M.C.A. "Record" for January, just issued, devotes the bulk of its space to allowing several local gentlemen to wish its readers A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." Rather premature, is it not, Christmas being a long way of, now. =& *• As showiug; th-c scarcity of houses in Swansea, and also the advantages of advertising in the "Leader," a cor- respondent writes to say that cue appearance of his advertisement of a house to let brought no less than seventeen, applicants to his door. A young woman at the Leeds County Court has bn giving hints as to how to tell what a letter is about without ('If it is type- opening the envelope. "If it is type- wi-itt.pii," ,aid she, "it is sure to ba a solicitor's letter." Supposing (iusks our tame lover) the stamp is put on upside down P One police inspector outside the Swan- lea Empire waged war on the ladies' hatpins. As they went in he took out those pins .idl. protmde<) too far, and stuck them in his cap, with the knobs pointing skywards. In a short time he 1)0; ,ii t I ii]I) q Slioi-t time ]I(" deadly weapons which bristled out in every direction.
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TiE BRI, g-,TGtl FLAT. Mr. A. E. Roe Not Perturbed by Recent Events" "NOTHING TO CONCEAL." There i. little fresh to be recorded in connection with the local aspect of the Trcvanion Will Case, except that the friends of Mr. Albert Hoe, to whom the deceased bequeathed practically the whole of his fortune, appear to have been caused much annoyance by the publication in some of the London and other nowspa|>ers of statements which are said to have no foundation in fact. It is understood that while Mr. HG0 was aware of the action taken by the j re I at Ives of -Air. Trevunion to contest the will, he was not informed 01 their iutention to make application to the Divisional Court for directions for the holding of a second inquest. Indeed, it is said that he had om.v heard of the result through the fit t 1.1 (t night before he left for Loudon with a relative. Mr. Roe Not Perturbed. "I can assure you,' said an inti- mate friend of the principal beuehciare, "that Mr. Roe, while still feeling the iosw ot us friend, is net in the least perturbed by recent events. The cir- cumstances concerning his relationship with Mr. Trevaniou, and the extent to which he benefits under the will, were, | as. the '"Leader" has already ex- plained, well known to many people. Mr. Roe lias concealed nothing, lw- cause he has nothing to conceal, and when his story is told, as it will be at the inquest next week, it will be found that what JI r Trcvanion did was by j way of marking Iiis appreciation of the honourable manner in which Mr. Pee had acted in connection with his affairs throughout. It is quite true that overtures wore made with a, view to ,I compromise over the will, and that these were declined on the advice oi Mr. Roe's representatives, who had been fully acquainted with Mr. rire- va.nion's intentions." Mr. Trevanion's Visits. On the occasion of at least one ot his visits to Swansea to see his friend, .M). Troviuiion stayed at the Cameron Hotel. "On the first occasion he pi.- rucd on a Saturday and remained over the week-end," said one of the hotel staff in conversation with a representa- tive of the Lcadt-'t "J am not quite sure about the second occasion, but I l»eiieve he did stay here once later for a single night. I remember him well. The name is not a very common one, and as soon as I read the story in the Leader,' I recollected at once who was referred to. Nir. Trevunion was very affectionate fact, in this respect he was more like a lady. l)urjvr £ his stay here he occupied room No. 219. 1 wont, up to him on one ccca- sion, and was surprised to sec the quan- tity ot powders, puffs and cosmetics he had lying about. It was just like a small chemist's s hop. Mr. Tre-v anion appealed to be of a generous disposi- tion, and was seemingly not a man who 1 dram* much in f¡cct, should say quite the contrary. He wore a watch fast- ened round his wrist, and several rings indeed his fingers were almost covered with them." Blood Poisoning. It was at this tinfe that Mr. Roe was just recovering from the dfects of blood poisoning. Mr. Trevanion went up to Greenhill, and urged his friend to come down and stay at the hotel too, but he declined. The following morning lie, calle,d at the Roe's place | again, and insisted upon his companion ,i(-.(-onipanN-ijig him back to London which he did, the. journey being made by motor. We are, asked to state that it is not. true that Mr. Hoe frequently plied a motor of lat? between t/ondon and Sv.ans?a. "In fact," says a. friend, "he has never motored from f?ndon c-n a single occasion. Nor is it correct to state that he had not- been seen at of late. He visited his mother regularly, and called upon her I last only on Wednesday morning* be- fore he left for London."
SWANSEA M.P.'s ATTEND
SWANSEA M.P.'s ATTEND Lady Boyle's Reception to Allies' Peace Delegates Lady Boyle (widow of Sir Edward Boyle, M.l'.), gave a large reception last night at b3, Queen's-gate to tho Peace De legates llepiteseiiting the | Allies. The house was beautifully de- | corated with laurel wreaths, lilies, and roses and as each delegate arrived tho National Anthem of his oouutry was j played. Lady Boyle was assisted in receiving the guesta by her son, Sir I Edward Boyle. Among the interesting people pre- sent to meet the delegates were the Attorney-General and Lady baacs, Sir Alfred Mend, Sir Samuei and Lady Evans, a-'id Sir David and Lady Bryn- I nior Jones.
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I ABOUT 400 EXCURSIONISTS. i The Swansea members of tho Welsh team v. ero aecordtxl an onthusiastic I lld-off from the High-street Station on Saturday morning Two excursions were run to Cardiff during the morning, and it is computed that, from Llanelly and Swansea bc- tween three and four hundred tickets were booked.
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I of Having just been closed, the amounts of the Hospital Sa.turday Fund (IJOn- don) for 1012 show that £t,Lt).J was I collE'ct«l rluring the Tear. Th)s amount is over ?.?(X' less than that obtained the is oi-t,r L,500 less tl-ia,ii that obtaiticki th(? ?l)t-evious year.
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 THE IRONY OF FATE! i i (" 1.l'nder rartnot1.) Our artist endeavours to depict the feelings cf MR. JONES, of the Mumbles, who finds that, although there is plenty of water overhead, there is still a shortage in the local tap supply. Another argument for accepting the Swansea's Cor- poration's proposals!
!RELEASED.
RELEASED. B.M.A. Members Free to do as | They Like I i HUGE MAJORITY VOTE I HUG-'V, MAJORITY VOT.9 i The representative meeting of the British Medical Association was re- sumed in London this morning. The motion under discussion was that of Dr. Heggi, releasing members of the Asso- i ciation from their pledge not to take service under the Insurance Act. The delegates carried che resolution releasing members from the pledge by 115 votes to 3o. The Press Association understands that the minority was almost entirely oomposed of London doctors, and the London Medical Committee's campaign in the Metropolis will, it is stated, con- tinne in spite of this decks ion.
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-'=-=-=-=-C ¡ FAMOUS IMPRESARIO Death of Mr. J. W. Turner Well- | known in Swansea I YIIlTS TO THE STAR. Old Swansea playgoers will learyi with much regret of the death of Mr. J. W. Turner, the wet-known operatic tenor, which occurred. at his rcscidence Yard Icy Croft, near Birmingham, yesterday, at the age of 6S. :1r. Turner, is a native of Sutton-in- Ashheld, Nottingham, atter touring Iucl"a and China at the early age ot nineteen with a concert party, be made bit. debut on the operutie stage in 1S64 at Melbourne as I'Uvmo in "La Son- nambula." In 1873 he joined the Can Jtoöa Company, and two years later he took an opei-it company to South Africa. After a brief re-engagement with the Carl Rosa he formed his English Opera Company in 1885, and toured the pro- VIIIIDes with it annually until h's paralytic seizure in London three years ago. I i Visits to the Old Star. Mr. Turner was an intimate pets-jnai ffieud both of the lute Mr. George Melville and Mr. Andrew Melville ("Ennn.") For many years J. W. Turner's Operatic Company provided a regular, as well as a most attractive programme at the old S.tar Theatre. The orgnisation consisted of t number of vocalists of reai merit inclu^iing, in addition to Mi'. Turner, who was al- ways a host in himself, Miss Constance Bellamy, Mr. John Rrddmg, and Mr. Walter Gray. The operas performed comprised "Maritana," "Tho Bohem- ianGirl." "La TJraviata," "11 Trava- tora." etc. Mr. Turner was a .great favourite with local playgoers, and although his last visit to Swansea was made nine or ten years ago early in Mr. Coutts's management, he is nevertheless welj remembered. He was also the owner of the Grand Theatre at Birmingham. which he bought from Mr. Andrew Melville. I His son. Victor Turner, who also is an operatic singer, is expected to visit. Swansea in the coming autumn, when he will appear at the Theatre Royal.
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I j The Copper Pit I Dispute. I Work to be Resumed on Tuesday Next A meeting of the ivpresentativog of the workmen of the Morriston Copper Pit and the management took plam at I the Hotel Metropoie, Swansea, this morning at 11.30 a.m. The position was discussed, and, after a long deliber- ation, it was agreed that work should be resumed Oil Tuesday uext upon the lines indicated in t.he discussion, and in the itieautiuje. iuy workmei-i desired by the management for repairing pur- poses should be granted. It is understood tluvt there will be many applications for repairers between now and Tuesday, and that the colliery will be placed in a position to take the whole of the workmen on Tuesday, as far as that is practicable. A meeting of the workmen will be convened for Monday next, at which Mr..John Williams, M.l. will attend to deliver a report as to the negot ia.tiont and the settlement.
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I MYSTERY SOLVED -♦- I Body of Councillor's Father-in- Law Recovered. I This morning, shortly after 0 o'clock? two members of the Harbour PoJicc, P.C. Webber aud P.C. Danaho', re- covered hom the ?orth Dock tti,? booy of a man ?hich was in a very decom- posed state. It may be stated that for days the police had been dragging this dock in the hope of solving tne mystery of the disappearance on December 2atn last 01 Mr. John Griffiths, of Nicholl-street, j who was sawf to have been seen last ia I the vicinity of the North Dock in con- I nection with a visit which he contem- plated paying to Si-udt's show. As soon as the discovery ui the body j became known, Councillor Harry Rogers, sou-m-law of the deceased, hUr- rieu to the scene, and the body was sub- I sequently identified by him as being that of his father-in-law. The body was then conveyed to t.ho mortuary, j where it now lie. awaiting the inquiry. J
I STEEL -SrvIELTERS' EXEcuTIVE.
I STEEL SrvIELTERS' EXEcuTIVE. The iolk>wmg have been elected to represent the South Wales Branches of the Steel Smelters Union u?a the Executive George Davies, Bnt-onÏcn-y; ¡I John Mathias, La?dore; George Mor- gan, EL-bw Yale; Thomas Liewelyn, I Port Talbot,
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After handling a cargo of goat skins at thcLondon docks a man died from ant hrax. Through a mischievous monkey pull- ing some dothch from a line, a fire oc- curred at a South Shields dwelling- house. The animal was badly burned, and his companion, a parrot, wa-s suffo- cated.
BATONS USED.
BATONS USED. Police Have to Persuade Some Excited Irishmen BELFAST SCENES The Press Association's Belfast eor- resp.>ndent telegraphs that street de- monstrations and the lighting of bon- fires on the Fails-ioad, the Nationalist district of Belfast, led to some disturb- ances late last night, but the police arrangements prevented anything 01 the nature of eriolls rioting. One or tw o ugly incidents occurred, and some damage was done to pro- perty, a large number oi piate-giass windows being smashed. While the bonfires were burning on the Falls-road, huge crowds, composed principally of youths and imii girls, paraaed tho streets, carr/iug L Ulon jacks, out so long as they couiu be Kept out of danger the police nad a compara- tively easy time. A Lively Scene. A oonure in Alton-screec attracted the atention ot one of tile many cowd parading the streets, ynd but for the prompt intervention 01 tile pjiioe an ugiy situation would have developed into a very regrettable disturbance. J here was a boci, out, tierce vohey ol the paving stones known as "kidn-b," and several policemen were struck. Head Constable Aloore received rather a. severe wo una on tav ue<u. Not- withstanding  a'? ?!ijtu?, ?1;. Moore pluckdy rH!uam? on uu?. ?ui A cou- sdorable time. in the meiee the police were com- pelled to draw their batons. The ?opie specdtty scattered, on?y to re- assemble m North-street, where they broko several ph?e-??ass wiudo??., ic. cream ?hop of Itahuns ?uiieric? severeb' in this respect. Baton Charges. Again the police moved the crowd ou, and tiley proceeded towards Jttoyai- avenue, where ttley attempted a hanK. movement Oil Lppei Lioiaiy-screei, but j a couple u1 baton cnarges uy the police I proved eilectn e.. Kevoiver shois were frequent ùuriug the evening, but, so far as could be j a-scertainou, no injuries resulted from tins dangerous practice. A crowd several thousand strong col- iectcd uii the Falis-road, and, heaiio d by a drummer, paraded the district, the > progress of the procession being marked oy the repeated d'.seharge of revolver shots. At the corner ot Henry-street and North Queen-street, a fracas took | place, and the police had to separate contending crowds. A constable j was slightly iiijured. The streets were practically clear at midnight, but a large force of police re- mained on duty.
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After falling asleep, a newspaper which Airs. Edwards, aged 75, wife of a pianoforte tuner at Hollow ay, had been reading, fell from her knees into the fire and ignited her clothes. She was fatally burned. When a. Great Western main line train pulled up at Taunton yesterdav. it was discovered that the mutilated body of Ernifst West, a shunter, was on the front of the engine. It is pre- sumed that West met his death just, before the train reached Bridgwater.
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THE USE OF THEi MONEY. 1 f Disendowment. ] t I — j Commons Discuss Allocati. on i of the Funds. I SELSH CHAIRMAN'S VIEW I I 4 d I ■*s exclusively reported III our sixm, House of 'Commons in Committee aean with an amcÙdmènt by Mr. Ormb'y Gore to the Wehli Church Bill, which L? C, I-, t (- proposed concurrent endowments Pnd a C"?l"iu'rcti 1)'rL)po?ial to give a. share of the released endowments to Nonconfoi-nilsts. The hon. member'- rontelltion was that the money should lonly be strictJy devoted to the ad- vancement of the Christian religion in ¡ Wales, and that it was sacrilege to [ secularise the pioperty. Mr. Ellis Griliith pointed out that the early Chun:h was not merely a 1'8-1 C, us I,t-tut-,)Il, but a social elee- mosynary home of hospitality and t2 th6 nursery 01 education. Su David ?rynmor Jones, the 'Yehh Prlt%'? chairman, and other Wefsh members pointed cut that the amend- iueit was impncticahle. There was a genera l eniplia-le lefusal on behalf of the Noncomormists of Wales to receive Church monies. The Opposition were told that Nonconiormists in Wales woulJ. not touch this money on any j terms. Sir David Bryumor Jones stated the latest, concessions oi the Wel-sh Party j to nLet the sentiment of the opponents of the Bill. The Welsh Museum was e-xc!iideli benefit, and the money diverted to the University was all(i(,ated to the benefit of the poor stu- i dent. -1 The Limit. I I The Homo Secretary, who ohs;erH>d I that only if they couiJ g'l unnyor opinion and action would it lie possihle I to accept the amendment, said that- tho I concessions outlined marked the fur- thest extent to which the Government could go toward s meeting the views of the Upposition. I Continuing the debate from the point I at which we went to pres* last night. Mr. Haydn Jones (L.) objected to the lmenJllleul un the ground that it would introduce religious and sectarian strife upon the County Councils. Mr. J. Hinds (L.) declared that the G^ overnment propped in allocate these I j funds in the hc?t possible way. He I I believed in practical religion. Belonging to the Nation. I Mr. Hugh Edwards (L.) said they were told that the funds were jio, i, being used for devotional purposes. and that it was not right to take them away. But, granting that, they ID ittticii- ( Hear, i hear.) They claimed that the monc. !.belonged to the nation, and that it had [ not the right to be used for the de- jvotional purixnses of one sect. TllA.' took their stand upon that. It suggested that the money should be employed in endowing a. theological I faculty in the Nonconformist College, but tha.t would strike at the very root of their position. In elementary edu- cation they objected to any "rt>m" at the expense of public money, and if ithey wore giving these funds to a | college, as proposed, they would apply it, to the very purpose to which tirey objected in regard to elementary edu- cation. (Hear, hear). Three prin- ciples had been put forwa.rd for the equitable alloeition or the liberated funds. The lirsc was that it should not be in relief oi the rates; secondly that the use of the mouey should be in no way offensive to the Church from which it was taken away; and thirdly, that it should be applied to purposes in I (Continued on Page 8.)
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I j < r I Kv wdi of Mrs. Anne Ktiiel Perrm, t M.istoi. :.dow oi Mr. James L. i eriiii ,tobacco manuiaeturer and a director of Messrs. Fran kirn, Davev and Co., Ltd.. the Swansea Hospital benefits to tiio e.e:it of £ 941 a .-•veiiuoiub. "oart »;! a sun: of £ 16,000 tie-ted st It'yt- I 1 ions. i>y iue .wiU oi -Wr IV..iu, who died I I n Lkf L,5(Ki v. as gi\ <- :i to S' a»ea Hospital al t .Ma; eoliiirr.; 1. Cior.dcdkin 2. I\>mnii?ton I j,j11' :00 to ill 11. I.—3 ran. Be.tinff 9 to 4 oa PlorisclV Pride. Final Score: I J:\ L\ I) (', ,1 gn:d: 1 dropped goal. 1 try. .1 WALLS -Nil 0 I I -"1
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