The South Wales Star

FOOTBALL NOTES. [BY THE DRUID. J A few weeks ago, I noted the strange fact that all the losing teams on a particular date failed to score. Strange to say, the very same thing occurred again on Saturday last. By the list below, you will notice that in all the matches not a single point was scored by the losing teams. And you will also notice that in the four drawn games not a point was scored by either side. I see that the Welxh Athlete have taken the liberty of inserting the results of inter-club matches between first-rate Welsh teams." While in Swansea the other Saturday, I also noticed a local paper had made use of it. I don't for a moment object to this; but I think it is only fair they should state the source from whence they sneaked the idea. Strange, it did not appear in a single paper until a few weeks after its appear- ance in this column. I remember an old copy- book heading, 1; Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Anyone who read my notes of last week will remember that I said the Welshmen will get a pretty hot reception." Consequently, I was not surprised to hear that Cardiff had lost, but I was surprised to learn that the Heathens" had ,crossed the Cardiff line five times. I fancy that Cardiff could very well do with almost a new set behind." It is a pity to see a team of such a reputation being constantly vanquished. Oh, for another such crowd as Hancock, Douglas, Simpson, Hill, Stadden, Evans, Bland, and Phillips On Saturday next West Hartlepool pay Cardiff a visit, and considering the fact that a few weeks ago Newport gave the Northerners such a drubbing, there is hope for Cardiff yet. I hear that the visitors will arrive in Gloucester on Friday evening will stay there over night, and will rrive a in Cardiff about eleven a.m. on Saturday. Their team will be something like this—Back, Devine three-quarters, Greaves. Thompson, Mur- fitt, dark halves, Coates and Cooney forwards, Lavelle, Hurworth, Turnbull, Hopps. Pontop, Gibbon, Nicholson and Hughes. ¡¡ Personally, I expect Gloucester will pull off a victory," was my last week's tip for the Glo'ster v. Swansea encounter. My prediction I based upon the fact that both teams were about equal behind," while Glo'ster had the better pack, and judging from the weather, which seems pretty well" settled," I concluded the ground would be responsible for a forward game. Anyone who has seen the citizens play a forward game will soon understand that Swansea—who are a little at sea just at present—were not in the swim." The All Whites are due at Llanelly on Satur- day next, and won't there be some excitement Athough the task seems a big one—well-nigh impossible—I am inclined to think that the Scarlets will, at any rate, not be defeated. Of course, I had no hesitation in concluding that Newport would defeat Moseley. Yet the game was a very good one, and the Black and Ambers" did not have all their own way. The Newport pack are a grand lot this season in fact, so are the backs, and therein lies the secret of the team's success. Graham takes his boys to Salford on Saturday next, and, no doubt, the Lancashire lads will have a high opinion of Newport after the match, that is if the visitors have a full team. The match at Penarth does not call for many comments. It was quite as one side as the score —21 points to nil—would indicate. There is to be another farce on Saturday, when Abergavenny honour the Seasiders with a visit. I hope the homesters will not give a repetition of their selfish play of last week; during the first half it was simply disgusting. Llanelly did well by defeating Penygraig on the Belle Vue Grounds on Saturday last, for the Rhondda lads play terrific game-on their native mountain. The visitors were a trifle the better team in every department, and the score is a good index of the play. Penygraig were assisted by W, H. Thomas, who captained the Welsh team last season, and the Tinplaters" were fully repre- sented. For the homesters, Phillips, Rees, and Thomas were the pick. Penygraig are due at Pontypridd next Saturday to do battle with the Maritime team. The match is looked upon as a fight for the premiership of the Rhondda and the play is sure to be pretty vigorous, to put it mildly. Forward, the teams are well matched but the visitors are, I fancy, a little better than the homesters. The Pontypridd lads made a poor show at Neath and I was a little disappointed, for they had given the 'Quins a good game the previous Saturday. The Neath ground was very heavy, and told against a scientific exhibition. Yet the game was fairly fast and open, and occasionally the homesters showed some good passing. The feature of the game was a grand dribble by Edwards of Neath he took the ball at his toes for nearly half the length of the ground, and scored a try. Neath visit Aberavon on Saturday next, and should manage another victory. They will have a hard fight, as the Afan lads play with rare dash on their own enclosure. I fancy Neath could do with about three good forwards to replace some fossils. It does not follow that a man is always worth his place in a team, even though he at one time played for his country. Bridgend were unfortunate in not being able to put a full team on the field and as Llandaff had a full complement, the homesters were defeated by a try to nil. Radley, who played a fine game right through, scored the try. It was the old, old story. The Bridgend forwards were rather weak, and the backs had any amount of saving to do—and they did it in a splendid manner, too. Bridgend, with a weak team, of course, will journey to Ogmore next Saturday. The game should be an interesting one, and should end in favour of the visitors. The Bridgend three-quarters are playing in excellent form this season, especially Emery and Gregoiy and it is a pity they are not better fed. If they were, the result would be gratifying to the supporters of the club. Cogan had a very rough reception at Whitchurch. It appeared as if the homesters were in for a win, tie. or wrangle and as they could not accomplish the first two, they fell back upon the latter. The referee gave them a touch-down, and they wanted a try. This was a good oportunity for the wrangle" to commence, and it did not end till the Coganites had left the village, for I hear that the crowd actually "accompanied" them, to their dressing-room. Cogan are expecting to have a visit from the Barry and Cadoxton District Club next Saturday, and as Morris' crowd have not yet lost a match, they will, of course, strive hard to keep up their record. I hope the District will be well repre- sented, and a good game will be the result of the meeting. The Llantwit-Major team visited Tondu on Saturday last, and, in spite of the wretched state of the turf. a very good game was witnessed. The forwards were well matched, Tondu having, if any- thing, the pull in weight. The Llantwit captain (R. A. Price) played well for the visitors, and, what is now not always to bo seen, the uttermost good feeling prevailed. Tondu scored a try just on the call of time, and thus secured a well-earned victory. CADOXTON WEDNESDAY ~TEAM V. PENARTH UNITED.—These teams played at Cadoxton to-day, the visitors winning by 2 tries (1 disputed) to 1 try. THE TONDU v. MORRISTON MATCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE-SOUTH WALES STAR. SIR.—Kindly allow me a small space to con- tradict Druid in his notes of the match played between Tondu and Morriston. He states that the score was Morriston one goal three tries to one try. The correct score was Morriston one goal two tries to one goal. One of the tries was dis- allowed after the match according to rule 16. He also states that Tondu had their usual team, and that Morriston were minus four of their regulars. Tondu were without the services of six of their usual team. viz.. E. Lloyd (back), H. Thomas and T. Lockwood (three-quarters), and T. Power, C. Maloney, and D. Grogan (in the pack), which shows that Tondu were poorly represented. Hoping that Druid will be more accurate next time,— I am, &c., E. HOPKIN, Hon. Sec. Tondu Football Club. SEASON 1891-92. Results of inter-club matches played between first-class Welsh teams up to and including Satur- day, December 12th, 1891 :— A win counts 2 points; a draw 1. — — w- rJi • 5 01 -3 53 £ -t E NAME OF CLUB ? » Q £ >5 ?, S 3h a e-t f? £ 0 M 1 Newport 5 3 0 2 8 80 2 Swansea 7 4 1 2 10 71 /"Cardiff 7 2 2 3 7 50 J Penarth 6 3 3 0 6 50 3) Quins 4 2 2 0 4 50 V Llanelly 7 3 3 1 7 50 4 Neath 8 2 5 1 5 31 5 Penygraig. 6 1 4 1 3 25 Results of principal matches played on Saturday December 12, 1891, on the ground of the first- 11 named clubs SCORE. TEAMS. WINNER. REMARKS. FOR. AGAINST. O. T. (J. T. _1 Blackheath v. Cardiff Blaclchcath 1 4 Cardiff backs out-classed (xlo ster v. Swansea Grlo'stcr 1 — — Swansea forward played poorly Newport v. Moseley .Newport 1 2 Newport has an unbeaten record Penarth v. Skewen Penarth 3 3 Penarth were minus Morgan, Garratt, Rowles, Young, and Jackson Penygrail1; v. Llaiielly Liar,elly 1 — \y. H. Thomas, last year's Welsh (Japtam, played for Penygraif Neath v. Pontypridd Neath 1 4 — Visitors completely out-classed Bridgend v. Llandalf Llandaff — 1 — Bridgend weakly represented Cardiff "A" v. Cardiff Star Cardiff "A" 1 1 Losers played an excellent gamo Maritime v. Morriston Draw. — — Ground in a wretched state Pontardawe v. Brecon Draw — — Davies played excellently for Pontardawe Whitchurch v. Cogan Cogan — 1 — Whitchurch men refused to accept Ilcferee's decision Pontyclown v. Caerphilly Draw — — — Home team had best of the game Abergavenny v. Newport A Draw; Visitors had best of the game Kymin v. Newport Y.M.F.S Kymin 1 1 — Kymill forwards played a good game Blaina v. St. David's St. David's 1 2 — St. David's played a grand game Tondu v. Llantwit Tondu 1 Tondu were minus several men I j

MID-KHOffDDA GLEANINGS. [BY MIRZA.] A most extraordinary incident has taken place in Mid-Rhondda at Trealaw-station. It seems that a consignment of cattle, pigs, and sheep all in the same van arrived there Friday night last. In the morning when the officials went to unload the van they found only the skin and bones of three sheep they having been eaten up by the pigs, whose mouths were besmeared with blood. Whether hunger or other cause impelled the pigs to prey on the sheep is a question, but there is no doubt about it, that animals suffer greatly in transit from one place to another. I myself have seen cattle so crowded that one heifer having managed to put its head down, impaled its neigh- bour with its horns. I hope our friends the butchers, during the great demand for Christmas beef and mutton, will so arrange matters that the animals will suffer as little as possible in transit, for I have more than once known bullocks to be shot at the terminus, having become wild in the railway van. Last Sunday week Principal Prys, of Trevecca College, preached at Seion Methodist Chapel. The Chapel was overcrowded, and the sermons worthy of the preacher. All who heard the discourses were delighted, and fervently wished him long life to serve his denomination, his country and nation, and his God. There is a movement on foot in Mid-Rhondda for establishing a general library and reading room. There was one established many years ago, but it was transferred to Llwynpia, where a free site was given to the institution, which is now an established success. It is felt that there is such a bulk of population in Trealaw and Tonypandy unprovided for, that it is deemed ex- pedient to try and get something of the kind established somewhere in the centre of these two places. The floods again have done considerable dam- age. The storm of Sunday morning was excep- tionally severe, and slates, tiles, chimney pots, and the like were tossed about by the rude Boreas pretty freely. Happily, with the exception of houses flooded on the ground floor, heaps of delwis deposited on the roads, and the bursting of a few drains, no accident has occurred here. The epidemic of measles is abating, but influenza is considerably on the increase, and the doctors are kept in full employment.

NOTES AND NEWS FROM PONTYCYMMER. There is not much news this week but that the weather is very wet and stormy. The wind blew almost a hurricane on Sunday. Some slates and tiles were displaced, and some trees were blown down. The damage is slight, considering the severity of the storm.. There was a confirmation in our church last week, and I am told that one of those who knelt to receive the laying on of hands by the holy father tho following day laid his hands on a fellow work- man so vigorously that he left marks on the physiog. of the other in the shape of cuts and bruises. Punishment—he got the sack. .I was, or am, confirmed too, not by the bishop but by observation. I am confirmed in this, that the South Walrs Star will soon be the leading weekly in the Principality. We should like it better still if there was a little more in it about the miners and coal crisis. There are many elections within measureable distance to us. There is the School Board, the Local Board, the County Coun- cil, and the General Elections almost at the door. Well, what of that? Well nothing, only the Liberals of Garw Valley are gone asleep, perhaps in carnal security or they have lost all faith, for one of the leading Liberals of Pontycymmer said, in a meeting on Monday night, that he had lost all hope of getting Home Rule or Disestablish- ment. 0 thou of little faith; wherefore dost thou doubt. We want the Liberal Association reorganised and reconstructed. Let the miners' District Meeting do their private business, but let the Liberal and Labour (if you like) Association be thoroughly representative, where every Liberal -whatever his trade may be—can meet to talk over public matters. Rouse from your slumbers, lest these elections come upon you like a thief. Now I must say a few words to my friends on the Local Board, but I am almost afraid, my hand trembles—not because I dread the Board as a body, but because they have such a gallant defender at Bryncethin. 1 hope he will draw his pen lightly over me when I call the attention of his clients to the state of the pavements in some places in Ponty- cymmer. Not far from the Bank House there is a pool of water from four to five inches deep. Nearly opposite the Methodist Chapel the pave- ments are more like stagnant pools than anything else. Has the walking ganger no eyes. Rates are high enough, and we pay enough house-rent to claim dry feet on the pavement, besides the uneven- ness in other places. Blaengarw is 200 years before Pontycymmer in pavements. Last Saturday night the artizans of the Ffaldau Colliery presented Mr. G. H. Rule, late mechanic at the colliery, with a beautiful oil painting of himself and Mrs. Rule, together with a beautiful address. The chair was taken by Mr. Eastbourne.

A JUST LAXD LAW. [BY ARTHUR J. WILLIAMS. M.P.] II.—FOR THE LABOURERS. No land law can be ajustlaw which is not just all round. Where a man has bought land, or has come into it through ownership of land by descent from those who have bought and paid for it, a just law would not interfere with him so long as he occupies it and does his duty by it. Even if he will not occupy it and till it himself, a just law would take care that he shall be paid a fair rent for it by the farmer. And HETIB THE LABOURER COMKS IX. For the wages of the labourer are a very impor- tant matter when the settlement of the rent is to be made. In the Wrxictn Mail articles on Agri- cultural Depression in South Wales" there is a general complaint that the increased price of labour has much to do with the dilSculties of the farmer. One farmer looks back with regret to the day when he could get labourers for ICs. per week, the wages at this moment paid in large agricul- tural district? Of England I I vm glad to think that we can hover, fnddr any circumstances, return to this in Glamorganshire. No land lavy will bo just which does not make it impossible throughout the kindgom. This will be done to a large extent, if those who are responsible to the people in each county do their duty, in adjusting rents, for it will soon be found that nothing will be gained by screwing an extra shilling," as Mr. Tray lor. of Underdown, well puts it. out of the labourer." For whether a sliuing-scale is adopted or not, the rate of wagss will, of course, be always taken into account in fixing a fair rent. There is probably no part of South Wales where the relief thus afforded to the farmer would be greater than in Glamorganshire. But if the new land law is not to be to sham, PO far as the farmer is con- cerned, it must do justice to the labourer by sweeping aw?,y the pr??ent sham Allot- ment Acts, and giving him a roally easy and cheap means of getting what land he wants on fair terma. We Radicals don't ask for charity. We only ask—as we asidd in the House of Com- mons when the Bill was passing-for fair play. This we are going to get. TEE LA30""22ITI' COI-TFESEKCE. I made a spscial journey to London to attend the conference which has settled this. Never was a more striking gathering than that at the Memorial-hall, except the breakfast next day at the Hoiborn Restaurant. It did my heart good to hear the men speak. Short. spicy, pithy speaches—full as an egg of sense and humour. They know what they want, and w:ll have it. At the breakfast n"i: day I sat waiting for the dear mannext to a sturdy peasant from Xorth Derbyshire. He had just joined heartily in the impressive doxology. A good breakfast," said I truly. "Beautiful," said he. u It ain't often tha.t audi as I enjoys one of tb.3 sort. So much variety of things." Then we talked of the great subject. "Ah," he said, "we arc nigh getting it now." and he went on to explain, with great shrewdness and some hu- mour the state of things in his part of the country. It was the same old story. The Tory Allotment Acts there, as everywhere else, had never been put into operation. How could they ? Just let me go through the different Acts of THE SOLH3IX ALLOTMENT FARCE. First, six electors cr ratepayers must join in a representation to the sanitary authority that the circumstances of the district aro such that it is the duty of the sanitary authority to take proceedings," Then the sanitary authority is to take such re- presentation into consideration. Second, they must satisfy themselves, by inquiry or otherwise, that there is a demand for allotments. Then they must satisfy themselves that allotments cannot be obtained by voluntary arrangements ¡ between owners of land and the applicants. Having satisfied themselves on these points the sanitary authority must then try to buy or hire suitable land. If they cannot do this they must advertise in some local newspaper, deposit plans, and serve notices on owners of land just as if they were going to make a railway Having done this they may petition the County Council to make a provisional order, authorising them (the sanitary authority) to go on. The t County Council may either dismiss the petition or direct a local inquiry. After all this the County Council may grant the Provisional Order. But when they have got as far as this the Local G-ovamment Bo&rd must be asked to bring a Bill into Parliament to. confirm the order. This Bill may be opposed just like a railway Bill. And all this in order to oblige a landlord to let labourers occupy a few acres at a reasonable rent! Wa Liberals protested against these foolish and unjust restrictions, and declared that they would make the Aot unworkable. We were quite right. There have actually been only two cases of compulsory purchase since the Act was passed. In one case the Countess de Rechberg, who owned all the land in the parish of St. Faith's. Norwich, suitable for allotments. refused to let the labourers have any on any terms. For nearly three years she kept the labourers out. She fought the Board of Guardians. She fought the County Council. They were obliged to go to Parliament for an Act to compel her. She opposed it at vast expense. But she had to give the land. The costs of getting the 14 acres, how- ever, far exceeded its freehold value, for they came to at least £1,494! Yet Mr. Ritchie, the President of the Local Government Board, said in tlie House, when we objected to all these disgraceful restrictions, "that the whole procedure of the Board was trry simpls ami inrx[>r»sirr ]" At the li Labourers' Conference" last week we made it quite clear that the next Liberal Govern- ment will alter this, and they will do so in the following sweeping manner. PARISH COUNCILS. Instead of the Board of Guardians, each parish —or, where they are very small, two other parishes—will have a real Parish Council, the members of which will be elected for three years by the people. It will meet in the evening, when working men can attend. It will have the right to use for its meetings the room of any school -which receives a public grant, without asking the leave of any one. This real people's council will manage the affairs of the parish. Lord Salisbury gave himself away the other day when he said with his usual sneer when he talks of the poor—or, as lie would call them, the lower classes "—that he thought a circus was what the villagers wanted. They will have plenty to do in our villages when they get their Village Councils, which would be much more interesting than a circus. Of course, the present Allotment Acts will be made what we wanted to make them when thev were being thrust down our throats. The Parish Council will be able to go to any landlord and say, We have 30 cottagers who want some land near the village which belong to you. There are 40 acres. They must have allotments. We will pay you the full rent you are now receiving- for it. He will not be able to say, I won't let you have it," as the Countess said. He must give some good reason. If he says the rent is too low, or that it will spoil his grounds, or offers other land equally convenient, and the Council still insist, he will be able to bring his case before the District Coun- cil. so that he will be protected against any injustice, whilst he will not be able to put the Tillage to needless expense. His rent will be safe, for he will have the security of the rates. But he will not be able to extort two or three times the rent he ""ets from his tenants, as is now so often done wheu landlords are good enough to allow the labourer a few acres for allotments. I should be glad if a couple of labourers could go up and see for themselves—(what Sir. Gladstone so well de- scribed in his speech)—how much comfort and plenty these allotments have brought to the tenants on Lord Tollemaohe's estates in Cheshire. It is true he was an old Tory. But he only did of his own accord what every owner of land should be bound to do, and will be bound to do before long. PARISH CHARITIES. Then again the people will have the charities in each parish put under the management of men elected by themselves, so that they may be used for the good of all without favour. Facts have come out in the inquiry which has been made in Denbighshire, which show how greatly this is wanted. I can only mention the many other important matters which these Parish Councils would look after. They would see that the Commons were kept for the people—that the public footpaths were not closed. They would be able to buy land at a ¡ reasonable price, and build on this land village- halls for meetings and reading-rooms to which libraries would be opened to all, just as our schools 1 are now open to all, free of cost. I need scarcely say that when these Parish Councils are formed they will take into their bands the MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS and this great grievance in Nonconformist Wales will be for ever swept away. j I look back with some pride to the speeches which I made in every village throughout the i Yale when I stood in IS85, and remember that there is not one of these reforms which I did not claim as the work the Liberal party would in due time carry ont. But as I began so I end this article. A just Land Law must be just all round. I should like, therefore, to show how, in my • judgment, it can be made just to those who dwell in town as well as in the country.

THE FACTS OF HISTORY AND THE TORY PARTY. f lu some of our racent issues, Mr. Arthur J. Wil- liams, M.P.. has been asking.What have the Tories done for the people"In an excellent leader which recently appeared in the ilvcc<:>i and lludnoi• a very good answer to the question is given. Mr. D. E. Williams, J.P., of Hirwaun, was so impressed with it that he has induced the Breconshire Liberal Association to publish it in pamphlet form, a copy of which he has very kindly sent us. In a letter that accompanies the pamphlet, Mr. Williams says, It is intended that good use will be made of the pamphlet at the coming election of members of the County Council and at the Parliamentary contest, which must soon follow. I do not at all fear the result of the contest when it comes, as Mr. Arthur Williams' seat is quite secure, but I shall be very sorry to sec Mr. Arthur Williams' majority diminished." We have much pleasure in commending to the notice of our readers the following extract from the pamphlet:— THE FACTS OF HISTORY ARE DEAD AGAINST THE TORY PARTY. Who gave us free worship The Liberals. Who gave us free speech and a free Press The Liberals. Who abolished negro slavery in the Brinish pos- sessions The Liberals. Who freed the country from the tyranny of the press gang ? The Liberals. Who freed the Army from the trammels of the purchase system The Liberals. Aye who freed our soldiers and sailors from the degradation of Hogging! The Liberals. Who commenced the great era of electoral reform by passing the great Reform Bill of 1832 The Liberals. Who estab- lished reformed government in the towns The Liberals. Who protected the working man's and the agricultural labourer's and the small trades- man's vote by means of the ballot ? The Liberals. Who repealed taxes on corn, windows, glass, eoap, J candles, butter, cheese, eggs, and riceThe Liberals. Who made the surplus, with which the Sugar Duties were abolished in 1874.' The Liberals. Who freed from duty a thousand articles now used in domestic life and trade ? The Liberals. Who resisted the Tory efforts to impose a van and wheel tax, and then to tax sugar at the bidding of foreign powersThe Liberals. To which party are we indebted for the introduction of penny postage, the half-penny book and news- paper post, the pillars post. the parcels post, and sispennv telegrams ? The Liberals. Who gave us cheap literature, and repealed the duties on paper, newspapers, and ad- vertisements ? The Liberals. Who passed the National Education Act of 1870, giving us school boards, and thus diminishing ignorance and lessoning crime and pauperism The Liberals. Who are the sworn enemies of the school board system The Tories. And in the sacred cause of religious liberty, did the Tories ever take the initiative in giving equal freedom to Noncon- i'ormists and CatholicsCertainly not, they have ever been trying to re-fasten the chains of civil and religious disabilities upon the necks of bcth. The Tory idea of religious education is to teach their own peculiar sect tenets, and to dis- parage the principles taught by the great Free Churches. The Tories had no hand in removing the disabilities of Nonconformists and Jews they had neither part nor lot in opening our national universities to all religions they fought tena- ciously for the retention of Church Rates, and against the right of marriage in Nonconformist of worship and so long as they could do so, until the voice of Christian charity and fair- play overwhelmed them, they refused the right of burial to Nonconformists in the parish church- yards. The above forms show such a crushing and overwhelming indictment against the Tory policy that it will take the combined efforts of all the gentlemen conjurors, the performing dog owners. the sentimental songstresses, the universal pur- veyors of light refreshments and the votaries of the light fantastic, that can be pressed into the Primrose service, to shake the fidelity of all true thinking men and women. Politics and religion are inseparable. Both minister to our highest ideals of life the one is the hand maiden of the other, and the great social, and political, and religious questions of life must be faced bravely. Men who are of an opposite way of thinking must not be socially cast out by their opponents; men .must cease from dogmatising that they possess the truth, and that their opponents are shrouded in error. No; this sort of argument might have suited William the Conqueror and his band of Norman spoliators. It will not suit the exigencies of present-day life. Our Conqueror, and the greatest social benefactor of his. age. is William Ewart Gladstone, with whose life and work many of the above majestic reforms are indelibly associated. To call us waverers for putting our trust in this Grand Old Man, is only insulting the intelligence of the electorate of Breconshire. We have trusted him for 50 years or more; and we will trust him in the future, and when his local representative, Mr. W. Fuller Maitland, visits our county, he will receive such a warm reception that the Tories will see it is hopeless to despise us, and to insult us, and' that they had better fight their losing battle with clean weapons. Money will not buy a Tory victory now it might have done so half a century ago patronage will not shut the mouths of the people now, as it did in ages gone by. We cannot do better than conclude in the words of Mabon, spoken the other day at a great labour demonstration :—" Those who opposed working men were the Tories the Tories had used their political power to ease their own personal responsibilities, and working men must see to the amelioration of their own condition the power was in their own hands, and justice demanded that they should use it moderately, but consistently, for their own im- provement."

LLANTWIT-MAJOR NOTES. Conservatism at Llantwit-Major is looking up, after a long spell of nothintr to read. The com- mittee of the reading-room have again speculated on one daily paper, the Western Mail. The coming visit of the ever-future member has pos- sibly given them a spur. Will someone lighten our darkness on these dark winter nights, for we fear that our Lighting Com- mittee have joined the seven sleepers for the winter. It is a shame for the town that, after the generosity shown by Mr. John Beavan and others in furnishing the town with lamps, that tho in- habitants allow them to remain unused. We shall not hear again the cry of depression in agriculture, for, according to the Western Mail, one landlord has generously given a brace of birds to each of his tenants. Mr. John Gunn, the renegade Liberal, is likely to accompany the Jubilee Knight on his coming visit to this town. Will Mr. Gunn, like the hon. sec. of the Liberal Association (Mr. Forrester), declare himself a Liberal, and wish to die a Liberal, cr will he join Mr. Chamberlain, and politely declare that he never wishes to again unite with his former friends It is to be feared that, having started on the down grade. Mr. Gunn will find it difficult to stop until he finds himself in the bottomless pit of Tory prejudices, having pared the way with good intentions.

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