The South Wales Star

SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. GREAT DEPRESSION IN THE RHONDDA. A Rhondda mining correspondent writes :— For the past few weeks the coal trade in the various localities in the Rhondda Valley has been declining, and during the past week some of the largest pits were idle four days, and thousands of workmen were out of employment. The Ocean, the Ferndale, and the Glamorgan Collieries are working very irregularly. The output of the Ocean pits is annually over 2,000,000 tons, that of the Ferndale collieries over 1,000,000 tons, and the Glamorgan collieries' output is not short of 800,000 tons yearly. No. 6 pit, belonging to the latter company, which was stopped about three weeks ago, is still idle, and it it stated that operations will not be re- sumed there again as heretofore. Eight hun- dred workmen were employed, but about 200 of them have been engaged in the pits belong- ing to the company. A large number of the men thrown out of work are daily seeking employment at various collieries in other parts of the valley. Notices to terminate contracts have been posted at the Dinas Colliery, where about eight or nine hundred colliers are employed. It is rumoured that the men at these works will be thrown out of employment at the expiration of the notices. It is stated that the cause of the great slackness of work and the stoppage of the large pits is not known even among the subordinate officials con- nected with the works. Some of the experienced miners are of opinion that the Ocean Collieries and other large pits in the district, are affected in consequence of the Companies being unable to obtain the prices they demand in the making of large contracts for the supply of coal for a certain period. The Coedcae Collieries have been practi- cally at a standstill since Tuesday, and the 2,000 men employed in and about the works have been nearly all idle.

SOUTH WALES LIBERAL FEDERATION. RESOLUTION ON THE DISES- TABLISHMENT. In reference to the meeting of the Executive of the South Wales Liberal Federation, which took place at the Reform Club, Cardiff, on Monday afternoon, the following is the corrected text of the resolution which was passed :—" That Messrs. Principal Edwards, Pontypool William Thomas, Whitland; T. J. Hughes, Bridgend; Alderman G-wilym Evans, Llanelly the Rev. Aaron Davies, Pontlottyn and A. H. Thomas, Llansamlet, be appointed to attend on behalf of this Federation. That in appointing the aforesaid gentlemen to the committee in question, this Executive Committee most earnestly desires to have it fully understood that it is not in the least their intention to relieve the Government from the duty made obvious by the late elections in the Principality ef themselves preparing and intro- ducing in the next session of Parliament a Bill for the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales.

MR. T. E. ELLIS, M.P., AND THE WELSH LAND QUESTION. Mr. T. E. Ellis, M.P., in reply to a correspondent upon the Welsh land question, writes from Cyn- lais, Corwen, as follows :—" You will see my views upon the urgency of the Welsh land question, the need of a land court, and of a thorough reform in the report of the debate on the second reading of the Welsh Land Bill on March 16, 1892. lam not without hope that a Welsh Land Commission may soon be appointed to inquire into and report on the agoarian condition of Wales. I trust that their report will become a charter of Welsh land and rural reform."

LLANTWIT-MAJOR NOTES. FBY PELAGIUS.] We hope that the reprimand given by the Ceroner (Mr. E. B. Reece) at the inquest on the poor man who was killed last week by the careless driving of a horse going to the fields, will have the effect of checking this dangerous practice, and also of allowing horses to roam about the town with- out halters. Colhugh Meadow on Sunday last was the scene of an innovation in the manner of spending a Sunday in the Principality, which we hope will not become common. In France such scenes are observed every Sabbath, but hitherto, at any rate, we have not witnessed rustic sports on Sunday in Wales. Sack racing, egg and spoon contests, or flat racing is not likely to prove a very profitable advertisement to the management of the Cardiff theatres, at least as far as the respectable members of society are concerned: while it will still further prejudice people who on principle object to all theatre-going, and will tend to undo the efforts of Irving and others who have done so much to elevate the drama.

QUOITS. LLANELLY v. BARRY. An interesting quoit match was held on Satur- day last between Llanelly and Barry on the ground of the former. There was a good number present, and the game ended in a victory of 50 points for the home team. The scores were as follow :— LLANELLY. BARRY. T. Roberts 21 M. Martin 7 B. Davies 12 T. Ward 21 J. Naylor 21 D.Morgan 13 D. Gray 21 F. Ellingsworth. 18 George Beynon 21 F. Ewen 17 D. Harries" 21 T. Davies. 6 J.Morris 21 J.Owen 15 E. Hughes 21 T. Owen 12 Total .159 Total 109

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OUR PUBLIC MEN. fBY DARIUS DARE.] II. JOHN CORY, C.C., J.P. If Dr. Smiles undertook to write another book as a supplement to his work on Self-help," the career of John Cory, of Vaindre Hall, Newport, and Porthkerry Park, Barry, would be mentioned as one of the most remarkable instances of what pluck, honesty, and shrewdness can do for a man starting life with few aids to success, except brains and a capacity for business. During the 65 years of Mr. Cory's life a great change has come over the conditions of Welsh life. When his father used to trade with Cardiff from Bideford in some small vessels Cardiff was comparatively a small, obscure township the fame of Cardiff coal had not penetrated to the uttermost ends of the world, and the port of Barry was a thing of the future. After some years spent in trading, Captain Cory, as Mr. John Cory's father was popularly called. settled down in Cardiff and opened a store for supplying small vessels in connection with the Glamorganshire Canal, í The two sons, John and Richard, joined their father in business for a time, then siarted a business of their own in coal selling, as agents for Wayne's coal. After- wards they engaged in shipbroking and coal shipping. Their business grew gradually and steadily, and a company was formed under the name Cory Bro3.. Ltd. and their registered office in the docks is one of the finest in the ccuntry. They discerned the growing importance of Cardiff, and the expansion of its export trade. But the great secret of their success is the opening of depots for Cardiff coal in all parts of the world. They are the owners of large collieries all over Glamorganshire, and the firm exports an average of two million tons per annum. The keen eye of John Cory foresaw the advantages and the future possibilities of Barry Dock, and he became one of the largest shareholders and a director of one of the most successful undertakings of recent years. To rise from a position of comparative iinsignific- ance to be one of the wealthiest men in Wales is evidence of a great career. But the name of John Cory, great, though it is in the commercial world, has other and greater claims to fame and to the remembrance of posterity than merely that of a successful business man. Theologians assert that there are three parts to a man's nature, the moral, spiritual, and physical. To amass money is, after all, not the chief end of a man's life. It has been, and is, one of the worst faults in the English character to estimate every- thing by its money value. It is against this Philistinism that Ruskin, and Carlyle, and Matthew Arnold have written it is against this also, though under another name, that Whitfield and Wesley, and our own great Welsh reformers have preached. "Xow," wrote Ruskin, having no true business, we pour our whole masculine energy into the false business of money-making." Posterity will remember the name of Mr. John Cory as one who in amassing money did not forget the claims of others, and who, when in possession of all that can make this life beautiful and easy, had compas- sion on the hard lot of others, and forgot not the toiler, the poor, and the fallen. Mr. Cory is one of the most generous men in the kingdom. He is not a believer in the indiscriminate charity that de- grades while it relieves the recipient. But every genuine cause finds in him a most generous sup- porter. He is not one of those lazily good- natured men who give because it is easier to do so than to refuse. When ho gives, it is because he feels for the object of his charity, and because he looks upon himself only as a steward put in pos- sion of his vast wealth and responsible for its being put to good use. To mention his generosity to the Wesleyan body, of which he is a member, to the Y.M.C.A., to the National Council of which he is a vice-president, to the cause of education and of temperance, would take up more space than is at my disposal. No good cause will ever fail if Mr. Cory can help it to succefed. He takes a lively interest in all the causes to which he subscribes. The reports of societies of which he is a member are regularly sent to him, and he keeps them by for reference. He is not content to give money only, but he is ever ready to help with his presence at meetings, and with his keen business accumen. He has been indefatigable in his endeavours to make Barry a lifeboat station, and he is now within measurable distance of success. Ever since he was 21 years of age Mr. Cory has been a member of the Wesleyan body, and he is one of the most generous donors towards the organisa- tions and institutions of that connexion. It was mainly through his liberality that the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, the brother of the clerk of our Local Board, commenced the London West End mission. At Vaindre, where he resides during ° .——————————————————————— I winter, Mr. Cory conduct? services regularly in the Wesleyan Chapel, and preaches almost every Sun- day evening. He also conducts a Bible Class and keeps a colporteur in connection with the chapel. At Barry he is known as the chief sup- port of the Seamen's Mission; and as a generous subscriber to the Temperance Cause. With the objects of the Vigilance Association he is in thorough sympathy, and he has now and then taken the chair at some of their meetings. In- deed, it would be hard to mention a single cause or institution whose object is the moral or spiritual advancement of the people, which is not actively and munificently supported by Mr. Cory. The only public body at Barry of which Mr. Cory is a member is the Looal Board, who?e first chairman he was. He is generally conspicuous I at the meeting of the Board by his absence, and there are a few ill-conditioned grumblers who make his frequent absences a grievance. I believe, llOwevfer, if one or two more would imitate Mr. Cory's example in this respect the business of the Board would be far more efficiently conducted. Not but that Mr. Cory's absences are a real loss to the Board. He, like General Lee, is above suspicion of self-seeking—which is more than can be said of all our members, and his presence would act as a useful check on some who are inclined to subordinate the good of the district to their own selfish interests. At the meetings of the Board Mr. Cory seldom speaks-again an example to be imitated-but when he does speak, he is always terse and to the point. He does not play up to deputa- tions of ratepayers, nor does he succumb to clamour simply because it is for the movement popular. He is fair, judicious, and just: All his actions are regulated by principle, not by the expediency of the moment. His presence on the Board adds a weight and a dignity to it which would otherwise, to a great extent, be wanting, and that he may long consent to sit on the Board is the earnest hope of everyone who has the future of the district at heart. Whatever may be said of the other Barry directors, it cannot be said of Mr. Cory that he has been neglectful of the moral responsibility that rests on him as one of the men who have called Barry into being. He is interested not only in the dividend of the company, but in the moral and spiritual welfare, and the physical comforts of the people of Barry. In politics Mr. Cory is a thorough and conscien- tious Liberal. Though he is keener on Disestab- lishment than on any other measure of reform, he is sound on every part of the Newcastle Pro- gramme. He has been repeatedly asked to stand for Parliament in the Liberal interest but hitherto he has been unable to give his consent. He was returned to the first Glamorganshire County Coun- cil as the representative of the Barry Division, and was then promoted to the aldermanic Bench. When Councillor Meggitt, in the March of this year bloomed out into aldermanic dignity, Mr. Cory, who was one of the retiring aldermen again became the councillor for this division. In spite of the loveliness of Vaindre Hall and the commercial attractions of Cardiff, Barry is Mr. Cory's favourite place of residence, and he is never happier than when entertaining the Nursing Association at Porthkerry Park, once the residence of the Romilly family. As he was Barry's first representative in the County Council, we all hope that Mr. Cory will live to be Barry's first representative in Parliament. NOTICE. Next week will appear a character sketch and portrait-block of Mr. John Robinson, M.Inst.C.E., the Chairman of the Barry and Cadoxton Local Board..

ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT WESTERS COLLIERY. 1,200 MEN RENDERED TEM- PORARILY IDLE. On Monday the blasting engine of the Jubilee Vein workings at the Great Western Colliery, Pontypridd, burst, and 1,200 men were temporarily thrown out of work.

Although the Yienmt Exhibition has attracted much attention from .English, French, Italian, and German visitors, the Viennese themselves are said to have treated the whole affair with marked in- difference, much to the annoyance of Princess de Metternich, to whose initiative the holding of the exhibition was in great measure due.

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DANGERS OF SPORT. IMPORTANT TO FOOTBALLERS AND CYCLISTS. INSURE AGAINST RISK! Some time ago a young man named Edwards nearly met with a serious accident near Cadoxton while out cycling. This only illustrates how great is the danger attached to every form of out-door sport and amusement. Even now, when safety bicycles are so much used, a considerable amount of danger is inseparable from the popular pastime of cycling. The danger to which every player of Football -especially under the Rugby rules-is open lends, indeed, attraction and excitement to the game, but it, no doubt, deters many a poor man who can ill afford to be laid up with a fractured arm or leg from indulging in that healthy and invigorating game. In view of this the promoters of the SOUTH WALES STAR have determined to introduce a novel departure which will, we believe, not only com- mend the paper still more to the public, but which will prove of inestimable benefit to our local Cyclists and Footballers. To every person who has sustained an injury twhich will result in fracture of an arm or leg while engaged in playing football or while cycling will be paid the sum of £ 5, provided the person so injured shall be the owner of the SOUTH WALES STAR for the current week, containing an Insurance Coupon with his usual signature written in ink thereon. RAILWAY AND STREET ACCIDENTS. This Coupon Insurance will also cover all accidents which may happen to the owner of the current SOUTH WALES STAR, while a passenger on any Railway, Steamboat, Tramway, Omnibus Street, or on any Public Road within the United Kingdom as a PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL. This Coupon Insurance, therefore, practically insures the possessor of one copy of the paper against all accidents that may happen to him, except at the time when following his ordinary occupation. Coupons have, however, been hitherto, in general, limited to railway accidents, and that for death only. A recently published Parliamentary return gives the number of persons killed and injured on the railways in the United Kingdom during 1890 as 918 KILLED AND 8.971 INJURED. Great as this number is. yet, having regard to the hundreds of thousands who travel upon the vast network of railway lines in the United Kingdom, it is an obvious reflection that railway travelling, as compared with the dangers of the streets, is by far the safest mode of progression- It has seemed to us and to others that a system of insurance which would give some compensation to those who meet with ACCIDENTS IN THE STREETS, and afford a welcome contribution towards the in- evitable expenses of such mishaps, would be a boon to the public at la;;ge: Himdred? of men. week in, week out, from year's end to year's end, travel by railway, 'bus, or tram to and from business, who have not insured their lives or provided in any way against accident. The possibility of how to extend to these some modicum of protection is naturally hedged about by a great many difficulties but at least the benefits which we have now placed within the reach of the purchasers of our paper are such as could only be obtained from the com- pa.ny direct by paying more than the price of the paper. Football, which is a national game, is, by reason of the fervour with which it is played, attended with more danger than any other pastime, if we may judge from the number of accidents from time to time reported. Having regard to the enthusiasm which it invokes in these districts, the circumstance that our insurance coupon pro- vides also for the INSURANCE OF PLAYERS of this game cannot fail to command cordial ap- proval. It is noteworthy that football risks have ordi- narily been regarded byaccident insurance companies as necessitating higher premiums, or indeed as un- desirable, and this has led to the institution of a Football Insurance Union. But while the insur- ance in this journal is limited to one coupon for each holder, it is not invalidated by any insurance, other than coupon, with anv Accident Company, but is in addition thereto. It is hardly necessary for us to dwell upon the fact that cycling, like everything else, has its dangers, but to use an Irish I expression only more so," and the same benefits are extended to cyclists as to football players. DO NOT REMOVE THE COUPON FROM THE PAPER. SPECIALLY GUARANTEED BY THE Q.ENERAL jj^CCIDENT J^SSUBANCE CORPORATION, T IMITED. CHIEF OFFICES VICTORIA BUILDINGS, PERTH, N.B.; 4, ABCHURCH YARD, LONDON, E.C. 95, PILGRIM STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE; and at 51, FAWCETT STREET, SUNDERDAND, TO WHOM NOTICE OF CLAIMS UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MUST BE MADE WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS. SOUTH WALES STAR" CIO INSURANCE COU-PON. .¡U 8 TEN POUNDS will be paid by the above Cor- poration to the legal representatives of any person killed by an accident, or fatally injured thereby, should death result within One Month after such injury, while a Passenger on any Railway. Steamboat, Tramway, Omni- bus, or other public conveyance, or while on any Street or Public Road within the United Kingdom, as a Private Individual, and the like amount will be paid to such person should the injury not prove fatal, but cause the loss of sight, or of a limb or limbs, or the fracture of an arm or leg and FIVE POUNDS will be paid to any person who shall sustain a fracture of the arm or leg?jby accident while engaged in playing Football or while Cycling. Provided that the person so killed or injured was the owner of this In- surance Coupon for the current week, with his or her usual signature written in ink underneath. Signature, This Insurance is limited to One Coupon for each holder, and is not invalidated by any In- surance (other than Coupon) with this or any other Accident Company, but lis in addition thereto. Date.

JAMES PRICE, £ • C T •. FP«M .-I 5 I jh^-jP- < ::> < m ::J -of C1 :< The Modern Bakery and Restaurant, Regent-street and fjolton-road, BARRY DOCK. WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL BAKER, PASTRY- COOK AND CONFECTIONER. M- PURVEYOR TO THE PRINCIPAL HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. BREAKFAST ROLLS. FRENCH ROLLS. DINNER COBS. VIENNA BREAD. DIGESTIVE BREAD. JEWS' BREAD. SANDWICH LOAVES (all sizes), And a host of other Specialities Daily. PRICE'S A1 PORK AND VEAL AND HAM PIES An Ordinary daily at One. Private Sitting and Bedrooms. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Chops, and Steaks at all times. Finest Hungarian. English, and American Flour, Wholesale and Retail, at prices which cannot be beaten (for Cash), delivered at a few minutes' notice. Always a Large Stock of leading millers only to select from. I do not buy low-priced Flours. Huntley and Palmer's Biscuits-a great variety. Pattison s (the best) Sweets—a large stock. Cad- bury s Chocolate Goods—a varied assortment. Agent (either Buying or Commission), whole- sale only for fresh farm butter. new-laid eggs, home-cured hams and bacon, poultry of all kinds, &c., &c., &c. [767 WOODHAM AND SON, HIGH-STREET. BARRY. GREENGROCERS AND POTATO MERCHANTS. All Kinds of Fish Dailv when in Season. GENERAL HAULIERS. A Brake for ricnic Parties for the Summer Season. Dog-cart on Hire. [7 FURNITURE REMOVED AND WAREHOUSED FURNISH ON OUR NEW HIRE I SYSTEM. £ :-wi HOUSES OR APARTMENTS Completely Furnished on a New System ADOPTED solely by us, whereby all publicity, exposure, and enquiries usually made by other companies are dispensed with. WE HAVE AN IMMENSE STOCK OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE u OF CHEAP AND SUPERIOR ¡ QUALITY. All Goods sold on the Hire System at READY-MONEY PRICES "t WE MAKE NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR CREDIT AXD ALL GOODS SENT HOME IN A PRIVATE VAN FREE OF CHARGE. No Stamp or Agreement Charges made no Bill of Sale everything private. Arrangements com- pleted without delay, and being Manufacturers, WE GUARANTEE QUALITY, And will undertake to supply Furniture, etc., At 10 per cent. less than any price list issued by any firm in Cardiff. ELEVEN SHOW BOOMS. Call and inspect our IMMENSE STOCK, and com- pare Prices before purchasing elsewhere. WE SUPPLY WORTH FOR <^S. £ »D. WEEKLY. £ 10 W0FtTH F0R 4s' weekly- WORTH FOR ^S. WEEKLY. £20 WORTH FOR 6S. WEEKLY. And so on in proportion. Special terms for larger ;quantities. No objectionable agreements used. PLEASE NOTE THE ADDRESS South Wales Furipshiiig Co., 31, CASTLE STREET (Opposite the Castle), [51 CARPI F F. E. J. ROBERTS, PLUMBER. T GASFITTER. SIGN-WRITER, JT HOUSE-DECORATOR. &c., 81, HIGH STREET, BARRY, Established 1885. Thousands of Pieces of Paper from 2d. per Piece and upwards always in Stock. Largest Establishment for PAPER HANGINGS and GAS FITTINGS in the District. Estimates given. ]8 rpONTINE As slu RAN C E. THE great obstacle to the universal adoption of Life JL Assurance amongst salaried officials is the fact that in most offices premiums remain payable during the whole period of life, long after the productive years have passed, thus becoming a serious burden, whilst,. at the same time, the surrender value are so entirely disproportionate to the amount paid as premium that payment can only be discontinued at very serious loss. For instance, persons who are entitled to retire with, pensions from their employment constantly find them- selves obliged to remain at their posts, being otherwise unable to provide from their lessened income the necessary sum for the maintenance of their whole life policies. These obstacles are overcome by the Tontine Policies issued at ordinary life rates by the EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. The Society's Policies, with T wenty Year Tontine Periods now maturing, show (after furnishing protec- tion for twenty years) a return in every case of more than the total amount paid in premiums, All Twenty Year Endowments show a return of the premium paid, with interest at rates between 6 and 7 per cent. per annum. SEND FOR PROSPECTUS TO EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, DANK-BUILDINGS. ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF [174 WM. TRIGGS, MANAGER. BARRY DOCK. The above Hall To Let Fon PUBLIC MEETINGS,, CONCERTS, BALLS, LECTURES AND ALL OTHER EXT.ERTAIXMENTS,. Application to be n!51^ ^0 MARSH, NEWS AGENT, HOLTON ROAD, 390] BARRY DOCK. THE WITCPLL HOTEL, BARRY-ROAD, CADOXTON. BILLIARDS. PROPRIETOR :— B. HODDINOTT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WIKE AND SPIRIT, ALE, AND PORTER MERCHANT. CONVEYANCES LEI ON HIRE. [17- ROYAL HOTEL, CORNER OF BARRY-ROAD AND MAIN-STREET, CADOXTON-JUXTA-BARRY. FAMILY AND' COMMERCIAL HOTEL. CENTRAL, AND PLEASANTLY SITUATED. GOOD STABLING. FRED C. WILLIAMS 114] PROPRIETOR. gSPLANADE HOTEL, PORTHCAWL 100 ROOMS. ELECTRIC LIGHT Also MARINE HOTEL and TERRACE of FURNISHED HOUSES and APARTMENTS .L'; Tennis Courts. Inclusive hotel terms. 7s. 61. per day after May 1st, 10s. 6d. Above are the only hotels with sea frontage at Portheawl, and are the nearest to the golf links. Visitors' subscription to golf club 5s. per week, 10s. 6d. per month. Exceptionally healthy and invigorating climate. Dry, sandy soil. 2201 Apply MANAGERESS. + VICTORIA DINING ROOMS, HOLTON ROAD, BARRY DOCK |HOT DINNERS DAILY. Accommodation for Visitors. Well-aired Beds. PROPRIETOR—C. F. ROSSER. [1 G. J. ROBERTS & gON, CARVERS AND GILDERS, pICTURE JjTRAME J^JANUFACTURERS ARTISTS' COLOURMEN. AND FINE ART DEALERS, 35 R°YAL ^RCADE' flABDIFF. HAYES END. THE OLDEST FIXE ART ESTABLISHMENT IX WALES. NO BRANCHES. =:J9