The South Wales Star

BARRY DISTRICT NURSING ¡ ASSOCIATION. BENEFIT SMOKING CONCERT AT CULLEYS HOTEL. A smoking concert was held in the large hull of Calley's Hotel. Barry Dock, on Thursday evening, the 8th instant, the proceeds bei-tg kindly devoted in aid of the funds of the Nursing Association. The concert was well-attended, amongst those present being Captain Walker, Captain King, Messrs F. Chappell, Archer, J. P. Jones, A. Knight, Sydney Davies, E. Williams, H. Holland, G. H. Handcock, G. Willett, G. E. Bird, W. Morgan, D. Jones. H. Leyshon, T. G. Mein, O'Dea, W. G. Wilbraham, &c. The chair was occupied by Mr J. W. John, Penarth. The entertainment was a very successful one, thanks to the judicious selection of artistes by Mr Frank Brooks, and the arrangements so ably carried out by him. Amongst the special singers were Mr T. W. Elliott who gave I could do with a bit," I'm dotty," ;¡ I've worked eight hours this day," and Little Tommy Tomkins": and Mr George Brandon with U-ra-la-i-ty." "Jujah," Oui, Oui, Oui." After the Ball," and other popular songs, which were reproduced by this accomplished comique with much cleverness and thrilling effect, fully de- serving the encores awarded. The following gentlemen also rendered selections in good style —"Boys of the old brigade" (encored), by Mr G. E. Bird Don't touch him" (encored). Mr G. Willett; "The wolf." Mr E. Williams; "True till death (encored), Mr Frank Brooks Longshoreman," Mr T. G. Mein Love once again," Mr E. Williams Queen of my heart." Mr T. G. Mein "Alone on the raft," Mr J. P. Jones Tom Bowling," Mr Harry Collard "I like a soldier fell," Mr E. Williams The scout," Mr W. G. Wilbraham Dem golden slippers," Mr E. Williams, ko. Mr W. A. J. Kelly accom- panied on the piano to the entire satisfaction of the singers and audience.

(Prigiiial V- orttri). [Written specially for the "BARRY DOCK NEWS."] DANFONWYD Y PENILLION CANLYNOL I'm ehwaer a'i phriod tDwyn, a'u mab. Y ddegfed dydd o lonawr, 0 ynys bell, llawa twyll a brad, Anlladrwvdd brwnt ae enf<.wr :— Mor dda oedd genyf wybod Eich bod ill dau yn inch, Ac nad oedd un anhwyldeb Ychwaith ar Hywel bach; Mae arnaf awydd weithiau Ei weled ef a'i fam, A'i dad, o Hendreforgan, Chwi wyddoch rheswm p'am. Nis gallwyf byth anghofio, Tra yma yn y cnawd, I'm cwrddyd doed a ddelo, Py chwaer a'm hanwyl frawd Cael unwaith eto'ch gweled Mi garwn tra yn fyw, A roddir y dymuniad 'Does neb a. wyrond Duw. 0" na cheir mwy gvfarfod Unwaith cyn terfyn oes, Boed i ni i'od yu baro<l, Drwy dcierbyii Crist :11 groes Y pccliod wedi ei faddeu Gall Arglwydd DJnw y Tad. A'r enaid wedi ei ganu Fel eira gvryn trwy'r gwa'cl. Jacmel, Haiti, West Indies. L. TON EVANS. POETRY AND PROSE. With careless and abandoned air He leaiif-d upon the mossy wall, And, lightly glancing here and there. Beheld the shades of twilight fall; Dame Nature laid the day to rest, Enwrapped in many a shadow's fold But harshly was his thought expressed, Ugh, what a wind how beastly cold From where the tall cathedral-tower O'er-topped the darkening poplar trees, Forth rang the record of the hour, Borne sweetly on the gentle breeze Melodious notes, with varied sound, Gave, deep and slow, the stroke of eight. But wild impatience spoke, and frowned. "Confound that girl she's always late cl The soothing murmur of the mill The gathering silence scarcely stirred, And echoed in the distance still The final twitter of a bird The waters of the gurgling stream In drowsy accents softly spoke, But prosy was that mortal's theme- I think I'll have a little smoke." A moment more of quiet sped Ere failed again Dame Nature's spell, When lo from ofc the bridge's head. A sudden radiance flashed and fell But not from its erratic course Had dropped at la .c an errant star,- For someone said with angry force By jove there goes my last cigar I" A searching draught, a lengthy watch. A lost cigar, a chilly breeze- What charm that Nature owns can match The Dower of horrors such as these ? But hark—a step your doubt is vain, That face exhibits new delight, The muse, triumphant, speaks again, ■" Oh, Alice, what a lovely night 1" W. E. CULE.

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BARRY DOCK PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. The fourth annual meeting of the shareholders of the Barry Dock Permanent Benefit Building Society was held on Friday evening last, at Cadoxton, Dr G. Neale, J.P., Barry, being in the chair, and amongst those present were Mr J. Jewel Williams. Mr Oliver Jenkins, Dr O'Donnell, Mr W. Thomas (secretary), &c. The report of the directors showed that the financial position of the society was a thoroughly sound one, for not only had the operations of the company hitherto been attended with success, but the prospects of the future were equally encouraging. The balance sheet showed a substantial net profit, which allowed of a bonus equal to three per cent, on the whole amount due to subscribing and from borrow- ing members, but it was decided to transfer the same to the reserve fund. Dr Neale was re-elected chairman, and Mr J. C. Pardoe director, with Dr O'Donnell as vice-chairman of the directorate.

ROBBING A BARRY MAN AT CARDIFF. Frank Withers. 25, fireman, was indicted at the assizes last week for feloniously stealing one watch, the property of and from the person of Jacob Woods, of Barry, and at the same time using personal violence towards him at Cardiff, on the 25th of December last. It appeared from the opening statement of counsel that the pro- secutor. an ironfounder, of Barry, was walking down Penarth-road on the night in question, when he was encountered bv four men unknown to him, the prisoner being one of them. In the midst of a struggle Woods's watch was taken from him, and the men left him in an unconscious condition lying on the ground. -The jury returned I a verdict of guilty.—His Lordship deferred passing sentence, in order to ascertain whether the prisoner had been in regular employment at any time, and make inquiry as to his antecedents. SENTENCE OF THE PRISONER. Frank Withers, who was found guilty of stealing a watch from the person of Jacob Woods, of Barry, with violence at Cardiff on the 25th December last, was sentenced to three months' imprison- ment with hard labour.

A BARRY RUFFIAN TO HAVE THE CAT. I Edward Keegan, who was found guilty of steal- ing se4 15s. a ten-cent piece, knife, and other articles, the property of Richard Evans, and at the same time with using considerable violence towaris Evans at Cadoxton. on the 17th of November, at the assizes, and against whom a 1 previous convictioa was recorded, was brought up for judgment and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour and to receive sixteen strokes of the cat.

THE PORTHKERRY POISONING CASE. INQUEST ON THE UNFORTUNATE CHILD. On Saturday afternoon last an inquiry was held at Barry Police Station by Mr H. LI. Grover. deputy coroner, and a. jury of which Mr David Morgan was foreman, into the death of Cyril Davies. infant son of Mr Richard Davies. auctioneer, &c., of Holton-road, Barry Dock, who died on the 9th instant under circumstances already reported in the Barry Deck Xeivx. Evidence of identification was given by Mrs Amelia Davies. mother of deceased, and living at New Farm. Cwmciddr. Mrs Davies stated de- ceased was one year and four months old. On the morning of the 9th instant she saw him with some matches in his hands, but did not know how he came in possession of them. By deceased's breath she could tell he had been biting the heads of the matches, but noticed nothing wrong until evening, when deceased vomited after eating food. and she thought the sickness would do him good. Early next morning, however, deceased was so bad that her husband had to carry him to Barry to Dr Neale's surgery. Wben brought back deceased was alive, but died about five o'clock. She could not say how deceased got the matches. — Mr Richard Davies, the father, said the box of wax vestas produced was his. On the Tuesday night he placed his coat containing the matches on the table, and the next morning he saw deceased with the box in question, and biting the heads of the matches, the same being at once taken from the child. Witness then deposed to carrying deceased to Dr Neale's surgery.-Dr J. C. King, assistant to Dr Neale, said deceased was brought to the surgery on the morning named. The child was in a state of collapse, the pulse was weak, and deceased was nearly insensible. He administered emetics, and found it was too late to do anything further, so he gave a stimulant. In his opinion deceased had died from phosphorous poisoning.—A verdict was returned accordingly.

ITEMS FROM BARRY DOCKS. BARRY DOCK TIDE TABLE FOR NEXT WEEK. The following is the tide table for Barry Dock for the week commencing to-morrow (Saturday) :— Day. Morn. Aft. h. m. ft in. h. m. ft. in. Saturday, 17 4. 4 29. 8 4.49 31. 4 Sunday, 18 5.28 33. 1 6. 0 34. 6 Monday, 19 6.27 36. 3 6.53 37. 2 Tuesday, 20 7.18 38. 7 7.42 38.11 Wednesday, 21. 8. 3 40. 0 8.23 39. 9 Thursday, 22 8.41 40. 3 9. 0 39. 3 Friday, 23 9.18 39. 5 9.35 38. 1 LAST WEEK'S SHIPPING AND SHIP- MENTS AT BARRY DOCK. The following is a report of last week's shipping and shipments at Barry Dock :— Number. Tonnage. Steamers arrived 20 19,090 Do. sailed 27 31.188 SailingVeasels arrived 6 7,497 Do. sailed 2 1 3,308 Steamers in Dock 26 34,043 hailing Vessels do. 21 30,521 Total 47 64,564 Vessels in Dock as per previous report 50 72,471 Decrease 3 7,'907 Vessels in Dock corresponding week 1893 34 35,748 The imports at Barry Dock last week amounted to 4 tons 10 cwt; ditto same period last year, 3,424 tons 0 cwt; decrease, 3,419 tons 10 cwt. The total imports for the week ended February 10th amounted to 17,322 tons 0 cwt. corresponding week ended February 11th, 1893, 21,165 tons5 cwt; decrease, 3,843 tons 5 cwt. The total exports last week amounted to 84,429 tons 11 cwt. Corresponding week ended February 11th, 1893, 92,741 tons 2 cwt; decrease, 8,311 tons 0 cwt. Total to February 10th, 1894, 561,998 tons 0 cwt. corresponding week last year, 541,913 tons 9 cwt. increase, 20,084 tons 11 cwt. EXCITING INCIDEXT AT BARRY DOCK. On Friday morning last. shortly before noon, four men from the Barry Graving Dock and Engineering Company's works, were told off to scrape the sides of the steamer Wildcroft, of London, and do other repairs. For this purpose they got into a boat, and rowed to the port side. They had scarcely fastened the boat to, when the steamer, suddenly lurched and drifted to- wards the quay wall, the vessel lying at the time off the jetties on the western side. The weather being very squally, it was feared the steamer would have jammed the boat, so that two of the men in the latter sprang to some ropes hanging over the ship's side and climbed to the top. while the other two. amid much excitement on the part of the spectators, did all they could to push the boat off to the end of the quay wall, wnich they succeeded in doing just in time to escape what would undoubtedly have proved a catastrophe. LAST WEEK'S SHIPMENTS AT BARRY DOCK. The export and import sbipments at Barry Dock for the week ended Saturday last amounted to 84,425 tons 1 cwt., made up as follows:- EXPORTS. Tons. cwt. Coal 82,806 14 Coke 1,613 17 IMPORTS. General merchandise. 4 10 Total. 84,425 1 BOATING ACCIDENT AT BARRY. On Saturday last, about noon, two runners for tradesmen at Barry were proceeding to a vessel in a small boat to obtain orders at Barry Dock wher the boat was run into by the ss. Talley Abbe- One runner clung to the capsized boat, but t other was in the water when two boatmen, nar J. Davies and Thomas James, rescued them f their dangerous position. The affair was watc. by a large number of persons on the docksice?.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT BARRY DOCK. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF A LABOURER. On Thursday afternoon, as a man named Sidney Roberts, a labourer living in Lee-street, Cadoxton- Barry. was at work at some excavations in connec- tion with Mr J. Jackson s deep lock works at Barry Dock, a huge boulder upon which he stood suddenly gave way, and Roberts was hurled head- long to the bottom, a d°pth of between 40 and 50 feet. Fortunately the boulder, being of greater specific gravity, reached the bottom first. otherwise the poor fellow would doubtless have been pulverised. As it was, when picked up Roberts was found to have been shockingly injured, the right arm having sustained a compound fractui e. together with the hip bone, and the body was more or less bruised all over. The unfortunate sufferer was promptly attended to by Dr Livingstone, of Holton-road, and as soon as possible was despatched on the Barry Company's ambulance carriage to the Cardiff Infirmary, where he now lies under treat- ment. Dr Livingstone describes the man's escape from a shocking death as a miraculous one. :8

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