The Swansea Gazette and Daily Shipping Register

CLEARED FOR SEA. I -O January 8 Vers 153, Nyaiad, Boraholm, coal 290, E. T. Agius Fides s 1211, Faggioni, Genoa, coai 25PO, T P R Richards bunker 250 Lambert Bros Kaisow s 2529, Steele, Java and japan via L'poo], gen, T H Coach Veghtetroom s S2), Vos, Amsterdam, gen, coal 300, bunKers 90, T It Coach Tender « 63, Harwood. =i:water, coal 140, Glas- brook Bros Dag! and s 685, foyne Bordeaux, coal I^oO, Les fils Charvet; bunkers 100, Redgrave and. Go Highgaoe s lltH, Hart, Rochester, coal :^45C. vaiis & Bevan bunKers 70. Cleeves and Co Cordovas 14.83, Wood, Almeria fuel 3300, Paci- fie Co; bunkers 350, Goklbtirg and Co Onyx s 219, Mc hail, Honfieur, coai 650, Win" A BehenDa; bun Rets 50, Howell and Jones Dalegarth s 1434, Storm, Bey rout, fuel 2600, coai 150, coke 50, Graigola Co bankers 499, Bellamy and Co Carricklee s 99, Craig, Belfast, coal 360, Vivian & Sons Zaima 318, Tobiapson, Malmo, coal 500, Gwalln Cae (iarwen Alipond Branch s 2191, Pindar, Chili via New- castle, bricks 28, Stephehs & Co (Cardiff) Arsne 141, LePendu, Pornic, coal 240, Sir G. Thomas Jessie 90, Gill, Trepcnt. coal 170, E W CooK & Co Iron Duke 43, Acford Kiil^rgiin, coal 91, Glan- y -Mor rCo Rene 70, Fichand, Vlorlaix, coal 140, E W COOK. PAuiine 88, Cozie, Quimper, coal 185, Les fil-s Chirvet Victorine 78, LeForisfcier, Tre:;uier, coal 150, E. W Cook & Co Rose s 89, Cross, B'ferry. bunkers 10, Whitting ham and Co Princess Helena s 246, Hull, gen, TucKer & Co Priuce&s Patricia s 275, lull, gen, Tucker & Co E Hayward s Itil, Newport, nil Scotsman s 70, Boyle, Barry, nil Alice M Crai^ s 386, Black, Rouen, coal 1160, P H Coward & Sons bunkers 70, J E Fisher

ENTERED I Jan 8 E Hay ward s rlH, Guernsey, granite clappings 540, Topham Jones and Raiiton Tenner a 63, B'water, nil Alice M Craig s 333, Dieppe, nil Righgate s 1101, London, nil Four Brothers 74, Drogheda, tinplate boxes, sawn timber battens 80, Mitchell and Co Almond Branch a 2191, Chili via L'pool &e, gen H Bath and Co Sir Joseph 64, Strangford. potatoes lo4, C Allen Hero s 1163, Antwerp & Rotterdam via Ply- mouth. gen, Bristol Steam Navigation Co Scandinavia s 576, Rouen, nil Viile d'Eu s 209, Manchester, general, not to be ,a landed Je'enne 75, EtaJ. pitwood 120, E W Cook and Co Ver.(enotian s nH, Marseilles &c via Liverpool, general R E James Loango 79, Plymouth, pitch 165, Atlantic Co Scotsman s 70, Forthgain, etone cbippings 180, Tophain Jones and Raliton

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The Incorporated. SWANSEA EXCHANGE 1 TJKSDAY, Dec. 29 1908. Anthracite Coal. — Finest; hand picked malting D., 24/0 to 25/0 Second quality 22/6 to 23/6 Swansea Valley Big Vein, 22/0 to 22/6 Bed Vein or similar large 18/8 to 13/9 Machine Made Cobbles 24/0 to 25/0 Machine made Nuts 25/6 to 26/6 Machine Made Peas 12/0 to 18/0 Small. Bubbly Culm 4/6 to" 4/9 Duff 2/3 to., 2/6 Steam-Coals.-Large 15/0 to, g, 15/6 Becond quality 14/3 to 14/6 Bunkers, according to Quality 9/6 to 10/0 Through 10/0 to 10/6 cimall accordmg totality 7/0 to 8/0 Bituminous OoaL—(Nc. Khondda) Large 0" 17/6 to 18/0 Small 9/6 to 10/6 Patent Fuel 0" 12/6 to 18/0

The Docks consist of the Prince of Wales Dock, the North Dock, and the South Dock eacb equipped with modein appliance? for the rapid loading pnd re- loading of vessels. The EntranceaChannel to the Hacbjur is lighted by means of Gas Buoys The New King's DOCK capalle of accommodating the largest vessels afloat is expected to be opened for traffic this year. The Quaysaare I9,000^feetjn length The Warehouses contain a floor area of 283,000 square feet. The Railways ofthe Trust have direct connections with the Great Western, London and North Western, Midland, and Bhoodda and Swanssa Bay Railways, There are 26 Coal Tips, and 80 Hydraulic* Steam and Hand Cranes Swanea is the Centre.of the Anthracite Coal district. There are more Patents F uei Works in Swansea than at any other port in the Kingdom and the Fuel is held in high repute in Continental,, and other markets. There is a Large Area of Land available for Fuel Works, Creosote Works Saw Mills and other commercial purposes.f Lilies of Steamers run between Swansea and the following ports, viz. New York, Baltimore Philadelphia, Singa- pore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Nagasaki, liiogo, Java ports, Rio de Janerio, Santas Kosaxio, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Ports in Chili and Peru, St. Petersburg, Hamburg Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Treport, Bouen, Nantes, Bordeaux, Oporto Lisbon, Setubal, Barcelona, Genoa, Leghorn, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, ports in Greece, Constantinople and other Turkish ports CahMz. Ibrail, Odessa, Batoum, Aiexirdria &c. Within the Harbour are Nine Graving Docks. Extensive provision has been made for the Fish Traoe, in the South Dock. The Swansea Fleet now numbers about 80 Strain Trawlers in addition to Liners and Smacks. Trustees are the Pilotage Authority. Pilotage is noncom- pulsory, both inward and outwards. Rates and Charges „ —ar<-» moderate. The Mumbles Lighthouse Signai Statiun is now worked by Lloyd's. Vessels calling for orders can communicate with their Owners without lowering a boat—good and sheltered free anchorage being found under the Mumbles Head at any state of the tide The Trustees have erected on the Mumbles Head a Reed Fog Horn Signal giving three blasts of about two seconds' duration in quick succession every two minutes. For information on any point, connected with the Port and Harbour, apply to- WILLIAM LAW, General Manager Registered Address Jo1* Telegrams- LAw" SWANSEA.

A scientist asserts that the ninth day of tht moon a the most .rainy of tbe whole frwonty- •ight, and four o'clock in the afternoon tb< Cainiest hour of the day. The Cherokee form of marriage is simplicity Itself. The bride and groom merely clasp hands ever running water, and this emblematic of' theif faiure flowing on freely and happily. Of British flowers only 11 per cent. have a perfume. Usually the odour in pleasant, but in tome oases it is objectionable, and even harmful. The total result of an examination of school- children in Germany shewed that 90 per cent of all the teeth examined were defective; only 35 owt of 1,020 children h<«? sound sets of teeth. In *96 children a. poo* bodily constitution was due SKtor u.tU