The Swansea Gazette and Daily Shipping Register

ENTERED INWARDS Jan 27 Brintempt 117, L'Orient, pitwood 155 Merchant Ltd Snndet a 509 Oporto, pitwood 950, F R Howe & Co Eller s 53, Queensferry, pitch 202, Atlantic Co Thor s 996, Bona & Bonnie, calamine I 46, Vivian & Sons; calamine 400, English Crown Speltel Co Brooklyn City a 1045, New York, gen Richards Turpin and Co etucley 32, Padstow, ballast i4 Truthful s 280 Manchester via Bristol & Cardiff, general, Whittingham & Co general, not to 1te landed Aurorn 36, Watchet, flour 40, mangolds 15, Ltoate and Sons Frida Horn a 647, Manchester, nil Doris 77, Plymouth, pitch 165 order Adolf a 485, Gethenburg via Bristol, general, H, Goldberg & Co; gen. not !>o be landed Apollo s 1111, Penarth, gen, not to be landed Emerald a 304, Belfast, nil Lacra Williamson 77 Eling, pitch 150 Atlantic Co Glynn a 412, Rouen, nil Volpone 186, Dublin, general, Michael Murphy Limited general, not to be landed. Kingsley a 342 Rouen, nil

tfCatL. Wondrous is the power of music, pp.smug that of fabled necromancy. H takes a man out of hip most sordid surro;¡nY and sets hiiii in heavenly places. /t r- ucnes fibres of' trie inner nature lost, forj/otten, ignr red, and makes them thrill with now life. It seals the eyes to outward lights and unfolds new vistas full of transcen- dental beauty; ik. breathes over hoc wounds and heals theirs; it culls to the surface springs of pure delight, and bids them gush forth in an arid taert

CHAKACTSB AND BBPtfATION. Reputation helps to make character. To be ientimiAlly telling a boy that he is a bad boy if tBGce (ikely to make him worse than better. To five a claas the deputation of bepg the worst fans in school.' tnd to keep noising it abroad, tt not likely to *ise the moral tone or discipline of the class. A man w- has served out a term in piison for crime find t L d to shew himself trustworthy. beeatVM nobody tiusts him. His re, Ctation as an er.-prieoner clings to him. and, un- s he is exceptionally strong of will, reform fMmns hopeless to him, and he sinks back to the 1M\)1 to whioh his bad reputation has been do. Itheiating him. As the oharaoter of others do- ••ede largely upon their reputation we nnaol* m mntm bow w* handle <Aat reputation.

Imperial International Exhibition, London, 1909, Of the choicest products of the world, at the Great White City, Shepherds Bush, W. May to October demonstrating the Special Products and Resources of all NationSj including the Displays of the famous Health and Pleasure Resorts of Europe & America, in the form of Panoramas, Dioramas. Models, ete 50 Exhibition Palaces Covering 50 acres, devoted to Science, Art, Edu- cation, Social Economy, Liberal Arts, Decora- tive Arts, Chemical Industries and various Industries, Engineering, Electricity, Agriculture y I-Ir Horticulture, Alimentation, Textiles. Special Section for Welsh Industries. 140 Acres of MAGNIFICENT GROUNDS, BEAUTIFUL GARDENS, CHARMING LAKES & WATERWAYS CONCERTS by fine MILITARY BANDS (British & Foreign) Superb Illuminations. FIREWORK DISPLAYS, All the Great At- tractions including Flip-Flap, Irish Village, Spiral, Scenic, Railway Toboggan, etc., etc., of the Franco British Evhibltion, and numerous noyelties of various nations. The GREAT STADIUM Seating 80,000 persons. International Sports and Athletic Meetings. Applications for exhibit, space, concessions, &c., to be made to The SECRETARY, Imperial International Exhibition, Shepherd's Bush, London, W. l

-j- THE Swansea Coal Market. Jan « 1908. Anthracite Coal. — Finest band picked malting 24/6 to 25/0 Second quality do. 21/6 to 22/0 Swansea Valley Big Vein. 17/0 to 18/0 Red Vein or similar large 12/0 to 18/0 Machine Made Cobbles 28/0 to 28/6 Machine made Nuts 25/0 to 25/6 Machine Made Peas 9/6 to 10/0 Small Bubbly Culm 8/6 to 410 Duff 2/0 to 2/8 Steam Coals.—Large 14/6 to 15/0 Second quality 18/9 to 14/0 Bunkers, according to Quality 9/9 to 10^8 Small according to quality 7/6 to 8/0 Bituminous Coal.-(Nc 8 llhOlildda) Large 17/0 to 18/0 Small 9/8 to 9/9 Through 14/6 to 15/0 Patent Fuel 12/0 to 12/6

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Ti-te: Docks:consist of the Prince of Wales Dock, the North Dock, and the South Dock; each equipped with modern appliances' for the rapid loading and up- loading: of vessels. The Entrance Channel to the Harbour 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 Quays are 19,000 feet in length The Warehouses contain a floor area of 288,000 square feet. The Railways of the Tryst have direct connections with the Great Western, London and North Westen), Midland, and Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railways. There are Tips, arid 80 Hydraalie, stean" and Hand Cranes. Swansea Is the Centre of the Anthracite Ooal district. There are more Paten-t-, Fuel 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 Arca of Land available for Fuel Works, Creosote Works Saw Mills and other commercial purposes r Lines of Steamers run between Swansea and the following ports, viz. New York, Baltimore Philadelphia, Singa- pore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Nagasaki Riogo, Java ports, Rio de Janerio, Santas Rosario, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Ports in Chili and Peru, SJ;, Petersburg, Hamburg Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Treport, Rouen, Nantes, Bordeaux, Oporto, Lisbon, Setubal. Barcelona, Genoa, Leghorn, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, ports in Greece, Constantinople and other Turkish ports Galatz, Ibrail, Odessa, Batoum, Alexandria &c. Withm the Harbour are Wine Gr"aving Docks. Extensive provision has been made for the Fish Trade, in the South Dock, The Swansea Fleet now numbers about 30 Steam Trawlers in addition to Liners and Smacks. Pilotage.—The Trustees are the Pilotage Authority, Pilotage is noncoxn- pulsory, both inward and outwards. Rates and Charges.ar* moderate. The Mumbles Lighthouse Signal Station is worked by the Trustees. Vessels calling for orders can communicate with their Owners without lowering a boa,t-good and sheltered free anchorage being [OUDa. under the Mumbles Head at any state of the tide The Trustees have erected on the Mumbles Head a Reed Fog Horrr 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 Regist red Address tor Telegrams- 'Lawj' SWANSEA.