The Swansea Gazette and Daily Shipping Register

CLEARED FOR SEA. Feb 4 Linn O'Dee s 286, Bie, Newport, nil Maria Anna 119, LeQuellec, L'Orient, coal 210, E W COOK Ville d'if u a M06, Cook, Treport, gen, coal 250, bankers 60, J Harrison; coal 100, Harrison Tidswell and Co Jason 831,5, Evans, Ronen, coal 970, E W COOK bunkers 70, EaglesHeld and Co Thor 1997, Wanuell, La Pallice, coal 1800, fuel 100, Evans A Reid; bankers 12o, Letricheux & David Drot a 1808, Eigenth, Cagliari, coal 1900, fael 170C, Pacific Co bankers 40 Ocean Co C & F Narse 97, Mitchell, Treport, coal 200, E. W Cook Torstein B 695, Olsen, La Hochelle, coal 1400, L Gueret; David Express 95, Smith, Fowey, superphospate ISO, Vivian and Sona Sntannah 92, Laugmaid, Penryn, coal 190, Evans & Bevan Susannah 60, Wright, H'bridge, coal 132, Sir G Thomas Zephyr 119, Redd, Medina \iills, coal 260, Evans and Reid John ClarK 85, Solt, Calstock, superphosphate 170, Vivian and Sons Lewisman 58, SJade. Weston, coal 110, Evans & Bevan Violet 124, Tyrrell, 1 report, coal 250, Lewis Stephens and Co Village Belle 80, Crimes, Campbeltown, coal 170 Eargrave and Co Snownake s 36, Irwin, Barnstaple, flour 905 feed ing c xe 10, Weaver and Co Princess Olga a 437, Collister, Hull &c. general, Tucker and Co Aleppo s 1371, Crathorne, Portuguese & Mediter lanean ports, gen,T,R W Mason Agra a 62, Jones, Bristol, gen, Pocketts Ltd Velocity a 52, BUIIOCK, Avonmouth gen Pocketts Collier « 114, Wright, Newport, nil

ENTERED INWARDS Feb 4 Finn 268, Barrow, ballast 65 Milo a 395, Rotterdam via Bristol, gen, B. S. N. Co; gen, not to bejlanded Hugo a 869, Sharpness, nil Aleppo 81371, L'pool, gen, T R W Mason New Design No 2 66, Tralee, pitwood 85, Fred Lewis John Rees 85, Southampton, Bcrap iron 115, Upper Forest WorKs Doonglen s 50, Tenby, gen, not to be landed Maria McMillan 79, Dungarvan, oats 109, Thoa. Evans and John Dyer Jason s 395 B'ferry, nil Torstein a 695, Breat, nil Snowflake a 36, 'Combe, nil Collier a 114, Padsfow, gen, not to be landed Agra a 62, Bristol,tgen, Pocketts; Ltd Velocity » 62, Eriatol, gen, Pocketts Ltd

--r, RHONDDA & SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-THIRD HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the RHONDDA AND SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the HOTEL METROPOLE, Wind-street in the County Borough of Swansea, on MONDAY the 15th day of FEBRUARY. 1903, at Twelve-thirty o'clock in the Afternoon, for the General Purposes of the Undertaking. 1 he Tianpfer Books will be closed from the 4th February to the 15th February, both days inclusive. MORGAN B. WILLIAMS, Chairman. H. a. LUDLOW, Secretary. Swansea, Jan. 22nd. 1909.

1 scientist asserts that the ninth day of the •wn is tho most rainy of the whole twenty- Went, and four o'clock in the afternoon tb* ■■amort hour of the day. Tbe Cherokee form of marriage is simplicity Itoelr. The bride and groom merely clasp hand* running water, and this emblematic of their latere flowing on freely and happily. Of British flowers only 11 > per oent. have a paefnme. Usually the oaoar it pleasant, but in eases it is objectionable, and even harmfuL Thfc total peault of an examination of echool- Afldr»n in Germany ahtuwed that 90 per oent of aZl the teeth examined were defective; only 35 out of .1,880 children had sound lets of teeth. la IK oaiMren a poem bodily oocstituticm mm dial tit

0 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 Nations, 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 Horticulture, Alimentation, Textiles. Special Section for Welsh Industries. 14°. 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 Exhibition, 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.

THE Swansea Coal Market. I Swansea Coal Market, r Feb 4 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 9/0 to 10/0 Small Bubbly Culm 3/9 to 4/0 Duff 2/0 to 2/3 Steam Coals.-Large 14/6 to 15/0 j Second quality 18/9 to 14/0 Bunkers, according tio Quality 9/9 to 10/8 Small according to quality 7/0 to 8/0 Bituminous Coal.— -(Nc 8. Rhondda) Large 17/0 to 18/0 Small 7/0 to 8/0 Through 14/6 to 15/0 Patent Fuel 12/0 to 12/6

The: Docks ^consist of the Prince of Wales Dock, the North Dock, and the South Dock each equipped wiih modern appliance? for the rapid loading and Ul). loading: of vessels. The Entrance Channel to the Harbour is lighted by means of Gas Buoys The New King's DOCK capable of accommodating the largest vessels afloa is expected to be opened for traffic,, this year. The»Quays are 19,000 feet in length The Warehouses contain a flool area of 288,000 square feet. The Railways of the Trust have direct connections with the Great Western, London and North Western, Midland, and Rhondda and Swanssa Bay Railways. There are 26 Coal Tips, and 80 Hydraulic, steam and Hand Cranes. Swansea Is the Centre,of the Anthracite Coal district. There are more Patent", F uel 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 MLlls and other commercial purposes. Lines of Steamers run between Swansea and the following ports, viz. New York, Baltimore Philadelphia, Singa- pore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Nagasaki Hiogo, Java ports, Rio de Janerio, Santas Rosario, 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 Galatz, Ibrail, Odessa, Batoum, Alexandria &c. Within the Harbour are Nine Graving Docks. Extensive provision has been made for the Fish Trade, in the South Dock, The Swansea Fleet now numbers about 80 Steam Trawlers in addition to Liners a1 d Smacks. Pilotage.—The Trustees are uhe Pilotage Authority. Pilotage is noneom- pulsory, both inward and outwards, Rates and Charges » -art- 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 found unaer the Mumbles Head at any state of the tide The Trustees have erected on the Mumble s 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 Regist red Address for Telegrams- "LAW5' SWANSEA.