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I LADIES' GOSSIP. | E (BY "YE«E." £ Japanese Women in War. Her Wonderful Patriotism and Self-Sacrifice, The Art of Walking Gracefully. Women's part in warfare is proverbial, I and manifested in many more ways than mene fiiiting at home and crying one's eyes out. Probably the good wife in every home of Japan that has sent a son to the front is, now tuunming wit h the work in liand of preparing some tender souvenir to despatch to the loved one at the front just as in England English ladies busied themselves with knitting muff- lers and comforters, and "Balaclava helmets" to send to brother or son to defy the freezing mights of South Africa. And on the other land Russia's womenkind are every whit as enthusiastic; a few hair-brained would-be Joans of Arc have actually applied for per- mission to raise a regiment of amazons to proceed to the front! At Vladivostock a woman's society :s also preparing surely the queerastobj ect s that ever occupied the atten- tion of nimble tingers of a sewing class—sand Jbags for the fortifications But this has hap- pened before. I remember eliding during the time of the siege of the Legations in Peking ty the Boxers of how the Legation ladies tastily sewed up rich brocades and costly and artistic silk handings into pillows that could The filled with earth and sand, and serve as an addition to the rampants shielding them from the savage foe outside In Japan pat riot :sm is a religion; a reli- gion, however, of the fierceness and vehem- enee of quality that distinguishes Mohamme- danism. In the last war with China no Japamese woman ever wept when the intelli- gence reached her of the loss of a loved one. Or if she wept at all it was for a very differ- ent reason to the one that would send an Englishwoman into tears and hysterics. An aged couple, who had lost their only son, publicly expressed their grief that they had not another to give to the Emperor; a woman whose husband and son had both perished in action, w-ept bitterly because she had 'Jl{1' se- cond son to sacrifice to her country. Theire is about this a,n unwomaniiness, a kind of ferocity that renders it rather repel kin t, and I is most paradoxical to contemplate, as eman- ate not from a high-spirited and proud-tem- pered' class, but from women whom every writer upon Japan agrees in describing a>s the ,essence of meekness, humility, modesty a,nd shyneas as a rule. The Japanese men them- selves are the direct converse, turd in action fight with the vic.iousnetss and spite of tige id- eate. One cannot but wonder at the strange anomaly tlittz presented—a people tender, re- fined, courteous, and child-like in their ami- ability, vet endowed with a vgour and ve- hemence that would do credit to the fiercest- tempered people conceivable- The contrast is especially startling in the caso of the Japan- ese woman. It is explicable upon the above ground of an ardent and all absorbing pa- triotism alone—the ''pride and high flisdain" that, in the words of Walter Scott, applied to a woman of much the same t-Æ as our Japanese sister in time of emergency "forbid the bitter tear to flow." Have you learnt to walk? That is a ques- tion of the day which no woman, hoping to remain in fashion's procession, may ignor?. What the up-to-date girl is now giving her attention to is her walk. She has opened her 4eVM to the fact that the most pronounced idlefwt of form or feature Can do no more to mar her than an awkward or unstylish walk, atud realising that this matter lies entirely within her own control, she very wisely sets Iter wits to work, and by study and practice, she has learned and is learning to walk. One -iniglit fancy that walking was an accom- plishment mastered in the long ago, during the vary first year of her earthly experience, ill fact, but this only shows how easy it is to be wrong. Of course there are geniuses in all arts, and among the gifted one., is tlt- en-,t,tura,l torn walker, to whom tho art of walking colneg as unconsciously as her breath, even as she stumbles ftom "long into short fioeks. There is a subtle and mighty charm in .the strength and rhythm of her guit, but .even AShe has her lesson to learn. The walk of to-day is the stride of strength. The steps must he long and easy, the chest lield high, the chin up. and' the arms relaxed. The whole bearing of the woman, especially iiei. free long step, seems to speak of exer- ..elSe and outdoor sports. The springy, fcouncing effect has been set aside. She now puts her foot down in a firm unqualified wav that signifies dec si on and no nonsense. She steps with deliberation and' apparent laziness, hut in making her long steps, she swings her -leg forward from the hip, so as to carry her easily and swiftly over the ground. She never appears hurried, no matter how rapidly she walks, and yet she gets there far sooner than she ever did in the days of the many xnincing steps. It is well to remember, however, that the attempt at the athletic walk, when not pro- perly done, has very grotesque results. It is the conscientious effort of every normal wo- man to walk smartly, and according to the prevailing fasliion, but the athletic walk is perilously easy to parody, and quite difficult

SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST. Mayor Re-elected Chairman. King's Visit, and the Coal Tax. The annual meeting of the Swansea. HM-I bour Trustees was held on Monday. The chairman (Mr. Griffith Thomas) presided. Mr. Tutton (in response to the chairman pro tern., 'Mr. F. H. Glynn Price), moved the re-election of Mr. Griffith Thomas as chairman. He leferied to his clogsl, atten- tion and unvarying courtesy It was im- ) portant that ho should continue to be the chairman, as he had veiy important mutters in hand that would lead up to an event of far greater importance than the visit of the Prince of Wales, and that was the visit of the King of this great Empire to opeii the large undertaking that was before the Trust in the near future. That being so, it was only fitting that Mr. Griffith Thomas, who had taken such a, prominent ptrt. in that matter, and who had such a deep and pro- found faith in the new dock, should be re- elected chairman of the Trust, further justi- fication for which, if it- we.e required, might be found in the fact that he was for the third year in succession the Mayor of the borough. (Hear, hear.) Sir John Llewelyn, Bart., seconded, and quite endorsed all that Mr. Tutton had said as to the ability and courtesy that Mr. Grif- fith Thomas had displayed in the conduct of the affairs of the Trust. He (Sir John) thought it was exceedingly fortunate that in this important year they saw the chairmanship of the Trust and the Mayor cf tlie Borough combined in the same man. (Hear, hear). He believed, too, t would be of very great satisfaction to the general public outside at always knowing that they could rely upon Mr. Griffith Thomas promoting the interests of the borough and the Harbour Trtst in a way in which they hoped would be carried out this year by the practical starting of the new dock. (Hear, hear). Mr. Glynn Price supported, and asked if any otiher members would like to speak. Aid. Howel Watikins We should all like to speak, but we all feel the same way. (Hear, heair). The motion was carried -unanimously, aiyl upon taking the chiair, Mr. Griffith Thomas was applauded. In acknowledgment, the Chairman person- aily thanked Mr. Tutton, Sir John Iieweiyn, and Mr. Glynn Price for their kind words, and the Trustees as a. body for their cordial acceptance of the resolution which, for tlie seventh year in succession, placed h n in the chair. (Hear, hear.) Reviewing tll. work of the past year, he congmtulated the Trust upon having opened the new smriite of offices and mentioned that he had tlbe honour of being tlie first chairman to be elected within its wails. He was also glad to say that the im- provements to the Soutit Dock basin were nearing completion, and that there a ver valuable wharf would be provided practically in tlie cenltre of the town, as well as a large site which could be used for the erection of some works. Tlae expenditure upon the im- provements would come to about £ 20,000, and from it he thought the Trustees were likely to reap a ridh harvest. 1 Alongside the new out- side wall they would have a splendid berth for a passenger service between Swansea. and llfracombe and the other side of t'he Chan- nel, while, if necessary, the river ooulrl at very little expense, be dredged so that tihere could be sailings at all states of tihe tide. He believed in this connection, thiait Pocketl's people would take a berth for the purpose of their business from^ that point. Then again he hoped the Oastle 1 rawling Company wouid be in a position to start their work in June, atnd, so far, he might say the fish traffic it Swansea, had paid well as an investment, though he looked forward to a great (Develop- ment of it. The iic-w' bridge over the Nonh Dock basin was under construction, and lie hoped it would be ope-ned in July next. By that bridge the trade between Swan sea and St. Thomas would be much facili- tated, and the past difficulties thus, got over. The outlay on the old bridge would be de- bited to revenue, amd the cost of the new one come from the capital. The tirade of the year had been the second largest on record, the diminution between that of last year and the previous year. btdmg very slight and due to the falling off in the shipments of anthra- cite that were abnormal cturmg the American sltrike otf the year befotre. rriie receipts, however, were the largest on record, as was also the surplus at tihe and of the year, namely, £ 74,000. He did not wish to intro- duce political matters in the discussions of the Trust, and he hoped the Trustees would as far as possible always keep aloof from it, bu-, if he might be allowed to pave his personal view on the coal) tax he would say that if it was necessary for Parliament to impose a tax on coal for revenue purposes, it should be on all coalfi worked in the country and not a tax which called upon the exports towns to produce the revenue. (Hear, hear.) Men- tion had properly been made to the proposed new dock, and ID or 14 of the most eminent contractors of Great Britain had sent illl ten- ders for the work. those would be opened on March 21st. Mr. Tutton had aihrded to the confidence that he (the chairman) had in the undertaking. He was sure they were all imbued with the same confidence, recognising that Swansea, w^t 1 its great undeveloped coalfield at the back, was most favourably situated for an export and import trade, and that it was absolutely necessary dn view of the growth of tonnage for tho Trust to be quite up-to-date. Both the North and South Docks had as fer as possible been brought up-to-date, and tie o d stigma of steamers "neaping" removed, and so he looked forward to a great return of the money spent upon them. With regard to the new dock, he had approached the King of England, who as the Prince of Wales opened the dock that was named after him, and. thus started Swansea's prosperity, &° t^at he miight inaugurate the greater work, a,nd he trusted his Majesty would allow them to call it the King's Dock. (Hear, hear.) He was in hopes that her Ma- jesty the Queen would accompany the King, whose visit during the coming summer he could not definitely say would take place, though he had every reason to think his Ma- jesty would come and inaugurate the new dock. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the chairman acknowledged the services rendered bv the officere, and again thanked the Trus- tees for their renewed confidence The rc election without opposition as pro- pritary trustees of the Chairman, Mr. Tutton. Mr. Cory Yeo, and Mr. W. H. Edwards, and other formal business having been transacted. Mr F- H. Glynn Price submitted the financial statement for adoption, and said that the trade during 1 ae p-.ist month showed a decrease of about thre.- per c,,ilt.. chiefly due to the falling off of imports of iron ore. There was, however, a yer} satisfactory increase in the shipments of tinpla^es 4,670 tons—which was equivalent to 27 fer cent. The financial result of the month s ^dmg w.ls a loss of £ 2.050. as against hl.b/l losS for February of 1903, but when they considered that- there were several extraordinary items of oxpendi- ture— £ 750 on Pottery Bridge, .£500 increase in the rates— and that the revenue for the month compared with February, 1903, had in- creased by £620, they might safely consider that the result of the month's trading was satisfactory. (Hear, hear ) Sir John Jones. Jenkins, seconding, con- gratulated the chairman upon his re-election, and the town upon the increase in the ex- ports of tinplates. About 3,000 tons went to Russia, and an increased trad'e was being done with Roumania and the Argentine Republic, so that it was sat.sfactory to know that we were more than makiing up for the Toss sus- tained by the pollicy adopted by the United States With regard to the coal-tax, he quite agreed that if it was neoeesarv to put a tax on coal for revenue purposes it should Ka rr^ivwir.i 1 and not imposed linnn 1 ,4f. > that suffered so much as the Swansea dis- trict where the larger proportion of small coal was produced. Sir John mentioned am instance of a colliery in Westphalia that, ir- respective of interest, was being worked at a loss of about half-a-franc before the tax was imposed in this country while now at was being worked at a. profit. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not. therefore see his way to removo the tl-v altogether he (Sir John) hoped it would be modified so that it- would not affect partricnlar districts only. The Chairman said he was sure the Trus tees would be happy to join with the Cham- ber of Commerce in a deputation to the Chan- cellor, and regarding his statement as to the. cost of the new bridge over the North Dock Basin, explained that under the agreement that cost could not te charfred against tne guarantee of JB3,750 made b* the Corpora- tion for the freeing of the bridge toIIIs. The report was adopted. The Executive Committee's report recom- mended the acceptance of the tenldier of Mr Arthur R. Brown,, London, for the contstruc- tion. of a barge at a cost of JS555. The terms of the underlease of offices to the Capital and Counties Bank, Ltd., at JB180 a year rent for tJhe first 21 years, audi JB200 for the re m,tinder (29 years) of the tenns, as well as the reduction of thie rent, from £ 91 7S. to £ 89 as. per annum payable to Messrs. Gold fff L.cd near the South Dock, in oorasequemoe of an error in tihe measuremomt, were an- nounced, and the committee furtiher recom- mecided that a new lease be entered into with Mr. Ruck of land and arches at the South Dock for a term of seven years, at a rental of JB26 per annum. The report was adopted, as was also the Pilotage Commattee's report, whidl recom- mended that a sea pilot's license be granted to Capt. Rid'aa-rd Phelps, such license to be limited to vessels not exceeding 1,000 tons legists, and 20 feet draught. Tliis was all the business.

Mabon Appointed Miners' Treasurer. At a meeting of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain on Frkftay. Mr. W. Abra- ham, M.P. ("Mabon") was elected treasurer.

Swansea Hawker Turns Nasty. At Swansea, on Monday, Thomas Davie* (69), hawker, was charged wnth Ixicc drunk and begging. William Court, newsagent, CoIBege-street, said defendant. walked into his shop with laces. When he refused to buy, defendant asked for a copper for his night's lodging He told him that if he were an old man like him he would go where he would be well provided for. Defendamt then began to blackguard him and he ordered him out of the shop. Defendant refused to go, and ttruck witness with a stick. His wife went for a policeman, and he was still struggling with defendant when they returned. Mr. J. W. Jones (to defendant) This is rather extraordinary behavic'ur, -navies have you any question to ask? Defendant: Yes. I have. I'm a hawker. selling laces. (To witness) You say I begged of you? Witness: Yes. Defendant I say its a contaminated lie. Did vou hit me in your snop? Wetness Yes. Witness denied that he had also struck defendant outside the shop. P.C Davies. who arrested defendant, said 16. 6d. was found on him. Mr. J. W. Jones (to defendant) "You are a very old man to behave in that man- ner. If you were a younger man we would mend you to prison for a month as it is, ycta must go to prison for 14 days.

CARRIAGE ACCIDENT AT AMMAN- FORD. Dr. D. R Price, Ammanford, had driver* up to a patient's house, at the foot of Bett-wa Mount-in, and the coachman was in the act of getting the horse to face homewards, when a portion of the carriage .napped, which caused the horse to bolt. The coachman seeing an accident inevitable jumped out ;:nd escaped injury. The horse- continued on Its wild career, and it had torn itself loose from the carriage, which was foun-t smashed and totally useless. The horse, however, went home ¡.wl stood in the stable yard of the doctor's residence until attended to. The carriage is not fit for further use, and the damage is estimated at about JS10.

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OUR COOKERY CORNER. Cold Outlets in Jelly.—Take six or more mutton cutlets and trim them by moving all superfluous fat and baring the bone for aoout one inch. Wrap each in greased paper and cool gently in a frying-pan. Remove the papers, and when cold spread each cutlet rather thickly on both sides with potted tongue of beef. Prepare tome nice asuic jelly and out a layer in a shallow wet dush. When this is very nearly set, but still suffi- ciently sticky for the cutlet to cling to it, lay the cutlets on it at even distances, and till up the dish with more jelly. Set aside till per- fectly cool, and then cut out each cutlet w ith a knite dipped in hot water .and dried; then scrape all the jelly off the bone. The cutlets will then be encased in jelly and quite meat. Trim eaoh with a cutlet frill, and arrange round a mould of cold boiled vegetables, such as peas, beans, young canots, or (anything seasonable bound together with good mayon- nnllSe sauce. Home-Made Biscuits.—One pound of flour, s x ounces of castor sugar, two ounces of lard, two eggs, one teaspoonful of baking powder, on teaspoonful of salt, a little flavouring. Methud Cream the sugar, lard, and butter, and add the eggs well beaten; then stir in lightly the flour and salt. If too stiff for rolling, add a little milk, and lastly sprinkle in the baking powder. Divide into three heaps. Add to one finely chopped peel or citron, chopped almonds to the second, des- sicated cocoanut to the third; roll out and cut with fancy cutters. It looks pretty to sprinkle chopped almonds and coe/janut kyll those portions flavoured with them. Bake in a sharp oven until crisp. Ege Soup with Ham.—For this soup, a ham bone from which all outside smoky sur- face hW3 been cut away is, excellent, or if that is not convenient a slice of boiled ham (or law ham scalded in two waters after every bit of outer discoloured surface is removed) must be used. Pour over it two quarts of cold water; let it simmer gently an liour, then beat eight eggs and add them to tlie liquor, using great precaution to prevetnt curdling. Chop a tablespoonful of parsley very fine, and stir into the SOiUP with two scant teaspoonfuls of salt and half a level saltspoonful of pepper. Turbot with Cieam au Gratin.—This is a very simple recipe, and may be prepared from any remains of cold turbot. You must take away all the skin and bone. from the fish, and cut up the flesh into scallops. Add some sauoe, make the fish hot without breaking the pieces, pile up high on a disJi, and sprinkle all over tlie surface some grated Parmesan cheese. Pour over this a gill of thick cream, colour the top a pale brown with a. red-hot salamander, and your little dish is now complete.

SWANSEA MIGHT BE BEAUTIFUL. Mr. Littlejohns Tells Us How. At the Public Library, Swansea, on Sat- urday Mr. J. Littlejohns, Labour candidate for Swansea district, addressed a large au- dience on "The City Beautiful." Mr. M. Hopkins presided. Mr. Littlejohns said purple seemed to have come to the conclusion th,ilt a city must always be a place of smoke and dust and dirt. Glasgo.v, the second city in the Em- pire, was an awful place—i piano surface with rectangular slots punched here aj)d there for streets. Monotony checked viril- ity, strangled cnibition, aid bred that cur.se ef civilisation—"respectability." Aga:n, ad- vertisement hoardings were blotches Some of the pictures were filthy, and the colours of them never much less blood curdling than the scenes they were supposed to represent. Real art was" often wasted on advertising sausages and other mysteries. Wtnt they had to do was to combme the business facilities of the town with the beau- ties of the country. It wa*s necessary to work on a well-ordered plan our beautiful city should have a. "heart —a centre whc:,re all* the public buildings would be erected, a place about which tho people would have a pride m saying, "This is ours. Swansea nad no heart. c, Space was absolutely necessary. (bliucs of St. Paul's ancl the Housas of Par. lament were shown.) No one living had ever f-e?n St. Paul's Cathedral, and probably no one ever fully appreciated its beiuties except the designer, Sir Christopher Wrren A sketch of Swansea Castle as it is to-day was followed by another of what it would look like if the shops that now hid it wore cleared away also a quite ideal sketch of the condition of affaire after the widening of Castle-street. To attempt to make Swansea beautiful would, the lecturer thought, be hopeless, be- cause of the expense, but there were, ho said, two or three commons in the district, either of which would form fine centres for a beautiful city.

EX-SWANSEA PUBLICAN'S LUCK. Sequel to a Plucky Act. By the will of a gentleman, which has just been proved, Mr. D. M. Thomas. of London, and late of Swansea, where he was well-known, unexpectedly finds (according to a Cardiff paper) that his Mod fortune has increased. Mr. D. M. Thomas is a native of the Rhoradda Valley, and in his youth he joined the Coldstream Guards. In abouU-two years he had gained the rank of corporal, but his military career was cut short, by active service. Ordered to Egypt with his regi- ment, he folughlt in the campaign undertaken for the relief of Gordon, and was so severely wounded in the leg that he was invalided out of the Army, which he left at the age of 21 with a pension. Some time afterwards he was walking down Oxford-street, continues the narrative, when he saw a horse bolt with a brougham in which a gentleman was riding. Although still suffering from his wound, he made a dash for the horse, caught. the reins, and was dragged some distance along the street, but was able to get the horse to the pave- ment and stop it. The gentleman gave him a cheque for JB10 and an umbrella as a keep- sake at the time, afterwards adding another cheque for JB10 when he found that Mr. Thomas had suffered through the adventure. He also made inquiries a.bout him at the W ar Office. Eighteen years have elapsed and Mr. Thomas now finds that the gentleman has left L100 in trust for the purchase of a life annuity for him, with the proviso that if Mr. Thomas selects the alternative he shaji be paid the sum of JB500. After his recovery Mr. Thomas becaane a commercial traveller in the wine and spirit business, but subsequently he took the Red Cow Hotel at Swansea, where he was best known as Dan Thomas. He remained there for four or five years, and then removed to London, where for several years past he has been the proprietor of the Apollo Hotel, a large establishment on Tottenham Court-road. Here is his motto: "Gvmrv, dewch at v Cymro."

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Brutal Assault at Morriston. A brutal and savage assault is alleged) to have taken place on the Neath-road, near I Moririsitoin Football Field. Wm. Parry, in the employ of Mr. Evans, Star Inn, Llan- I samlet was returning home from Morriston on Saturday night, and was near a lonely spot, opposite the football field when he I says h»> was attacked by a oerson_said to be lfrkiding in the district and severely as- saulted. He asserts that he was kricked and bitten by his assailant. When seen on Monday his head and face was pitiable to behold. The lips is split open and the whole body shows indications of severe mauling. The matter is in the hands of the police.

A Dip in the Nant. A married woman named Mrs. Margaret Martin (42), No. 12, Upper Strand, Swansea, accidentally fell into the Burliais Brook near the Cwmfelin Tin Works shortly after nine o'clock on Monday night, sustaining com- pound fracture of the left leg. Mrs. Martin had gone with her children to take supper to her husband at the works, amd sent the children ahead whilst she waited for them. She happened to turn I round the corner by the bridge and fell over. She was picked up and police assistance ar- riving, the injured women was conveyed on an ambulance to the Swansea Hospital where she was detained.

I Swansea Old Woman Burned, J An old woman, named Norah Birmingham 1 (75), residing with a M'i'. and MTS. T. Ha.nn ■ at Xo. 16, Brook-street, Swanser. was severely burnt on Saturday night, and she i.s not expected to recover. The old ladv was left to herself, when at 10.15 p.m., as Mary Murphy, No. 16, Well-stireet, was putting her children lo bed, and looking out of Ix. I be/iiroom window, she saw Mrs. Birmingham outs/ide the house in flames. She immediately ran to her assistance, ai d, I with the help of other neighbours, pulled he: burning clot lies off and carried her into the house. Dr. Jones Powell was sent for. Tlho i old woman stated that the accident happened whilst she was lighting her pipe to smoke. Slie dropped the lighted match an. the floor, and her clc-tfhes quickly became ignited. Dr. Powell's examination disclosed exten- sive burning wouinds on the right forearm, and also slight burns uinder tli e chin, which P.C. Maggs, who was early on the scene, had temporarily bandaged, and he afterwards had her removed to bed. Later in the even- ing the old woman was removed to the Swan- sea. Hospital, and subsequently to the Swan- sea, Union Workhouse Infirmary.

Buffalo Bill Henpecked. New York, Friday. —Col. Cody (Biffalo Bill) has be-gun an action for divorce in a Colorado court. He accuses his wife of cruelty anld of at- tempting to poison km in Christ mas week 1900. Mrs. Ccdv denies these a.ssarHo[ts —("Daitv Mail.-) J J

Marquise de Lisle Divorced. In the Divorce Court on Monday Sir Fran- cis Jeune granted Yvonne Louise Marie Hu- qudette, Marquise de Lisle, nee Frotier de La Coste, a decree llJ61 on the ground of the crueltv and misconduct of her husband Ger- ald Lisle Marsh Philltipps, Marquis de L sle, of Okebarrow, Leicestershire. His Lordship pointed out that he had to decide the case mainly on the inferences to be drawn from the medical testimony. He found that respondent committed adul- tery after marriage.

SWANSEA GUARDIANS. Contests in Two of the Wards, Monday noon was the latest time for re- ceiving withdrawals :.n the Swansea Guar- dians' elections, when it -was seem, that oon- tests would only take place in two wards, viz., Ffvnoriie and )fOiITl.tiOn, tihe candidates being Ffynone. — Jr"P J. H. Stevens, "MPS. Pa tori: Messrs. i- C. Eley ajid D. Grey. Morriston- jjrs. Harris, Messrs. *J. Meredith, IIV. Benjamin, and Atm. A. J. Wiiliiamis.. The follow^1? "wit! be tlbe representatives returned unopposed rri tlie other Wards: — Alexandra.— 1>r- Gomer Lewis, *Mr. F. Collett and Air. Jacob Jenkin, (Mrs. Wil liams anid Mies3ps- • Harvey, 1). Davies (Boro' Stored), and Morgan Hopkin with- drew) BrvnmeUn.srs. "D. Griffiths, *E. H. Siedle, and the Rev. W. W. Edwaixfc. (Mr. J. Harvev withdrew). Oaatle.—<'Messrs. W. Ta-rr, *P. Jenkins, W. A. Thou**5- (Messrs. W. Uojd and D. H. Thomas WxtMrewh East.—Mr H.A. Pea-cock, *Rer. Edward Evans, "Mr- <J- Landore.— Hughes, "Mesas. T. Dryden- Williams, Mrs. Hannah Hughes. (Four members). St. Helen'6-'— Mrs. Perkins, *Mrs. E. M. Williams, *Mr- R- Watkins. (Messrs. T. C. | Eley, J. Harvey and Dr. Gomer Lewis with- drew). St, Jdlm'— Messrrs. G. S. Ifibobell, *J- Devonald, Jeffreys, and J. Hamlin. (Mr J Abetfdybertihi-street, ■with- drew. Four members). Victoria.—e"ssre- H. G. Solomon, *H. Rogers, *<*■ Hatrvev. (Dr. Gamer Lewis withdrew)- t, old members. Tile election will tilke place on March 28th. =--

PONTARDAWE POLICE COURT. FRIDAY. Before Messrs- G. Strick, E. Ben. thaTl Drs- and Ilees. MUSTN'T DOUBLE HER. William ReeB, dbuibler, Alltwen, was bound I over to keeP e Pea>ce Awards Catharine Miles Alltw^11- ALL TOR PONTARDAWE! Daniel Murphy, tinworker, Ystalyfera, nad to nay £ 1 inclusive for riding on the Midland Raihvav without a ticket. Mr. John Glover prosocuted m WORl D Joseph Gilbert, haulier, Morriston, vas summoned *>y working it in an unfit ^rgt. Button saw the horse attacked at Uvdach to a waggon con- taining 15 -°fThere was a -aw wound on the right side under the collar, 3 inches by inches. Defendant said he liadn't cot another horse, and "must do somo- thin>r."° Defendant was fined 15s., Mr. Lloyd remarking that if he had not been down ia the world, the fine lieavier- Fortv 1w<*1!? f^rimwied for not hav- ing Houses ^ith their dogs. Mr. Daniel Morgan. niiHer, Pontardiwc, was represented bv Mr. Morga-j1 vavief• P^ntardawe. There was a contradiction of evidence between de- fendant and P-C- Thomas, as to whether the officer had been informed that defendant hnd an exempt^00" *"e caso was dismissed with- out costs. rED red WHINe, For drunkenness, these were fined —Thos. Tones tinker, no fixed (10s. inclusive); Thos. Jcnes' collieri Owmgorse (8s.); Dd. Rees, collie! TJrynamman (10s.); Hees Lloyd, plate- laver CHvni^-VI (8s ); David Davies, col- lier Ystalvkra- (8s.); David J. Evans, steel- ™-™-ker Pontairdawe (12s.), Griffith John, stedworker. Alltwen (12s.); Thomas James, eni<rine-cleaner. Pon tarda we (8s.) Griffith John steelworker, Alltwen (8s.); Thomas No' in collar, Llansamlet (drunk and refas- in^ to'quit the Star Inn--lQs.); Wm. Brittry, l^hnnrer Bryiwmman (10s.); Alfred Roberts, rollerman, L'.ansamlet (8s.); D1. J. Evans, steel worker, Alltwen (7s. 6d.) a summons against Dd Howell, labourer, Clydach, w»s OUT FOR THE LAY. Phillip ™m"ry Iiroprietor, Tre- Itaros was fined 10s. inclusive for a!lowing horses to stray, and Gwenllian Juics, wido v, Pontardawe, 6s. 6d. for not keeping •ter cattle I secured. FOR MOTHER. Daniel Jones, tinworker, Ystalyfera, v.as ordered to pay P°T week towards the support of h e C3T ? support of h. 1fOVE For obstructing the footway, each cf the underneath .had to pay 7s. :-Dd. Griffiths, collier G1&1S: Gliomas, coiher, (ilais t" and Daniel Joseph, Haulier, Gily- bebylI. INCORRECT. William Dtnieaji, haulier, Morriston, was fined 5v«- and costs for furious driving, arid Wm TV'^rse, haulier, Swansea, 2s. 6d. ard costs for driving without lights. j

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*4 FOOTBALL NOTES. | BY "OLD ATHLETE." Saturday's Sensational Inter- national. Ireland Over-Runs the Welsh Forwards; And Wins by the Goal Kick, Welsh Union Severely Criticised. Unpardonable Blunders in Pick- ing the Team. Cardift Go Down Befere Neath. Football matters were very quiet in West Wales last Saturday, and there was only one first class game played, this being at the Gnoll Ground, where Neath met and defeated Cardiff for the fifth year in succession. The contest was robbed of a great deal of interest owing to the absence of so many of the lead- ing players on both sides. Cardiff suffered the worse in this respect, Nicholls, Gabe, Bush, Brio?, Neill and others being away, and Neath were without D. H. Davies, 1 iowe] Jones and Burchell. The weather, for the first time on a Saturday for many weeks, wa.s fine, and the ground in excellent cond.tion. Neath led at the interval by a goal to nothing, and they added another goal in the second half. (Cardiff scored a try, and in the end retired beaten by ten points to three. Ar- nold. of Swansea, assisted Neath, and ren- dered valuable service, and Idris Jones, in the centre, played well. Timms was the bet-t of the Cardiff threequarters, but he was too closely watched to go far. Neath, although weak IaJt half, thoroughly deserved to win, and were much the better team on the day's form. This makes the fifth defeat Card'tf have sustained this season. Llanellv were not very strongly represented at Bristol, and lost by two goa's and a try to nothing. Unfortunately the game was not pleasantly contested, a.nd the referee, Mr. Ball, of Glo'steir, ordered two of the visitors, Thomas and Watts, off the field'. The matter will in due course be reported to the Welsh Union, who are bound to suspend these- two men. The misfortunes of the Scarlets have no end, and they no sooner get on their feet than something happens to get tliem into trouble. Aberavon were badly beaten at Penygra:g by two goal. and two tries to j nothing, and the form of the Red and Blacks this season has been most erratic. At Gar- diff the Welsh schoolboys played their fir-t international, and the game was a brilliant success from every point of view. lne at- tendance numbered 12.000. and JB400 was taken at the gates, and the home torn won in great style by a goal and six trle, to one goal. The feature of the play waR the excol- lenoe of the combination, and the nasscr.g i would have done credit to many a fiist class Welsh Learn. In the first half the game was fairly even, and the splendid forward play of the Irishmen was equalised by the excellent form and com- bination shown\>y the Welsh backs. Ireland scored first, and'then Wales retaliated with a try by Teddy Morgan. Before the interval Ireland scored again, and at the interval they led by six points to three. In the second half tho game was brLmful of excitement, and it I looked' any odds on Wales winning, after Gabe and Pritchard had scored, and given their side the lead. Winfield was off in his goal kicking, and, in fact. his display was poor throughout. He gave Ireland a try by missing a cross kick by one of tin: foiwa-.ds after which Thrift got in under the posts, thanks to the weak defence of the Welshmen.. Teddy Morgan scored the fourth try for WaLes, after a screw punt into the open by Dick Jones, and had VVinfield1 converted this one, Wales would have been level, The le- fere.s, in the last three minutes of tlw game, disallowed a try by Jones, and in the end Wales wexe beaten by a couple of points. It would have been a runaway game for Wa.'os had a good pack of forwards been available, as the Irish threequarters had a. poor noticn of stopping the combination of the backs. Tlie Welsh forwards were badly beaten, and in the loose the vigour of the Irishmen told its tale. Of course, with the forwards failing to heel properly the visiting backs were at a disadvantage, but they got the ball often enough in the second half to show their scoring ability, and had Llewelyn been able to swerve or dodge the Irish full- back, Wales would have scored at least ano- ther couple of tries, as the Newport man ran straight into Lander's arms repeatedly. Teddy Morgan was head and shoulders abov. any threequarter on the field, and the pity i* that he was not played in the centre in tlbe place of Pritchard, so that the team could I haw had the services of Trew on the left wing. Owen and Jones were excellent, and the Irish papers admitted that such clever half-back plav had never been seen in Ireland before. Winfield was the weak spot in the back division, and after the game it turned out he was very unwell. He was doing him- II self and his country an injustice by playing in tliat case, and had Geo. Davies bean selected, or even called upon, the chancea I are that Waies would have won with a bit to spare. Thus ends the last of tlie Welsh internationals. Wales ought easily to have been top of the list this season, and the Welsh Union have only themselves to blame in the matter. The Selection Committee has shown a great lack of judgment in their deliberations, and one can come to no other conclusion than that some of the members are incompetent, or grossly prejudiced agaim;t Western nlayers. Swansea. has been gnoied from start to finish, and the best team in WaJw. instead of being properly represented in the international games, had to be satisfied with less me n than Cardiff and Newport, two teams that are inferior in every i,espect J to the All Whites. For the sake of Welsh football, I hope tliat next season will see a 1 better state of tilings ex sting, and a few j cluungcs on the Selection Committee will be j for its good. ) The Sdwj-oiboys International 'match at ¡ Cardiff was a great success both financially and otherwise. A goal and six tri-.& to a goal just about represents the superiority of the Welsh boys, who adopted the well-tried t methods of their seniors with unique success. The English lads, steeped as they were in I the old kick and ruisli traditions of the land of t!)c r birth, never had a look in after the t energetic home forwards kept pushing tliem I off the ball. These same eight youngsteis I weie miniature models of muscle, l'liey t packed well, and shoved like so, many steam I rollers, and time after time they wheeled the scrum, breaking up the English boys with | ridiculous ease. I Then again, the halves were nearly perfect, t W alkley, the skipper, did not belie his appel- ( lation. His only fauit wtis a tcnder.cv to hang on too long, but when he gave the oval j to Pengelly, that youth invariably did some- 1 thing clever with it. Pengelly comes from Newport, and stands about four foot nothing. He is a sort of Owen.—Jones combination, and plays like a veteran. When he did not burst through" on h's own he sent his three- quarters off, and when he did neither lie was working the blind-side or screw-kicking in I the coolest way imaginable. The threequar- ters wei'e all good, and Swansea, has reason to be proud of her two wings, Si unions and « Williams, both of whom gave sterling ex- hibitions. 2 The (hieJ Welsh International matches tló,>-I, season lwve each furnished us with a J surmise. First of all, everyone expected Wales to beat England at Leicester, and a drawn game was never for a moment anti- ciaated. Then came the Scottish match at Swansea, and the result was an overwhelm- ing win for Wales, with practically a hl?,W team doing duty. This furnished surprise number two. and now on top of this, we find heland beating Wales at Belfast by two points—-surprise number three. The Belfast defeat i-s a staggerer and no mistake, as Ire- land had been "beaten to blazes by England and Scotland, and'not even the most sanguine Irishman dreamed of the Welshmen los ng. And how did this sUtte of things COOT:K? about? Well, m the first place the Welsh Selection Committee made a mistake in plac- ing tliree forwards on. the reserve list, who were not up to International class. Thl?y also muddled over (iwTn NicholLs, and at the last moment when the htter cried off, in- stead of pLaying Teddy Morgan or Tiew in the ccntae, they put in Pritchard, a player who lias recently been down with influenza, and a man, \v' 1 o is r.ot a right centre by any means, good as he is in defence. On top of all this the Welsh Union raisrd' no protest against the action of the Scottish Union ap- pointing Mr. Crawford Findlay to referee, and the result was that the Latter, for the second time lost Wales the game by disallow- ing what, everyone else, Irish players and all, say war a fair try scored by Dick Jones. The whole business has been a series of blunders bv the Welsh Union from start to finish, and they only have themselves to blame for the loss of wliat should have been, the easiest. game of the lot.

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